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

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

#2 is from Independence Day. Jeff Goldblum says it, but I can't remember if it's before or after he's talked about the fat lady.

*g*

[thedeadparrot.livejournal.com]

#12 is X-Men (the first one)

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

5. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan

10 and 12 are very familiar to me, but I can't quite think of the titles.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

*g* Before. It's as Steve is trying to pull out of Area 51, but he had the sticky note directions backwards.

(Remind me to babble sometime about the SGA/Independence Day fusion. John = Hiller (Will Smith). McKay = Levinson (Jeff Goldblum). Weir = Whitmore (Bill Pullman). Wraith = aliens. And on and on.)

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Yes! Wolverine/Rogue all the way. *g*

[bironic.livejournal.com]

It was so hard to pick just one quote for Wrath of Khan. My heart aches to bursting for the movie.

thedeadparrot just got 12; stay tuned for 10...

And perspi's just got 10. :)

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

6. Lester Burnham, American Beauty. :-)

[perspi.livejournal.com]

#10 is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban!

And #3 is Air Force One!

And. That's all I've got. :P

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

I thought I knew #1 but I was wrong. : )

[bironic.livejournal.com]

What did you think it was?

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Yes! And yes! Hee; I didn't realize till now just how many Gary Oldman movies are on this list.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Da! So many quotes to choose from, but that's a classic, and always makes me laugh.

[elynittria.livejournal.com]

Damn! By the time I refreshed my f-list page and saw this post, everyone had already identified the quotes I knew (which were, for the record, 2, 3, 5, and 10).

No. 14 must come from a vampire movie, but I can't figure out which one.

[spoopy.livejournal.com]

#4. John Milton (I think that was his name?), The Devil's Advocate

#13. Captain Kirk, Star Trek Generations

#14. Louis de Pointe du Lac, Interview With The Vampire

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Venture a guess?

I've just added who's guessed what so far, but I'm leaving titles out for now so people can still figure them out on their own if they want before scrolling down.

And, hee, your icon. How do I not have a Star Trek icon? Seriously.

[spoopy.livejournal.com]

And #7, that Gary Oldman film (can't remember the name of his character), Leon.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Three for three! We did have awfully similar taste in movies that time you listed your top five or ten, didn't we?

[bironic.livejournal.com]

*claps* I didn't know if anyone would get that one. One of my most favoritest movies ever.

[spoopy.livejournal.com]

Yes, we did! I especially love Interview with the Vampire, even if Tom Cruise was in it. That movie was really something. Though, in terms of vampire movies, I enjoyed Bram Stoker's Dracula more. It was darker, more sinister and incredibly sad all at once.

[elynittria.livejournal.com]

OMG, I can't believe I didn't get this quote. I love this movie (the uncut version, naturally). I can see the scene in my head now that you've identified where it came from.

[spoopy.livejournal.com]

Yes, that movie is fantastic. It's been a long time since I've seen it, but that I remember quotes from it shows how much I liked it, lol.

My favourite is, hands down, American Beauty.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

I was very disappointed with both movies the first time (and Queen of the Damned), but they've grown on me with time. IWTV is lush and pretty, and what I remember of Bram Stoker's Dracula is definitely dark and depraved-sexy the way the story should be.

Oh, and Gary Oldman's character in Leon was Norman Stansfield.

[spoopy.livejournal.com]

And okay... #9. I've spent a few minutes trying to work out where I'd heard that quote before. I remembered it was from a cartoon. And then it struck me - omfg, why do I know this. Care Bears movie.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Ah, but which Care Bears movie? :D

[spoopy.livejournal.com]

Argh Queen of the Damned. That was so... lol. I didn't enjoy that movie at all. I've only seen it once so maybe I need to see it again. But my first impression when I saw it was, "This is like every other over the top vampire movie I've seen". It lacked the atmosphere and substance that IWTV did.

OH. Yes. That's right. Norman Stansfield.