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Bad Dialogue vs Good Dialogue (Writing Advice)
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Learn what separates bad dialogue from good dialogue. Examples from Star Wars, Game of Thrones, John Wick, Castlevania, and more!

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0:00 Intro
0:49 Good Dialogue
2:23 Bad Dialogue
2:42 On The Nose Dialogue
5:06 Melodramatic Dialogue
8:08 "As You Know, Bob" Dialogue
10:52 Forced Poetry Dialogue
12:59 Wooden Dialogue
15:27 Outro

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@Water_Me_Loan_64_YT

11 months ago

My favorite example of Bad dialogue is “Somehow, Palpatine returned.” from Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker.

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@kevinsupreme_ph36yearsago59

2 years ago

I just realized that bad movie dialogue is how people actually talk in real life.

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@lucasweber6147

10 months ago

“What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets!” 😂😂😂 That’s awesome dialogue tbh

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@illseeyaonthedarksideofthemoon

10 months ago

The Frodo and Bilbo conversation serves as a new light in a character that seems like nothing but goodness at first, it reveals a complex side and serves as an understanding for his motivations to leave the Shrine, it is not exposition is characterisation. And, even if it was "bad", the superb acting shows perfectly the face of an old man's confession, after all, good dialog is nothing if delivered incorrectly.

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@DMurdock

11 months ago

The Star Wars scene was a missed opportunity. I believe the intention was to show how different Anakin's and Padme's backgrounds are. Anakin grew up as a slave in Tatooine while Padme grew up in luxury. Padme likes sand because it reminds her of the beach while Anakin hates sand because it reminds him of the empty desert.

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@EricPorter1

11 months ago

Bilbo's dialogue is on point. He is drunk, he feels guilty because he is going to leave Hobbiton without telling Frodo, and he is telling Frodo he is selfish to make an excuse for what is about to happen and prepare Frodo. It is not a "as you know bob" moment.

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@ramflight

7 months ago

"This is not the day I die." ~Oberyn Martell the day he died 😂

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@Schrodinger_

10 months ago

Thank you Brandon, this was very helpful! As you know, Brandon, some of us writers out there use bad dialogue, and need help writing better dialogue. And you, Brandon, are a writer who makes youtube videos to help other writers. I feel very grateful that you wrote this, as I was having writer's block and it was agony! Now I am extremely relieved. Just as the flowers are in pain in the hot dry sun until the wonderful raindrops fall to breath them back to life. And now, I will write the greatest book the world has ever seen, and the entire writing industry will be under my thumb! Mwahaha!

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@Bout_TreeFiddy

1 year ago

"I got the results of the tests back. I definitely have breast cancer." -Lisa's mom, The Room

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@bookvideos

11 months ago

I totally disagree about the Frodo / Bilbo scene about Frodo's parents. The point is: Frodo idolized Bilbo and is shocked at his uncle's confession. Bilbo is actually revealing something Frodo doesn't know... about Bilbo's character. Of course Frodo knows Bilbo took him in after his parents died, but Bilbo is now confessing WHY he did.... which is something Bilbo himself didn't even know until he came to this revelation and confession. That's why Bilbo says" I'm very selfish you know... YES I AM... very selfish" - that "yes I am" is because he knew his sweet, tender hearted nephew was going to automatically disagree with him. Bilbo needs to get it off his chest and didn't want to be defended. Frodo doesn't think of Bilbo as selfish. This may be the first truly honest and vulnerable thing Bilbo has ever said to his nephew.... and Bilbo is only brave enough to confess it because he's leaving. It's an important moment.

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@geoffbomford2927

2 weeks ago

"Is it raining, I hadn't noticed" - last scene of 4 Weddings and a Funeral.

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@hansyepezliut8086

6 months ago

This video impels me to acknowledge that "bad dialogue" doth possess a singular charm, and I derive great pleasure from its embrace.

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@rome8180

11 months ago

Another reason the Back to the Future dialogue works is that it has a payoff later. Marty says his mother would go on and on about "how she never did anything like that when she was a kid." He says "she was practically born a nun." But later we see how false both of those things are when he encounters his mother as a teenager in the past. Obviously, we don't know those things when we're watching this scene for the first time, but it adds to the replay value.

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@brandonbuchner1771

1 year ago

"As you know, Bob" is literally the first 20 minutes of every single Lifetime Christmas romance movie. They are a guilty pleasure of my wife's and she watches a few every Christmas. I get a kick out of the opening dialogue every time. "Oh hey, Sandy. I haven't seen you since we worked together at your Uncle Jeff's toy store our senior year of McMillan High School." "Wow, Kurt. I forgot how much you look like my brother, Ryan who died in that car accident on April 7th, 2008." "Maybe I will see you at Judy, my mother, the Mayor's Christmas eve party." Cracks me up every single time.

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@JimElek

4 months ago

It's funny, but you pointing out that Anakin's dialogue is too "on the nose" made me realize that it actually makes sense for his character especially when contrasted with Marty and Jennifer. Marty and Jennifer are American seniors in high school. Presumably, they have some prior experience with romance and courtship. Plus, they are an established couple. Their dialogue is going to be more natural and playful. Anakin's only experience with romance is a nine-year-old's crush on a teenage girl. Of course, his dialogue is going to be awkward and "on the nose". The problem isn't that Anakin is saying exactly how he feels, it's pretty much everything else in that scene (the delivery, Padme's reaction, etc.)

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@lightbringer131

10 months ago

Anakin's journey into the dark side, into the sith means he starts acknowledging his raw feelings, his innermost desires. That scene demonstrates exactly that, it is actually a very good way to tell us he is on his way to express his feelings in an unfiltered way.

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@TheHellMaggot

11 months ago

Richter and Dracula might be a bad dialogue exchange but "what is a man? a miserable little pile of secrets" is the best dialogue line

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@JMichaelGreenback

2 years ago

There's a scene in The Iron Giant where a fictional monster movie plays on the TV. The dialogue was intentionally bad for comedic effect, and it's hilarious.

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@goldenarmour7975

7 months ago

I think there were much better examples for the "as you know" because the LOTR scene dialogue didn't seem really bad to me. The point wasn,t to tell the audience that Bilbo is selfish in another way but more for Bilbo to explain to Frodo why he took him in and why he cares about him. Also to tell Frodo that he isn't like the others (he's not the reason why Biblo is leaving.)

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@vangoghloverforever

4 months ago

Castlevania(the show) genuinely has some of the greatest dialogue uve heard. It flows so well, and each character's dialogue fits them

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