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Top 10 Pre-Death Monologues in Film

David Chen — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:31:37 -0500

[UPDATE: THANKS FOR ALL YOUR FEEDBACK! THIS IS NOW A TOP 10 LIST! Thanks Willem, dudeman1st, and other people all around the internet for your suggestions. This is the 2nd part in a series. To read the Top 5 Pre-MURDER Monologues, click here. And be warned: MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD for all movies mentioned]

Top 10 Great Scenes from Movie Robberies Gone Wrong

David Chen — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:47:08 -0500

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The 10 Most Badass Geeks in Film/TV

Adam Quigley — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:38:20 -0500

Great Scenes from TV and Film, Told Using Only Typography (and Sound)

David Chen — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:12:07 -0500

The Five Most Powerful Pre-Murder Monologues In Film

David Chen — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:15:49 -0600

[This is part one in a two-part series. You can see part two in this series, The Top 10 Pre-DEATH monologues, by clicking here. As you can probably guess, MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD FOR ALL FILMS MENTIONED. This site has been linked to by Digg, Gorillamask, i-am-bored, Collegehumor. Welcome visitors! Feel free to check out the rest of the site or listen to our podcast]

For reasons that will become very clear as this article goes on, Daniel Day Lewis' recent Oscar win for There Will Be Blood prompted me to think of the art of the monologue and specifically, the pre-murder monologue. Murder plays to two binary aspects of our psyche: It both shocks the conscience and titillates us. This phenomenon of simultaneous revulsion and excitement goes as far back as the days of the Colosseum and stays with us in the modern age, every summer as we go to see the latest action killtacular blockbuster film.

People kill for all sorts of reasons. For pleasure, for power, for revenge, for fun. And when murderers open their mouths right before they do so, they give us insight into the will and the heartlessness that it takes to kill a man. Often the results can be profound, funny, and/or tragic. Here are the five most powerful pre-murder monologues of film:

The Top 10 Fan-Made "Sweded" Films (Inspired by "Be Kind Rewind")

David Chen — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:40:40 -0600

Top 10 Most Outrageous Moments from "The Transporter" Film Series

David Chen — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:20:44 -0600

In honor of yesterday's news that Jason Statham will soon be kicking some more collective bad-guy ass in a new Transporter film, here are the top 10 most outrageous, awesome, and insane moments from the cinematic masterpieces that comprise The Transporter series:

10 Reasons Why I Won't Be Watching The Oscars This Year

Adam Quigley — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:28:33 -0600

Some of my fondest television-related childhood memories involve lounging in front of the TV and watching the Academy Awards with my family in a spectacular four-and-a-half-hour long marathon. The glamour and the glitz of the red carpet; the overlong acceptance speeches; the unbearable suspense of who would win Best Picture. All of these things made the Oscars one of the world's most prominent and respected film awards ceremonies, and one of the most watched events in television every year, second only to the Super Bowl.