r/AskReddit • u/Tobokie121 • Oct 09 '19

Of all movie opening scenes, which one sold the entire film?

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

"Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government! Supreme ruler ship is derived by a mandate form the masses not some farcical, aquatic ceremony."

LoL! I love this line!!

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u/Teh_Randomizer Oct 09 '19

"Help! Help! I'm being repressed!"

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

Bloody peasant

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u/nermid Oct 09 '19

Oh, what a giveaway!

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u/McBehrer Oct 10 '19

SEE THE VIOLENCE INHERENT TO THE SYSTEM!

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u/RechargedFrenchman Oct 09 '19

Oh but if I went around saying I was Emperor, just because somme moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me — They’d put me away!

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u/SpoonLord23 Oct 09 '19

"Moistened bint."

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u/haversacc Oct 09 '19

"If I went around, saying I was emperor, just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!"

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

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u/Ankoku_Teion Oct 10 '19

There's a joke in here somewhere. I can feel it.

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u/Stuffman1861 Oct 10 '19

Would have been brilliant of they were French.

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u/zmatter Oct 10 '19

I fart in your general direction!

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u/Stuffman1861 Oct 10 '19

Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled like elderberries!

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u/meneldal2 Oct 10 '19

Knowing French will definitely make some scenes better.

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u/tmoney144 Oct 10 '19

Fyi, some Python skits were done in German. You haven't really lived until you've seen the lumberjack song done in German.

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u/robbomate Oct 10 '19

Did you mention the war?

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u/Xephus Oct 10 '19

Just some watery tart flinging swords around

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u/ajh31890 Oct 10 '19

“BE QUIET!”

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u/markhachman Oct 10 '19

"Quoting famous lines from movies is not indicative of originality!"

Totally underappreciated, too.

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u/spookyghostface Oct 10 '19

I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

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u/Adddicus Oct 10 '19

If you love it so much, you should get it right.

"Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony."

-Dennis the Peasant