So last night they aired the Top 100 film quotes from the last 100 years.

I was a little disappointed in some of their selections, however most of the movies that made the list were excellent choices, just the wrong line.

What are your favorite movie lines? I know we kind of covered this in the Infamous Sayings and Motto thread but I wanted to focus on movies

Here is my top 10

10. "My dad's a TV repairman, he's got lots of tools, I can fix it." - Spiccolii - Fast Times at Ridgemont High

9. "I love the smell of Napalm in the morning" - Apocalypse Now

8. "Over, nothing is over until we decide it is, was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbour?" - Animal House

7. "Say Hello to my little friend" - Tony Montana - Scarface

6. "Lunch is for wimps" - Gordon Gecko - Wall Street

5. "You have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting. In what world could you possibly beat me?" - Adhemar - A Knight's Tale

4. "Sh*t...charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out speeding tickets in the Indy 500." - Willard - Apocalypse Now

3. "Well, I believe in the soul, the c**k, the p**sy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days." - Crash - Bull Durham

2. "You tell the men there are four ways of doing things on this ship: The right way, the wrong way, the Navy way, and my way. They do things my way, and we'll get along just fine." - Queeg - The Caine Mutiny

1. "What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully? If you'd come to me in friendship, then this scum that ruined your daughter would be suffering this very day. And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make enemies, then they would become my enemies. And then they would fear you." - Don Corleone - The Godfather

One of my fiancé's friends was talking about "picking up chicks" one night at the bar. The girls were all chatting, totally oblivious to what was going on...
...all of a sudden, this friend walks up to us, leans on the table, looks at us, and says "Nobody puts Baby in the corner".

We all had the same reaction - somewhere between shock, awe, and just melting right there in our seats. None of the guys had a clue what he was talking about...

"I don't know boys, it's from some chick flick. Don't even know what movie it's from...but for some reason, the girls go wild. Works every time."

I didn't get to watch the whole thing, but I did catch most of it. 2 blatent oversights, in no particular order:

1. "It's 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!") The Blues Brothers.

2. "Is there a lawyer in the house?". Trading Places. Eddie Murphy after being chased into a fancy city club and captured by police - the members are virtually all lawyers, it seems.

I tried to pick a line from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but there are just so many...

????? Tis only a flesh wound !!!!!!

One of my fiancé's friends was talking about "picking up chicks" one night at the bar. The girls were all chatting, totally oblivious to what was going on...
...all of a sudden, this friend walks up to us, leans on the table, looks at us, and says "Nobody puts Baby in the corner".

We all had the same reaction - somewhere between shock, awe, and just melting right there in our seats. None of the guys had a clue what he was talking about...

"I don't know boys, it's from some chick flick. Don't even know what movie it's from...but for some reason, the girls go wild. Works every time."
From "Dirty Dancing" - I'm certain.
It sure doesn't do anything for me.
Is "DD" a chic flic?
What's the context of the quote from the character, Johnny, which makes this work for women?
I really am a clueless old white guy when it comes to stuff like this.

I have one that came to mind recently, from an eminently forgettable Walter Matthau movie called The Laughing Policeman (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070292/) from 1973. Being from Chicago, the home of "clout," I particularly enjoyed a conversation between the cynical Matthau character and another cop regarding a politician with a lot of it. Matthau mentions the politician and the amount of clout that he has, and his partner says, "Well, how much clout could he have? Matthau replies, "He could get a charge of sodomy reduced to following too close."

One of my fiancé's friends was talking about "picking up chicks" one night at the bar. The girls were all chatting, totally oblivious to what was going on...
...all of a sudden, this friend walks up to us, leans on the table, looks at us, and says "Nobody puts Baby in the corner".

We all had the same reaction - somewhere between shock, awe, and just melting right there in our seats. None of the guys had a clue what he was talking about...

"I don't know boys, it's from some chick flick. Don't even know what movie it's from...but for some reason, the girls go wild. Works every time."I believe it's from "Dirty Dancing". Jennifer Grey played Baby.

From "Dirty Dancing" - I'm certain.
It sure doesn't do anything for me.
Is "DD" a chic flic?
What's the context of the quote from the character, Johnny, which makes this work for women?
I really am a clueless old white guy when it comes to stuff like this.

It is from Dirty Dancing and according to the program last night, Johnny was trying to say to Baby's parents, you don't know her like I know her and she does not belong in a corner. If that line works where you are Rachel, then I definately need to move there :lol:

Here is the AFI Top 100 List

Off the top of my head:

"Look! We're not worried about the German army, we've got enough troubles of our own. To the right General Patton, to the left the British Army, to the rear our own god**** artillery, and besides all that it's raining. And the only good thing to say about the weather: it keeps our air corps from blowing us all to **** because its too lousy to fly, versteh? "

Anyone recognize that one?

Also, "We could kill everyone!"
"I'm strangely comfortable with the idea"
and
"Rule of thumb? Can't do much damage with that now, can ya? Should have been the rule of wrist!"

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

(Also widely repeated as BADGERS? We don't need no stinking BADGERS!)


"What we have here, is a failure to communicate"


"I don't think we're in Kansas any more, Toto"


"Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit outa my hat!"

Good ones... How about the snub of all times (in Aliens 2, I believe)?

Male grunt to female grunt: -Have you ever been mistaken for a man? Comeback: -No, have you?

/Claes

ah yes, Aliens...

"Get away from her YOU B*TCH !" :mad:

"Can a piece of **** do this?!" :lol: (I just watched Joe Dirt last weekend.)

From "Dirty Dancing" - I'm certain.
It sure doesn't do anything for me.
Is "DD" a chic flic?
What's the context of the quote from the character, Johnny, which makes this work for women?
I really am a clueless old white guy when it comes to stuff like this.


Yeah, *I* knew it was from Dirty Dancing - all the girls did. The boys, most certainly, did not. Summary for Wes:

Family travels to some resort-ish town for summer holiday. Two teen girls, parents. Younger (and generally more conservative) of two takes up with employee of resort who is paid to teach dancing to clients. Girl starts hainging around with dancers at their after-parties, where they "dirty-dance". Girl's relationship with dancer blossoms, to father's chagrin. Cue end of summer - talent show at resort. Girl is set to dance with dancer at talent show - father objects - dancer walks up to father and says "Nobody puts Baby in the corner".

Sort of a macho man standing up for his woman against a somewhat oppressive parent, I suppose...romance and all that crap. Mostly just impressive that a guy would (a) know the line, (b) understand the context, and (c) realize its effect.

I caught the last 1/2 hour (top 10) and reviewed the list on AFI's website.

Not a single Monty Python quote! Nothing from Holy Grail? Even my wife repeats a few now and then ("It's only a flesh wound" and "I got better").
Every time I hit metal things together now I automatically think "Bring out your dead"...

Blues Brothers, one of my all time favorites. "It's 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!")

At least Caddyshack made one in there ("Cinderalla story...").

And Animal House made one ("Toga Toga!") but Bluto's rant about the Germans bombing Pearl Harbor should have made it.

Some were surprises.... Moonstruck for "Snap out of it"??

And only one Star Wars... Oh well.

Jerry :rolleyes:

"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer" from the Godfather II is not only a great quote but good advice to follow.

My favorite from Holy Grail . . . "Your father was a hampster and your mother smelt of elderberries. You son of an english pig dog. I fart in your general direction"

Or
Arthur to the castle guards, "It is I, Arthur, King of the Brittons. We have ridden from Camelot". To which the guards answer; "Ridden? you're hopping about banging two coconut shells together"

My favorite from Holy Grail . . . "Your father was a hampster and your mother smelt of elderberries. You son of an english pig dog. I fart in your general direction"

Or
Arthur to the castle guards, "It is I, Arthur, King of the Brittons. We have ridden from Camelot". To which the guards answer; "Ridden? you're hopping about banging two coconut shells together"


Also: "...you son of a silly person..."

And, "Run Away, Run Away!!"

Maybe we could come up with the top 100 Python lines, especially if we include all of the movies and Flying Circus.

Bring on the Holy Hand Grenade!!

Repo Man:

"most people spend their entire lives trying to get out of intense situations. Repo Man spends his life getting into tense situations."

"There's one in every car, you'll see."

Army of Darkness:

"We got plans for you girly girl." (also my favorite pick up line)

Shaun of the dead:

"You got red on you"

"We're coming to get you Barbara." (also from the original night of the living dead)

The Great Dictator:
Charlie Chaplin's Peace and respect rant at the end.

Was "You can't leave; all the plants will die!" on the list?

mattrecruiter - I love all of the Evil Dead movies. "Groovy"

I have always liked the quote from True Grit:

“FILL YOUR HANDS YOU SON OF A B****”

I like Monty Python.... big nose! Son of a window dresser! Again, I too, could go on and on......

Always look on the bright side of life.... :nopity:

Army of Darkness:
"We got plans for you girly girl."
"Good? Bad? I'm the one with the gun."
"Alright you primitive screwheads, listen up. See this? This is my boomstick!"

When talking about "Army of Darkness" how can you leave out:

"Give me some sugar baby."

:D

Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry:

(holding the 44 Magnum to the guy's head) "Do you feel lucky, punk?"

Frankly, even I am too young to remember Clark Gable in Gone With the Wind from its first time around in the movie theaters in the 30's. I would be surprised if 10% of the folks under 30 have even seen a clip of just that line, let alone have appreciation of the context of the line.

I think the whole point of a memorable quote is how it evokes the scene and the movie in general.

Butch and Sundance going off the cliff into the water:
Paul Newman (Butch): Then you jump first.
Robert Redford (Sundance): No, I said.
Paul Newman (Butch): What's the matter with you?
Robert Redford (Sundance): I can't swim.
Paul Newman (Butch): Why you crazy bast*rd, the fall will probably kill you.

I would be surprised if 10% of the folks under 30 have even seen a clip of just that line, let alone have appreciation of the context of the line.
Alas, I'm not in the under 30 group anymore, but many people are surprised when I tell them that we watched Gone with the Wind in 7th grade English class (1980).

And the infamous "Who shot J.R.?"
Whoops, that was TV :confused:

Also: "...you son of a silly person..."

And, "Run Away, Run Away!!"

Maybe we could come up with the top 100 Python lines, especially if we include all of the movies and Flying Circus.

Bring on the Holy Hand Grenade!!Amen!

I stood cafeteria duty in the middle school. On the last lunch shift the chairs were to be stacked three high. So I launched into the Monty Python-inspired (complete with voice):

"And thou shalt stack the chairs to three.
Three high shall thou stack the chairs; thou shall not stack to four, nor to five; thou shall not stack them to two, except with the purpose of immediately stacking to three..."

The kids stared at me, dumbfounded. Clearly these little darlings are not so worldly as they ought to be, if they do not know the movie so as to make the connection. There are several whom I believed would get a lot out of the movie but I couldn't show them as it contained some questionable language and themes (such as Castle Anthrax). Drat, drat dratteth it all!

'E's not the Messiah....e's just a naughty naughty BOY!

Off the top of my head:

"Look! We're not worried about the German army, we've got enough troubles of our own. To the right General Patton, to the left the British Army, to the rear our own god**** artillery, and besides all that it's raining. And the only good thing to say about the weather: it keeps our air corps from blowing us all to **** because its too lousy to fly, versteh? "

Anyone recognize that one?

O.K I'll have a crack at it. Was it 'Kelly's Heros' Tele Sevalis(sp)?

I actually nominated the correct line for No 1. It came on the News and they asked us to select the top movie line and I got it. Very proud of myself ;)

I would not include it in MY top ten list but.....

I like the soliloquy from Henry VAct 4, Scene 3
....We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

PS. It was also in 'Army Intelligence' with Danny Devito

Don't forget Young Frankenstein.
Whos brain is this?
It's Abbys.
Abby who?
Abby Normal!

Or the classic: As the guests approach the castle and knock on the door for entrance - "Nice Knockers". To which the Nurse replys, "Why thank you doctor".

Another line from Caddy Shack when Chevy is talking to Bill Murray in the garage. "The great thing about this grass is that you can play 18 holes on it, then take it home and smoke it".

How about Fast Times at Ridgemont High:
Mr. Spicolli, why are you eating pizza on my time?
Well if I'm here and you're here, isn't it like our time?

I also forgot anything from Blazing Saddles. Not that they could air the quote, for fear of the FCC Morality Police crushing down on them...

I thought I was the only Army of Darkness fan here! I have the DVD with the brown bag cover, some nice extras. I take a day off of work occasionally and watch it again. "Shop smart. Shop S Mart!"...... (Or "Klatu Veratas Ni..ahem sdhueefkd... Ok then.")

We are the knights that say "Nee"! (Fellow geeks unite!)

Jerry :lmao:

I thought I was the only Army of Darkness fan here! I have the DVD with the brown bag cover, some nice extras.
Heck no, you aren't alone!! :bigwave: We have all three of the Evil Dead movies. I think, if I had to choose, I like the 2nd one (Dead Before Dawn) best out of the three. Bruce Campbell is one of my most favoritest actors - I love everything he's in.

Some of my favorite sound bites come from Office Space, but my favorites are all delivered by the next door neighbor, Lawrence, and are probably a little too racey for here. :eek:

I also crack up at quite a few Doc Holiday (Val Kilmer) lines in Tombstone. EX: "I have two guns; one for each of you."

I've only watched Army of Darkness twice but loved it both times.

Cari, if you didn't know Bruce is from Michigan. He was here a couple years ago doing the anniversary of the Evil Dead showing. I even liked his show Brisco County Jr.

I thought of a few lines from Blazing Saddles too. If Mel Brooks tried to make a movie similar to that in this day and age, he would be sued. And as for the lines, without the visual of the campfire with a plate of beans, the lines are lost!

Cari, if you didn't know Bruce is from Michigan. He was here a couple years ago doing the anniversary of the Evil Dead showing. I even liked his show Brisco County Jr.
I did know that actually - wasn't the first Evil Dead a college (U of M) production? And - we liked Brisco County Jr. too. I really liked Bruce as the King of Thieves in the Hercules and Zena also.

Some of my favorite sound bites come from Office Space

Uh.....YeAh!!
Please refer to my signature below.

Also, for those of you that promise to not be easily offended...
Office Space Quotes (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151804/quotes)

"Is that what my hair looks like from behind?" Hermoine and Harry have gone back in time and are observing themselves.

I submit this line because my hair sometimes gets away from me - lol - and resembles Hermoine's in length, style, color and fuzziness. My daughter and her friends think it's funny that they call it a Hermoine hair day instead of a bad hair day. Eh, whataya gonna do? (besides hide her hairstraightener on her for a week. :naughty: ;) )

O.K I'll have a crack at it. Was it 'Kelly's Heros' Tele Sevalis(sp)?

You got it! I loved that movie growing up, and my brothers and I rented it until we could quote it line for line.

I was somewhat embarrassed, though, when the guy at the local movie rental shop said "You know, your family are the only people who have EVER checked this movie out from us and you've rented it 11 times in the past two years?"

Then when Blockbuster came into the next town, that place closed down. The manager called our family to offer us the opportunity to buy their Kelly's Heros VHS for $1 before they disposed of it. We did.

Fabienne: “Who's Zed?”

Butch: “Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead.”


Of course there are other great quotes from that movie, but not many that are appropriate for posting here. :lol:

"You'll put your eye out!"

"220, 221 whatever it takes"

I believe this was from the movie trailer, something along the lines of "Night of the Dweebs".

"Girls the good news is your dates are here. The bad news is they're all dead."

Cari - there were no "Stripes" quotes on the list...
And my wife will be so happy that "Gone With The Wind" had so many, including the #1 quote.

Now, how's about, "Hello, Hello, Hello", "Why I oughta", "Oh, wiseguy, eh", "Woop, Woop, Woop, Woop, Woop", "Come here Porcupine"and the many more outrageous quotes from the 3 Stooges.

We are now no longer the Knights Who Say "Ni"! We are now the Knights who say "Ekky-ekky-ekky-ekky-z'Bang, zoom-Boing, z'nourrrwringmm".

So many choices!

"Inconceivable!" Princess Bride (along with a dozen other witticisms)

"Lollygaggers, we got us a bunch of lollygaggers!" and "Well, lets see, candlesticks make a nice wedding present." Bull Durham

"That's Vicki, with two i's and no brassiere" Who's Killing the Great Chefs of Europe

"Oh ****. Somebody go back and get us a whole sh-tload of dimes!" Blazing Saddles

"Put. The. Candle. Back." and "Who made the yummy noise?" Young Frankenstein

"Which one of you boys is Fun? Silent Movie

"Two chickens and a piece of dry white toast" Blues Brothers

"Was there, say, ANY OTHER TIME YOU MIGHT HAVE TOLD ME THIS?" In and Out

"I'm confused!" and "Old man, you feed anymore of my good dinner to those dogs and I'll kick ya til you're dead" Moonstruck

Okay....here's a few of mine:

Big Trouble in Little China (There are a few from this movie):

Wang Chi, "A brave man likes the feel of nature on his face, Jack."
Egg Shen, "Yeah, and a wise man has enough sense to get in out of the rain."


Lo Pan, "You are not brought upon this world to "get it!"


Wang Chi, "Cops got better things to do than get killed."
Jack Burton, "Oh yeah? So do I!"


The Life of Brian:
Wise Man, " We were led by a star."
Brian's mother, "Led by a bottle, you mean. "

Buckaroo Banzai:
"Remember, no matter where you go, there you are."

Fight Club:
"This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time."

Army of Darkness:
" I got news for you, pal. You ain't leading but two things right now: Jack and Sh**. And, Jack left town."

They Live:
"I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick *** . . . and I'm all out of bubble gum."

Stripes:
"So we're all dogfaces, we're all very, very different. But, there is one thing that we all have in common: we were all stupid-enough to enlist in the army."

Sometimes, there is nothing like watching a "B" movie...........

Here is some more that I just think are neat-o. Try and guess where they are from and maybe you will win a prize? ;)

Number 1

"You gonna skin that smokewagon? You gonna make your move? Or are you just gonna stand there and bleed?

Number 2

"What are you doing? Only closers get coffee and I don't see your name on the board, put that cup down."

Number 3

"I want papers. I want forged documents. I need to get out of the country"

Good Luck!!!

How about

"Chances are though, if God is out dere, I gotta believe da last place he'd be would be in da Soady two-holer."

and

"My Chevy shook a ship!"

Here is some more that I just think are neat-o. Try and guess where they are from and maybe you will win a prize? ;)

Number 1

"You gonna skin that smokewagon? You gonna make your move? Or are you just gonna stand there and bleed?

Number 2

"What are you doing? Only closers get coffee and I don't see your name on the board, put that cup down."

Number 3

"I want papers. I want forged documents. I need to get out of the country"

Good Luck!!!

#1 Wyatt Earp in Tombstone

Here is some more that I just think are neat-o. Try and guess where they are from and maybe you will win a prize? ;)

Number 1

"You gonna skin that smokewagon? You gonna make your move? Or are you just gonna stand there and bleed?

Number 2

"What are you doing? Only closers get coffee and I don't see your name on the board, put that cup down."

Number 3

"I want papers. I want forged documents. I need to get out of the country"

Good Luck!!!

#2: Glengarry Glen Ross

OK, here are the answers, Thank you for playing. For those with the correct answers, you can expect a cocktail from me, next time you are in town :tg:

#1 - Tombstone

#2 - Glengary Glen Ross

#3 - The Replacement Killers

More to follow next week, I am off to Chicago for a few days.....

Hans to Chewbaca...."Yuk it up furball"
James Cagney in White Heat...."HELLO ..MA"
Richard to John in Lion in Winter "You're a walking pustule"