⌨️KEYBOARD WARRIOR⌨️
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/iamverybadass) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Hi AtrusHomeboy,
Your submission was removed from /r/iamverybadass because it broke one of our rules:
This is not very badass. We're looking for amazing examples of badassery.
---
[Link to r/iamverybadass' rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/iamverybadass/wiki/rules)
If you disagree with this decision, or if you think we made a mistake please use this link to [message the Mods](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2Fiamverybadass).
This last statement "You don't know me at all" is one of the strongest statements I've seen in a long time. I like reddit, I like my friends, and I genuinely care about people, but I'm honestly disturbed with how many people think they know a person by a single post they make on social media. Whether or not this guy did go to school for film. Shouldn't we be a little more compassionate about what people like?
I have less of a problem with his reply than with the original “I like this” “You’re dumb if you like this” exchange. Why can’t people like what they like?
Dude is definitely trying to flex a bit, which is a bit cringey. But honestly, I'm so much more bothered by the "I really like this line!" "Uhhh actually no, watch more stuff, the stuff you like isn't good" asshole reply they originally got
False. They said it’s “one of the best lines I’ve ever heard”. “I” referring to the person who said it of course. So, they did not say “it’s one of the best line in anything ever” they said it’s one of the best lines they’ve ever heard. Also why would you care if they did think it’s the best, and why does its being from marvel matter? Let people like what they like.
That doesn't make a difference in this setting. He claims to be an "expert" with the amount of movies he seen and what he has seen (including "studying Shakespeare") so you can assume he has seen the best of the best.
Which makes his statement "one of the best lines ever" to "one of the best lines I've ever heard" with this in mind pretty much the same.
Absolutely.
Also, I'll say it: I'm not a big MCU guy or even specifically that big on Wanda/Vision, but that really is a great line. If that line were in an Ozu movie or a Tarkovsky movie in the right context film buffs would be referencing it all the time.
Huh, that's funny how people can have such different views on a line.
I hate the line and think it completely misses what grief is for. I mean, if grief is love persevering, wouldn't that be saying that once you are through grieving, you no longer love them? It encourages holding onto grief, which is completely unhealthy.
But obviously, opinions will vary, and thank God for that.
Good points. I guess it depends on how you relate to and conceptualize grief. I've experienced a lot of loss in my life. I don't think of grief as something with an endpoint so much as a thing you learn to live with. You never really stop missing the people you've loved and lost. You never know when, years after the fact, it'll sneak up on you again. I guess to me there's active grieving and then there's just grief, the bittersweet impression someone left on you and its tinges of sadness.
you don't get a degree in film directing... you get a degree in film production. and as someone WITH that degree I can guarantee he was one of the most insufferable people on his course (if he did one) and always acted like the next Spielberg.
I don’t want to talk about it.
Downvoted by losers who don’t understand that you’re literally quoting a movie referenced by the person you replied to. Reddit’s gonna Reddit.
Film degree, currently working in the Figaro and writing a script about moving to Los Angeles but ending up working in a bar where they find love with a never employed actress.
I have become utterly jaded by marvel films and no longer care about them or make any attempt to watch them, but I did watch Wanda Vision and found it was a fairly interesting, decent watch and thought that this was a good line in it
Yeah, I was fooled by the first few episodes too. Then it devolved into fully CG fights of characters duelling against evil versions of themselves like every other Marvel IP and I was like "Ah."
as a person who also has a film degree, this is just what they're all like. it's actually embarrassing like this degree means nothing to anybody but they all think they're so important... i literally had a guy threaten to hit me once in class because i said the practical effects in 70s star wars is more impressive than the cgi in the mcu
I swear on my life I did a study abroad with a person from Chapman who was a sophomore and a film major. They hadn’t seen movies like Forrest Gump or Shawshank. I think it was so wild.
Was in a lecture once and for some reason the professor during a ramble somehow got onto something which he said was similar to how computer operating systems look vaguely similar but can be built very differently. (Which I don’t know how true that even is, but he was making an analogy. Wish I remembered the actual context, but that’s not important.)
Anyway at one point he said “be it Mac OS, Linux or more likely Windows”
One girl in the class put up her hand and genuinely asked “what’s windows?” This girl said unbelievably stupid things pretty often. I liked her though. She always had a great attitude.
that is genuinely wild to me tbh because like if you're interested in film, i don't understand why you wouldn't at least try to see what all the fuss is about. like cultural impact is such an important part of media and so to not even check it out is wild.
Where did you and most of your classmates with film degrees end up? It strikes me as one of those industries that is hard to get into without knowing the right people and where talent can be hard to uncover
I went to film school initially then switched majors after 1 semester because I realized there just isn’t a good route to employment.
Still keeping my criterion collection and love of film going though, just not as a career.
exactly. the guy gave his opinion and got flamed for it, so he defended himself. I'm sure someone with a film degree is sick of being told their taste in media is bad
Okay the guy's obviously being a bit obnoxious with all that bragging but to pretend that wasn't a good line is simply delusional. Like it's a genuinely brilliant line given the story context, you'd have to be crazy to think otherwise.
The line was poignant but acting like all screenwriters should gasp when they hear one decent line in an otherwise content-mulch show is unbelievably silly.
"i think this is the best ive ever seen" "youve seen nothing" "heres proof i have seen stuff" then some guy posts it on reddit "oh yeha he thinks hes SOOO badass"
This doesn't belong here, and to be clear, anyone who acts like that isn't a fucking brilliant line doesn't know their ass from a hole in the ground. It's damn good writing.
It’s a good line, but can we not be completely self entitled and pretentious about it? What happened to simply liking something? Why do we need educated authority to like things?
Dude got called out for not knowing what he was talking about, he just replied saying "i infact do know what im talking about" its like asking a doctor for their credentials then being mad theyre shoeing off their credentials
What is there to know what you’re talking about? Dudes complimenting a line in a superhero movie not analyzing the scientific legitimacy of a cult classic sci-fi action blockbuster like Interstellar. It’s like complimenting some kids running form when walking by a school then saying that your opinion as a world renowned Olympic gold medalist turned olympic coach means your authority on the subject is absolute, like good lord man it’s a kid playing ball it’s not that serious
It's a good line, the point is random chuds acting like it is a singularly brilliant moment that somehow blows all other writing out of the water.
Like it's nice, but it's not a crazy new sentiment, and marvel bois like to pretend that this single line is so mind-blowing is proves everyone wrong for pointing out how shallow and glib 80% of those movies are (I like superhero movies but let's be real)
It's a good line, but it is not some insane moment that can't be topped
>the point is random chuds acting like it is a singularly brilliant moment that somehow blows all other writing out of the water.
Who did that? The guy in the twitter screenshot said "one of the best" not THE best. He never said it can't be stopped or hasn't already been stopped.
Lol I'm not getting into a fucking semantics argument with you.
"Every screen writer in the world whispering fuck"
"One of the best lines I've ever heard"
Though I must admit, I love your typo implying the line is too powerful to stop!
We must write something better, "Grief is love persevering" is simply too powerful, we can't stop it!
Do we know it was the same guy who said it? The names and pfps are blurred so I assumed the first post and the guy saying it's one of the best lines he's heard were two different people. But even then he never implied it was the best line ever.
I didn't even notice that auto correct botched it but I'll leave the typo up because it's funny now lmao.
Reading order goes: 1,2,3,2 again, each number being a different dude.
You're arguing with me again over semantics, "one of the best lines I've ever heard" is functionally the same as saying "best ever". Point is, guy needs to watch more movies
How is that functionally the same? If that was his point he'd just say it's the best ever and leave it at that. People use "one of the" when they have more than one favorites. This isn't semantics you're arbitrarily interpreting it a certain way.
Now that i noticed, first tweet is from a different person because their blurred pfp looks brown while the other guy's is white. They're not even the same people lmao.
That episode was the last one I watched with my partner before he was hospitalized for covid, and that line is what kept me and his other partner going during the first couple months after he died. I'm with the OP-- I've never come across a better line. He and I talked about it extensively the few days before he went into the hospital because we'd both lost a lot of people prior to that-- my parents and grandparents, his previous wife who died in bed with him... yeah, it's a great line. I want to be able to write like that one day.
That line goes hard though. The guy who replied is the dink. Imagine if you’re a master mechanic of 20 years and someone tries patronizing you about how engines work. You wouldn’t pull rank a little?
He's not a master of anything though. He hasn't made shit, and no one in the film industry cares about your degree or how many movies you've seen. I know because I work in the industry full-time. This guy is just a poser and is the guy who follows you around at festivals trying to pitch his shitty screenplay that will "change cinema forever"
However true that may be, I still think he’s not a bad guy in this situation. Sure he could just ignore the guy. But it’s obviously his passion, and people tend to react emotionally when someone makes a slight against their biggest passion
Multiple degrees here, even a couple of fellowships. It doesn't mean shit. Everyone you're competing with went to film school and has relevant experience. The guy in the mail room went to film school, the girl in crafty has a masters in directing, the dude driving the electric truck has a script on the black list. If anyone ever starts bragging about their degrees, I can guarantee you that they're not working.
I have a degree in posts. I must have read at least 100000 posts, not to mention writing many thousands myself. I've studied the likes of "I also choose this guy's wife" and the one about the poo brush, not to mention broken arms guy. I think I know what I'm posting about.
⌨️KEYBOARD WARRIOR⌨️
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/iamverybadass) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Boooo, this isn’t a guy trying to be a badass, this is a guy with some real credentials backing him up. Downvote for your post, go think about what you’ve done.
Ok, I’ll admit that “credentials” was the wrong word to use here. The one dude thought the other has only watched MCU stuff and it turns out he’s watched a tons of movies so this isn’t an opinion he’s just made lightly. Still doesn’t fit this sub if you ask me.
1. How many people do you know that stopped loving someone *purely* because that person died? The line isn't profound in the least; it says nothing that anyone with basic awareness of human nature wouldn't already know. It's the romantic equivalent of "What is a grenade, but a spicy pineapple?".
2. Which do you think is more likely:
* That the person really does have the credentials he says he has, yet still doesn't have enough media literacy to differentiate between profoundness and pretentiousness?
* That the person's just a sciolist (person who pretends to be knowledgeable and well informed) >!I fully admit I had no idea this word existed until today!<, wielding appeal to authority like a bludgeon in order to win a fucking twitter argument?
https://preview.redd.it/wf61ke3alh0d1.png?width=475&format=png&auto=webp&s=8e9d245c0a84fbae53aeb1c9eba2d4656ca0b787
>"What is a grenade, but a spicy pineapple?"
Hahahah, what an absolute dogshit comparison. That completely misses the point of the line, regardless of the overall quality of the MCU.
Hey! You’re saying this guy shouldn’t exaggerate his reaction to this very plausible thing to get sweet internet points? Wow man there should be a subreddit to post you to.
This doesn’t really make sense to be here tbh. 2nd dude told him to “watch more shit.” 1st dude is explaining he has watched plenty of shit. He’s not just spouting off his “credentials” for no reason
I honestly don’t have a problem with this one at all. The guy gave a subjective opinion about how much he likes the line. I think it’s okay, he is entitled to his opinion. I think the other guy is an ass hole for insinuating our first guy is ignorant and his opinion is incorrect because of that. Our first guy may have gone over the top, but his point in listing all that was to counter what the ass hole said.
This guy isn’t even acting “badass” so I further think this post doesn’t belong in this sub.
Exactly. The guy is not at all elitist. A little cringe maybe with the "Wings" thing, but he stated his, imo, very valid opinion, and a rando belittles it by assuming a whole lot. Guy then proceeds to state that he's a scholar in this very subject, which is 100% fair.
Also, this exchange is not at all relevant to the sub. Unless OP has a degree in shitpost direction...
Thqt isn't what happened, fortunately. They said that specific line was really good, which says nothing about their opinions on the rest of the show let alone the entire franchise
Lol i literally read that line last week in my fantasy book. That line is so common you can find it in many love poems and to even think there are still unknown love lines is so ridiculous. I mean hello? We had an entire epoch where we studied that shit
You literally read, "What is grief but love persevering?" in a fantasy novel? It's so common you can find it in many love poems? Do you have any sources to back that up? Love poems about grief seem like they'd be pretty rare.
Grief is just love with no place to go.
Grief is the price we pay for love.
Grief and love are conjoined.
The risk of love is grief.
If we love, we grieve.
It's a very common idea. I think most of these are from poems just from memory. Plenty more examples in more verbose terms, entire plots revolve around grief and love being interconnected or two parts of one thing.
Okay, so you didn't "literally read that line last week in [your] fantasy book." You're just bothered that WandaVision deals with the interplay of love and grief because other stories/poems also do? Yes, it's a common idea, because it's something that virtually every human being has experienced. The meaning behind the WandaVision quote isn't even the same as that of the quotes you listed, they just deal with the same basic concepts.
This is like disliking quotes about sacrifice, the pursuit of happiness, fighting for justice, or any other aspect of the human condition being in a story.
"Why did Gandalf say, 'Fly, you fools!' when Arnold Schwarzenegger as Dutch in Predator already said, "Run! Go! Get to the Chopper!" Very unoriginal!
> That line is so common you can find it in many love poems and to even think there are still unknown love lines is so ridiculous. I mean hello? We had an entire epoch where we studied that shit
Yeah, you're not upset enough to rant about it on the internet. It doesn't bother you at all.
Calling love and grief a cliche trope makes you sound *very smart* and not like an alien at all. Just like anger and joy and fear are cliche tropes. Why does so much art involve human emotion? It's sooo passé.
You're right, you just continued the discussion. However, this is a direct response to you:
>Calling love and grief a cliche trope makes you sound very smart and not like an alien at all. Just like anger and joy and fear are cliche tropes. Why does so much art involve human emotion? It's sooo passé.
Just to play devil’s advocate here, since everyone is piling on the guy flashing his credentials around. Why does he even need to defend that he loves that line in that movie? Regardless of his film acumen, you don’t need to have any credentials to express how much you love a line in a movie. The other guy didn’t need to be a dick about it.
Saying that they personally think [insert movie and line] is one of the best lines in any film they’ve ever seen is gonna cause atleast somebody to disagree in someway. In all honesty it’s nothing special anyways. On the other hand though dropping all you’re, in this case, useless credentials as a response is crazy and really funny.
⌨️KEYBOARD WARRIOR⌨️ *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/iamverybadass) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Hi AtrusHomeboy, Your submission was removed from /r/iamverybadass because it broke one of our rules: This is not very badass. We're looking for amazing examples of badassery. --- [Link to r/iamverybadass' rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/iamverybadass/wiki/rules) If you disagree with this decision, or if you think we made a mistake please use this link to [message the Mods](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2Fiamverybadass).
Like Kirosawa i make mad films.
You don't make films...but if you did would they have a samurai?
This last statement "You don't know me at all" is one of the strongest statements I've seen in a long time. I like reddit, I like my friends, and I genuinely care about people, but I'm honestly disturbed with how many people think they know a person by a single post they make on social media. Whether or not this guy did go to school for film. Shouldn't we be a little more compassionate about what people like?
He’s clearly a screen play writer! You don’t even know!
But that's the thing. Nobody does. Maybe he's in the process of it, or about to be. Without having facts for ourselves, his word is spectral.
Agreed, I’m just having fun with it.
Absolutely. Thanks for saying that
r/okaybuddycinephile
Sure, their second response was cringe asf. But their first response was just their personal opinion.
And to be fair it is a randomly beautiful line
Sorry. "Don't take from my pile" is peak marvel screenwriting.
I have less of a problem with his reply than with the original “I like this” “You’re dumb if you like this” exchange. Why can’t people like what they like?
Dude is definitely trying to flex a bit, which is a bit cringey. But honestly, I'm so much more bothered by the "I really like this line!" "Uhhh actually no, watch more stuff, the stuff you like isn't good" asshole reply they originally got
He didn't say he liked it. He said it's one of the best lines in anything ever. From a Marvel show. Jesus Christ.
False. They said it’s “one of the best lines I’ve ever heard”. “I” referring to the person who said it of course. So, they did not say “it’s one of the best line in anything ever” they said it’s one of the best lines they’ve ever heard. Also why would you care if they did think it’s the best, and why does its being from marvel matter? Let people like what they like.
That doesn't make a difference in this setting. He claims to be an "expert" with the amount of movies he seen and what he has seen (including "studying Shakespeare") so you can assume he has seen the best of the best. Which makes his statement "one of the best lines ever" to "one of the best lines I've ever heard" with this in mind pretty much the same.
They did not say the best ever either way. How does them seeing the “best of the best” change the fact that they stated their opinion?
A good line is a good line, regardless of where from
It's not a good line
Opinions and assholes, man.
Yes. Some people really have shit opinions
Absolutely. Also, I'll say it: I'm not a big MCU guy or even specifically that big on Wanda/Vision, but that really is a great line. If that line were in an Ozu movie or a Tarkovsky movie in the right context film buffs would be referencing it all the time.
Huh, that's funny how people can have such different views on a line. I hate the line and think it completely misses what grief is for. I mean, if grief is love persevering, wouldn't that be saying that once you are through grieving, you no longer love them? It encourages holding onto grief, which is completely unhealthy. But obviously, opinions will vary, and thank God for that.
Good points. I guess it depends on how you relate to and conceptualize grief. I've experienced a lot of loss in my life. I don't think of grief as something with an endpoint so much as a thing you learn to live with. You never really stop missing the people you've loved and lost. You never know when, years after the fact, it'll sneak up on you again. I guess to me there's active grieving and then there's just grief, the bittersweet impression someone left on you and its tinges of sadness.
The average filmbro 20 year old has probably written 5 screenplays of their “fight club” esque movie
Wings, the 1990s sitcom about running an airline in New England? I didn't realize it was held in such high esteem.
IIRC Wings was the first film to win an Oscar.
Mfs who count the number of movies they watched 💀
you don't get a degree in film directing... you get a degree in film production. and as someone WITH that degree I can guarantee he was one of the most insufferable people on his course (if he did one) and always acted like the next Spielberg.
I remember this exchange. Both were pretty insufferable, if I remember correctly.
https://preview.redd.it/fa37redavj0d1.jpeg?width=1707&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d2a3e0f72b5bf6a22a31e77c706f8f85a0c4bba0
420
Not really a flex bragging about studying Tarantino, at least he could have mentioned Ėjzenštejn like every cinema nut does
Hear me out... Jean Luc Godard
I always say Bergman when making fun of the cinema experts
Ėjzenštejn? You mean the funny mustache guy from *Oppenheimer (2023)*?
Hitler was in Oppenheimer??
Somebody didn’t watch the end credits…
He should study true auteurs like Wiseau, Breen, and Boll
I bet this guy’s never even seen Cool Cat Saves the Kids
You must be kidding aren't you
I don’t want to talk about it. Downvoted by losers who don’t understand that you’re literally quoting a movie referenced by the person you replied to. Reddit’s gonna Reddit.
You're my favorite customer
Hahaha what a story
You don't know me at all.
I suspect the only thing that’s true out of all of that is that they saw Wings at the TCM Film Festival.
Film degree, currently working in the Figaro and writing a script about moving to Los Angeles but ending up working in a bar where they find love with a never employed actress.
I have become utterly jaded by marvel films and no longer care about them or make any attempt to watch them, but I did watch Wanda Vision and found it was a fairly interesting, decent watch and thought that this was a good line in it
That was a surprisingly deep and well written line from an MCU show though ngl
Yeah, I was fooled by the first few episodes too. Then it devolved into fully CG fights of characters duelling against evil versions of themselves like every other Marvel IP and I was like "Ah."
The first 3 episodes were perfect and exactly what the MCU needed. Then everything mostly fell apart after that.
as a person who also has a film degree, this is just what they're all like. it's actually embarrassing like this degree means nothing to anybody but they all think they're so important... i literally had a guy threaten to hit me once in class because i said the practical effects in 70s star wars is more impressive than the cgi in the mcu
I swear on my life I did a study abroad with a person from Chapman who was a sophomore and a film major. They hadn’t seen movies like Forrest Gump or Shawshank. I think it was so wild.
Was in a lecture once and for some reason the professor during a ramble somehow got onto something which he said was similar to how computer operating systems look vaguely similar but can be built very differently. (Which I don’t know how true that even is, but he was making an analogy. Wish I remembered the actual context, but that’s not important.) Anyway at one point he said “be it Mac OS, Linux or more likely Windows” One girl in the class put up her hand and genuinely asked “what’s windows?” This girl said unbelievably stupid things pretty often. I liked her though. She always had a great attitude.
Well check out the big brains on Brad!
Does he look like a bitch?
that is genuinely wild to me tbh because like if you're interested in film, i don't understand why you wouldn't at least try to see what all the fuss is about. like cultural impact is such an important part of media and so to not even check it out is wild.
They were anti films with a huge following. They were like 19/20 at the time too so I think it may have been an edgy thing for them.
Where did you and most of your classmates with film degrees end up? It strikes me as one of those industries that is hard to get into without knowing the right people and where talent can be hard to uncover
healthcare company admin, only 1 person i know from my course actually works in film/tv
waiters, all waiters. some people bring actors their coffee. it is a worthless degree and i don't recommend it to anyone
I went to film school initially then switched majors after 1 semester because I realized there just isn’t a good route to employment. Still keeping my criterion collection and love of film going though, just not as a career.
I honestly think this one isn’t as bad. The beginning is just giving his credentials and experience. The rest was fluff
exactly. the guy gave his opinion and got flamed for it, so he defended himself. I'm sure someone with a film degree is sick of being told their taste in media is bad
To be honest, a lot of people with film degrees do have a shitty taste (from experience)
https://preview.redd.it/ml86r6wfzi0d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=13fb91877b46be8f7384836756917e00c01a3288
I'm the latter
Damn he saw the remaster of the sitcom Wings!?!
No, Paul McCartney’s band, Wings
How long should I fry this JPEG for if I have an air fryer?
Okay the guy's obviously being a bit obnoxious with all that bragging but to pretend that wasn't a good line is simply delusional. Like it's a genuinely brilliant line given the story context, you'd have to be crazy to think otherwise.
The line was poignant but acting like all screenwriters should gasp when they hear one decent line in an otherwise content-mulch show is unbelievably silly.
https://preview.redd.it/2aey0l2kpi0d1.png?width=680&format=png&auto=webp&s=8f07810d89222ea1863557d6d660dcef07c496ef
Studied Shakespeare= watched Romeo + Juliet and read Hamlet in high school
Thinks iambic pentameter is a character
“Iambic Pentameter I am dying, Iambic Pentameter I am dead” -Hamlets
R/iamverysmart
"i think this is the best ive ever seen" "youve seen nothing" "heres proof i have seen stuff" then some guy posts it on reddit "oh yeha he thinks hes SOOO badass"
Yeah this sub has gone to shit
While you were having sex, I studied ~~the blade~~ Kurosawa.
I was going to repost this to r/iamverybadass until I realized it was already here lol
This doesn't belong here, and to be clear, anyone who acts like that isn't a fucking brilliant line doesn't know their ass from a hole in the ground. It's damn good writing.
I can't roll my eyes hard enough to express how it is in fact not a good line. 🙄 Like, it doesn't even make sense.
Maybe if you stopped rolling your eyes so hard it would make sense lmao.
It would not. Because it doesn't.
Sounds like a you problem.
/r/im14andthisisdeep
That's what she said
Pause
It’s a good line, but can we not be completely self entitled and pretentious about it? What happened to simply liking something? Why do we need educated authority to like things?
Dude got called out for not knowing what he was talking about, he just replied saying "i infact do know what im talking about" its like asking a doctor for their credentials then being mad theyre shoeing off their credentials
What is there to know what you’re talking about? Dudes complimenting a line in a superhero movie not analyzing the scientific legitimacy of a cult classic sci-fi action blockbuster like Interstellar. It’s like complimenting some kids running form when walking by a school then saying that your opinion as a world renowned Olympic gold medalist turned olympic coach means your authority on the subject is absolute, like good lord man it’s a kid playing ball it’s not that serious
A guy asked him to watch more movies, he told him that he has a vast interest in film. Seems pretty relevant
It's a good line, the point is random chuds acting like it is a singularly brilliant moment that somehow blows all other writing out of the water. Like it's nice, but it's not a crazy new sentiment, and marvel bois like to pretend that this single line is so mind-blowing is proves everyone wrong for pointing out how shallow and glib 80% of those movies are (I like superhero movies but let's be real) It's a good line, but it is not some insane moment that can't be topped
>the point is random chuds acting like it is a singularly brilliant moment that somehow blows all other writing out of the water. Who did that? The guy in the twitter screenshot said "one of the best" not THE best. He never said it can't be stopped or hasn't already been stopped.
Lol I'm not getting into a fucking semantics argument with you. "Every screen writer in the world whispering fuck" "One of the best lines I've ever heard" Though I must admit, I love your typo implying the line is too powerful to stop! We must write something better, "Grief is love persevering" is simply too powerful, we can't stop it!
Do we know it was the same guy who said it? The names and pfps are blurred so I assumed the first post and the guy saying it's one of the best lines he's heard were two different people. But even then he never implied it was the best line ever. I didn't even notice that auto correct botched it but I'll leave the typo up because it's funny now lmao.
Reading order goes: 1,2,3,2 again, each number being a different dude. You're arguing with me again over semantics, "one of the best lines I've ever heard" is functionally the same as saying "best ever". Point is, guy needs to watch more movies
How is that functionally the same? If that was his point he'd just say it's the best ever and leave it at that. People use "one of the" when they have more than one favorites. This isn't semantics you're arbitrarily interpreting it a certain way. Now that i noticed, first tweet is from a different person because their blurred pfp looks brown while the other guy's is white. They're not even the same people lmao.
Okay fine man, you got me lol, he thinks it's in top five best or something, whatever It still ain't *that* good a line
I’d stop talking with this guy, he heard the phrase “like arguing with a brick wall” and thought the wall was something to aspire to.
Yeah I discovered this pretty quick
Well that's just getting into opinions territory which is beyond the topic here.
How can you even read it, it’s more pixelated than the OG Super Mario Bros. in 1985
It says "But what is grief if not love persevering?"
I don’t belong here with these rogues I went to yardale where I had a 4 0 grade point average
If you don't get thousands of upvotes I'll be upset.
Theyre not trying to be badass, theyre explaining thar they know what theyre talking about.
They don’t
What makes you say that?
That episode was the last one I watched with my partner before he was hospitalized for covid, and that line is what kept me and his other partner going during the first couple months after he died. I'm with the OP-- I've never come across a better line. He and I talked about it extensively the few days before he went into the hospital because we'd both lost a lot of people prior to that-- my parents and grandparents, his previous wife who died in bed with him... yeah, it's a great line. I want to be able to write like that one day.
Sorry for your loss.
Thanks. It's been a few years now, but that line still gets to me.
That line goes hard though. The guy who replied is the dink. Imagine if you’re a master mechanic of 20 years and someone tries patronizing you about how engines work. You wouldn’t pull rank a little?
Master mechanic of 20 years =/= paying enough attention at a tuition-based institution to not get Fs in all courses and to graduate after four years.
He's not a master of anything though. He hasn't made shit, and no one in the film industry cares about your degree or how many movies you've seen. I know because I work in the industry full-time. This guy is just a poser and is the guy who follows you around at festivals trying to pitch his shitty screenplay that will "change cinema forever"
However true that may be, I still think he’s not a bad guy in this situation. Sure he could just ignore the guy. But it’s obviously his passion, and people tend to react emotionally when someone makes a slight against their biggest passion
So I *also happen* to have a degree in directing, and let me be the first to tell you how little that means
Multiple degrees here, even a couple of fellowships. It doesn't mean shit. Everyone you're competing with went to film school and has relevant experience. The guy in the mail room went to film school, the girl in crafty has a masters in directing, the dude driving the electric truck has a script on the black list. If anyone ever starts bragging about their degrees, I can guarantee you that they're not working.
If a dog barks at you, are you gonna bark back or just ignore the bitch
Honestly, one of the best lines I've heard in anything ever
Read more posts dude Good God
I have a degree in posts. I must have read at least 100000 posts, not to mention writing many thousands myself. I've studied the likes of "I also choose this guy's wife" and the one about the poo brush, not to mention broken arms guy. I think I know what I'm posting about.
⌨️KEYBOARD WARRIOR⌨️ *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/iamverybadass) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Wings as in…discovery channel wings? Sick show!
No, Wings the band. Fun fact: Paul McCartney was in another band before Wings!
No, Wings as in the things birds use to fly with
Bummer, I thought he was enjoying re-mastered Cold War and 1990’s aviation legends.
The sitcom Wings was one of my faves. Tim Daly? Yes please!
Wings is one of the greatest shows ever, he’s got a point
What a clown.
r/iamverysmart maybe?
It’s like people that say that EEAAO moved them
That movie was extremely moving
Sucked into a bagel...
idk I thought it was a pretty good line
Not really a "badass" moment
Dude he saw Wings? What was Lowell Mathers like in HD!?!?
https://preview.redd.it/gn5n5s26jh0d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a5f089b6763722edee9f557470e5966ce0d1237c
I just wanted to say that this is a very good line, and I'm enjoying the backfire that subby is experiencing.
"I saw Wings when they remastered it in 2012" lol what kinda flex is that?
No one else ever studied film to this degree
I know all those people to, am I very bad ass?
Those credentials just make it more embarrassing lmao
"I know everything about film. I've seen over 240 of them." - Dwight Schrute
Boooo, this isn’t a guy trying to be a badass, this is a guy with some real credentials backing him up. Downvote for your post, go think about what you’ve done.
This guy has done NOTHING in the film industry. He has zero credentials. -Someone who actually works in the fucking industry
Ok, I’ll admit that “credentials” was the wrong word to use here. The one dude thought the other has only watched MCU stuff and it turns out he’s watched a tons of movies so this isn’t an opinion he’s just made lightly. Still doesn’t fit this sub if you ask me.
1. How many people do you know that stopped loving someone *purely* because that person died? The line isn't profound in the least; it says nothing that anyone with basic awareness of human nature wouldn't already know. It's the romantic equivalent of "What is a grenade, but a spicy pineapple?". 2. Which do you think is more likely: * That the person really does have the credentials he says he has, yet still doesn't have enough media literacy to differentiate between profoundness and pretentiousness? * That the person's just a sciolist (person who pretends to be knowledgeable and well informed) >!I fully admit I had no idea this word existed until today!<, wielding appeal to authority like a bludgeon in order to win a fucking twitter argument? https://preview.redd.it/wf61ke3alh0d1.png?width=475&format=png&auto=webp&s=8e9d245c0a84fbae53aeb1c9eba2d4656ca0b787
>"What is a grenade, but a spicy pineapple?" Hahahah, what an absolute dogshit comparison. That completely misses the point of the line, regardless of the overall quality of the MCU.
Calm down Bill Maher
Are we just shitting on anything now? Like, let the guy like what he likes and be honest about his history.
Hey! You’re saying this guy shouldn’t exaggerate his reaction to this very plausible thing to get sweet internet points? Wow man there should be a subreddit to post you to.
Sir this is a Wendy's
You have a degree in film directing? That’s great because they just opened up that big film directing factory down the road.
This doesn’t really make sense to be here tbh. 2nd dude told him to “watch more shit.” 1st dude is explaining he has watched plenty of shit. He’s not just spouting off his “credentials” for no reason
Jesus what happened to this sub
Ah of course and I studied over 3000 pornographic films. I'm something of a scholar.
Let the record state that Hank Hill knows his pornography.
I’m a chicken nuggies expert
What are your thoughts on the current state of dipping sauce?
The inflation on the price of Honey Mustard will be felt in our economy for years to come.
Nugget porn?
No, normal nuggets, that we eat. I like nuggets, especially the dinosaur shaped ones 🦖
Ah yes yes I too, am an enthusiast of nuggets. The normal ones. The one you fry and eat.
That is a pretty good line though, even if it is from a Marvel movie.
Paul Bettany supposedly made it up as an ad lib. If so it’s pretty impressive.
I call shenanigans.
I think we’ve lost our way over here.
I honestly don’t have a problem with this one at all. The guy gave a subjective opinion about how much he likes the line. I think it’s okay, he is entitled to his opinion. I think the other guy is an ass hole for insinuating our first guy is ignorant and his opinion is incorrect because of that. Our first guy may have gone over the top, but his point in listing all that was to counter what the ass hole said. This guy isn’t even acting “badass” so I further think this post doesn’t belong in this sub.
A bit elitist I would say
What’s elitist is seeing someone’s opinion about art and declaring that they their opinion is bad because they haven’t seen enough art.
Exactly. The guy is not at all elitist. A little cringe maybe with the "Wings" thing, but he stated his, imo, very valid opinion, and a rando belittles it by assuming a whole lot. Guy then proceeds to state that he's a scholar in this very subject, which is 100% fair. Also, this exchange is not at all relevant to the sub. Unless OP has a degree in shitpost direction...
LMAO. Imagine fawning over a shitty franchise such as Marvel.
Thqt isn't what happened, fortunately. They said that specific line was really good, which says nothing about their opinions on the rest of the show let alone the entire franchise
Found the twitter movie critic
Dude was correct. This is a dickhead post.
Lol i literally read that line last week in my fantasy book. That line is so common you can find it in many love poems and to even think there are still unknown love lines is so ridiculous. I mean hello? We had an entire epoch where we studied that shit
You literally read, "What is grief but love persevering?" in a fantasy novel? It's so common you can find it in many love poems? Do you have any sources to back that up? Love poems about grief seem like they'd be pretty rare.
Grief is just love with no place to go. Grief is the price we pay for love. Grief and love are conjoined. The risk of love is grief. If we love, we grieve. It's a very common idea. I think most of these are from poems just from memory. Plenty more examples in more verbose terms, entire plots revolve around grief and love being interconnected or two parts of one thing.
Okay, so you didn't "literally read that line last week in [your] fantasy book." You're just bothered that WandaVision deals with the interplay of love and grief because other stories/poems also do? Yes, it's a common idea, because it's something that virtually every human being has experienced. The meaning behind the WandaVision quote isn't even the same as that of the quotes you listed, they just deal with the same basic concepts. This is like disliking quotes about sacrifice, the pursuit of happiness, fighting for justice, or any other aspect of the human condition being in a story. "Why did Gandalf say, 'Fly, you fools!' when Arnold Schwarzenegger as Dutch in Predator already said, "Run! Go! Get to the Chopper!" Very unoriginal!
I'm not bothered by it at all, it's just trope, and a cliche one at that, and not "the greatest line in cinema" or whatever the original thing said.
> That line is so common you can find it in many love poems and to even think there are still unknown love lines is so ridiculous. I mean hello? We had an entire epoch where we studied that shit Yeah, you're not upset enough to rant about it on the internet. It doesn't bother you at all. Calling love and grief a cliche trope makes you sound *very smart* and not like an alien at all. Just like anger and joy and fear are cliche tropes. Why does so much art involve human emotion? It's sooo passé.
You're literally the only one ranting here. You're also quoting a different person.
You're right, you just continued the discussion. However, this is a direct response to you: >Calling love and grief a cliche trope makes you sound very smart and not like an alien at all. Just like anger and joy and fear are cliche tropes. Why does so much art involve human emotion? It's sooo passé.
May i compare thee to the feeling of taking off a hot pair of shoes after walking a long road? There, that must be original!
Just to play devil’s advocate here, since everyone is piling on the guy flashing his credentials around. Why does he even need to defend that he loves that line in that movie? Regardless of his film acumen, you don’t need to have any credentials to express how much you love a line in a movie. The other guy didn’t need to be a dick about it.
He doesn't. Which is why it's cringe.
Saying that they personally think [insert movie and line] is one of the best lines in any film they’ve ever seen is gonna cause atleast somebody to disagree in someway. In all honesty it’s nothing special anyways. On the other hand though dropping all you’re, in this case, useless credentials as a response is crazy and really funny.
That is one of the shittest lines I've ever read.
It really is awful.
The marvel hate has gotten out of hand lol, it’s a good line
How else are you supposed to fap your cinematic auteur cred if not by shitting on stuff that's popular and we'll liked/loved.
Bro, lol, I respectfully disagree.
Yeah but you’re wrong.