From the Movie…
Posted March 30th, 2003 @ 09:45pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Do you speak 'Caddyshack'? I do. I've had this conversation with several women friends, typically after quoting a movie that they didn't see or don't recall. "… and some Funions, man…" is from Half-Baked. "Hello, Clarice" is a bit easier - most women usually get that one. All sorts of movies. I quote quite a few from my favorite movie, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, for my own amusement.
I quote frequently from Austin Powers. James Bond films. Pop culture movies. Fight Club. Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Cheesy corny girl flicks (even Stepmom - "I let the string break once…"). It really depends on the situation.
Movies I don't quote from? The English Patient. Movies my ex-girlfriend forced me to watch, and movies I fell asleep watching: The English Patient. The only quote I've got from that movie is "Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz."
I prefer the off-quotes. Everyone knows "It's a Cinderella story!" People don't know "and some Funions, man." People don't know "right, because happiness is a violin-playing goat" (Notting Hill). Everyone knows "No, Mr. Bond, I want you to die" but nobody knows "I'm on this tine, and you're over here on this tine" (28 Days kinda - gotta mold it to fit the situation).
What are your favorite off-quotes? Blog and TrackBack on it, comment on it, whatever. Just curious.
Donate Life
Posted 30 Mar 2003 at 10:01pm #
"I think he took your wallet! ... I think he took that guys wallet." ~ Back to the Future II
Posted 30 Mar 2003 at 10:50pm #
"Don't worry, it's not a threat to you." - Fight Club
"I thought that corpse was my dead brother. The spleen looked identical." - Fletch
"Get your patchouli stink out of my store!" - High Fidelity
More later.
Posted 30 Mar 2003 at 10:53pm #
"Nuke it from orbit...It's the only way to be sure." -- Aliens
"What does 'BAFFLED' mean? What does 'INCOMPETENT' mean?" -- Highlander
"Help! Help! I'm being repressed! Come see the violence inherent in the system!" -- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
I have just realised these are WAY too close to being politically appropos right now.
I used to be able to do entire spiels of Bill Cosby stand-up routines but have fallen out of practise due to being surrounded by people that don't have English as a first language.
Posted 30 Mar 2003 at 11:00pm #
"Lets take him around back and beat the shit out of him." - The American President
Posted 30 Mar 2003 at 11:46pm #
"I was the star of the Will Show. And the Will Show isn't an ensemble drama. Guest came and went, but I was the regular. It came down to me, and me alone."
"Me, I didn't mean anything. About anything. To anyone. And I knew that guaranteed me a long, depression free life."
Both from About a Boy
Posted 31 Mar 2003 at 1:17am #
"Did he just say 'making fuck'?"
"She said she did all the work"
and one I use daily, "This job would be great if it wasn't for the fucking customers." - all 3 from the same movie, take a guess.
Then there's the references to movies, not full quotes. Like refering to things going to 11.
Posted 31 Mar 2003 at 11:12am #
My favorite movie derived comments come from Office Space. Working in an office, I can really relate...
Yeah, ... right.
Can I get you TPS report...
I just don't feel like it...
Etc.
Posted 31 Mar 2003 at 11:17am #
Not really a movie, but: "You see at the end of this wormhole lies? A ROOM WITH A MOOSE!!!!" - Zim and also, Gir: Yeah! Zim: No Gir, that's bad
Spaceballs: "Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb." - Dark Helmet
Ski Patrol: "Shut up, Myron!"
Posted 31 Mar 2003 at 1:49pm #
Get used to disappointment.
Sleep well and dream of large women.
Have fun storming the castle!
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Anybody want a peanut?
Ever heard of Plato, Socrates, Aristotle?
Morons!
Never get involved in a land war in Asia.
We are men of action. Lies do not become us.
-- All from The Princess Bride.
Posted 28 Dec 2003 at 4:27pm #
"It's a 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses."
"Hit it."
..is what my brother and i say whenever we get into a car together. From The Blues Brothers.