The Movie Quote Game

Chris Colin Swanson · August 26th, 2005, 08:21 AM

This might help by adding context.
I love the irony of this quote.
The quote is said to admonish #2 for teasing the main character that all yankees are cowboys and gangsters. Yet by chastising #2 in front of the main character he has given the main character a backhanded insult far worse.

Here is more on the discussion of the last quote. Rocky is an excellent movie. I agree with what you about it Christopher, but I wouldn't be so certain about crowning it the best writing or metaphore in a sports movie. I think Bull Durham and Chariots of Fire are just as excellent. In Chariots of Fire Abrahm runs for the gold because when they raise the british flag and play God Save the Queen (or was it King then?) it cannot be denied that he is a proper british subject. That race is not just a metaphor of his life but it is a race for his life. In Bull Durham Crash sums it up nicely at the end but that would be another quote for another time.

Christopher C. Murphy · August 26th, 2005, 08:56 AM

I'll have to watch Chariots of Fire again - I haven't seen it for at least 20 years!

Chris Colin Swanson · August 26th, 2005, 04:47 PM

#1: No more jokes. It's not thier fault their yanks.
#2: No it isn't sir.
#1 You should get down on your two knees every night and give thanks to God that your not a yank because if you were, Al Capone himself would be coming to you for instruction.

Is this harder than I thought or is it that the people who play this game are away? It is a movie from within the past 10 years that is set between 1935 to about 1950. It is a story about the worst kind of miserable childhood.

Dimitri De Keukelaere · August 27th, 2005, 04:18 AM

"Angela's ashes" maybe ?

Chris Colin Swanson · August 27th, 2005, 04:19 AM

The movie is based on a Pulitzer prize-winning novel. It was scored by John William's and nominated for best score at the acadamy awards.
Alot of great lines in it.

You got it Dimitri. Your turn!

Dimitri De Keukelaere · August 27th, 2005, 10:29 AM

ok here it goes

"It happens sometimes. Friends come in and out of our lives like busboys in a restaurant."

Nick Vaughan · August 27th, 2005, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dimitri De Keukelaere

ok here it goes

"It happens sometimes. Friends come in and out of our lives like busboys in a restaurant."

Stand By Me.

VERN!!!!

Christopher C. Murphy · August 27th, 2005, 11:05 AM

Shoot, I almost said Stand by Me! I love that movie!

Nick Vaughan · August 27th, 2005, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Christopher C. Murphy

Shoot, I almost said Stand by Me! I love that movie!

Well, since there's no doubt in my mind, I'll go ahead and give the next one.

"Well... we could go to Taco Bell if that's more your style."

"You callin' me a Taco Bell kind of guy?"

Jonathan Jones · August 27th, 2005, 03:07 PM

Can I play now? Can I? Huh?....

Hit me right in the forehead with this one...I'm votin' for Coffee and Cigarettes (although I was tempted towards another off-beat flick I saw about 5 years ago but can't remember the name of - so C & C is my vote.)

Every year I try to come out of it having caught one paticularly different, original, off-beat, film that for whatever reason overtly chooses to NOT cater to the dumbing down of the masses - [examples for me have been "The Matrix", "Being John Malkovich", and "Run Lola Run" - runner up's include "Falling Down", "Unforgiven" and "Waiting for Guffman"] and yet this is one that for any number of reasons, I really enjoy-this one may have been it for that year (1 year ago or two escapes me) maybe... It is hard to call it a movie per se as it is broken up into individual scenes (almost like shorts I guess) and some of them just made me think (huh?) but it is clever, fun, amazing cast, (in fact it is a once in a lifetime cast, thoughtful, and absolutely FULL of quotable lines(in fact that is just about all it is)

Pretty sure it is Coffee and Cigarettes
-Jon

Christopher C. Murphy · August 27th, 2005, 03:16 PM

Sounds like a Tarantino movie, but I'm sure it isn't...

Robert Mann Z. · August 27th, 2005, 08:02 PM

you beat me to it..it is Coffee and Cigarettes without a doubt i think it was the scene with iggy...

Nick Vaughan · August 28th, 2005, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonathan Jones

Can I play now? Can I? Huh?....

Hit me right in the forehead with this one...I'm votin' for Coffee and Cigarettes (although I was tempted towards another off-beat flick I saw about 5 years ago but can't remember the name of - so C & C is my vote.)

Every year I try to come out of it having caught one paticularly different, original, off-beat, film that for whatever reason overtly chooses to NOT cater to the dumbing down of the masses - [examples for me have been "The Matrix", "Being John Malkovich", and "Run Lola Run" - runner up's include "Falling Down", "Unforgiven" and "Waiting for Guffman"] and yet this is one that for any number of reasons, I really enjoy-this one may have been it for that year (1 year ago or two escapes me) maybe... It is hard to call it a movie per se as it is broken up into individual scenes (almost like shorts I guess) and some of them just made me think (huh?) but it is clever, fun, amazing cast, (in fact it is a once in a lifetime cast, thoughtful, and absolutely FULL of quotable lines(in fact that is just about all it is)

Pretty sure it is Coffee and Cigarettes
-Jon

Yes, good call. Your turn!

Jonathan Jones · August 28th, 2005, 01:50 PM

Okay, here is a fun one...

"I was wondering if, uh, you can help settle a dispute that my crew and I seem to be having...Um, if you remember, uh, in Quasar Dilemma"..

"Excuse me for a minute, fellas."

"...Haven't even gotten to the relevant conundrum."

There are more quotable lines from the movie, but this was a pretty funny little interaction that effectively sums up the scene.
-Jon

Mike Teutsch · August 28th, 2005, 02:01 PM

Maybe "Galaxy Quest?"

Mike

August 26th, 2005, 08:56 AM	#137
Christopher C. Murphy Trustee Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,707	I'll have to watch Chariots of Fire again - I haven't seen it for at least 20 years! __________________ Christopher C. Murphy Director, Producer, Writer

August 27th, 2005, 04:19 AM	#140
Chris Colin Swanson Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 76	The movie is based on a Pulitzer prize-winning novel. It was scored by John William's and nominated for best score at the acadamy awards. Alot of great lines in it. You got it Dimitri. Your turn! Last edited by Chris Colin Swanson; August 27th, 2005 at 04:21 AM. Reason: Confirm correct

August 27th, 2005, 11:05 AM	#143
Christopher C. Murphy Trustee Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,707	Shoot, I almost said Stand by Me! I love that movie! __________________ Christopher C. Murphy Director, Producer, Writer

August 27th, 2005, 03:07 PM	#145
Jonathan Jones Trustee Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Healdsburg, California Posts: 1,138	Can I play now? Can I? Huh?.... Hit me right in the forehead with this one...I'm votin' for Coffee and Cigarettes (although I was tempted towards another off-beat flick I saw about 5 years ago but can't remember the name of - so C & C is my vote.) Every year I try to come out of it having caught one paticularly different, original, off-beat, film that for whatever reason overtly chooses to NOT cater to the dumbing down of the masses - [examples for me have been "The Matrix", "Being John Malkovich", and "Run Lola Run" - runner up's include "Falling Down", "Unforgiven" and "Waiting for Guffman"] and yet this is one that for any number of reasons, I really enjoy-this one may have been it for that year (1 year ago or two escapes me) maybe... It is hard to call it a movie per se as it is broken up into individual scenes (almost like shorts I guess) and some of them just made me think (huh?) but it is clever, fun, amazing cast, (in fact it is a once in a lifetime cast, thoughtful, and absolutely FULL of quotable lines(in fact that is just about all it is) Pretty sure it is Coffee and Cigarettes -Jon __________________ "Are we to go on record, sir, with our assertion that the 'pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, and green clovers' are, in point of fact', magically delicious?" - Walter Hollarhan before the House Subcommittee on Integrity in Advertising - May, 1974

August 27th, 2005, 03:16 PM	#146
Christopher C. Murphy Trustee Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,707	Sounds like a Tarantino movie, but I'm sure it isn't... __________________ Christopher C. Murphy Director, Producer, Writer

August 26th, 2005, 08:21 AM	#136
Chris Colin Swanson Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 76	This might help by adding context. I love the irony of this quote. The quote is said to admonish #2 for teasing the main character that all yankees are cowboys and gangsters. Yet by chastising #2 in front of the main character he has given the main character a backhanded insult far worse. Here is more on the discussion of the last quote. Rocky is an excellent movie. I agree with what you about it Christopher, but I wouldn't be so certain about crowning it the best writing or metaphore in a sports movie. I think Bull Durham and Chariots of Fire are just as excellent. In Chariots of Fire Abrahm runs for the gold because when they raise the british flag and play God Save the Queen (or was it King then?) it cannot be denied that he is a proper british subject. That race is not just a metaphor of his life but it is a race for his life. In Bull Durham Crash sums it up nicely at the end but that would be another quote for another time.

August 26th, 2005, 04:47 PM	#138
Chris Colin Swanson Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 76	#1: No more jokes. It's not thier fault their yanks. #2: No it isn't sir. #1 You should get down on your two knees every night and give thanks to God that your not a yank because if you were, Al Capone himself would be coming to you for instruction. Is this harder than I thought or is it that the people who play this game are away? It is a movie from within the past 10 years that is set between 1935 to about 1950. It is a story about the worst kind of miserable childhood.

August 27th, 2005, 04:18 AM	#139
Dimitri De Keukelaere Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 113	"Angela's ashes" maybe ?

August 27th, 2005, 10:29 AM	#141
Dimitri De Keukelaere Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 113	ok here it goes "It happens sometimes. Friends come in and out of our lives like busboys in a restaurant."

August 27th, 2005, 08:02 PM	#147
Robert Mann Z. Skyonic New York Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: NYC Posts: 614	you beat me to it..it is Coffee and Cigarettes without a doubt i think it was the scene with iggy...

August 28th, 2005, 01:50 PM	#149
Jonathan Jones Trustee Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Healdsburg, California Posts: 1,138	Okay, here is a fun one... "I was wondering if, uh, you can help settle a dispute that my crew and I seem to be having...Um, if you remember, uh, in Quasar Dilemma".. "Excuse me for a minute, fellas." "...Haven't even gotten to the relevant conundrum." There are more quotable lines from the movie, but this was a pretty funny little interaction that effectively sums up the scene. -Jon __________________ "Are we to go on record, sir, with our assertion that the 'pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, and green clovers' are, in point of fact', magically delicious?" - Walter Hollarhan before the House Subcommittee on Integrity in Advertising - May, 1974

August 28th, 2005, 02:01 PM	#150
Mike Teutsch Inner Circle Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Port St. Lucie, Florida Posts: 2,614	Maybe "Galaxy Quest?" Mike __________________ Chapter one, line one. The BH.