Warm Bodies (2013)
Nicholas Hoult: R
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[first lines]
R : [voice-over] What am I doing with my life? I'm so pale. I should get out more. I should eat better. My posture is terrible. I should stand up straighter. People would respect me more if I stood up straighter. What's wrong with me? I just want to connect. Why can't I connect with people? Oh, right, it's because I'm dead. I shouldn't be so hard on myself. I mean, we're all dead. This girl is dead. That guy is dead. That guy in the corner is definitely dead. Jesus these guys look awful.
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R : [voice-over, introducing M] This is my best friend. By best friend, I mean we occasionally grunt and stare awkwardly at each other. We even have almost conversations sometimes.
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R : There's a lot of ways to get to know a person. Eating her dead boyfriend's brains is one of the more unorthodox methods, but...
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R : [voice-over] They call these guys Bonies. They don't bother us much, but they'll eat anything with a heartbeat. I mean, I will too, but at least I'm conflicted about it.
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R : [voice-over] I wish I could introduce myself, but I don't remember my name anymore. I mean, I think it started with an 'r' but that's all I have left. I can't remember my name, or my parents, or my job... although my hoodie would suggest I was unemployed.
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[last lines]
Julie : Do you remember your name yet?
R : No.
Julie : Well, you know, you could just give yourself one. Just pick one. Whatever you want.
R : I like R.
Julie : Really? You don't want to know what it was? You don't want your old life back?
R : No. I want this one.
Julie : Just R, huh?
R : Just R.
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R : [voice-over] I don't wanna be this way. I'm lonely. I'm totally lost. I mean, I'm literally lost. I've never been in this part of the airport before.
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R : [voice-over] Don't be creepy. Don't be creepy. Don't be creepy.
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Perry : What the hell are you doing here? Are you actually dreaming right now?
R : I'm not sure.
Perry : You can't dream, corpse. Dreaming's for humans.
Julie : Chill out, Perry. He can dream if he wants to.
[Julie approaches R]
Julie : What about you, R? What do you want to be?
R : I don't know. I don't even know what I am.
Julie : Well you can be whatever you want. Isn't that what they say?
R : We can, right? You and me?
[Julie nods]
Perry : It's not gonna happen, lover boy. Not after you told her you ate her ex.
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Julie : What's with all the vinyl? Couldn't figure out how to work an iPod?
R : Better... sound.
Julie : Oh, you're a purist, huh?
R : More... alive.
Julie : Yep, that's true. A lot more trouble, though.
[R shrugs]
Julie : There you go again. Shrugging! Stop... shrugging, shrugger. It's a very noncommittal gesture.
[R shrugs again]
Julie : Really?
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R : [voice-over] So much for dreaming. You can't be whatever you want. All I'll ever be is a slow, pale, hunched-over, dead-eyed zombie. What did I think was gonna happen? That she'd actually want to stay with me? It's hopeless. This is what I get for wanting more. I should just be happy with what I had. Things don't change. I need to accept that. It's easier not to feel. Then I wouldn't have to feel like this.
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[R is going to find Julie]
R : Julie and I were giving the others hope, and it was spreading fast. I guess the Bonies didn't like that. That must be why they're looking for us. I have to tell Julie. I have to explain what's happening before it's too late. I have to...
[a goat separates from a passing herd and walks toward him. R sidles away from it]
R : ...oh... no... oh no... please... go! Go with your friends! Shoo! Leave me! That's it. Okay.
[Keeps walking]
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R : [voice-over] This date is not going well. I want to die all over again.
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R : Stop staring! You're acting weird again.
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[repeated line]
R : Say something human.
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R : Stay... together... safe.
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[repeated line]
R : Not safe.
