The Movie Game
When I was a kid my siblings and I would sit around the table at mealtime and play what we called “the movie game”.
This consisted of one person quoting a movie while the rest of us had to name the movie from which it was quoted. The person who was able to correctly name the movie could then come up with their own movie quote. Fun was had for hours… or at least until dinner was over. Two quotes always arose every time we played: one of us would say in a high, whiney tone, “Pollyaaaaaaana” which someone would immediately yell out, “Pollyanna”. Additionally one of us would inevitably burp, causing the rest of us to shout “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”! The remainder of the time was filled with classic quotes from movies such as Star Wars, Parent Trap, The Wizard of Oz, Princess Bride, etc.
So here are the rules: I’ll start with a quote. Whomever guesses the correct movie gets to put up the next quote. Repeat. It’s pretty simple. We’ll start with an easy one:
“Let’s not bicker and argue about who killed who…”
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Oh yeah, and we want to make this somewhat challenging, but not impossible (D Fletcher, I’m talking to you)…
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
“Why is there a watermelon there?”
“I’ll tell you later”
Buckaroo Banzai (good one, Bryce!)
“I don’t want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don’t want to sell anything bought or processed, buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought or processed. Or repair anything sold, bought or processed.”
Say Anything
Coincidently, from the same pen…
I was thinking about this one at the announcement of the new tour.
“If you think Mick Jagger will still be doing the whole rock star thing at age fifty, well, then, you are sorely, sorely mistaken.â€ÂÂ
Almost Famous
“It’s a shame when folks be throwin’ away a perfectly good white boy …” (somewhat paraphrased I admit)
I’m delighted that I seem to be the standard bearer for movie/theater trivia here, but I don’t remember movie quotes at all, so I’ve already lost this game. I certainly don’t remember quotes of any films since about 1980.
Our game was similar, but a little bit easier. I name two stars, Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, and a movie they’re in, Bringing Up Baby. Then somebody has Cary Grant — they must name Cary, a co-star of his, and the movie title. (Cary Grant and Tony Curtis, Operation Petticoat). The goal is to get back to Katharine Hepburn, or prevent someone else from getting back to her.
Better Off Dead
“I see you’re drinking 1%. Is that ’cause you think you’re fat? ‘Cause you’re not. You could be drinking whole if you wanted to.”
Napoleon Dynamite
(is it kosher to take another turn? Too bad — I just did)
Getting much harder now…
“Some days you just can’t get rid of a bomb!”
Is this Forrest Gump?
Bryce, that’s a line from early 60′s Batman.
Try this one:
“Everybody needs money — that’s why it’s called ‘money’.”
Heist — good flick.
Mine:
“Let loose the Kraken!”
Holy cow–I completely forgot about that movie, Wendy.
It’s Clash of the Titans
“Who are those guys?”
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid!
Dang, I’m so excited that I got a quote, I can’t think of a quote…
How ’bout: “There is not Mrs. Janik.”
stumped!!
Dangit! I wanted to be clever but not shut the thread down…I’ll answer my own question, lob a softball, and let the cool kids continue to play without me.
The answer is Sneakers…from the very funny scene where Robert Redford gets caught in the mathematicians office, then tries to pretend he’s a private detective to talk himself out of the situation. For some reason, that woman’s voice with her over the top accent and gullibility always cracks me up….
okay, here’s your softball: “The penitent man kneels before God…”
Indiana Jones and the Holy Grail.
Here’s one:
Q: Who are you?
A: No one of consequence.
LOL, Last Crusade!
“And who do we not want to help us?”
“White people!”
oops, posted too fast. But DKL’s is Princess Bride (and he got the title wrong), so I’m entitled to my entry.
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
“Where ‘da white women at?”
Die Hard III a/k/a Die Hardest. I can’t believe I didn’t get the Sneakers one. I’ve seen that movie a million times.
“You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake.”
D’oh. Too slow.
Steve’s is Blazing Saddles. Ned’s is Fight Club.
“You didn’t order the Metallic Pea”
“No, the Antarctic Blue”
Greg, isn’t that Fight Club too?
Nope. Maybe another quote would help:
“Sorry folks, park’s closed. Moose out front shoulda told ya.”
Vacation
“When someone asks you if you’re a god, you say yes.”
Ghostbusters?
(In German accent): “What phony dog poo?”
Ghostbusters!
“how many sick days have I had since I started working here?”
Greg: Top Secret
Steve: Unbreakable
“This is my boomstick!”
Army of Darkness.
“I don’t know how you survived, slave.”
Ohhhh yeah!! Stumperoonie!!
Tron
“I’ll have a steak sandwich, a Bloody Mary, and a steak sandwich”
Fletch!
“I’m just plain yogurt.”
Fletch.
In honor of a sad development:
“Are you trying to seduce me?”
(http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/07/movies/07cnd-bancroft.html?hp)
Graduate!
Steve, are you going to give us another quote? Or can I supply one?
“My name is for my friends”
Jack, my earlier quote (no. 32) goes unanswered.
Steve (32): Spaceballs.
I yeild to Jack’s #35.
Or yield, as the case may be.
And if no one can get Jack’s in twenty days, we die.
Phew… We barely averted an Avignon-type apostasy.
Lawrence of Arabia
“I’m Bad Ash, and you’re Good Ash. You’re goodie little two-shoes. You’re goodie little two-shoes, goodie little two-shoes!”
More love for Army of Darkness (give me some sugar, baby).
“Bring me the big knife! I’m gonna cut my throat!”
Geoff, Army of Darkness has already been done.
How about,
“And when there was no crawdad, we ate sand.”
Raising Arizona
“The answer is none. None more black.”
I know Steve, but it is so cool it needs multiple quote:
Flander — Moonstruck
Rusty — This is Spinal Tap
“Stay on target, stay on target!”
(Apparently I’m having trouble with s’s today… Make that “quotes” and “Flanders”)
Star Wars E.IV
“There are two kinds of men [name witheld], those who carry loaded guns and those who dig. Yo dig.
That’s, “You dig”
A clue:
The name is Tuco.
Another clue:
Tuco’s the ugly one.
Okay–
Another line from the same movie:
“Such ingratitude after all times I’ve save your life”
Easy one. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. That’s one of my all time favorite movie quotes. Nice job.
“Damn, where’s that kid? Damn… damn, damn!”
Back to the Future
“Sit tight, hold the fort, and keep the home fires burning. And if we’re not back by dawn… call the president.”
Big Trouble in Little China (I love that movie)
“You tell ‘em I’m comin’. And hell’s comin’ with me… HELL’S COMIN’ WITH ME!”
I’ll be your huckleberry, Geoff. Tombstone.
“Mr. President, I’m not saying we wouldn’t get our hair mussed. But I do say no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops. Uh, depending on the breaks.”
My gut says Dr. Strangelove, but I’m not very confident in my choice…it’s a very Dr. Strangelovish kind of thing to say.
You should trust your gut, Karen. Please, post a new quote!
hooray for Dr. Strangelove…
Here’s my entry: “If anything in this life is certain, if history has taught us anything, it is that you can kill anyone.”
The Godfather, Part II
“The nerds were right.”
Signs.
“I have come to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I’m all outta bubblegum!”
They Live
“Any men don’t wannna get killed better clear out the back.”
sounds like Eastwood, but I don’t know which one.
Is it “Unforgiven”?
You’re right, ALan. Now come up with a quote.
“You taste like a burger. I don’t like you anymore.”
Alan, I know what the answer is, but I googled it. Was it a good movie?
I Google it too… Wet Hot American Summer. The critics certainly didn’t think it was a good movie. I liked this critical quote: “A putrid, insipid, morbidly unfunny comedy.”
I actually had not heard of this movie. Was it relly done by the cast from The State? I loved that show.
Yes, that was a funny movie. It makes fun the campy 80′s “camp” movies, and that’s exactly what it is. It’s funny, often innappropriate, but funny.
Yes, Wet Hot American Summer is the answer, you Google cheaters. Despite what the critics say, it’s a really funny movie. Yes, done by the cast of the State. With Paul Rudd, Janeane Garafolo, Molly Shannon, Amy Poehler and David Hyde Pierce. It’s a spoof of 80s summer camp movies, but is completely silly and random. It features a talent show in which a 10 year old Jewish kid does a Richard Pryor-style standup routine about “white folk.” Not for all tastes, but if you like it, then you are SO MUCH COOLER than anyone else.
Next quote, please.
Wet Hot American Summer is quite funny. I can never look at Detective Stabler (Christopher Meloni) from L&O:SVU without cracking up.
how about,
“Ooh, I’m sorry, is your daughter in a coma?”
Right. Next quote:
“Nepal! N-E-P-A-L! Viva Nepal! Viva Nepal!”
Geoff, mine first!!
And yours is The Golden Child, isn’t it?
Si. Now back to your amusing quote…
I don’t know Steve, but I picture Jack Black saying it.
Greg, thou sayest the truth. Now just say the movie… unless you googled it, cheater.
No Google, Steve. I have the memory of JB saying it, but for the life of me I can remember which film it was. School of Rock is the most recent of his I’ve scene, so that’s my guess.
ahem, “can’t”
High Fidelity
“You are a smelly pirate hooker!”
I think Alan just wants us to google the term “smelly pirate hooker” …
It’s from Anchorman.
One more, just for fun:
“Good evening Sir, my name is Steve. I come from a rough area. I used to be addicted to crack but now I am off it and trying to stay clean. That is why I am selling magazine subscriptions.”
Office Space.
“But cousin, why a spoon?”
“Because it’s dull you twit! It’ll hurt more.”
Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves
“Did he dazzle you with his extensive knowledge of mineral water? Or was it his in-depth analysis of Marky Mark that finally reeled you in?”
Reality Bites.
mer-man . . . mer-MAN!!
Zoolander!
There are two types of people in this world: those who like Neil Diamond and those who don’t.
That may be too obscure… let me add the following hints:
“I’m taking a vacation, Dr. Marvin; a vacation from my problems!”
“Baby step to four o’clock… baby step to four o’clock…”
NF, now it’s too easy: What About Bob.
“There’s an old Mexican tale that tells of how Santa Claus got so very busy looking out for the good children that he had to hire some help to look out for the bad children. So he hired Pedro.”
Collateral (best part of that movie, I believe)
“When I was a little kid my mother told me not to stare into the sun, so once when I was six, I did. At first the brightness was overwhelming, but I had seen that before. I kept looking, forcing myself not to blink, and then the brightness began to dissolve. My pupils shrunk to pinholes and everything came into focus and for a moment I understood.”
(But my favorite, from the same movie:) “I’m trying to understand our world. I don’t deal with petty materialists like you.”
Pris, that’s a crazy movie — Pi.
“At one point, I had even convinced myself that life was all one big zany sex comedy and you had switched keys with the lead to use his swinging pad to snare me.”
Down with Love
“There’s more to life than a little money, ya know. Don’tcha know that?”
Fargo
“Shut up, Richard.”
Tommy Boy
“Don’t listen to that guy. He’s trying to lead you down the path of righteousness. I’m gonna lead you down the path that rocks. “
The Emperor’s New Groove
how about this:
I want to
Kill everyone
Satan is good
Satan is our pal
The Burbs! Great movie.
“As for the whole gang-bang scenario, it just couldn’t happen. Smurfs are asexual.”
Donnie Darko
“I know about art and love, if only because I long for it with every fiber of my being.”
Umm, Eric, I think you stumped us, and I, having a few good quotes left, don’t exactly want this to die…
Really?
Maybe so, I just thought everyone had moved on.
I guess it was kind of an obscure line.
Here’s another from the same film to give it away,
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be love loved in return.”
Moulin Rouge
“The rain on my car is a baptism”
(I know I’m going back to the well here, but it contains almost all of my favorite movie quotes)
Say Anything!
“It’s snowing in my room!”
Weird Science! that one’s full of great lines.
“I’m a hero. I was shot 2 times in the Tribune”
“I read where you were shot 5 times in the tabloids”
“It’s not true. He didn’t come anywhere near my tabloids”
The Thin Man
This one’s real easy if you remember the line that precedes it:
“Oh are they?”
Rushmore.
But that was too easy, alan — try again.
Nice work Stevie–told you it was easy. OK, if you’re going to make me try again, howzabout this:
“I know, I liked her better when she was an alcoholic crack addict! She gets in one car wreck and all of a sudden she’s Little Miss Perfect and everybody loves her.”
Ghost World — great movie.
Here’s a classic for you:
“We’re not homosexuals, but we’re willing to learn.”
I declare myself winner!!
Puh-leeeeze. “Stripes”
OK, time to get obscure–
“What’s that?”
“It’s a Joseph Smith sphinx.”
“Yeah, but what IS it?”
“It’s a Joseph Smith sphinx.”
Alan: Sadly, I haven’t seen the film, but I believe it’s “Plan 10 From Outer Space.”
How about “I scream-a, you scream-a, we all scream-a, for ICE CREAM-A!”
the most memorable movie quote that i could think of is the one on Forest Gump “:.