American Beauty

Kevin Spacey as Lester Burnham. 
Why these are great diatribes:
Lester sums himself up in this movie in a single line. Lester Burnham: “Nope; I’m just an ordinary guy who has nothing left to lose.” The world has been screwing with Lester for quite some time. He comes to the realization that he [...]

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

It took me pretty much 2 days of searching off and on to find a copy of this clip. I finally found it on www.metacafe.com, but can not seem to find a way to embed their video player in wordpress. So I linked the above image, just click on it and it will open a [...]

The Big Lebowski

John Turturro as Jesus Quintana: 
Why these scenes are a great diatribe. 
Ever had a nemesis? Or a person who just seems to dislike, even seems to hate you for no reason at all? I have had a few  a few. (But that’s another article) [...]

Kill Bill Vol. I

Lucy Liu as Oren Ishii in Kill Bill Vol. 1
Why this is a great diatribe:
In perusing the reviews of this film one thing became abundantly clear. People either love it, or hate it. And it all comes down to violence. This movie loses more limbs in one scene, than [...]

Network

Peter Finch as Howard Beale.
Why this is a great diatribe:
Just watch both of the youtube links below. It is like this movie was written for this year, not 30 years ago. Howard Beale is suddenly my idol. I wish someone would run on the “I’m mas as hell, and I’m not [...]

Scent of a Woman

Al Pacino as Lt. Col. Frank Slade:
Played brilliantly by Pacino. (He won both the golden Globe and the Oscar for best actor.)
Why this is a great diatribe.
I have a weakness for flawed characters it seems. And Lt. Col. Frank Slade is definitely flawed. He seems to sum himself up [...]

Glengarry Glen Ross

Alec Baldwin as Blake in Glengarry Glen Ross.
What makes this a great diatribe: This is possibly my all time favorite scene. If you have ever worked in a sales related environment, you just have to love it. I had kids working for me at the time this movie came out, [...]

To Kill a Mockingbird

Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch: Quite possibly the greatest character ever. (Book or Film). A man of unflappable integrity.
Why this scene is a great diatribe: Because it lacks rage. In most of the other choices I have picked the characters are past their boiling point and flying off the [...]

My 12 Favorite Diatribes on Film.

di·a·tribe: /ˈdaɪəˌtraɪb/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[dahy-uh-trahyb]
–noun
a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism.
—Synonyms tirade, harangue.
(From Dictionary.com)
Its probably the kiss of death to start a article with a word’s definition. Because words seem to scare people these days. And when you see the /prəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[pruh-nuhn-see-ey-shuhn] like [...]

Call me Wolfman, because these Silver Bullets are killing me.

So an update on the Colorado Rockies and “the Streak”.
On the 4th I wrote a post and to make a long story short I pledged to drink Coors Light until the Rockies are out of the Major League Baseball playoffs. It’s almost 2 weeks later and the Rockies are still in the playoffs. In fact [...]