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We all saw a trilogy from time to time, Star Wars, The Matrix, Austin Powers. However, out of the three films, what was your favorite quote? Here is my favorite quote from The Matrix trilogy. It's in Matrix: Revolution with the last battle between Smith and Neo.


Why, Mr. Anderson? Why do you do it? Why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you're fighting for something? For more that your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know? Is it freedom? Or truth? Perhaps peace? Yes? No? Could it be for love? Illusions, Mr. Anderson. Vagaries of perception. The temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose. And all of them as artificial as the Matrix itself, although only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love. You must be able to see it, Mr. Anderson. You must know it by now. You can't win. It's pointless to keep fighting. Why, Mr. Anderson? Why? Why do you persist?

Do, or do not, there is no try

RIP, Yoda

"Who is more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?" - Obi-Wan

Why, Mr. Anderson? Why do you do it? Why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you're fighting for something? For more that your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know? Is it freedom? Or truth? Perhaps peace? Yes? No? Could it be for love? Illusions, Mr. Anderson. Vagaries of perception. The temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose. And all of them as artificial as the Matrix itself, although only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love. You must be able to see it, Mr. Anderson. You must know it by now. You can't win. It's pointless to keep fighting. Why, Mr. Anderson? Why? Why do you persist?


Best movie quote ever! I love the Matrix trilogy and the character of Agent Smith especially. Hugo Weaving is such a great actor!

"No, Doc. I need to get back. Back to the Future!"

"Toss me. But don't tell the elf."

Best movie quote ever! I love the Matrix trilogy and the character of Agent Smith especially. Hugo Weaving is such a great actor!

I know! I mean jeez, he just played Agent Smith sooo well! Espically during that little speech of his!

Too bad he had to be deleted at the end though. :(

Best movie quote ever! I love the Matrix trilogy and the character of Agent Smith especially. Hugo Weaving is such a great actor!

yeah, I don't know why everyone hated Reloaded and Revolutions, they weren't as good as the first but then again NOTHING is as good as the first matrix...

http://home.maine.rr.com/waassaap/Forum%20Pictures/lamepost.jpg

Though technically Star Wars isn't a trilogy.......

No do, or do not, there is no try

Seconded :D

yeah, I don't know why everyone hated Reloaded and Revolutions, they weren't as good as the first but then again NOTHING is as good as the first matrix...

I agree. The entire trilogy was freakin' awesome! The first couldn't be topped obviously, but the sequels were kick-ass anyway! I think one of the reasons people didn't like the second or third movies as much was because they didn't understand a lot of the underlying philosophy in the characters words and actions.

Can you tell me, bright eyes, why all apes are created equal?
it seems some are more equal than others

best orwell reference EVER!

I agree. The entire trilogy was freakin' awesome! The first couldn't be topped obviously, but the sequels were kick-ass anyway! I think one of the reasons people didn't like the second or third movies as much was because they didn't understand a lot of the underlying philosophy in the characters words and actions.

Some people didn't like the second film because it was all action and had little content. Though The Matrix was one of three, it was a complete film in itself whereas no.2 was just a set-up for the finale.

I liked them all though;)

Ani, you're breaking my heart!
Bitch, you gonna get raped if you don't stop givin' me lip
It's there.

Yep, The Matrix Trilogy rocked! :D

http://www.scoretrack.net/m_agent_smith.jpg

Some people didn't like the second film because it was all action and had little content. Though The Matrix was one of three, it was a complete film in itself whereas no.2 was just a set-up for the finale.

I liked them all though;)

True. The second one had the least philosophy overall. That and it was pretty much a filler between the original and the finale. The last scene was just Smith-Bane and Neo lieing on some tables and then "END". It sucked in a "Pirates of the Carribean 2" way.

Darth Vader: Obi-wan never told you what happened to your father.
Luke: He told me enough...he told me you killed him!
Vader: No, I am your father.

Would planet of the apes(old ones) count as a trilogy???

I hereby declare the Monthy python movies to be a trilogy:

"We want...another shrubbery"

'I've soiled my pants again.'

Would planet of the apes(old ones) count as a trilogy???

No, there were 5 Planet of the Apes films not including the recent remake.

Still, it probably counts as much as dividing all 6 star wars films into 2 trilogies!:D

Agent Smith: "You're empty."
Neo: "So are you."

It wasn't until the third or fourth time I watched it that I realized they might have been talking about the guns.

"We want...another shrubbery"

'I've soiled my pants again.'
When I first saw this post, I thought it was supposed to be an exchange (ie, a piece of dialogue). For several moments, my entire Universe stood on its end and tap-danced like a drunken monkey, then I remembered that these lines actually have no connection within the actual movie.
Now my monkey is upset, and its all your fault.

This......is my BOOMSTICK!

Army of darkness is my favourite film, full of cool/stupid quotes, I could be here all day!:p

When I first saw this post, I thought it was supposed to be an exchange (ie, a piece of dialogue). For several moments, my entire Universe stood on its end and tap-danced like a drunken monkey, then I remembered that these lines actually have no connection within the actual movie.
Now my monkey is upset, and its all your fault.

Ow, dear me:p

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Darth Vader.
No, I am your father
(A lot of people think it's "Luke, I am your father.")

Why, Mr. Anderson? Why do you do it? Why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you're fighting for something? For more that your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know? Is it freedom? Or truth? Perhaps peace? Yes? No? Could it be for love? Illusions, Mr. Anderson. Vagaries of perception. The temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose. And all of them as artificial as the Matrix itself, although only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love. You must be able to see it, Mr. Anderson. You must know it by now. You can't win. It's pointless to keep fighting. Why, Mr. Anderson? Why? Why do you persist?




No, no, no.

That's the line right before the best line. In fact, the best line is:


Because I choose to.

Leia: I love you.
Han: I know.

One of the most useful quotes ever for men ;)

And, of course, the second best lines in the Matrix trilogy are:


Knuckle up!....For Zion!

Khazad!Khazad ai menu!
There should be some accenty thing, but meh.

"I'm not a whore, I'm a duck!"

Leia: I love you.
Han: I know.

One of the most useful quotes ever for men ;)

Hans is not the kind to get all emotional. Of course if I tried that on a girl I would get a slap in the face and a night on the couch.

"Many that live deserve death, and some that die deserve life, but can you give that to them?"-gandalf

"You wanna get outta here, you talk to me."

"That's not a knife."

Elrond: Nine companions. So be it. You shall be the fellowship of the ring.
Pippin: Great! Where are we going?

Can't forget the Mighty Ducks.


Goldberg: Be careful man, it almost hit me that time!
Charlie Conway: Goldberg, you're the goalie. It's supposed to hit you.
Goldberg: Does that sound stupid to anyone else?

"Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many that live deserve death, and some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise can not see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play yet, for good or ill."
That comes from what is without a trace of a doubt the greatest trilogy of all time.

It is actually cobbled together from two or three Gandalf quotes from different books, but the effect is remarkable.

Zeus: Didn't I hear you say you didn't even like your brother?
Simon: There's a difference between not liking one's brother and not caring when some dumb Irish flatfoot drops him out of a window.

(my fav of this trilogy btw)

"I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle..."

Hans is not the kind to get all emotional. Of course if I tried that on a girl I would get a slap in the face and a night on the couch.
Carbonite is a steaming-hot place compared to the cold stares this line will earn you in real life. That, or she has seen the movie and has a sense of humor...

"One Swedish Made Penis Enlarger"

"Oh no, my young Jedi, you will find it is you who are mistaken. About a great many things."

-Emporer Palpatine.

"This party is over" Mace windu to Count Dooku ep2

When I first saw this post, I thought it was supposed to be an exchange (ie, a piece of dialogue). For several moments, my entire Universe stood on its end and tap-danced like a drunken monkey, then I remembered that these lines actually have no connection within the actual movie.
Now my monkey is upset, and its all your fault.

That is so very nearly siggable.

"You might say that, I couldn't possibly comment."
The most recognizable line from the world's greatest fictional politician . . .
*sighs and gets starry eyed*

-In the beginning the Universe was created. This made alot of people very angry and was widely regarded as a bad move.
-I am solely responsible for the form of the animal known as the giraffe will evolve to be.
-Im went insane a long time ago. Im saving my sanity for later
-He picked up the letter Q and hurled it into a distant privet bush where it hit a young rabbit. The rabbit hurtled off in terror and didn't stop till it was set upon and eaten by a fox which choked on one of its bones and died on the bank of a stream which subsequently washed it away.
During the following weeks Ford Prefect swallowed his pride and struck up a relationship with a girl who had been a personnel officer on Golgafrincham, and he was terribly upset when she suddenly passed away as a result of drinking water from a pool that had been polluted by the body of a dead fox. The only moral it is possible to draw from this story is that one should never throw the letter Q into a privet bush.
-One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit of continuously stating and repeating the very very obvious, as in It's a nice day, or You're very tall, or Oh dear you seem to have fallen down a thirty-foot well, are you all right?
-My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre and that I am therefore excused from saving universes


Douglas Adams's Hitchikers Trilogy of 4, 5, 6 or 7 i cant remember

Shikata Ga Nai

One of the most important and true phrases ever. Kim Stanley Robinson is truely a genius. He's not a novelist, he's a philosopher.

Obi-Wan: "What took you so long?"

Anakin: "Sorry Master. It took a while to find a speeder that I really liked. You know, one with the right acceleration and maneuvering capabilities..."

Though technically Star Wars isn't a trilogy.......

Its a trap!

Though technically Star Wars isn't a trilogy.......

It's two trilogies.

Shikata Ga Nai

One of the most important and true phrases ever. Kim Stanley Robinson is truely a genius. He's not a novelist, he's a philosopher.

could you translate? i dont speak japanese(i think is japanese)

could you translate? i dont speak japanese(i think is japanese)

something along the lines of its no use waiting i think