2012 was a big year for film – The Avengers assembled, The Hobbit started off on his long and arduous journey, the Dark Knight abdicated his throne and Matthew McConaughey proved that he is far, far more than a walking six-pack (by taking all of his clothes off in Magic Mike and Killer Joe, among other things.) And among the best films and best performances were an awful lot of very good, and eminently quotable lines of dialogue.
It had to be so – 2011 had been ruled by a silent film, which would go on the make some of the biggest, but far from the most unexpected waves in the early part of 2012 by picking up a raft of Oscars, including the big three. So 2012 needed to prove it was good to talk.
And judging by the lines we found to put this article together, the year didn’t do half badly.
So, without further ado, behold the most bad-ass, the most memorable lines from all of 2012. If you haven’t already, expect to see a lot of them emblazoned on T-Shirts and mugs across the world.
Warning: You will find some spoilers within. Not many, but they’re there…
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A couple of lines in TDKR just before the one you’ve posted were pretty memorable as well.
“Do you feel in-charge?” and “And this gives you power over me?”
“I’m always angry.” That quote and the moment following it were the highlight of The Avengers for me.
When Gotham is ashes, you have my permission to die.
Nerded everywhere. It was messy.
No Hobbit quotes?
I didn’t particularly see The Hobbit as bad-ass. It’s a fantasy film based on a kids’ book after all, but it didn’t really feel like it had the necessary swagger.
‘Relax dr. Pavel, Now is not the time for fear , that comes later’- Bane (The Dark Knight Rises) . . . . .wasn’t that too gud to feature into your list . . . . , . ?
It wasn’t a theatrical release, but DC Animation’s The Dark Knight Returns had one of Batman’s most badass lines, delivered as he mercilessly beats the Mutant leader in front of thousands of his followers. “You don’t seem to understand, son. This isn’t a mud hole, it’s an operating table-and I’M the surgeon!” He then systematically breaks him down limb by limb.
The “Puny God” scene from the Avengers was absolutely HILARIOUS. Loki thinks the Hulk will be threatened by him, and Hulk just tosses him around like a RAG DOLL. That scene reminds me of an old joke:
A lion is walking through the jungle, asking the animals, “Who’s the King of the Jungle”. He asks an antelope, and a zebra, and a hippo, who all answer “Why, you are, Mr. Lion.”
He comes upon an elephant, and asks him the same question. The elephant picks the lion up by the tail and thrashes him in a similar manner to Hulk smacking down Loki, and tosses him into a tree. The lion looks down at the elephant and says “Geez, you don’t have to get so upset because you don’t know the answer!!”
In TDKR when Daggett is complaining about Bane’s “failure” he says, “where the hell is Bane?” to which Bane promptly replies, “Speak of the devil and he shall appear.”
F**k you, science!
I’m a bondurant, we don’t lay down for nobody.
(Tom Hardy, Lawless)