Classic lines that are overrated?
02-11-08, 04:25 PM
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How about, "I see dead people?"
Or "You can't handle the truth!" If you swallowed the hype on that one you'd think the movie was nothing but 2 hours of Jack Nicholson saying that line.
Or "You can't handle the truth!" If you swallowed the hype on that one you'd think the movie was nothing but 2 hours of Jack Nicholson saying that line.
02-11-08, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
Anything from Star Wars makes me groan.
02-11-08, 04:51 PM
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"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
Sounds like a funny line when I read it, but the actual delivery just didn't do it for me.
Sounds like a funny line when I read it, but the actual delivery just didn't do it for me.
02-11-08, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by das Monkey
"Come with me if you don't want to die."
"Dead or alive, we're leaving together."
"You know what ol' Jack Burton says at a time like this? Why not."
"No fucking shit, lady! Do I sound like I'm ordering Chinese?!?"
"A toast to my big brother George, the wealthiest man in town."
"I'm the king of the Earth!"
"Nobody puts Frances in a corner."
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"Dead or alive, we're leaving together."
"You know what ol' Jack Burton says at a time like this? Why not."
"No fucking shit, lady! Do I sound like I'm ordering Chinese?!?"
"A toast to my big brother George, the wealthiest man in town."
"I'm the king of the Earth!"
"Nobody puts Frances in a corner."
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Originally Posted by MartinBlank
The first one I recognize but I can't place it, and the fouth one is Die Hard. What are the other ones from?
2 - Robobcop - a guess, as it was "Dead or alive you're coming with me"
3 - my favorite of these, it's from - Big Trouble In Little China
4 - you already said...
5 - It's a Wonderful Life
6 - Titanic - guess, as it was "I'm the king of the world!'...
7 - Dirty Dancing
02-11-08, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by taa455
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
Sounds like a funny line when I read it, but the actual delivery just didn't do it for me.
Sounds like a funny line when I read it, but the actual delivery just didn't do it for me.
Duke Nukem delivers it better since he omits "bubble." It flows much better that way. God I loved Duke Nukem 64, lol
02-12-08, 01:02 AM
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Originally Posted by taa455
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
Sounds like a funny line when I read it, but the actual delivery just didn't do it for me.
Sounds like a funny line when I read it, but the actual delivery just didn't do it for me.
That's the problem for a lot of memorable quotes. They become immortalized and when you finally see the scene that it is in the delivery is just flat and matter of factly. It doesn't have the same punch when it is actually in dialogue and not being overemphasized when quoted, or misquoted.
02-12-08, 05:23 PM
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"Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"
"Go ahead, make my day."
"Rosebud."
"You can't handle the truth!"
"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
"I'll be back."
"Houston, we have a problem."
"You had me at 'hello.'"
"Say 'hello' to my little friend!"
"Hasta la vista, baby."
Just to name a few
"Go ahead, make my day."
"Rosebud."
"You can't handle the truth!"
"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
"I'll be back."
"Houston, we have a problem."
"You had me at 'hello.'"
"Say 'hello' to my little friend!"
"Hasta la vista, baby."
Just to name a few
02-12-08, 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by das Monkey
"No fucking shit, lady! Do I sound like I'm ordering Chinese?!?"
02-12-08, 06:35 PM
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"I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid that's not going to happen."
"I am serious, and my name's not Shirley."
"Of all the bars in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."
"I am big -- it's the movies that got small!"
"My name is Mister Tibbs!"
"Frankly, my dear, I could care less."
das
"I am serious, and my name's not Shirley."
"Of all the bars in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."
"I am big -- it's the movies that got small!"
"My name is Mister Tibbs!"
"Frankly, my dear, I could care less."
das
02-12-08, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by das Monkey
"I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid that's not going to happen."
"I am serious, and my name's not Shirley."
"Of all the bars in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."
"I am big -- it's the movies that got small!"
"My name is Mister Tibbs!"
"Frankly, my dear, I could care less."
das
"I am serious, and my name's not Shirley."
"Of all the bars in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."
"I am big -- it's the movies that got small!"
"My name is Mister Tibbs!"
"Frankly, my dear, I could care less."
das
you're purposefully changing them a bit...
02-13-08, 08:17 AM
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I'm going to blaspheme and say "Here's looking at you kid." from Casablanca is one of the most overrated and oft repeated lines in movie history. I remember before I first watched Casablanca, I had already seen the final scene and knew the line was to be said during that climactic moment. What I did not know and what completely killed the line for me was that it was said multiple times throughout the film. I think it would deserve its place on the mantle of all-time greatest lines if it was saved for that one climactic moment, but I went into the film (which I love) expecting to wait for it, like a drop on a rollercoaster, but then BAM!, there it is in the middle of the film.
02-13-08, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
I still can't figure out what's so special about Boba Fett in Star Wars. 
02-14-08, 12:21 AM
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I'm casting my votes for every quote mentioned already from the Terminator series.
A few others (apologies if they came up already, as I skimmed through most of the posts):
Here's another from Ahnold...
"It's not a tumuh"-- funny the first time I heard it in about '91, but... not anymore, especially if someone is telling you they have a headache.
"There's no crying in baseball!"
"He's so money!" (should only be spoken in 1996)
A few others (apologies if they came up already, as I skimmed through most of the posts):
Here's another from Ahnold...
"It's not a tumuh"-- funny the first time I heard it in about '91, but... not anymore, especially if someone is telling you they have a headache.
"There's no crying in baseball!"
"He's so money!" (should only be spoken in 1996)
