I'm tryin', Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard ...

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Jules - Pulp Fiction (1994)

There's a passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17. "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you." I been sayin' that **** for years. And if you ever heard it, it meant your ass. I never really questioned what it meant. I thought it was just a cold-blooded thing to say to a mother****er before you popped a cap in his ass. But I saw some **** this mornin' made me think twice. Now I'm thinkin': it could mean you're the evil man. And I'm the righteous man. And Mr. 9mm here, he's the shepherd protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness. Or it could be you're the righteous man and I'm the shepherd and it's the world that's evil and selfish. I'd like that. But that **** ain't the truth. The truth is you're the weak. And I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin', Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard to be a shepherd.

Beautiful.
 
It is a grat performance, and probably Samuel L Jackson's landmark work. Certainly a lot of his later stuff has either been rubbish, or quite derivative (i.e. Sam shouting about having been wronged).

This is before I view the Five showing of The Negotiator this evening!
 
I really think Bush should have quoted that chapter and verse during the speech after terrorist attacks of September 11.
 
Originally posted by pupik
I really think Bush should have quoted that chapter and verse during the speech after terrorist attacks of September 11.

Dude .... that would have been hardcore! (:
 
Oh, you ready to blow? Well I'm a mushroom-cloud-laying mother****er, mother****er! Everytime my fingers touch brain I'm Superfly TNT, I'm the Guns of the Navarone.
 
samuel l jackson is one of my favorite actors because he can really get into the part he plays. i saw "the cavemans valentine" a few days ago and i thought it was really good. edge of your seat kinda movie.
 
Yeah. That was a good movie.

Last week I saw, ummm... crap! That movie he did with that guy, you know.

Ben Aflec.

Anyway, that scene when he's in the bar and gives his idea of the perfect Tiger Woods commercial, and then outside where he whoops their asses with the phone. That was awesome!
 
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