Stupidest dialogue ever?

[Jon Starr]

I despite the poorly written lines as others have mentioned. Stating the obvious in emotions and situations, some of the cliche stuff, etc.

One moment of writing that bugged me was when a scene went on for too long. It was for the aweful film The Covenant. Two characters were talking, they ended the intense conversation and the scene should have ended, but instead they looked at each other (a bit awkwardly mind you), then said "goodbye" "see you later" they walk off screen, then the scene ended. Wasn't a comedy mind you.

But I also despise lines that come out of nowhere or don't fit into the context:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1XOfHax6Q8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIt0VY7Yg2w

 

[wcmartell]

My favorite line (from a friend's film) Said casually, "Hey, there go the guys who cut off my arm."

- Bill

 

[Dingos8mybaby]

See the entire film (if you can stomach it) Twilight.

 

[Barry_Green]

Or the entire film (if you can stomach it) Fireproof.

 

[RockmanX3]

The dialogue in the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy is also pretty hard to stomach. Especially Attack of the Clones.

 

[Barry_Green]

Oooh, RockmanX3 scores a direct hit. Especially anything to do with Padme and Anakin together...

 

[stip]

Any showdown scene where the bad guy explicitly explains to the defenseless good guy why he does what he does and tells in detail what and how he did what he did so far.

 

[Dingos8mybaby]

One of the things I can't stand in dialogue goes something like this:

Girl: You bastard! I can't believe you would do this to me!
Guy: What can I say...you can take the tiger out of the jungle, but you can't take the jungle out of the tiger. Sorry babe.

A few scenes later...

Girl STABS Guy.

Guy: Wha-- No! No! It wasn't supposed to be like this!
Girl: What can I say? You can take the tiger out of the jungle, but you can't take the jungle out of the tiger. Asshole.

IMO, it's even more ultra-annoying when this type of back-and-forth happens in the same scene. For numerous examples, see PotC: Dead Man's Chest.

 

[stip]

Horror/Thriller:

"Who's there??!!...is it you, [Name]?...hello?" --> repeated about 3 times, altough already frightened.

Turns every quite authentic character into a real moron.

 

[Ted Spencer]

Oooh, RockmanX3 scores a direct hit. Especially anything to do with Padme and Anakin together...

Yep. Lucas, for all he did really well (and there's plenty, including storytelling), is notorious for writing bad dialog. Even his star actors have publicly ridiculed him for it...