Gods of Egypt (2016)
Gerard Butler: Set
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Quotes
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Ra : [on his son letting Apophis devour the afterlife itself to gain omnipotence]
[aghast]
Ra : You would Unleash Chaos Upon Creation? You Would Destroy Everything?
Set : [to Ra justifying his intentions] Not destroy...
[abrupt]
Set : ... Reshape
[denigration]
Set : I will take your place. But it won't be sitting on some damn boat!
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Set : [to Hathor] I tore the wings off my wife. Imagine what I'll do to YOU...
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Set : You're not fit to be king... it's my turn now.
[tears out Horus's eyes]
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Urshu : No one has ever so honored the great God Ra. He will pass over it's peak and marvel at the tribute you have built in his name.
Set : Is that it?
Urshu : I'm sorry?
Set : Well, can you make it any taller?
Urshu : T-Taller?
Set : Yes, it's a simple question.
Urshu : Well, that might be difficult, um, now, I mean...
Set : Relax, Urshu, I'm joking.
Urshu : hah, hah, hah, hahaha.
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Ra : I noticed the tower... impressive
Set : I built it for you
Ra : [to Set] If it... your tower were any taller or higher, it would get and be in my way.
Set : Turn your eyes from your sails... and look at everything I've done... What if Osiris never could.
[gazes beneath him]
Set : I Rule All That Breathes
[peers down below]
Set : ... And All That Is Breathed Upon
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Set : [meets Osiris at his party] It took me four days to get here - three to come out of the desert, and one to come through this crowd!
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Ra : None is mightier, under the sun.
Set : They all honor me. Just as I've honor you.
Ra : If honor had been your true intent, you would have refrained and abstained from killing your brother.
Set : So you do see what happens down there. Tell me,
[sarcastically]
Set : Father do you care what happens?
Ra : [sadly] I care more than you know or can ever imagine.
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Set : COME, DEMON!
[Apophis appears]
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Set : Soon I will rule over all of the world...
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Set : [enquiring] Then Why Was I Cast Out Alone? To Walk On Burning Sands... While My Brother Played Barefoot At The Shores Of The Nile? Why Did You Make Osiris King?
[now importunately]
Set : And Why Did You Bequeath And Give Him... My Brother A Son? And Yet You Denied Me Even The Slightest Chance To Give Life?
Ra : [bluntly] This Was Your Test
Set : [grumbles] You Didn't Test Him?
Ra : I Gave Osiris The Crown Of Egypt... And When The Time Came
[motions]
Ra : He Didn't Cling To His Power... He Gave It A Way... Freely... He Passed His Test
Set : [direct] Than I Wager I Passed Mine
Ra : Not Yet...
[contrite]
Ra : It's True I Didn't Want You To Have Children... This Was A Kindness... Because I Did Not Want You To Miss Them As Terribly As I Have Or Do I Wanted To Spare You That Burden Of Heartbreak
Set : [dubious] Miss Them?
Ra : [solemnly] I Need You To Take My Place
Set : [astounded] Here?
[looks about him in disbelief]
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Ra : [resigned] This was too be your final task I need you to take my place... this is how your test ends my son... there is no greater burden... and yet no greater honour... all you have done can be forgiven
Set : [affronted] You expect me to joust with this beast... night after night... until I die?