I saw this at Mad's house and thought it looked like fun, so I'm just copying. You know what, though - as I happily made a list of my favorite movies, I was filled with a rising tide of self-loathing. Who AM I? Why do I love such pretentious movies? I think I may actually have become unbearable.
So. I've decided to leave all of the German arthouse stuff off of my list - you're welcome. Only one movie identification per customer and/or leave me a quote from one of YOUR favorite movies, and we'll see if I can get it (I AM freakishly good at that, which is part of what makes me so loathsome), or if someone else can.
Have at it!
1. For a gallon of elderberry wine, I take one teaspoon full of arsenic, then add half a teaspoon full of strychnine, and then just a pinch of cyanide. Wow, you guys are FAST! Beth gets this one.
2. You've just ruined Rose's chance to get married, that's all...That was Warren Sheffield calling long-distance to propose. Cristan!
3. The French have said au revoir to the franc, the Germans have said auf wiedersehen to the mark, and the Portuguese have said... whatever to their thing.
Jill gets it! It's Millions!
4. Terry and I worship an unconventional deity. The power of another dimension. Now you are not going to read about this dimension in a book or a magazine because it exists nowhere... but in my own mind. Through our ceremonies and rituals we have witnessed the awesome and vibratory power... of color. Painted Maypole!
5. How dare you open a Space Ranger's helmet on an uncharted planet?! My eyeballs could've been sucked from their sockets! Right you are, His Girl!
6. Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things that a man needs to believe in the most: that people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; that love, true love, never dies... No matter if they're true or not, a man should believe in those things because those are the things worth believing in.
Hooray, Karen! I was so worried that I was the only fan of that movie!
7. Nothing ever possibly in the least ever happens here! Mother, how do you get smallpox? Steph! Good one! I thought this one was going to be nearly IMPOSSIBLE!
8. I strongly object to the Navy. It brings people of obscure birth into undue distinction and it cuts up a man's youth and vigor most horribly! Alyssa!
And you are SO totally right, Bea!
9. Oh, Nicky, I love you because you know such lovely people.
So very, very RIGHT, Mad!
10. You call this a happy family? Why do we have to have all these kids? I KNEW you'd get that one, Erin! It's my favorite movie, too.
59 comments:
#10. My favourite movie: It's A Wonderful Life! And isn't it? Except right now. Right now sucks. Oh, how things can change in a moment.
#5 Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story (did I take the easiest one?)
and for you?
"Yeah. Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?"
1. Arsenic and Old Lace?
Ooohh 5 and 6 are really familiar... this is going to bother me.
Oh gosh, I am not good at this but have to guess Toy Story for 5 and Philadelphia Story (love that one!) for 7.
Steph
High-brow cinema at it's best:
-There it is, kids, my motherland.
-Dad, Grandma's from Chicago.
-Shut up, Russ.
Hmmm... was #2 "Meet me in St. Louis?"
Cristan: The National Lampoon movie where they go to Europe!
My mom made me watch it.
His Girl.... um... is that from an 80s movie?
yes ma'am!
#8 is Persuasion right? I know it is Jane Austen and I think I heard this one recently.
Oh! I know i've seen 4. I think it might be A Mighty Wind? Definately one of Christopher Guest's movies.
#6--i just know it--it is on the tip of my tongue! it is going to kill me until i find out!!!
His Girl - BREAKFAST CLUB! I am SURE of it!
For you, Beck:
"Now there's a face for radio."
here's one for you to guess:
"Only one thing in the world could've dragged me away from the soft glow of electric sex gleaming in the window."
Sherri - I had to google that one.
Christine - A Christmas Story!
i knew you'd get it. :-)
I don't know any of the remaining ones. Well, actually, I do now because I Googled them, but that's cheating.
I checked out Mad's today too. All morning I have been thinking of movie quotes from my teenage years that I still remember. This one stays with me, for some odd reason:
All you do is come to my house and eat my food and fuck my mother. Motherfucker! Foodeater!
#9 has to be The Thin Man.
Darn that Alyssa - I could have gotten #8!
At least I can identify the speaker: Sir Walter!
#6 - Second Hand Lions - love it!!
I'm too late for the ones I knew. I love It's a Wonderful Life!
Here's one for you:
"We could not talk or talk forever and still find things to not talk about."
I knew Persuasion and A Wonderful Life only because I hav eseen them so often. I am horribly bad at audio quotes but remarkably good at book quotes--I can usually tell you where on the page a quote is and in what book and what the book looks like. My husband on the other hand can quote entire movies--of course the movies he quotes are all action, comedy, and sci fi.
You are sadly over my head. But I did recognize the Buzz Lightyear quote and the It's a Wonderful Life quote. But they were taken.
What ... nothing with a snake in it?
BTW, I was going to include more Classic movies, more indie movies, and, heck, even more drama but I thought they would all be too tough to guess. Guess I was wrong.
Here's a couple more for you:
"I'd hate to have your nerve in a tooth!"
"You'd be surprised how many kings are only a queen with a mustache."
I have no guesses for the remaining few quotes. But I have one for you:
"Come, Nadia. Let us dance like children of the night!"
Janet: Ooooh, that's familiar! But I don't know. Anyone else?
NoWheyMama: Okay, I strongly suspected what that was from, so I had to go look it up. I was right, but since I cheated.... does anyone else know that one?
Mad: That would be The Greatest Show On Earth, which is not one of my favorite movies, although I HAVE seen it about a million times.
And I know the Kings line is said by Danny Kaye, but I can't place the film.
Gretchen: I LOVE that movie! Does anyone else?
#4 "A Mighty Wind". "Waiting for Guffman" is one of my favorites.
Doggonit! I'm too late to play along... STUPID WORK FILTER!
Well it looked like a lot of fun from the back side...
You people amaze me. I can never remember the lines from even my favorite movies.
Come to think of it, I never have time to watch movies. I don't think I've seen more than one on your list.
I am so BORING.
Wow! Great movies! I love this meme. So fun!
I've got a quote for you. One of my favs!
"People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch."
hehehe
I had a feeling I knew #3, but had to google it. That is one of my VERY FAVORITE movies ever, too.
Steph
Dang. I step outside for a few hours, and you pull a movie game on me? Teaches me right for thinking I could slip away from the blogosphere for just a little bit.
Heidi
Is #3 Millions?????????
I absolutely love The Philadelphia Story. Another Hepburn favourite for me is Holiday with Cary Grant, absolutely brilliant and of course, Bringing Up Baby.
This is such a fun meme.
It's popping up all over!
How about:
"I'm your Huckleberry."
Well, I'm late to the party it seems. I'm so happy to find another fan of Meet me in St Louis, though! My favorite expression is "There's going to be 'H' to pay..."
you've got it, beck!
i wish i knew more verses from the bible than lines from that movie, but i don't. got the whole thing memorized in my brain, takin' up space.
I am late but it looks like you all had a blast!
Dang, what a fun idea! I might have to copy you, if you're the sort that considers that a form of compliment.
I used to know movie quotes like crazy, but my skills have waned since high school (it helped being good friends with the guy whose dad owned the only theater and movie rental place in town).
My favorite line from The Philadelphia Story is when Dinah, at the very end, declares, "I did it. I did it all!"
Ooo...that was fun to read (I'm too late to play...story of my life! LOL!)
Have a good night!
I am late to this movie party, but I wouldn't have gotten any of these on my own anyway. Yours are hard!!
ok Beck...
"...I have to admit. I love driving it. It is so choice."
I got several quotes for you, since evidently I missed out on all the fun. Too bad, I love all the movies here! These are some of our household favorites...short but sweet, and rather stupid, yet somehow entirely appropriate to an infinite variety of situations! :)
1. "Flames, flames on the side of my face..."
and same movie:
"this is WAR, Peacock! You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs, every cook will tell you that." "Yes, but look what happened to the cook! Ach!"
2. "trust me... I'm a professional!"
and same movie: "Never had one lesson."
3. "Not so fast, George Banks."
4. Im-petuous A-mericans." (irish accent needed)
And now I'M feeling like I need to go watch something mature and everything for a change. We are movie-quote crazy over here, I could fill up a page!
Emily's movie is Tombstone
Andrea's is Ferris Bueller's Day Off
I think both are so choice!
Some of the best movies ever! That said, I still didn't do well with guessing. Maybe I'd have more chance with the German ones ...
andrea--I know this, but i want beck to guess, but i'm DYING to say it!
How did I miss this post yesterday?!?! How fun! We're big fans of Secondhand Lions too.
Kathryn - I don't KNOW!
Emily - I cheated - but it's TOMBSTONE!
Jennifer stumped me!
Ha! It was the PEACOCK that got me - CLUE!
"Trust me, I'm a professional", Never had one lesson" - ?
"Not so fast, George Banks." - I have NO clue!
and the disgrunted Irish person has to go unrecognized by me.
Andrea - Ferris Bueller!
Beck- Jack Nickolson in As Good As It Gets. Love it.
"Not so fast, George Banks."- Father of the Bride?
This was brilliant. You did a fantastic job. I love seeing Jimmy Stewart and KH together.
Oh, this is fun. I think I'm going to do it too.
Oh, I'm late!! (I would have gotten #7 had I seen it first. Pout.)
"Moses supposes his toes-es are roses, but Moses supposes erroneously; Moses he knows-es his toes-es aren't roses, as Moses supposes his toes-es to be!"
I am SO bad at this. I just don't watch enough movies. Or apparently have much of a memory.
But it was a fun post....
A quote from one of my favorites:
"Ted Nugent called. He wants his shirt back."
Psst...mine was from River's Edge, starring Crispin Glover and Keanu Reeves, among others. It was an awful movie, but that line sticks in my head, taking up space that could be used for good instead of useless.
Yes, Beck - Clue.
Yes, Andrea - Ferris Bueller. OF COURSE! Ferris says "never had one lesson" as he makes a bunch of noise on his oboe or whatever, being bored.
The scary garage guy was the one who said in his weird voice to Ferris, "What are you worried about? I'm a professional!" as he drove off with their "sweet" car.
And the disgruntled Irish person was from the Quiet Man, one of my favorite movies of all time! It was the little Irish man, McLean, (sp?) viewing his friend's broken bed with raised eyebrows, imagining all sorts of "impetuous acts" that did not, however, break that particular bed. :)
George Banks - the new Father of the Bride. Love that line, I say it all the time.
Just so you know. ;)
I bet you'll get this one easily:
"You will be my wife. You will come to me whenever I call you, and I will enjoy that very much. Whether you enjoy it or not is your own affair. But I think you will..."
One of my two favorite movies - both starring the same man.
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