They may be awesome, but I'd expect to recognize most of the "100 greatest quotes," even from movies I haven't seen.
I'd say there's a difference between "greatest" and "most recognizable"
Hey, man, where are my pants? I have my hippo dignity!
Oz ,'Bring On The Night'
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Jessica - Oct 27, 2005 10:40:07 am PDT #8334 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
P.M. Marc - Oct 27, 2005 10:45:27 am PDT #8335 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Me, I'd say Gris is making me feel old.
Gris - Oct 27, 2005 10:48:01 am PDT #8336 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Why, cuz I haven't seen those movies? Mostly it's just laziness on my part - I SHOULD see them, I'm sure. All of them. Ghostbusters included.
Anyway, actually looked at the AFI list. Do recognize most of the quotes, though not all of them, and some of them I actually had no idea what movie they were from. Why is "Use the force, Luke" in the top 100 but "No. I am your father!" isn't, I wonder? The second one seems so much more powerful to me.
Beverly - Oct 27, 2005 10:48:13 am PDT #8337 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
My new favorite is paraphrasing Jayne, "When'd that get fun?"
erikaj - Oct 27, 2005 10:52:03 am PDT #8338 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
You've never seen those movies?! Although I was late to a lot of them...and in the intervening years the GB ones I remember have dwindled to Zool and the dogs and cats.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 27, 2005 11:00:27 am PDT #8339 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
See, I am the "right" age for Ghostbusters, and I didn't even recognize that the "dogs and cats" was from Ghostbusters. Which I guess means that it is a quote that has trancended the movie.
Nutty - Oct 27, 2005 11:06:52 am PDT #8340 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I saw Ghostbusters when I was seven years old, in the theatre, with two siblings and a passel of neighbor children, and I thought I had seen the heights of cinema artistry.
And it's a pleasant surprise to go back, 20+ years later, and realize it is still a good movie. Not the heights of cinema artistry, but, it's pretty damn funny, and not in a way that sacrifices the scary/exciting.
Also, marshmallow man the size of the Chrysler Building. What's not to love?
JohnSweden - Oct 27, 2005 11:18:47 am PDT #8341 of 10002
I can't even.
it's a pleasant surprise to go back, 20+ years later, and realize it is still a good movie.
I agree, it holds up pretty well. Co-written by Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Rick Moranis, it has that Second City/SNL sensibility and the dialogue remains very snappy, which is why people remember it so fondly, I suppose.
Calli - Oct 27, 2005 11:27:25 am PDT #8342 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
And their delivery was golden. Aykroyd's "It's the Stay-puff marshmallow man," had just the right note of being resigned to the absurd horror of it all.
flea - Oct 27, 2005 11:34:37 am PDT #8343 of 10002
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I just checked, and my place of employ has Ghostbusters on DVD! Go Team Weekend Fun!
mr. flea has gotten really good at making popcorn in a pan. After many years of microwave popcorn, I had forgotten how much better pan-popped is.