Wednesday, June 21, 2006

The Insufferable Movie Meme

Well, since I got sucked in to answering the last 3 quotes on LQ's movie meme, I guess I should probably put up my own quotes...and that way I can slightly resurrect this blog from it's well-deserved obscurity.

UPDATE(S): First, I probably should have included a no-Googling rule, but alas, I did not, so anyone who may have googled, or not, will get credit for correct answers. On that note, a late flurry from Diane has left only #2 in need of an answer, but #7 & #11 have two different versions of the film, and the quote did not appear in both versions...so a year is still needed for those two films.

The rules, per LQ's post:

A. Pick 11 of your favorite movies.
B. Then pick one of your favorite quotes from each movie.
C. Post the quotes on your blog.
D. Have commenters guess what the movie is.
E. Either strike out the quote once it has been correctly identified or place the guesser’s user name directly after the quote.
F. Extra points for knowing the actor or character’s name.

Without further ado (but with the following caveat, several of these quotes are exchanges between characters):

Movie #1
Mood swings? Nineteen post-graduate degrees in mathematics, and your best explanation for going from a 63 to a 46 percent approval rating in five weeks is mood swings?

Well, I could explain it better, but I'd need charts, and graphs, and an easel.

LawMommy has correctly identified this as "The American President"

Movie #2
The preservation room. Enjoy. Go ahead. Do you know what the preservation room is for?

Delicious jams and jellies?

Movie #3
You know, when you started getting invited to your ten year high school reunion, time is catching up.

Are you talking about a sense of my own mortality or a fear of death?

Well, I never really thought about it quite like that.

Did you go to yours?

Yes, I did. It was just as if everyone had swelled.

LQ correctly identified this as "Grosse Point Blank"

Movie #4
You know what you got there? You got a fishhook in your finger. I'm right proud of you.

Diane correctly identified this as "State and Main"

Movie #5
Hi. How are you? My name's Elliot, and I'm with the Cub Scouts of America. We're... we're selling uncut cocaine to get to the jamboree.

Diane correctly identified this as "True Romance"

Movie #6
Which did you like better? "Jedi" or "The Empire Strikes Back"?

"Empire".

Blasphemy!

"Empire" had the better ending. I mean, Luke gets his hand cut off, finds out Vader's his father, Han gets frozen and taken away by Boba Fett. It ends on such a down note. I mean, that's what life is, a series of down endings. All "Jedi" had was a bunch of Muppets.

LawMommy has correctly identified this as "Clerks"

Movie #7
You told Towns he was behaving as if stupidity was a virtue. If he's making it into a virtue, YOU'RE MAKING IT INTO A BLOODY SCIENCE!

Diane correctly identified this as "Flight of the Phoenix", however she did not identify which version of the film it came from, so only partial credit can be awarded. Still open as to the year for this quote.

Movie #8
I've set my laser from stun to kill.

Oh, great. If anyone attacks we can blink em' to death.

LQ correctly identified this as "Toy Story"

Movie #9
When you talk to the President, you might remind him that I am holding his wife, his daughter, his chief of staff, his national security advisor, his classified papers - and his baseball glove!

LQ correctly identified this as Air Force One

Movie #10
Look, man, do I look like an icky-ologist to you? Big damn bugs, all right? The size of my fist. The size of a peanut butter and banana sandwich.

Diane correctly identified this as "Bubba Ho-Tep"

Movie #11
My parents died when I was five. I'm an orphan.

Who was that kind fellow who gave you away at our wedding?

Paid actor.

I said, I said I saw your dad on "Fantasy Island"!

Diane correctly identified this as "Mr. & Mrs. Smith", however she did not identify which version of the film it came from, so only partial credit can be awarded. Still open as to the year for this quote.