Favorite movie quotes

[MillieDynamite]

Of the three, El Dorado is the best and doesn't even come close to the source material. It was a thinly veiled remake of Rio Bravo. But Rio Lobo is different than the other two in that there is no good sheriff but a really, really bad one. I knew Rio Bravo was made as a rebut to High Noon, but didn't think anyone lost sleep over it or argued either film was more valuable than the other. One's more psychological than the other. But while John Wayne's character didn't beg for help, he didn't refuse the kid when he came offering.

Consider the Great Northfield Raid and the Dalton Raid Story of Coffeyville, KS. It wasn't uncommon for townsfolk (ain't that a great word?) to come to the assistance of the law.

“We decided to make our biological weapon female so it would be more docile and controllable.”

“You guys don’t get out much.”

- Species.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Speaking of John Wayne. From his final film, The Shootist!

John Bernard Books: Friend, you better get another line of work; this one sure don't fit your pistol.

John Bernard Books: I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.

John Bernard Books: I'm a dying man, scared of the dark.

John Bernard Books: Damn.
Bond Rogers: John Bernard, you swear too much.
John Bernard Books: The hell I do.

John Bernard Books: Bond, I don't believe I ever killed a man that didn't deserve it.

 

[slavemelanie]

Darling, it's better down where it's wetter. Take it from me.

Little Mermaid

 

[pink_silk_glove]

If a man ever bought that for me, not only would I have sex with him, but I would enjoy it!

~Stockard Channing commenting on an item in a jewellery store.

 

[Blueskiessmiling]

“I hate Illinois nazis.”

The Blues Brothers

 

[gunhilltrain]

Wendy: Is Mike Hunt here? (pause) Has anyone seen Mike Hunt?

Meat: Practically everybody in town, from what I hear.

Porky's



Comshaw

I saw that movie in Brooklyn, I think it was the Benson Theater on 86th Street. When Meat says something while hearing Cherry's feigned orgasms, "That chick must be from Brooklyn," you can imagine the audience reaction.

Brooklyn audiences in the early 1980's could be tough, too. They hated Cannery Row (what did they expect?) and they were baffled by Monte Python at the Hollywood Bowl. I saw those at the Fortway Theater on Fort Hamilton Parkway.

Hard to believe Susan Clark is now eighty.

 

[AchtungNight]

“I hate Illinois nazis.”

The Blues Brothers

“Nazis. I _hate_ these guys.”

- Raiders of the Lost Ark.

 

[Emilymcplugger]

“He doesn’t know it’s a damn show. He thinks it’s a damn fight. Finish this bum and let’s go home.”

“Where’s your hat?”

Probably my favourite two lines from this movie.

 

[SimonDoom]

The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.

 

[jaF0]

Super Soul:
There goes the challenger being chased by the big blue meanies on wheels. The vicious traffic squad cars are after our lone driver, the last American hero, the electric sintar, the demi-god, the super driver of the golden west!



Super Soul:
Kowalski, can you hear me? Do you hear me, Kowalski? Now, I know you can hear me, Kowalski. I'm sure you hear me now. This very minute.



OK, OK, there were probably better quotes, but still, you get the drift ....

 

[gunhilltrain]

Jaws is one of the movies I can quote from the most

"Hooper, quit playin with yourself"

"Why don't you come down here and chum some of this shit?"

"That's one bad hat Harry!"

Not exactly a quote, but that chilling story Robert Shaw tells about delivering the bomb and the ship sinking and the sharks picking off the survivors was delivered while he was totally shitfaced.

Legendary.

The USS Indianapolis story was true. However, he doesn't fully explain the problem. There were so many American ships in the Pacific at that time that no on noticed it was overdue at it's intended destination in the Philippines. (The fog of war indeed.) By chance, the survivors were spotted by a plane more than three days later, as Shaw's character describes.

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

Butch Cassidy: [after rigging train door with dynamite] Well, that ought to do it.
[the train car is blown to smithereens, throwing them to the ground]
Sundance Kid: ...Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?

 

[SimonDoom]

I heard that one myself, Bob. Hell, I even thought I was dead 'til I found out it was just that I was in Nebraska.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Unforgiven.

I heard that one myself, Bob. Hell, I even thought I was dead 'til I found out it was just that I was in Nebraska.

 

[jaF0]

Jane - Porsche Team:
If you can catch me, you can have me!


The Gumball Rally, 1976

 

[samhasstories]

I heard that one myself, Bob. Hell, I even thought I was dead 'til I found out it was just that I was in Nebraska.

He should have armed himself if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend.

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

No mistakes in the tango. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, get all tangled up, just tango on.

 

[Winchester3030]

Gus McCrae, Woodrow, “it’s not dying I’m talking about, it’s living”

 

[Greytruck]

“ if you’re not first you’re last “
talladega nights !

 

[jaF0]

Welcome back, Mr. Lasky. Please join us. We have a lot to talk about.

That line still gives me a chill.

But you had to see the whole film to understand it.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Harry Callahan: When a naked man is chasing a woman through a dark alley with a butcher knife and a hard-on, I figure he isn't out collecting for the Red Cross.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

“It take approximately 500 lbs to crush a human skull.
But the human emotion is a much more delicate thing.” Ben Willis from "Cashback".

“Crush. It's funny how the same word for the feeling of disappointment can be used for the feeling of attraction.” Ben Willis from "Cashback".

 

[jaF0]

Grand Prix, 1966


Scott Stoddard:
Y'know one of the most beautiful things about a car? If it isn't working properly, you can strip the skin off, expose the insides, find out exactly where the trouble is, take out the faulty part and replace it with a new one. If only we could do that with people!


Izo Yamura:
Right after the war, my house in Tokyo was used by an American general and his family. When it was returned to me, it had: flowered wallpaper, three new bathrooms, and four new closets. Americans, I think, are over-devoted to bathrooms and closets.

 

[SimonDoom]

"I got some Scotch."

"Single malt?"

"Aged 18 years. The way I like it."

 

[jaF0]

Joshua: Greetings, Professor Falken.
Stephen Falken: Hello, Joshua.
Joshua: A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?


Wargames; 1983