Funniest bit of the film?
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desayunolopez — 21 years ago(February 11, 2005 03:32 PM)
I gotta say the public defender's opening statements. To me, that took the comedy over the top and showed that not only are the Pesci and Tomei characters funny, but so is the entire movie. It shifted the comedic focus from the two main characters making it very unexpected, which helps a lot given how riduculous that scene is.
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figureheaduk — 21 years ago(February 22, 2005 03:57 PM)
Another top scene that nobody's mentioned - after Vinnie's suit gets covered with mud and he enters the courtroom (late) wearing that awful burgundy tuxedo type monstrosity, and then attempts to convince the judge that he's dressed like this in an attempt to please him. "Mr Gambini, are you on drugs?", "No, I dont use drugs"
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mjgmd — 21 years ago(March 05, 2005 04:55 PM)
It probably is not the funniest bit in the film but it is memorable because it produces one of the funniest, if not THE single funniest line in probably all
of movie and film-dom, delivered by probably the best character ever portrayed in any movie; yep, you got it: Mona Lisa Vito.
The scene is where Vinny arrives back at the hotel with the box of evidenciary
material that, he is proud to say to Mona Lisa, he "coaxed" from the DA after the two "bonded" during their hunting session. Ms. Vito, after just a short "quick" read of Vinnie's borrowed book of Alabama court rules, points out
to a dumbstruck Vinny that, by law, he was entitled to all of the evidence, etc. etc., dis-neccessitating Vinny's "bonding", etc. etc. with the DA.
The line:
"IT'S CALLED DISCLOSHA, YA DICKHEAD!!" -
SunsetGlory — 21 years ago(March 24, 2005 05:12 PM)
I love the scene with the broken tap. The both of them are just so opposed to backing down it's so funny
"Dead on balls?"
"It's an industry term."
"Well then, I guess the beep thing is broken."
Aaand the first court scene, where Vinny is supposed to make the arraignment (sp?) and has no idea what he's doing. I was literally on the floor laughing when I saw that scene! -
ianthe9 — 20 years ago(April 13, 2005 05:47 AM)
Vinny: Is that a drip I hear?
Mona Lisa: Yeah.
Vinny: Weren't you the last one to use the bathroom?
Mona Lisa: So?
Vinny: Well, did you use the faucet?
Mona Lisa Yeah!
Vinny: Why didn't you turn it off?
Mona Lisa: I did turn it off.
Vinny: Well, if you turned it off, why am I listening to it?
Mona Lisa: Did it ever occur to you that it could be turned off and drip at the same time?
Vinny: No, because if you turned it off, it wouldn't drip.
Mona Lisa: Maybe its broken!
Vinny: Is that what you're saying? It's broken?
Mona Lisa: Yeah, that's it, it's broken.
Vinny: You sure?
Mona Lisa: I'm positive.
Vinny: Maybe you didn't twist it hard enough.
Mona Lisa: I twisted it just right.
Vinny: How can you be so sure?
Mona Lisa: If you will look in the manual, you will see that this particular model faucet requires a range of 10-16 foot pounds of torque. I routinely twist the maximum allowable torquage.
Vinny: How can you be sure you used 16 foot pounds of torque?
Mona Lisa: Because I used a Craftsman model 1019 Laboratory edition, signature series torque wrench. The kind used by Cal Tech High Energy physicists, and NASA engineers.
Vinny: In that case, how can you be sure THAT'S accurate?
Mona Lisa: Because a split second before the torque wrench was applied to the faucet handle, it had been calibrated by top members of the state and federal department of weights and measures, to be dead on balls accurate. Here's the certificate of validation!
Vinny: I guess the beep thing is broken!