Andrew J.B. Wainner at 2013-04-01 04:42:53:

One of my favorite dialogues about death (or, during death) is the "Black Mamba" monologue from Kill Bill vol. 2. It's notable mainly because the entire time, she's highlighting small things, yet he's clearly incapacitated. She then baits us with the contrasting notion that a single bite contains a "gargantuan" amount of venom. The extent of Budd's hopelessness doesn't fully hit home until she tells him exactly how many milligrams of venom are delivered in a single bite... and he has three. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwLrx-umGfY (forgive me for not copy-pasting, I'm writing from memory) Elle: I'm sorry Budd, that was rude of me, wasn't it? Budd, I'd like you to meet my friend, The Black Mamba. Black Mamba, this is Budd. Y'know before I picked that lil feller up I looked him up on the internet. Fascinating creature, the black mamba. Listen to this: (she reads from a notepad) Elle: In Africa the saying goes, 'In the bush, an elephant can kill you, a leopard can kill you, and a black mamba can kill you.' But only with the mamba - and this has been true in Africa since the dawn of time - is death sure. Hence it's handle: "Death Incarnate." Pretty cool, huh? It's neurotoxic venom is one of nature's most effective poisons, acting on the nervous system causing paralysis. The venom of a black mamba can kill a human being in four hours if, say, bitten on the ankle or the thumb. However, a bite on the face or torso can bring death from paralysis within twenty minutes. Now you should listen to this, 'cause this concerns you. The amount of venom that can be delivered from a single bite can be gargantuan - you know I've always liked that word, "gargantuan"? I so rarely have the opportunity to use it in a sentence. If not treated quickly with anti-venom, ten to fifteen milligrams can be fatal to human beings. However, the black mamba can deliver as much as one hundred to four hundred milligrams of venom in a single bite. (closes notepad) Elle: Now, in these last agonizing moments of life you have left, let me answer that question you asked earlier more thoroughly. Right at this moment, the biggest "R" I feel is regret. Regret, that maybe the greatest warrior I have ever met, met her end at the hands of a bush-whackin', scrub, alky piece-of-shit like you. That woman deserved better.

SabinaGiado at 2013-04-01 14:20:36:

Aragorn: I do not know what strength is in my blood, but I swear to you I will not let the White City fall, nor our people fail. Boromir: Our people, our people. I would have would have followed you, my brother... my captain... my king. Aragorn: Be at peace, Son of Gondor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H8hwj7HkUc (the death scene actually starts at 5:22) For me, one of the most affecting deaths of the LOTR series. After this one, they all attempted to mimic this strong emotion, but ended up being rather overwrought. Why this makes me cry every single time: A proud prince admits his defeat - he was tempted by the ring. A man who considered himself to be a prince acknowledges the real Prince of Gondor as his king - a philosophical war that Boromir and Aragorn had been having since they first met and which has been playing out within Aragorn as well. Aragorn's words represents a gradual coming to terms with his own destiny - of returning to Gondor as king. Plus there is something about these big strong warrior men being all vulnerable and emotional that makes me want to give them hugs and bake them cookies. Jus' saying.

plinytheelder_t at 2013-04-01 15:01:44:

From imdb: [HAL's shutdown] HAL: I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm a... fraid. Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you'd like to hear it I can sing it for you. Dave Bowman: Yes, I'd like to hear it, HAL. Sing it for me. HAL: It's called "Daisy." [sings while slowing down] HAL: Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. I'm half crazy all for the love of you. It won't be a stylish marriage, I can't afford a carriage. But you'll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two.

plinytheelder_t at 2013-04-02 06:06:31:

From The Usual Suspects. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdeCPGNRjOU VERBAL Who is Keyser Soze 65 INT. RABIN'S OFFICE - DAY - PRESENT 65 Kujan leans into Verbal's face. He hangs on his every word. VERBAL He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say r his father was German. Nobody believed he was real. Nobody ever saw him or knew anybody that ever worked directly for him, but to hear Kobayashi tell it, anybody could have worked for Soze. You never knew. That was his power. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. One story the guys told me - the story I believe - was from his days in Turkey. There was a petty gang of Hungarians that wanted their own mob. They realized that to be in power you didn't need guns or money or even numbers. You just needed + the will to do what the other guy wouldn't. After a while they come to power, and then they come after Soze He was small time then, just running dope, they say... 66 SCENE DELETED 66 67 INT. SOZE'S HOME - DAY 67 Three of the Hungarians come bursting into Keyser Soze's + home. They grab his five children and round them up in the front room. One of the men grabs his wife and back-hands her across the face. BLUE 06/01/94 78. VERBAL (V.O.) They come to his home in the afternoon looking for his business. They find his wife and kids in the house and decide to wait for Soze. 68 INT. SOZE'S HOME - LATER 68' The front door opens and in walks Keyser Sate. We are never t allowed to see his face. Sate's wife lies in the corner, beaten and bruised. Her dress is tattered to shreds. She cannot look up at her husband. The three Hungarians stand to greet him. Two hold guns in their hands. The third holds a straight razor. He grabs Soze youngest boy and holds the razor to his throat. VERBAL (V.O.) He comes home to his wife raped and his children screaming. The Hungarians knew Soze was tough. Not to be trifled with. So they let him know they meant business. The Hungarian smiles. Soze's wife SCREAMS IN HORROR. The Hungarian holds up a BLOOD SOAKED RAZOR. SUDDENLY, he grabs another child. A little girl no older than six. VERBAL (V.O.) They tell Soze they want his territory - all his business. Soze looks over the + faces of his family... Then he showed these men of will what will really was. SUDDENLY, Soze pulls out a pistol and shoots the two men with guns. He turns and aims at the third man holding his child. The man threatens to cut the child's throat, slicing just enough to draw blood. SOZE FIRES. The stunned Hungarian watches the child fall from his arms. Sate turns the pistol on the next child, then the next and the next. He kills his children one by one in front of the Hungarian. PINK 06/07/94 79. VERBAL (V.O.) He tells him he would rather' see his family dead than live another day after this. SOZE walks over to his wife, crying and beaten on the floor and holds up her head. She gives him the strangest look. One of trust perhaps, saturated with fear and humiliation. He puts the gun between her eyes and fires. VERBAL (V.O.) He lets the last Hungarian go, and he goes running. He waits until his wife and kids are in the ground and he goes after the rest of the mob. He kills their kids, he kills their wives, he kills their parents and their parents' friends. A dark and looming figure of a man walks in front of a wall of fire - a black shadow blurred by waves of heat. VERBAL (V.O.) He burns down the houses they live in and the stores they work in, he kills people that owe them money. And like that he was gone. Underground. No one has ever seen him again. He becomes a myth, a spook story that criminals tell their kids at night. If you rat on your pop, Keyser Sate will get you. And nobody really ever believes. 69 69 INT. RABIN'S OFFICE - DAY KUJAN Do you believe in him, Verbal? VERBAL Keaton always said: "I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of him." Well I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Keyser SOZE.