The Messenger (2009) · 10 quotes
I know what you're thinkin'. You're thinkin' shit, I'm a goddamn decorated war hero with three months left to serve, and they draft me into the angels-of-death squadron. I get a beeper, a canned speech, and a lunatic commanding officer to serve a ****in' ocean of grief. Am I right?
Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery
More or less, sir. Am I right?
It should be in the next couple of blocks...
Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery
We should just ask someone.
No! First of all, men don't ask for directions. Much less soldiers.
Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery
Why did you join?
A dare.
Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery
A dare? Why are you still here?
Well, they offered me a commission, and no one dared me to leave. And I dare you to stay.
If she's into you, she's into some weird shit.
Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery
Thank you, sir, I'll make a note of that.
Did you ever lose anybody?
Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery
Yeah. Friends, over there. My father, during peace time, drunk driver.
Did they catch him?
Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery
No, my father was the drunk driver.
You gotta wake the **** up! You're not in high school, you're not in a ****in' rock band, you're in the Army.
Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery
Yeah, I know. I know I'm in the Army. I gave blood to the Army. I got blown up in a fire-fight that lasted longer than your entire war. I didn't sunbath in Kuwait with the rest of the POGs.
