Shut Up Kirk / Live-Action Films

Times where an antagonist rejects the heroes' attempt to reason with them in Live-Action Films.

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• In an early scene in Batman (1989), Alex Knox is trying to get information from the very uncooperative Lt. Eckhardt:
  Eckhardt: Don't be writing this crap in the newspaper, Knox, it will ruin your already worthless reputation.
  Knox: Lieutenant. Lotsa punks in town are scared stiff! They say he drinks blood. They say he can't be killed!
  Eckhardt: I say, you're full of shit Knox. Oh, you can quote me on that.
• In Batman & Robin, Poison Ivy does this while seducing Robin.
  • At Freeze's hideout, she ambushes Robin after he is knocked aside by Bane. Robin tries to place her under arrest, but she is unintimidated and instead just twists his efforts with some flirting and offers him a kiss instead.
    Poison Ivy: Hey there, pretty birdie.
    Robin: Give yourself up! If you surrender-
    Poison Ivy: To you? (blows her pheromone dust in his face) Polly want a kiss?
  • Later in Ivy's lair, she finally succeeds in seducing Robin and shares a deadly kiss with him. She takes a moment to mock Robin over this in pretend sadness while rubbing noses with him and gently telling him it is time for him to die. But Robin reveals he saw through her seductions and wore rubber lips to protect himself from her poison. Ivy, realizing Robin tricked her and stole a kiss from her, responds by silently glaring at Robin for a moment before suddenly shoving him into her plant infested lily pond to drown him and mocks him further by waving him goodbye as he drowns, officially ending their "relationship" by "breaking up with him", ensuring she got the last laugh.
    Poison Ivy: One kiss...my love... (whisper) for luck.
    (After a moment of silence she and Robin close their eyes and slowly lean in, with Ivy smirking smugly, and share a passionate kiss)
    Poison Ivy: (in mock sadness) Bad luck I'm afraid. Time to die little Robin.
    Robin: I hate to disappoint you but, (peels off his upper rubber lip) rubber lips are immune to your charms.
    (Poison Ivy glares at Robin before leaping forward and shoving him off her throne and into her pond. As he is slowly drowned by plants, Ivy begins walking away with a smirk and waves goodbye.)
    Poison Ivy: See ya!
• In Captain America: Civil War, Iron Man delivers a pretty firm shutdown to Captain America before he can get his inspirational speech in. Cap actually agrees with him.
  Cap: Listen, when I see a situation pointed south, I can't ignore it. Sometimes I wish I could—
  Iron Man: No, you don't.
  (Beat
  Cap: No, I don't.
  • There's also Tony's response after finding out who really killed his parents.
    Cap: This isn't going to change what happened.
    Iron Man: I don't care. He killed my mom.
• The Chronicles of Riddick: The Lord Marshal does this to an outspoken prisoner trying to rally the others against conversion by ripping out his opposition's soul. Considering that Helion's essentially a religion melting pot world, this is actually the perfect way to get to them.
• In Dragonheart, Bowen hunted dragons because he mistakenly believed being given a dragon's heart corrupted Einon. When they clash for the first time, Bowen begs Einon to remember the Old Code. Einon's response makes it painfully clear to Bowen that Einon was Evil All Along.
  Bowen: But... you spoke the words...
  Einon: I vomited them up because I couldn't stomach them! Because I knew it was what you wanted to hear!
• Another great moment from Gangs of New York:
  Monk: Citizens of the Five Points! Mr. Bill Cutting is attempting to draw me into an argument that would no doubt end in bloodshed and the compromising of my office! What do ya think? Should I engage and silence this relic of the ancient law? Or shall I be your chosen voice, in a new testament, in the New World! (a long pause) There you are, Bill. The people have spoken: the very notion of violent reprisal benumbs them. Come on up; let's see if we can resolve our differences the democratic way.
  (Bill begins climbing the hill towards the barbershop, and Monk turns his back to enter; a split second later, Bill's cleaver lands square in Monk's back; he goes crashing to the ground, dropping his club in the process)
  Bill: That, my friends, is the minority vote. (to Monk) Now you've tasted my mutton, how d'you like it, huh? Look. I want you to see this...
  (he takes up Monk's club, carves another notch into it, and shows it to him)
  Bill: This is you, right here: notch forty-five, you Irish bog .
  (he brings the club down on Monk's head with a sickening thud)
• Done gloriously in Hot Fuzz.
  Reverend Shooter: Stop! Stop this, please! Let us stop this mindless violence! Nicholas, my son... You may not be a man of God, but surely you're a man of peace.
  Nicholas Angel: I may not be a man of God, Reverend. But I know right, and I know wrong. And I have the good grace to know which is which.
  Reverend Shooter: ...Oh, fuck off, grasshopper! (draws two concealed guns and shoots at him)
• Jurassic World: When Masrani blows up at Wu over the Indominus rex's rampage, Wu throws it all back in his face, telling him that he was the one who demanded a "cooler" dinosaur, that you can't expect the I. rex to have exaggerated predator features without the corresponding behavioral traits, and that none of the dinosaurs are "natural" due to having DNA from other animals. It falls rather flat when we find out that this is exactly what Wu wanted to happen.
• In Lincoln, the amendment is passed and Lincoln finally sits down with the Confederate delegation to discuss terms of surrender. Confident he can talk them into rejoining the union, he starts talking about individual freedoms:
  Abraham Lincoln: Slavery, sir, it's done. If we submit ourselves to law, Alex, even submit to losing freedoms — the freedom to oppress, for instance — we may discover other freedoms previously unknown to us. Had you kept faith with democratic process, as frustrating as that can be—
  John Campbell: Come, sir, spare us at least these pieties. Did you defeat us with ballots?!
  Alexander Stephens: How have you held your union together? Through democracy? How many hundreds of thousands have died during your administration? Your Union, sir, is bonded in cannon fire and death.
• Ivan Ooze reacts this way to Zordon in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (complaining that "I've only been outta the egg fifteen minutes, and I've already gotta listen to one of your speeches."), ironically right before he goes into a rather long rant of his own.
• MonsterVerse:
  • Kong: Skull Island: When James Conrad and Mason Weaver try to prevent Lt. Colonel Packard from killing Kong, Packard bluntly shuts Weaver up when she tries to tell him that there's more in the world than war and revenge.
    Weaver: Stop! The world is bigger than this.
    Packard: Bitch, please!
  • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019): As much of a horrendous, sanctimonious, broken wretch of a human being as eco-terrorist accomplice Emma Russell is, she has a counter-argument for nearly every condemnation that Monarch and Mark Russell throw at her during her Motive Rant about her Eco-Terrorist plan to release the Titans, and she often makes a very valid point. When Serizawa calls her out on meddling with forces that no human being understands and gambling with billions of people's lives, she instantly retorts that he was gambling with billions of lives first, and that under his direction Monarch has practically failed to do anything about stopping the Lethally Stupid government and military's plan.
• Shanghai Noon: When Lo Fong chastises Chon for his blind obedience, Chon retorts "At least I still have my honor." In response, Lo Fong holds a dagger in front of Chon, saying "Slaves have no honor", and cuts Chon's queue off.
• Star Trek:
  • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Azetbur gives a Shut Up, Kirk! speech to... Chekov.
    Chekov: We do believe all planets have a sovereign claim to inalienable human rights.
    Azetbur: Inalien... If only you could hear yourselves? Human rights. Why the very name is racist. The Federation is no more than a 'homo sapiens' only club.
  • Star Trek: Generations. Picard tries to convince Dr. Soran not to destroy Veridian Three.
    Picard: What you're doing is no different than when the Borg destroyed your world. They killed millions, too. Including your wife and children.
    Soran: Nice try. There was a time when I wouldn't hurt a fly. Then the Borg came. They showed me that there is one constant in this universe ... death. We're all going to die sometime. It's just a question of how and when.
  • In Star Trek: Nemesis: Picard tries to urge Shinzon to stop his attack against the Federation.
    Shinzon: It's too late.
    Picard: Never! Never! You still have a choice. Make the right one now.
    Shinzon: I can't ...fight what I am!
    Picard: Yes, you can!
    Shinzon: I'll show you my true nature. Our nature. And as Earth dies, remember that I will always, forever, be Shinzon of Remus! And my voice shall echo through time long after yours has faded to the dim memory.
  • A more literal example in Star Trek (2009), Kirk is trying to drive Spock into a blind rage to prove he is emotionally compromised and unable to command rationally in the current crisis by talking trash about his recently deceased mother. Spock, in the ensuing beat-down, grabs Kirk by the throat and slams him down onto a console.
• Near the end of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Obi-Wan Kenobi laments a burning Anakin Skywalker for being tempted to the Dark Side instead of defeating them as The Chosen One. Anakin, now so far gone due to a combination of Palpatine's manipulation and his own actions, completely ignores him and screams "I HATE YOU!"
• In Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, the Judge walks in on his ward Johanna (for whom he is harbouring a paedophilic crush) packing to elope with her lover Anthony. Knowing she's been caught, Johanna nevertheless tells him contemptuously that "a gentleman knocks before entering a lady's room". His response?
  Turpin: Indeed he does, but I see no lady.
• A subdued example in Wee Willie Winkie, since Col. Williams, the commander of a British regiment on the Afghan frontier, isn't the bad guy. But he has been somewhat antagonistic to his widowed daughter-in-law's romance with dashing Lt. Brandes. When Col. Williams places Brandes under arrest for leaving his post to go walking with Joyce, thus leaving the camp exposed to a raid by the Afghans, both Joyce and Joyce's daughter Priscilla rip into him for picking on Brandes. Williams responds with a Shut Up, Kirk! speech in which he calmly explains that discipline is a matter of life and death on the frontier and indiscipline costs lives. Then he tells Joyce and Priscilla that if they can't respect that, they should leave.
• X-Men Film Series:
  • Magneto delivers a very effective one to Xavier at the climax of X-Men: First Class. It probably didn't help that Xavier tried to finish off his speech by invoking the Nuremberg Defence on a Holocaust survivor.
  Charles Xavier: There are thousands of men on those ships! Good, honest, innocent men! They're just following orders! (gets an Oh, Crap! expression as he realizes what he just said)
  Magneto: (frowns and turns) I've been at the mercy of men "just following orders." Never again.
  • Dark Phoenix: After Mystique is accidentally killed, Charles tries apologizing to Magneto about it. Erik just bluntly shuts him down by saying he's always sorry. But this time, Erik no longer cares.
  • In Deadpool, right as Deadpool is gearing up to kill Francis, Colossus stops him and launches into a speech about what makes a hero and showing mercy to your enemies. Deadpool interrupts him by shooting Francis in the head. Played With in that Deadpool is an Anti-Hero, not an antagonist, and shuts Colossus up with a gunshot rather than words.

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