We’ve had a lot of fun this week with insults, but I’d like to veer in an entirely different tonal direction for next week: Notable dialogue in which one character expresse their love for another character — hopefully to inspire us all to be more creative than saying, “I love you.”
Here’s a great example:
“You make me want to be a better man.”
– Jack Nicholson, “As Good As It Gets”
Notable ways characters have said “I love you” without saying “I love you.”
If you can grab the quote from IMDB.com that would be great.
And if you have the time to do a search on YouTube for a possible clip, that would be super.
Let’s see what we can come up with for this theme.
"Vasquez … you're too bad."
End of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eycDq4NW88o (best clip I could find)
Han Solo — Empire Strikes Back
"I know."
Jerry MaQuire
"You complete me."
Casablanca
The end speech. Where he's telling her to get on the plane and go off with the other guy.
There's a great bit of dialog in "The Namesake" that speaks to being more creative in our expression of love.
Ashima (to Ashoke): "Do you want me to say 'I love you', like the Americans?"
And of course she doesn't have to: her life with him is the perfect expression of love.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ2rCmmHbYY&NR=1