Speech of the Week #15

Hey guys, welcome to a column here on YDKS Movies entitled Speech of the Week! For now on, every Monday I will post a new scene from a movie that features a speech of some sort being given. After all, there are a lot of famous scenes in film where characters give an influential speech of some sort. Then again, there are also a lot of scenes where characters give a speech and it just comes off cheesy and lame. In this section, you will see both kinds. That's right, people, I'm giving you the good and bad of film speeches all wrapped up in one great big package. I hope you all enjoy.

Since Monster Fest has come to an end, I figured it would be good to start off with a non-horror related speech. This week's speech is probably one of, if not the best, speech you will probably see on this list. My best friend and college roommate Caleb actually has this speech quoted on his Facebook profile. It comes from Adaptation where Charlie and Donald Kaufman (both played by Nic Cage) share a moment hiding out in the Florida swamp from some people who are planning on killing them. In this moment, Donald gives one of the most interesting and touching takes on love that I've ever heard. It's some really brilliant writing from the real life Charlie Kaufman, who wrote the film's screenplay. Whenever I have a love prospect not work out in some way, I try to think of this speech. It's one of the best messages that you can learn from a movie.

This was the only online version of this speech that I could find. It's not the best quality and has an annoying logo pasted at the top of it. Still, the audio works well and that's all that really matters. If you've never seen this movie or this scene, please watch it.