Since I am out of town and I have finished the studying I need to do for tonight, I thought I would publish another post and I would like your help in the comment thread.
What are some of the great movie quotes and scenes of all time? Originally, this post was going to be limited to just movies quotes, but sometimes the whole scene informs the individual lines. I was thinking about this topic the other day and rattled off a few of my favorites: (Some are more recent than others). Please comment with some of your best lines and scenes.
"Creasy's art is death. And he is about to paint his masterpiece." Christopher Walken, Man on Fire. This movie is one of the best in the last decade and does not get the credit it deserves.
"You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France? A Royale with cheese." - Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Pulp Fiction The whole scene with the guys in the apartment is hilarious in my opinion.
Both Theoden's and Aragorn's speeches in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King These speeches make me want to jump off the couch and go to war.
Mel Gibson's speech in Braveheart. Same reaction as above.
"So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life." Peter Gibbons Office Space. Kind of sets the tone for one of the funniesy movies of the 90's.
The whole scene when Dave Cujon droppes the coffee mug in The Usual Suspects. This movie is top 5 for me right now. When he reviews everything verbal has said up until this point and realizes that he is Keyser Soze, I want to jump out of my chair.
The service station scene in No Country for Old Men. This scene alone could have secured the Oscar for Javier Bardem.
"You want answers?" "I think I'm entitled to them." "You want answers?" "I want the truth!" "You can't handle the truth!" - Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson, A Few Good Men. Great movie, great lines. Enough said.
"I'll never let go, Jack." - Kate Winslett, Titanic. Wait a minute, how did that get in here? I do think that this line ranks high on the unintentional comedy scale (I think I owe Bill Simmons a dollar). She says this emotional line and proceeds to break his frozen hand off her arm with a resounding CRACK and he sinks to the bottom of the ocean. I should have been crying, but I was laughing.
So, give me your favorite movie lines and scenes. Let's try and keep it clean as this is a family blog.
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Hi Jeff,
I enjoyed your blog. I love the photo of you and your son. What a wonderful photo!
I has always admired the St. Crispin's Day speech in the Kenneth Branagh version of Shakespeare's HENRY V.
I like the Roman conjugation episode and the Pontius Pilate scenes in THE LIFE OF BRIAN. Actually, I like the entire movie. I like the scenes involving the swallows and the French taunter in MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL.
I like the spoofs of Russian novels in LOVE AND DEATH and many scenes in the early Woody Allen--BANANAS, SLEEPER, and LOVE AND DEATH.
Unfortunately, I don't remember lines in movies very well. I remember scenes but not lines.
Lloyd: What are the chances of a guy like you and a girl like me... ending up together?
Mary: Well, that's pretty difficult to say.
Lloyd: Hit me with it! I've come a long way to see you, Mary. The least you can do is level with me. What are my chances?
Mary: Not good.
Lloyd: You mean, not good like one out of a hundred?
Mary: I'd say more like one out of a million.
[pause]
Lloyd: So you're telling me there's a chance.
Jim Carrey as Lloyd Christmas to Lauren Holly as Mary (Samsonite) Swanson
"You shut your mouth when you're talking to me!"
Rebecca DeMornay as Mrs. Kroeger in the opening scene of Wedding Crashers to her soon to be ex-husband Dwight Yoakam.
"Ethal Thayer, sound like I'm lisping." - Henry Fonda, On Golden Pond
Here's a few: "I love the smell of napalm in the morning"-Apocolypse Now
"Its not a tumor"-Kindergarten Cop
"There is no spoon"-The Matrix
Every single thing that cajun guy said in the Waterboy. "Wee liv oo pway anuthadayy..."
"Your Mom goes to College" - Napolean Dynamite
"I AM GAYYY..." Homer in Simpsons the movie LOL!!! More the way he says it than actual comical content. LOL!
Too many one liners to count from the Anchorman. "I want to be on you" , "You just stabbed a guy in the heart with a trident, you're probably wanted for murder..." "I want to shoot you in the back of the head with a bb gun."
2 more movie quotations:
1) In MILLER'S CROSSING, the Italian gangster is talking to one of his conspirators when his young son (about 8 years old) walks in and interrupts him. The gangster is furious and slaps his young son hard across the face. Embarrassed, he turns to the conspirator and says, "Kids, you got to be firm."
2) In LOVE AND DEATH, Woody Allen makes love to a woman. She then asks, "How did you get to be such a great lover?" He replies, "Well, I practice a lot when I'm alone."
Eric
Your note about racism made me think of a movie/book quote...
"Now imagine she is white."
---Jake Tyler Brigance (Time to Kill)
One of the few watchable Matthew McConaughay (or whatever) movies.
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