hey i absolutely got the Drunk Brother from the Wedding Singer earlier today

"Best man! Yeah, the better man!"

good list though, you should make this a semi-regular feature

sorry, Johnny. The thread got long!

Ace, anyone that can remember that many lines from Big Trouble in Little China is ok in my book. Next time throw in some Buckaroo Banzai too.

I was considering that one, but, to tell you the truth, I don't really like that movie. I guess that doesn't mean I can't throw in a quote... but having not really seen it more than once (and years ago), I can't evaluate how tough or easy a quote would be.

whats not to like about Lithgow as a maniacle, rastafarian alien?

Its no killer klowns from outer space, but still...

Can't say that Buckaroo was all that great either. But found it eminently quotable re: a classmate who kept correcting professors on his last name's pronounciation: "'Moo-nAy,' not 'moo-nee', 'moo-nAy'" ( as in "Not Big Boo-tee! Boo-tAy! John Big Boo-tAy!")

Rarely has a movie quote come in so handy in cracking my shit up. (You'd have to know the pretentious dork "John Big Moo-nAy!" was to get even part of the full effect) Ah... good times. Good times.

Saw Buckaroo Banzai as a kid and absolutely hated it. When I re-watched it recently, I realized it was even worse than I remembered.

The problem, I think, was that Buckaroo was straining so hard to be a cult movie that it completely forgot about being any damn good as a movie per se. "John Big Boo-TAY" was good, and so were a zillion other elements, but it would have been better with about half as many culty refs and a more coherent story line.

Like, say, Top Secret. Excellent gonzo movie.

Posted by Ray Midge (in the earlier quiz thread):

Actually also knew the Bladerunner one, but so did everyone (damn, would hav liked ot get that one - used to know the whole Roy Batty(?) speech. "I watched C-Beams glittering in the dark off the tannhauser gate..." Always wanted the muster up the nuts to toss that one off in an interview, when they ask "What experience would you bring to our company?" Then stare icily before abruptly announcing the interview "IS OVER!"

Full Quote:

"I've...seen things you people wouldn't believe. Hmph. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those...moments will be lost, in time, like - tears...in rain. Time to die..."

Other fun Blade Runner quotes :

"The report would read, 'routine retirement of a replicant.' Which didn't make me feel better about shooting a woman in the back."

"It's not an easy thing to meet your maker."

"But, uh, this, all of this is academic. You were made as well as we could make you."

"But not to last."

"The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long. And you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy. Look at you. You're the prodigal son. You're quite a prize."

(pause)

"I've done...questionable things."

"Also extraordinary things. Revel in your time!"

"Nothing the god of biomechanics wouldn't let you in Heaven for..."

"It's too bad she won't live...but then again, who does?"

Posted by Bud Tugly:

Ace, anyone that can remember that many lines from Big Trouble in Little China is ok in my book. Next time throw in some Buckaroo Banzai too.

Plenty of good lines still left, too...

"Have ya paid yer dues, Jack? Yessir, the check is in the mail."

"You are not brought upon this world to 'get it'."

"OK, you people sit tight, hold the fort, and keep the home fires burning; and if we're not back by dawn - call the President."

"Lo Pan has plans for us; if he didn't, we'd be dead doornails."

"Lo Pan? Which Lo Pan, little-old-basket-case-on-wheels or the ten-foot tall roadblock?"

"Uh, this does what again, exactly?

"Huge buzz...ohh, good!"

"We really shook the Pillars of Heaven, didn't we, Wang?"

"No horse$#!+, Jack."

"No horse$#!+."

and of course,

"It's all in the reflexes."

to name just a few...

Posted by ace:

I was considering that one [The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai], but, to tell you the truth, I don't really like that movie. I guess that doesn't mean I can't throw in a quote... but having not really seen it more than once (and years ago), I can't evaluate how tough or easy a quote would be.

Suggested rough guide:

Easy - "Laugh while you can, monkey boy!"

Hard - "This is New Jersey, and when you play my joint, you're just another act."

About Right - "Why is there a watermelon there?"

Hope this helps! :)

The problem, I think, was that Buckaroo was straining so hard to be a cult movie that it completely forgot about being any damn good as a movie per se. "John Big Boo-TAY" was good, and so were a zillion other elements, but it would have been better with about half as many culty refs and a more coherent story line.

Yes, yes, and more yes. You nailed it.

I remember watching it with a girlfriend. And in the beginning, I'm trying to gin up enthusiasm for it, (condesendingly) explaining to her "You see, it's a parody, he's a doctor, an adventurer, a scientist, a hypervelocity race-car test driver; it's an over-the-top parody of Doc Savage."

(She blinked at this reference to a long-ago forgotten pulp hero whose name is known only to 14th level Geeks.)

But as the movie wore on, she didn't crack a smile, though she tried; and then I began realizing: "Man, she's exactly right. This movie sucks. It's not funny, it just has the form of a funny movie, and it's simulataneously trying way to hard and not hard enough."

As you say: Trying to hard to be cult and puckish and quirky and strange. Not trying hard enough to provide actual entertainment value to someone who just wants to watch a movie, without having to force laughs at the contrivedly-oddball script.

And BTW:

I tried to find a quote from Top Secret, but the ones on-line were too obvious or not really good quotes.

I really wanted to do a quote from that. Maybe next time. I'll have to see if I can remember a good one-- something that's not completely obvious but is still a fair question.

"I know a little German. Hes sitting right over there."-- is my favorite top secret quote