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100 Greatest Movie Insults

ByCuriosity Inc.

Jul 1, 2010

I’m sure you’ve seen it already, but the video finally came to my attention and I thought it warranted a place here. Ladies and gentlemen, as collected by Pajiba, here are The 100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time.

My general and unordered thoughts:

  • I’m not really sure the Gone With the Wind line really counts as an insult, but it’s too much a classic to leave out.
  • I can’t believe I’d forgotten about the Monty Python line until they threw it in.
  • Similarly, the Princess Bride and Empire Strikes Back lines simply had to be included. At least they got those out of the way early.
  • Maybe it’s just because his best work was before my time, but I had no idea that Steve Martin had such a gift for put-down jokes.
  • I don’t remember that “jerk-off” insult from The Big Lebowski. Clearly, I need to see that movie again.
  • If Dodgeball has more great line deliveries like that from Rip Torn, then I really need to finish that damn movie.
  • I love Cartman’s style in that South Park clip.
  • As a forum moderator, I’m pleased and amazed that I don’t recall seeing that Billy Madison clip before. Given all the stupid shit that gets said online, the internet needs more of that particular insult.
  • Not sure about that Casablanca line. I’m sure there must be a better insult somewhere in that movie.
  • I can’t believe that in all the history of the Marx Brothers, that Duck Soup clip was the best they’ve got.
  • Great to see Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang getting some recognition. There’s a movie that needs more love.
  • Never got the point of that stupid line from Napoleon Dynamite. Hell, I never got the point of Napoleon Dynamite.
  • Thank you, Marcia Gay Harden, for that wonderful bit of despicable comedy relief in that bleak, bleak movie The Mist.
  • Ah-nuld, a sci-fi high concept and badass one-liners all collide to give us that little piece of awesome that was the 6th Day clip.
  • Can anyone do crazy like Gene Wilder can? I think not.
  • Not that Chevy Chase isn’t already doing a great job on Community, but I’d love to see him do something like his Christmas Vacation clip on the show.
  • In the Loop got multiple mentions, I see. Nice.
  • Another repeat performer is Gunnery Sergeant Hartman of Full Metal Jacket. Deservedly so, I think you’ll agree.
  • John Wayne gets multiple shots, just because he’s one of the all-time great badasses.
  • I’ve never seen Glengarry Glen Ross, but I’m humbled by how many times it got worthy entries here.
  • Les Grossman only gets one? There had to be at least two or three worthy entries from him in Tropic Thunder.

By Curiosity Inc.

I hold a B.S. in Bioinformatics, the only one from Pacific University's Class of '09. I was the stage-hand-in-chief of my high school drama department and I'm a bass drummer for the Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers. I dabble in video games and I'm still pretty good at DDR. My primary hobby is going online for upcoming movie news. I am a movie buff, a movie nerd, whatever you want to call it. Comic books are another hobby, but I'm not talking about Superman or Spider-Man or those books that number in the triple-digits. I'm talking about Watchmen, Preacher, Sandman, etc. Self-contained, dramatic, intellectual stories that couldn't be accomplished in any other medium. I'm a proud son of Oregon, born and raised here. I've been just about everywhere in North and Central America and I love it right here.

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