Name that movie

[bironic]

Life continues busy, mostly happily. Have catch-up and beta-ing to do. But in the meantime, this meme's making the rounds again, and I keep meaning to do it, so here we go.

These are quotes from 15 movies I own. How many do you know without having to look them up? (And do you know who said them?)


1. Some have great stories. Pretty stories that take place at lakes with boats and friends and noodle salad. Just, no one in this car. But a lot of people, that's their story. Good times. Noodle salad.

(As Good As It Gets, guessed by hannahrorlove)


2. Yes, yes. Without the "oops." Thataway.

(Independence Day, guessed by nightdog_barks and elynittria)


3. 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!

(Air Force One, guessed by perspi and elynittria)


4. It's the goof of all time. Look, but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, but don't swallow. And while you're jumpin' from one foot to the next, what is he doing? He's laughin' His sick, fuckin' ass off! He's a tight-ass! He's a sadist! He's an absentee landlord! Worship that? Never!

(Devil's Advocate, guessed by cryptictac)


5. Of my friend, I can only say this: Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most... human.

(Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, guessed by pwcorgigirl, elynittria and daasgrrl)


6. Lose it? I didn't lose it. It's not like, "Whoops, where'd my job go?" I quit. Someone pass me the asparagus.

(American Beauty, guessed by phinnia and the_drifter)


7. I like these calm little moments before the storm. It reminds me of Beethoven. Can you hear it? It's like when you put your head to the grass and you can hear it growin', and you can hear the insects... Do you like Beethoven?

(Leon / The Professional, guessed by cryptictac)


8. Sixty-five years. Don't they go by in a blink.

ETA: You're not Death. You're just a kid in a suit.

(Meet Joe Black, guessed by cryptictac)


9. Why can't I be good at anything except shooting marbles? Marble champ. So what? If only I could run or swim or do something to be the Camp Champ.

(Care Bears Movie II, guessed by recrudescence and cryptictac)


10. You must not be seen, and you would do well, I feel, to return before this last chime. If not, the consequences are too ghastly to discuss. If you succeed tonight, more than one innocent life may be spared. Three turns should do it, I think.

(Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, guessed by perspi, elynittria and the_drifter)


11. Character 1: What do you call the mouse shadow on the second moon?
Character 2: We call that one Muad'Dib.

(Dune, guessed by cryptictac and thewlisian_afer)


12. The first boy I ever kissed ended up in a coma for three weeks. I can still feel him inside my head. It's the same with you.

(X-Men, guessed by thedeadparrot and the_drifter)


13. I don't need to be lectured by you. I was out saving the galaxy when your grandfather was in diapers. Besides which, I think the galaxy owes me one.

(Star Trek: Generations, guessed by cryptictac)


14. They know about us. They watch us dine on empty plates and drink from empty glasses.

(Interview with the Vampire, guessed by cryptictac)


15. Don't be silly! I could never love anyone more than I love my sisters.

(Little Women, guessed by ahab99)

Comments

[bironic.livejournal.com]

BECAUSE IT WOULD BE AWESOME. Bringing canon full circle and all that, seeing as how the team who made ID4 also made the Stargate movie. But come on, the mapping, the MAPPING:

Sheppard = Will Smith
McKay = Jeff Goldblum
Weir = Bill Pullman
Zelenka = crazy crazy Brent Spiner
all the way down to Kavanagh = Nimzicki and Ford = wacko druggy pilot Randy Quaid
And of course the aliens are the Wraith, there to destroy the technology and eat up the humans.

And instead of having McKay's ex-wife, it can be Jeannie, with the family resolution instead of romance.

Also maybe Carson-as-best-friend instead of Judd Hirsch.

Just think! Sheppard the AF pilot who loses his buddies in battle despite his best efforts, and who flies a suicide mission to save the world; bantering with eccentric geek genius scientist McKay, who gets motion sick but designs the virus that defeats the bad guys; the calm and steady President who fields the death of the spouse to lead the country; Zelenka studying the aliens with great enthusiasm (although I think I'd have it be Carson who gets killed in the lab instead of Zelenka).

y/y?

[roga.livejournal.com]

y! Methinks you are onto something!

Man, I wish I had the patience and forethought to write 30000 word epics. "Yes, yes, without the oops" is such a Rodney line, isn't it?

Speaking of Independence Day, I just caught it on TV last week and suddenly realized that one of the soldiers is Adam Baldwin! He is so young and adorable there! It was a moment of connecting between this young "he's that guy" guy that I knew from all these different movies, and the older Adam Baldwin from Angel and Firefly and Chuck, and suddenly realizing that they were the same person! One more point for ID :-)

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Yes yes! I didn't realize it either until a couple of years ago, after I'd seen Firefly. (He's in The Patriot too.) I was thinking that Lorne could be Adam Baldwin (Maj. Mitchell), no? He'd get to shoot the mean alien attacking Weir.

"Yes, yes, without the oops" is such a Rodney line, isn't it?

It totally is. And can't you just see him delivering that stuttery-excited explanation of how they'd fly up to the mothership and dock with it and upload the virus and the soldiers could "do their stuff"? And Sheppard nudging him afterwards, saying, "You really think you can do all that bullshit you just said?" And their banter in the dart!

I wish I had the patience and forethought for a 30,000-word epic too. :D Then maybe this would actually get written.