This week's listing exercise ....
Which movie quotes do you find yourself using in actual conversation most often?
For example, when telling a new friend your life story, do you begin with "I was born a poor black child," from The Jerk? When you win a board game with your family, do you raise your arms and yell "I'm the king of the WORLD!" like Jack Dawson in Titanic?
List the quotes to the best of your ability ... and have fun! If you need help, you might want to check out IMDB.com (here). Most movies include a quote section and might get your brain tickin'!
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1. "Oh, THAT'S gonna leave a mark ..." Tommy Boy
2. "My preeecciouuuusss ..." Lord of the Rings trilogy (this one is particularly good when petting my dog, Dexter - not that he likes it, but because it cracks me and Connor up).
3. "I wish I knew how to quit you ... " Brokeback Mountain - I've used this one to Molly, as a commentary about the circus dog act Dexter and Buddy put on in our backyard, and once - spoken in private - to a cigarette (I cracked myself up, btw).
4. That's spelled P-E-E- ..." Pee Wee's Big Adventure (this is an excellent way to excuse yourself to the ladies room).
5. "I know! I've been shot already!" The Three Amigos -- this one is best used when you've been whining about something that happened to you, and then someone (usually a sister) decides to whine about something else that happened to her.
6."O-Tay!" Little Rascals (with a little shoutout to Eddie Murphy, who hilariously spoofed Buh-weet back in the 80s).
7. "Oh! Oh! He's (or She's) an angel straight from heaven!" - Raising Arizona - I tend to say this nearly every time I meet a baby.
8. "I ... love ... him / her ... sooooo ... much!" - Raising Arizona, again. Must be said as if you are sobbing, and with your best effort at a Texas accent. And it must be said in jest, because to say it right out would make you seem nuts.
9. "What about the family?" Loosely taken from The Godfather - but we say it all the time. Connor actually said this the weekend after Scott and I had a Godfather movie marathon. C was about 8 or so, and was mad that his cousin Cameron wasn't going to either play a game or eat dinner with the rest of us. He sat at the top of Meema's stairs and called down to Cameron "what about the family?" It totally made us laugh and recall the Godfather (and no, Connor didn't watch the movies with us). So, even though the line was not actually IN the movie, it could have been - and it just has become a Godfather kinda thing to say. Plus, the kids always played with a music box that played the theme from the Godfather that was inexplicably in the toybox at Meema's house - I mean, since they were babies - so the whole Godfather / Meema's house reference thing is pretty hilarious. At least to us. This one is hard to explain.
10. "Oh, Yaahh?" - Fargo - Oh how I wish I could do Margie's voice. I try, though - desperately and pathetically, and usually over the phone.
This is a fun one! But hard, because as Peggy's sister, we quote the same things to each other all the time having grown up in the same house and all, watching the same movies and stuff, so ditto to many of those above. Of course I have my own:
1. "Did you hear that?" -Elf
It's effectively taken the place of "excuse me" in my house. My mom would be proud.
2. "We have so much in common, we both like soup..." -Best in Show
This comes up more than you'd think.
3. "Hey, you, you two, lookuphere, lookuphere!" The Three Amigos
How to get a 6 year old's attention.
4. "So I've got that going for me, which is nice." -Caddyshack
It wouldn't be a week at work unless I said that at least once. The funny thing is that I say it to my boss at times, and that dude doesn't know much about movies, so he doesn't get it, but I still say it. The other day, he came up to me and told me about this fantastic movie he'd just seen that I should really see, couldn't remember the name, but it was about a math genius who was a dock worker in Boston, with that funny guy that was in the show about Boulder. Um, Good Will Hunting? YES! That's it! You should really see that! Ha.
5. I'm Super! Thanks for asking! -South Park movie
6. "Huh huh, you just said ____." -Beavis and Butthead
While not really from the film, which I've never even seen, I unleash my own private beavis all the time.
7. "He likes to butt things with his head." -Parenthood
Because I have THAT kid. I feel like there is so much more from Parenthood that I'm forgetting. It is one of my very favorites, ever.
8. I'm struggling to pick just one Pee-Wee's big adventure quote. I would have to admit that I probably say, "I'M TRYING TO USE THE PHONE!" the most, but there is also, "Do you have anything to share with the rest of us Amazing Larry?" and "I'm a loner, a rebel." Every time The Kid and I go on a bike ride, we tell our bikes, "You're the best bike in the whole wide world." You can't help but say, "Good morning Mr. Breakfast" from time to time as well.
I could keep going, so I'll stop. What do you think I do, write comments all day? He he!
1. we could talk or not talk for days- best in show
2. we're nihlists. we believe in nothing. - the big lebowski
3. uh,she said _____. the beavis comes out of me sometimes.
4. what do we love- pain! say anything.
5. things you wouldn't understand, things you couldn't understand, things you shouldn't understand. (to confuse people more)
and can you say tortilla? (mostly when people call them taco shells)
pee wee's big adventure. yeah, i love it too.
that is all i have thought of right now. hee haw!
Jaci, those are awesome. I forgot about the nihilists. They care about nothing!!!
I forgot a few from Raising Arizona:
"Mind her little fontanelle."
"That was beautiful."
"Son, you've got a panty on your head." -which i do say at least on a weekly basis becuase I have that kid as well
1. “We’re back… in the car… again” - Jurassic Park.
My niece and I use it for the bathroom, the grocery store… you name it. I totally cracks her up.
2. “It’s more of a guideline.” – Ghostbusters. Bill Murray says “I make it a rule never to sleep with the possessed” (or something like that) and then looks at Sigourney and adds “It’s more of a guideline.”
My friends Kent and AJ used to quote Ghostbusters in big, serious IBM meetings. And then they’d just sit and see who got it. I ended up in trouble for laughing more than once… but it was hilarious.
3. “I was born a poor white child on the North Side of town” is my modified quote from The Jerk. I used to use it all the time. I’m older now and there doesn’t seem to be as much need to use it. But I still love saying it.
4. “You had me at ‘Hello.’” – Jerry McGuire.
5. “In-con-ceivable” (with a Fezzini lisp) – Princess Bride
6. “Have fun storming the castle.” – Princess Bride (I say this to my brother almost every time I babysit for him. And I crack myself up.
I totally forgot...
I fart in your general direction.
what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
african or european?
i don't know that!?
what is your favorite color?
blue no green.. ahh (whatever colors you choose)
i am on a quest.
i'll bite your kneecaps off!
i'm invincible!
we are requesting shrubbery!
i'm not dead yet....i feel happy!
i'm being oppressed!
all from monty python and the holy grail. my parents thought it perfectly acceptable for us to watch that movie constantly.
Ooooh... Monty Python...
"Attack, Attack!" "Runaway, Runaway!"
and how could I forget:
"She turned me into a newt."
"A NEWT?"
"I got betta."
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