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A great speech can be the defining moment of a movie (Braveheart & Independence Day) spring to mind and a bad speech can totally sap the energy out of a scene, coming off as very cheesy. Speeches can be a call to war, a way to instil courage or belief in someone, to see something from another point of view or so much more.
With so many comic book films out now I thought it would be cool to see which speech people think stands out as the absolute best. Since this a very broad topic thought I would split it in two threads this one being for the villains.
(Also I know im not going to get them all on it to begin as there are just so many, so feel free to point out any important or note worthy ones my dumb ass has missed in the comments below lol)
Green Goblin: We Are Who We Choose To Be, Now Choose!
Always been one of my favourite's Dafoe's delivery is fantastic and the sadistic nature of his choice he gives Spider-Man is supposed to show him that even if he is heroic and saves either the children or Mary Jane the one who he doesn't saves death will be on him.
The Joker: You're Just A Freak Like Me
So many great ones to pick from Heath Ledger's Joker but this one probably stood out to me. I loved it because of the way Joker basically tells Batman that he is just a means to an end for the GCPD. Bar Gordon the rest of the force see him as nothing more than another threat they will have to takedown some day a point Batman doesn't argue and by the end of the film is shown to be true.
Thanos: Im A Survivor
With a lot of great dialogue it was hard to pick one for Thanos but the one that stands out for me is his exchange with Dr Strange. Its here he really goes full comic book villain here calling the genocide of half a planet fair and calling the killing of half of the galaxy merciful. We know he's a terrible person already this just really hammered it home for me.
Loki: You Were Made To Be Ruled
Loki's speech in Germany about how free will is an illusion and human's should be ruled just suited his trickster character town to a tee for me its both parts evil and mischievously devious. What elevated it to a great one was the old man who rises at the end of the speech(Which I always assumed was meant to be a reference to him possibly being a survivor of Hitler and WW2)
Ronan: Opening Speech
With religious violence still a very real issue today I always liked Ronan's speech as it took many of those theme's and applied them to him. So even though he is a blue alien fighting in space his reasoning was still easy to follow. Plus it made him seem one of the more brutal MCU villains right from the off.
Ultron: You Rise, Only To Fall
This was just a really cool comic book speech I thought. As Ultron has emotion he even appears to be teasing them saying the Earth will crack under their failure clearly wanting them to know that whatever comes to pass because of this is their fault.
Zemo: If I Could Get Them To Kill Each Other
I love Zemo's speech because it differs so greatly from the rest from most other marvel villains who always talk about how they will kill or defeat the Avengers. Zemo's is about how in making them kill each other they will be truly destroyed. The line “An empire toppled by its enemies can rise again. But one which crumbles from within…that's dead forever" is just a great piece of writing.
Bane: Then You Have My Permission To Die
After sending Batman to the pit after already breaking his back Bane is not content. He must first break Bruce's spirit before he would every allow him to die. Opting to torture him by making him watch the city he loves destroy itself before its eventual nuclear destruction.
Ra's Al Ghul: Only A Cynical Man Would Call What These People Have Lives
Ra's reveal to Bruce that throughout history the league has been the one's to take down decadent cities a fate now set for Gotham. It shows Ra's lack of compassion for what he views as corrupted humanity as well as he see's Gotham as nothing more than a breeding ground for more injustice.
With so many comic book films out now I thought it would be cool to see which speech people think stands out as the absolute best. Since this a very broad topic thought I would split it in two threads this one being for the villains.
(Also I know im not going to get them all on it to begin as there are just so many, so feel free to point out any important or note worthy ones my dumb ass has missed in the comments below lol)
Green Goblin: We Are Who We Choose To Be, Now Choose!
Always been one of my favourite's Dafoe's delivery is fantastic and the sadistic nature of his choice he gives Spider-Man is supposed to show him that even if he is heroic and saves either the children or Mary Jane the one who he doesn't saves death will be on him.
The Joker: You're Just A Freak Like Me
So many great ones to pick from Heath Ledger's Joker but this one probably stood out to me. I loved it because of the way Joker basically tells Batman that he is just a means to an end for the GCPD. Bar Gordon the rest of the force see him as nothing more than another threat they will have to takedown some day a point Batman doesn't argue and by the end of the film is shown to be true.
Thanos: Im A Survivor
With a lot of great dialogue it was hard to pick one for Thanos but the one that stands out for me is his exchange with Dr Strange. Its here he really goes full comic book villain here calling the genocide of half a planet fair and calling the killing of half of the galaxy merciful. We know he's a terrible person already this just really hammered it home for me.
Loki: You Were Made To Be Ruled
Loki's speech in Germany about how free will is an illusion and human's should be ruled just suited his trickster character town to a tee for me its both parts evil and mischievously devious. What elevated it to a great one was the old man who rises at the end of the speech(Which I always assumed was meant to be a reference to him possibly being a survivor of Hitler and WW2)
Ronan: Opening Speech
With religious violence still a very real issue today I always liked Ronan's speech as it took many of those theme's and applied them to him. So even though he is a blue alien fighting in space his reasoning was still easy to follow. Plus it made him seem one of the more brutal MCU villains right from the off.
Ultron: You Rise, Only To Fall
This was just a really cool comic book speech I thought. As Ultron has emotion he even appears to be teasing them saying the Earth will crack under their failure clearly wanting them to know that whatever comes to pass because of this is their fault.
Zemo: If I Could Get Them To Kill Each Other
I love Zemo's speech because it differs so greatly from the rest from most other marvel villains who always talk about how they will kill or defeat the Avengers. Zemo's is about how in making them kill each other they will be truly destroyed. The line “An empire toppled by its enemies can rise again. But one which crumbles from within…that's dead forever" is just a great piece of writing.
Bane: Then You Have My Permission To Die
After sending Batman to the pit after already breaking his back Bane is not content. He must first break Bruce's spirit before he would every allow him to die. Opting to torture him by making him watch the city he loves destroy itself before its eventual nuclear destruction.
Ra's Al Ghul: Only A Cynical Man Would Call What These People Have Lives
Ra's reveal to Bruce that throughout history the league has been the one's to take down decadent cities a fate now set for Gotham. It shows Ra's lack of compassion for what he views as corrupted humanity as well as he see's Gotham as nothing more than a breeding ground for more injustice.
Part of my favourite exchange in my favourite CBM.
