Richard Jenkins is one the most under-rated actors out there... I love the scene!
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i was fired from a job, set up to take the fall for a higher up. they lured me into a meeting where they all proceeded to inform me of my misconduct. at first i thought i must be dreaming, that it wasn't really happening. this only happened in movies. i was caught off guard, i didn't see it coming. instead of reacting with anger and surprise i remained stonefaced. those who i thought were allies couldn't look me in the eye. sometimes the only real difference between a friend and an enemy is the day of the week. i could have easily defended myself but, i knew that nothing i could do or say at that moment would change what was happening to me. i let them finish, went to my office and collected my family photographs. all without saying a word and totally expressionless. left everything else behind. dropped my keys with the receptionist on the way out. it's been a few years now and all i have to say about this former employer is, not all karma is good karma. i've moved on and till today i'm damn proud of the way i handled that. didn't sue anyone, didn't utter a derogatory word. i figure that's what the FBI director is talking about when he's says it's your choice on how you want to go out.
Wow, this might be one of the most intelligent smackdowns in cinema history. The scriptwriter wrote some great lines and Richard Jenkins delivers perfectly. When someone tries to threaten you, the reply that "I learned to not fear anything, even death", leaves the attorney general in this scene completely powerless.
The script writer needs credit for this. My favorite line in a movie because you can use this in your own personal life. I do in my professional career. When you know your job is finite no matter what, it liberates you to do better and removes a certain amount of stress to make the right decision. You also retain your integrity.
The best part is the cut to the attorney general’s face as soon as the FBI director mentioned Westmorland, their obituaries, and Tet-like, “Oh yeah; this guy’s a vet of the Vietnam War during some of its nastiest stretches. He’s not afraid of me, let alone any of this political horseshit.”
Same here. I've signed my last will and testament 5 times and nearly cashed it out about 50 times. I deployed to Iraq 3 times (and an infantryman, not a clerk or some other "safe" job), where I was surrounded by thousands of people who wanted me dead. They damn near succeeded a few times. That being said, there isn't much that can scare me anymore. I got into some trouble and had to do some jail time once. There was a vehicle that cruised the perimeter of the facility, and we were warned that they guard(s) in it had guns. That made me laugh. One of the guards asked me what I thought was so funny. I told him this was not (by far) the first time I'd been around men with guns, or would have had guns pointed at me.
I was watching Bone Tomahawk the other night, saw Richard Jenkins and couldn't figure out what scene kept coming to my head where he was some kind of law enforcement, maybe FBI where he was giving a very frank speech to somebody. Finally found it. This scene for some reason embodies Richard Jenkins for me.
This line "How do you want to go out, on your feet or on your knees" is the one thing I referenced to my Soldiers when we were deployed. I didn't want them to try to survive, but to fight the good fight.
Powerfactorguy why would you be interested in that, why would it be necessary to know those 3? for the record: General, major offensive, the enemy. Without looking it up either....
Westmoreland was a US general who commanded the US forces in Vietnam. Tet was a major offensive by the Vietcong during the war. And cong is just the short for Vietcong (fighters from the north of Vietnam and against whom the US was fighting).
Imagine our political and government leaders speaking with no bullshit to the public just like this. Would certainly give the dose of reality we need right now
That I am afraid, is unattainable as our political system has engendered that kind of politician, only in it for personal gain, not for service. I know, it's unfair to generalize but...here we are.
This is so true. Evermore so in today's age, full of pop culture fascination and fixation with slanted media. Better to live 100 days a lion than 1000000 as a sheep.
@Adam M Sheep are also pack animals who are at the bottom of nature's food chain. A lion rules his /her world with absolute power. The anology was supposed to reflect a person's nature as opposed to that person's will. Do you spend your life following the leader and being part of the pack or do you grow a set of balls and spine, give the world a big fuck you and go out to meet your boat rather than wait for it to come in!!!!! You say sheep are happier, maybe because they know no other life other than being at the bottom of nature's pecking order!!!!!
Great way to say all things are finite and will end; life, jobs, health, beauty, etc. Face the inevitable on your feet or on your knees...face it with dignity and character.
This is a lesson found in The Art of War by Tsun Tzu just told in a different way. It is a wise lesson for us all...how you live and how you face death. On your feet or on your knees...hmm
I've told people things like that when they've tried to threaten me. I've signed/updated my last will and testament half a dozen times and nearly cashed out at least a dozen and a half times in Iraq. That all being said, a beating does not frighten me. Disciplinary action does not frighten me. Jail does not frighten me. Cops don't scare me (A fact that pisses them off sometimes. Being ex-military, I see them as comrades-in-arms. True, the military and police are not the same thing, but there are more similarities than differences. Quite a few people have tried to kill me. Some of them did not survive it.
If i was the Director of the most sophisticated and highly trained law enforcement, counter intelligence/ National Security agency in the entire world (FBI) I wouldn't back down from any fight. especially if US Citizens were murdered. I would never let something like slide to make a bunch of politicians happy.
I’m sorry if it seems like a stupid question, but why is this scene so powerful as what others have described? Esp, at the end when he mentioned “you should do the same..”
I dont get one sentence in the FBI chiefs speech: When he says "just seven months before the mid term elections", is he reffering to the president not wanting to lose voters seven months before the elections? Or does the seven months in any way reffer to him sending FBI agents too Saudi Arabia and if yes what does it mean?
That is where the movie's history lies. So, here goes:- The fact that there has been a terror attack inside the SAUDI-ARAMCO employees' compound has been hidden from the American public. And if such an attack warrants an investigation team's presence on ground in Saudi Arabia immediately (for not risking losing critical evidence), it is imperative from three perspectives - from the point of view of upholding the morale of the nation's premier homeland security agency's officers plus telling the Saudis that there is an enemy in their midst who is actively attempting to derail the USA-Saudi Arabia bilateral political, trade and military strategic relations and thirdly, to show the American might to the Saudis that attacking Americans (no matter where they are located in the world) is an unacceptable, impossible, unpardonable and intolerable infraction. And if the public isn't in the know of the internal goings-on, it surely shall doubt the dismissal from service of the Director of FBI the reasons for which shall be officially stated as merely sending boots on ground in Saudi Arabia. But what was that originally for is hidden from the general public??? Therefore, the POTUS is in a moral and ethical dilemma whether to spill the beans or not. Hence, in order to avoid a face off with the agency that is personally responsible for the POTUS' safety, the President shall be certainly worried about initiating any adverse action against the FBI. However, the Attorney General has precisely avoided such a potentiality and has circumvented the POTUS and has approached the Senate Committee on Terror who shall further ensure that the POTUS is furnished a very different view of the situation that has already transpired on Saudi soil and shall make every possible attempt to save their skin by trying to adopt a less martial stance in front of the Saudis hoping to avoid a diplomatic quagmire which will surely affect the USA's oil purchasearms deal barter with Saudi Arabia without according much thought to the grievous loss of actual American citizens on foreign soil in a supposedly friendly 'ally' nation. I hope the aforementioned satisfactorily answers your question. Cheers!
"The end comes no matter what, the only thing that matter is how do you want to go out. On your feet or on your knees." One of life's truest lessons.
Those words "id rather die living on my feet than dying on my knees were spoked by the great PEDO INFANTE"
Amen. Such a reality should make you live more fully, not irresponsibly, but fully and not less.
This clip should have 100 million plus views.
It quite possibly could be the greatest quote I've ever heard in a movie.
Words to live by.
Agreed. This film itself is also very underrated!
I wholeheartedly agree. I guess it only has a special meaning to a few of us, but never has a truer word been spoken.
100 million views, not exaggerating at all.
Politics verses leadership. This scene should be taught in every class.
One of the best non-action scenes of the movie! Mainly, because he's so right.
Richard Jenkins is one the most under-rated actors out there... I love the scene!
i was fired from a job, set up to take the fall for a higher up. they lured me into a meeting where they all proceeded to inform me of my misconduct. at first i thought i must be dreaming, that it wasn't really happening. this only happened in movies. i was caught off guard, i didn't see it coming. instead of reacting with anger and surprise i remained stonefaced. those who i thought were allies couldn't look me in the eye. sometimes the only real difference between a friend and an enemy is the day of the week. i could have easily defended myself but, i knew that nothing i could do or say at that moment would change what was happening to me. i let them finish, went to my office and collected my family photographs. all without saying a word and totally expressionless. left everything else behind. dropped my keys with the receptionist on the way out. it's been a few years now and all i have to say about this former employer is, not all karma is good karma. i've moved on and till today i'm damn proud of the way i handled that. didn't sue anyone, didn't utter a derogatory word. i figure that's what the FBI director is talking about when he's says it's your choice on how you want to go out.
Hope you're doing well!
@@EobardKhan Thank you, and I have zero regrets.
Nicely done; cheers.
The end comes no matter what. Great line.
That is in my top 10 movie scenes. It strikes at making ethical decisions. I love watching both of those actors as well. Thank you Peter Berg.
Simply one of the best movie scenes ever
The look on the Attorney General's face at the end is priceless!
If only our leaders could behave this way.
So poignant that I searched for it and saved it👏🏾👏🏾
Wow, this might be one of the most intelligent smackdowns in cinema history. The scriptwriter wrote some great lines and Richard Jenkins delivers perfectly. When someone tries to threaten you, the reply that "I learned to not fear anything, even death", leaves the attorney general in this scene completely powerless.
The script writer needs credit for this. My favorite line in a movie because you can use this in your own personal life. I do in my professional career. When you know your job is finite no matter what, it liberates you to do better and removes a certain amount of stress to make the right decision. You also retain your integrity.
It's basic philosophy
Truly one of the most profound movie scenes i have ever seen in my life.
The best part is the cut to the attorney general’s face as soon as the FBI director mentioned Westmorland, their obituaries, and Tet-like, “Oh yeah; this guy’s a vet of the Vietnam War during some of its nastiest stretches. He’s not afraid of me, let alone any of this political horseshit.”
I love this speech.
This scene has always stuck with me.
Same here. I've signed my last will and testament 5 times and nearly cashed it out about 50 times. I deployed to Iraq 3 times (and an infantryman, not a clerk or some other "safe" job), where I was surrounded by thousands of people who wanted me dead. They damn near succeeded a few times. That being said, there isn't much that can scare me anymore.
I got into some trouble and had to do some jail time once. There was a vehicle that cruised the perimeter of the facility, and we were warned that they guard(s) in it had guns. That made me laugh. One of the guards asked me what I thought was so funny. I told him this was not (by far) the first time I'd been around men with guns, or would have had guns pointed at me.
@@thatguy22441 thank you for your service!
I was watching Bone Tomahawk the other night, saw Richard Jenkins and couldn't figure out what scene kept coming to my head where he was some kind of law enforcement, maybe FBI where he was giving a very frank speech to somebody. Finally found it. This scene for some reason embodies Richard Jenkins for me.
This should have way many views and comments. This is real life and my attitude everyone I get called into the office for doing my job.
Awesome scene. Extremely memorable 😊
This line "How do you want to go out, on your feet or on your knees" is the one thing I referenced to my Soldiers when we were deployed. I didn't want them to try to survive, but to fight the good fight.
I'd be interested to know what portion of the current U.S. population could accurately identify any one of: "Westmoreland", "Tet", or "Cong"?
yes indeed
Powerfactorguy why would you be interested in that, why would it be necessary to know those 3? for the record: General, major offensive, the enemy. Without looking it up either....
You get a cookie. The story makes no sense if you can't identify them, so the scene looses its power when you don't know.
Can you please explain those terms? I have no clue and cant stand not knowing.
Westmoreland was a US general who commanded the US forces in Vietnam. Tet was a major offensive by the Vietcong during the war. And cong is just the short for Vietcong (fighters from the north of Vietnam and against whom the US was fighting).
Facts of life.
Love it and it so true. The end comes no matter what
Imagine our political and government leaders speaking with no bullshit to the public just like this. Would certainly give the dose of reality we need right now
That I am afraid, is unattainable as our political system has engendered that kind of politician, only in it for personal gain, not for service. I know, it's unfair to generalize but...here we are.
that is such a good speech,love it
This is so true. Evermore so in today's age, full of pop culture fascination and fixation with slanted media. Better to live 100 days a lion than 1000000 as a sheep.
Gregory Killen sheep are generally happier than lions. So no.
@Adam M Sheep are also pack animals who are at the bottom of nature's food chain. A lion rules his /her world with absolute power. The anology was supposed to reflect a person's nature as opposed to that person's will. Do you spend your life following the leader and being part of the pack or do you grow a set of balls and spine, give the world a big fuck you and go out to meet your boat rather than wait for it to come in!!!!! You say sheep are happier, maybe because they know no other life other than being at the bottom of nature's pecking order!!!!!
@@am7537 Neither escape, nor happiness, is my plan. “Death is lighter than a feather. Duty, heavier than a mountain.”
A sheep spends it's life fearing the wolf when at the end of the day it's the Shepard that slaughters them.
This is my favorite scene in the movie.
my man took that ass chewing like a pro and then handed the Attorney General his own ass. Beautifully done.
the most powerful, badass dialogue in this movie.
This clip was AHEAD OF ITS TIME concerning the FBI 🤔
..... what?
Now who's gona be the 1st one to tell their boss at work this line? 🤣😂😂🤣
awesome scene
All actor in this movie is awesome especially jamie fox
The AG's expression at the end: damn, you're right!!! How about I buy ya a drink?! Let's get hammered!!!
For a 6/10 film this scene has always been an 11/10.
It’s too bad that this kind of integrity at the FBI is only in the imagination of a talented screenwriter.
The slap down
Great way to say all things are finite and will end; life, jobs, health, beauty, etc. Face the inevitable on your feet or on your knees...face it with dignity and character.
We called a samurai this kind of person
Tell me this isn't one of the very best you can kill me, but you can't eat me. eff off slick, scenes ever written.
1:21 *Once we clued into the fact that life is FINITE, the thought of losing it didn't scare us anymore* #MikeDropMoment 😁😁😁😁😁
Oh Danny Huston. Such a great bad guy.
This is a lesson found in The Art of War by Tsun Tzu just told in a different way. It is a wise lesson for us all...how you live and how you face death. On your feet or on your knees...hmm
wow...he smokes that dude. awesome.
That's because he's truly free. True freedom is saying "I don't give a fuck" and genuinely meaning it. People are terrified of that.
Like an alaskan salmon
I've told people things like that when they've tried to threaten me. I've signed/updated my last will and testament half a dozen times and nearly cashed out at least a dozen and a half times in Iraq. That all being said, a beating does not frighten me. Disciplinary action does not frighten me. Jail does not frighten me. Cops don't scare me (A fact that pisses them off sometimes. Being ex-military, I see them as comrades-in-arms. True, the military and police are not the same thing, but there are more similarities than differences. Quite a few people have tried to kill me. Some of them did not survive it.
You guys are patient
If i was the Director of the most sophisticated and highly trained law enforcement, counter intelligence/ National Security agency in the entire world (FBI) I wouldn't back down from any fight. especially if US Citizens were murdered. I would never let something like slide to make a bunch of politicians happy.
Teaching him its a responsibility and loaned power to honour that responsibility and not f*** his personal privelege.
Just watched this movie rip Faris the goat 🐐
I’m sorry if it seems like a stupid question, but why is this scene so powerful as what others have described? Esp, at the end when he mentioned “you should do the same..”
Pretty useful today
what is the phrase, "a contre te"? I know its french for at odds. but how do you spell it
Senate-fkn-Select!!!
endeavor enhances merit
Gangster response.
No doubt I should’ve said that to the ex-old lady thirty one years ago when we were done.
I dont get one sentence in the FBI chiefs speech: When he says "just seven months before the mid term elections", is he reffering to the president not wanting to lose voters seven months before the elections? Or does the seven months in any way reffer to him sending FBI agents too Saudi Arabia and if yes what does it mean?
That is where the movie's history lies. So, here goes:-
The fact that there has been a terror attack inside the SAUDI-ARAMCO employees' compound has been hidden from the American public.
And if such an attack warrants an investigation team's presence on ground in Saudi Arabia immediately (for not risking losing critical evidence), it is imperative from three perspectives - from the point of view of upholding the morale of the nation's premier homeland security agency's officers plus telling the Saudis that there is an enemy in their midst who is actively attempting to derail the USA-Saudi Arabia bilateral political, trade and military strategic relations and thirdly, to show the American might to the Saudis that attacking Americans (no matter where they are located in the world) is an unacceptable, impossible, unpardonable and intolerable infraction.
And if the public isn't in the know of the internal goings-on, it surely shall doubt the dismissal from service of the Director of FBI the reasons for which shall be officially stated as merely sending boots on ground in Saudi Arabia. But what was that originally for is hidden from the general public???
Therefore, the POTUS is in a moral and ethical dilemma whether to spill the beans or not. Hence, in order to avoid a face off with the agency that is personally responsible for the POTUS' safety, the President shall be certainly worried about initiating any adverse action against the FBI.
However, the Attorney General has precisely avoided such a potentiality and has circumvented the POTUS and has approached the Senate Committee on Terror who shall further ensure that the POTUS is furnished a very different view of the situation that has already transpired on Saudi soil and shall make every possible attempt to save their skin by trying to adopt a less martial stance in front of the Saudis hoping to avoid a diplomatic quagmire which will surely affect the USA's oil purchasearms deal barter with Saudi Arabia without according much thought to the grievous loss of actual American citizens on foreign soil in a supposedly friendly 'ally' nation.
I hope the aforementioned satisfactorily answers your question. Cheers!
Add subtitles 😭
Captain?
Well said! Should send this to the GOP congress
Send it to both parties.
WTH MAN
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