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snowqueenofhoth. Because everybody loves a movie meme, right? And because I feel like taking a break from explaining why this manuscript should be about infant castration as a form of birth control, instead of what it’s actually about...
eta: I, in my infinite wisdom, have decided to add extra quotes for the movies unguessed as of 3/4/08. These may be slightly more clueful.
1. Pick 15 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Fill in the film title once it's guessed.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search functions
1. A: “Nobody could stab a corpse and not know it.”
B: “Really? When was the last time you stabbed a corpse?”
olivia_cochrane: Gosford Park
2. “Approval, sir, in my opinion, demands the attainment of perfection. And in that sense, you rather overrate the charms of your society. I’faith, for one thing, it does seem monstrous ill-dressed for any society, even a new one.”
eta: A: "We shall execute our king instead, sir, and exalt our tailors."
B: "More's the pity. Then your tailors will rule the land, and no one will make the clothes. So much for French fashion, and French politics."
cadragongirl: The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
3. A: “Now what?”
B: “I dunno... Philosophize with him!”
snowqueenofhoth: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
4. “The enemy? His sense of duty was no less than yours, I deem. You wonder what his name was, where he comes from, and if he really was evil at heart. What lies or threats lead him on this long march from home, and would he not rather have stayed there... in peace? War will make corpses of us all.”
olivia_cochrane: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (probably the extended edition. I don't actually own the theatrical edition, so I wouldn't know. If she says EE, I believe her!:) )
5. A: “Good calligraphy.”
B: “Good swordsmanship.”
cadragongirl: Hero
6. A: “So this is it. We’re going to die.”
B: “Yeah. We’re gonna die.... No... no! What’s this?”
A: “What’s that?”
B: “This... is... nothing. Yeah, we’re gonna die.”
penguin_beta: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
7. “It’s just a book. No harm ever came from reading a book.”
penguin_beta: The Mummy (1999)
8. “Isn’t it the first cardinal rule of perm maintenance that you are forbidden to wet your hair for at least 24 hours after getting a perm at the risk of deactivating the ammonium thyglocolate?
penguin_beta: Legally Blonde
9. A: “Take that, you scurvy knave!”
B: “Seize the fat one!”
olivia_cochrane: Disney's Robin Hood
10. A: “Right, I’ll need boot black.”
B: “I have boot black.”
A: “With you?”
B: “A scuff, sir, is a dreadful thing.”
eta: A: "You know, B, the performance of yours I always liked best? As much as I adored your Desdemona and your Juliet, I've always loved best your 'britches' parts. Rosalind, for instance. And not just because of the woman stuff but also because of the man sections. Your performance of the man stuff seemed so right, so true. I suppose I felt it was the most real in the play."
B: "You know why the man stuff seemed so real? Because I'm pretending. You see a man through the mirror of a woman through the mirror of a man. You take one of those reflecting glasses away it doesn't work. The man only works because you see him in contrast to the woman he is. If you saw him without the her he lives inside, he wouldn't seem a man at all."
[pause]
A: "Yes. You've obviously thought longer on this question than I."
cadragongirl: Stage Beauty
11. “Boy, it sure would be nice if we had some grenades, don’t you think?”
snowqueenofhoth: Serenity
12. A: “You cut me, madam.”
B: “I’m sorry. I only meant to scratch.”
penguin_beta: Possession
13. “It is forty pages long. I didn’t memorize it. It is not a muffin recipe!”
eta: A: "That's a long way to drive to see some nerds in a band."
B: "You know, I hate when people say that. It's not really that long of a drive."
A: "So, they are nerds."
B: "Oh, they're raging geeks. But they're geeks who, you know, can dress themselves and hold down a job at a major university. Some of them have switched from glasses to contacts. They, uh, play sports, they play in a band, they get laid surprisingly often... So, it makes you kinda question the whole set of terms. Geek, nerd, wonk, dilbert, paste eater..."
A: "You're in this band, aren't you."
B: "OK, yes. I play the drums. You wanna come? I never sing, I swear to God."
14. “Leave it to you to use big words when you’re smashed.”
The Lovely TW: 10 Things I Hate About You
15. “Hungry.”
littlecatfeet: MirrorMask
Many of these are, alas, sadly obvious. But more fun than obscure quotes.
snowqueenofhoth. Because everybody loves a movie meme, right? And because I feel like taking a break from explaining why this manuscript should be about infant castration as a form of birth control, instead of what it’s actually about...eta: I, in my infinite wisdom, have decided to add extra quotes for the movies unguessed as of 3/4/08. These may be slightly more clueful.
1. Pick 15 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Fill in the film title once it's guessed.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search functions
1. A: “Nobody could stab a corpse and not know it.”
B: “Really? When was the last time you stabbed a corpse?”
olivia_cochrane: Gosford Park2. “Approval, sir, in my opinion, demands the attainment of perfection. And in that sense, you rather overrate the charms of your society. I’faith, for one thing, it does seem monstrous ill-dressed for any society, even a new one.”
eta: A: "We shall execute our king instead, sir, and exalt our tailors."
B: "More's the pity. Then your tailors will rule the land, and no one will make the clothes. So much for French fashion, and French politics."
cadragongirl: The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)3. A: “Now what?”
B: “I dunno... Philosophize with him!”
snowqueenofhoth: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure4. “The enemy? His sense of duty was no less than yours, I deem. You wonder what his name was, where he comes from, and if he really was evil at heart. What lies or threats lead him on this long march from home, and would he not rather have stayed there... in peace? War will make corpses of us all.”
olivia_cochrane: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (probably the extended edition. I don't actually own the theatrical edition, so I wouldn't know. If she says EE, I believe her!:) )5. A: “Good calligraphy.”
B: “Good swordsmanship.”
cadragongirl: Hero6. A: “So this is it. We’re going to die.”
B: “Yeah. We’re gonna die.... No... no! What’s this?”
A: “What’s that?”
B: “This... is... nothing. Yeah, we’re gonna die.”
penguin_beta: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy7. “It’s just a book. No harm ever came from reading a book.”
penguin_beta: The Mummy (1999)8. “Isn’t it the first cardinal rule of perm maintenance that you are forbidden to wet your hair for at least 24 hours after getting a perm at the risk of deactivating the ammonium thyglocolate?
penguin_beta: Legally Blonde9. A: “Take that, you scurvy knave!”
B: “Seize the fat one!”
olivia_cochrane: Disney's Robin Hood10. A: “Right, I’ll need boot black.”
B: “I have boot black.”
A: “With you?”
B: “A scuff, sir, is a dreadful thing.”
eta: A: "You know, B, the performance of yours I always liked best? As much as I adored your Desdemona and your Juliet, I've always loved best your 'britches' parts. Rosalind, for instance. And not just because of the woman stuff but also because of the man sections. Your performance of the man stuff seemed so right, so true. I suppose I felt it was the most real in the play."
B: "You know why the man stuff seemed so real? Because I'm pretending. You see a man through the mirror of a woman through the mirror of a man. You take one of those reflecting glasses away it doesn't work. The man only works because you see him in contrast to the woman he is. If you saw him without the her he lives inside, he wouldn't seem a man at all."
[pause]
A: "Yes. You've obviously thought longer on this question than I."
cadragongirl: Stage Beauty11. “Boy, it sure would be nice if we had some grenades, don’t you think?”
snowqueenofhoth: Serenity12. A: “You cut me, madam.”
B: “I’m sorry. I only meant to scratch.”
penguin_beta: Possession13. “It is forty pages long. I didn’t memorize it. It is not a muffin recipe!”
eta: A: "That's a long way to drive to see some nerds in a band."
B: "You know, I hate when people say that. It's not really that long of a drive."
A: "So, they are nerds."
B: "Oh, they're raging geeks. But they're geeks who, you know, can dress themselves and hold down a job at a major university. Some of them have switched from glasses to contacts. They, uh, play sports, they play in a band, they get laid surprisingly often... So, it makes you kinda question the whole set of terms. Geek, nerd, wonk, dilbert, paste eater..."
A: "You're in this band, aren't you."
B: "OK, yes. I play the drums. You wanna come? I never sing, I swear to God."
14. “Leave it to you to use big words when you’re smashed.”
The Lovely TW: 10 Things I Hate About You
15. “Hungry.”
littlecatfeet: MirrorMaskMany of these are, alas, sadly obvious. But more fun than obscure quotes.
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Date: 2008-02-22 03:38 am (UTC)GAH, I can like SEE the scenes for half of these and I still can't get them.
Number 11 especially. *squints suspiciously* That's not Serenity, too, is it?
*kicks self*
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Date: 2008-02-22 03:42 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-02-24 10:23 am (UTC)I don't feel quite so pathetic now. :P
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Date: 2008-02-24 01:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-22 11:07 am (UTC)7. The Mummy (1999)
8. Legally Blonde
12. Possession
I don't know what 13 is from, but I feel it would be a useful retort in tutorials. (14 also sounds like something people say to me a lot, but then again, I was drunk, so I could be mistaken).
Aww, thank you for that opportunity to recall well-loved moments from well-loved movies that I sadly do not have the time to dash off and watch now. Hope all is well!
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Date: 2008-02-22 01:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-22 11:30 pm (UTC)4. The Two Towers (extended edition)
9. Disney's Robin Hood
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Date: 2008-02-23 03:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-23 03:18 am (UTC)And yeah, I would hope I would recognize any quote from LOTR straight off, in any context :D
Is no. 15 maybe from Little Shop of Horrors?
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Date: 2008-02-23 10:42 pm (UTC)is 10. Jeeves and Wooster?
I would've been able to remember 7 and 8 and 9.
is 5. from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? (I am not at all certain.)
double drat. good quotes! ^_^
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Date: 2008-02-24 01:40 am (UTC)Not Crouching Tiger, but close...
14
Date: 2008-02-29 04:46 pm (UTC)TW, who wishes she had taken more advantage of timeripple's movie prowess while living in a certain brick U. :)
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Date: 2008-03-01 04:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-04 05:07 am (UTC)5. hero!! tony leung (aka broken sword) is one of my absolute favorite actors!
& btw, jet li & jackie chan are finally doing a movie together - looks kinda cheesy, but still cool. :D
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Date: 2008-03-05 01:54 am (UTC)2 is not in fact An Ideal Husband, although you are not all that far from the mark (no, it's not E(a?)rnest, either). Who is our very favorite fashion-obsessed fop? I'll be even more impressed if you pick the right adaptation, for there are several.
Jet Li and Jackie Chan? I'm there!
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Date: 2008-03-05 02:52 am (UTC)is #10 stage beauty or something? - the one with claire danes & the change-over to allow women to perform on stage? mind you i've never actually seen the movie, just heard about it.
& we should totally go see jet li & jackie chan together - i think the movie's called the forbidden kingdom & if i'm not mistaken, it comes out sometime in april. the main girl also plays one of my favorite wuxia characters in a tv adaptation too. :)
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Date: 2008-03-05 03:04 am (UTC)Stage Beauty is pretty weird, but it has several moments of pure awesome.
We shall totally go see that movie when it comes out. Meanwhile, I will think of something to do this weekend!
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