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Volans - Oct 26, 2005 10:48:32 pm PDT #8281 of 10002

move out and draw fire

Just don't EVER go see Ju-on.

A WORLD of yes. And a couple days after I saw Ju-On, I was chatting with the security guards at work, standing behind their bank of CCTV monitors, and I got real twitchy - I couldn't look at the monitors, in case I'd see a shadowy thing, but I couldn't put my back to them either.

New topic: My old cow-orkers have challenged me to come up with the Top 10 movie quotes (to compare against AFI's Top 100 movie quotes). My first reaction, in no order (I'll look up exact wordings later):

"Rosebud"

"Of all the gin joints in all the world..."

"This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship"

"Scarlet, I don't give a damn"

"No matter where you go, there you are"

"I've got a bad feeling about this"

"E.T. Phone Home"

"I love the smell of napalm in the morning"

Hmmm...running out of steam. Not running out of quotes, just running out of quotes that people other than myself use regularly.

Mr. Broom - Oct 27, 2005 12:21:58 am PDT #8282 of 10002

"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor

"Scarlet, I don't give a damn"

Not to be rude/nitpicky, but it's "Frankly." I'll be in bed if you need me for headsmackins.

ETA something more important and on-topic: "My god--it's full of stars!"

Cashmere - Oct 27, 2005 12:27:04 am PDT #8283 of 10002

Now tagless for your comfort.

Hmmm...running out of steam. Not running out of quotes, just running out of quotes that people other than myself use regularly.

How about:

"Take your filthy paws off me you damned, dirty ape!"

Volans - Oct 27, 2005 12:43:35 am PDT #8284 of 10002

move out and draw fire

Not to be rude/nitpicky, but it's "Frankly."

Yeah, like I said, I'll look up the exact wordings later.

dcp - Oct 27, 2005 2:42:03 am PDT #8285 of 10002

The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

quotes that people other than myself use regularly

"You're gonna need a bigger boat."

and

"This was no boating accident."

"The stuff that dreams are made of."

"Houston, we have a problem." (Although I always hear it in the original as "we've had a problem," and the quote was widespread long before it was used in a movie.)

"I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."

"Make my day."

"I'll be back."

"I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."

"We're off to see the wizard!"

"Follow the Yellow Brick Road."

"Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my!" Not so much the animals, but when a set of three keeps coming up, someone often chimes in with a concluding "Oh, my."

"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain."

"Really most sincerely dead."

"A Horse of a Different Color."

"If [he] only had a brain."

Volans - Oct 27, 2005 2:58:19 am PDT #8286 of 10002

move out and draw fire

Ooo! Good ones!

I'm trying to decide if "Play it again, Sam" should be in the list, since it's not the actual quote.

I've added:

""Wax on, wax off.""

"Show me the money"

"Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!"

And per my DH's advice, am striking "I've got a bad feeling about this" and replacing it with "May the Force be with you."

I think Casablanca may be the most-quoted movie ever, as I'm wondering if "Round up the usual suspects" makes the list. We use "Show her in" a lot, but that's a job thing; consular officers and local staff tend to refer to attractive female visa applicants as "show-her-ins."

Jars - Oct 27, 2005 3:14:39 am PDT #8287 of 10002

"Nobody's perfect."

"If you build it, they will come."

"We're not worthy!"

"They're digging in the wrong place!"

Okay that last one could just be me.

Frankenbuddha - Oct 27, 2005 3:34:34 am PDT #8288 of 10002

"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

"Give me back my HAND!"

also

"Who's laughing NOW??!?!?!"

and

"Grooooovy."

Can you sense a theme here?

"Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!"

I've definitely been on the interbunny too long - I had to read this 3 times before I didn't see "Badgers?"

Fred Pete - Oct 27, 2005 3:47:27 am PDT #8289 of 10002

Ann, that's a ferret.

"You can't handle the truth!"

Not too famous, but deserves to be among the best: "My dear, that's something you need never worry about."

"You ain't heard nothin' yet!"

Another NTFBDTBATB: "I know. And you know I know. And I know you know I know. And Henry knows it. We're a very knowledgeable family."

Nutty - Oct 27, 2005 4:04:57 am PDT #8290 of 10002

"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Somehow I think the "hill of beans" speech in Casablanca is better known than "Of all the gin joints." Anyway, when AFI does their top 100 films, and they get to Casablanca (usually #2), they show the "hill of beans" speech.

In terms of classic lines, I think "Top of the world, ma!" is the sort of line that people know despite having no idea what movie it comes from. I would say it is very meta, but I don't think you can be meta if you have no idea what you are talking about.

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