Tsk, tsk, I haven’t even gotten on to any themes yet! Soon there will be superhero movie Q and A’s, and western movie Q and A’s, and baseball movie Q and A’s, and… Well, you get the point, because you’ve already been following the madness here, and here, and here, and here. Once I’ve completely exhausted movies, I can just pick up a few books and send the series that way. Once I’m done with books I can listen to a few more albums and send the series that way. By then I’ll have watched a whole new slew of movies to have pulled dialogue from and the cycle will being again.
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Now, where are my sharks with the laser beams attached to their heads?
(Dr. Evil, Austin Powers, as if you didn’t already know.)
Over the years I’ve incorporated an abundance of film dialogue into my day to day lingo. The following is a useful guide parody I’ve put together of situations you may find yourself in and the some (in)appropriate and/or completely silly responses.
You probably shouldn’t ever use most of these.* However, I’ve used many of them and the rest I’m just waiting for the perfect opportunity.
Q: (This one should be pretty obvious) What do you say when someone asks how long you are going to be able to carry on with a particular endeavor?
A: “For-ev-ver! For-ev-ver! For-ev-ver! For-ev-ver!”
– Squints (Chauncey Leopardi) – Sandlot
Q: What do you say when someone asks what you think about a touchy subject?
A: “There’s no right, there’s no wrong, there’s only popular opinion.”
– Jeffery Goines (Brad Pitt) – Twelve Monkeys
Q: What do you say when you see something naming something ridiculous – their lawnmower for example?
A: “Men get such hardons from putting their names on things. You guys don’t grow up. It’s like you need to pee on everything.”
– Natalie Keener (Anna Kendrick) – Up in the Air
Q: What do you say when you need to give yourself a timeout?
A: “Excuse me. I think I had better be where other people are not.”
– Charles (Hugh Grant) – Four Weddings and a Funeral
Q: What do you say when someone says that something about you seems different?
A: “I’m wearing new shoes.”
– Dave (Jay Baruchel) – Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Q: What do you say when you are doing something you know you shouldn’t be but it still feels so right?
A: “I am a baaaad man.”
– Mephis (Nicolas Cage) – Gone in Sixty Seconds
Q: What do you say when someone says they are down on their luck?
A: “Never give up and good luck will find you.”
– Falcor (Alan Oppenheimer) – The Neverending Story
Q: What do you say when someone says they can’t beleive what they just witnessed?
A: “You just saw three monkeys go by on a motorcycle, didn’t you?”
– Sarah Whittle (Bonnie Hunt) – Jumanji
Q: What do you say when someone asks why you do something, especially if they know it is something you don’t enjoy doing?
A: “Because I’ve got a gift.”
– Charles Remington (Michael Douglas) – The Ghost and the Darkness
Q: What do you say when someone attempts something they shouldn’t have and it didn’t work out well for them?
A: “You wanted to go through the looking glass. How was it? Was it more fun than miniature golf?”
– Scott (Val Kilmer) – Spartan
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Might I be so bold as to interject my personal favorite reaction to any dumb idea I hear? “Are you impaired in some way I haven’t noticed yet?” It’s from the movie “Michael” and I will get back to you on who the actress was.
Pansy Millbanks (Jean Stapleton )
Egad! I was wrong! These things happen. I’m just the jester after all – the teller of tales, not the knower of things.
We forgive you… it’s not like you’e a cat-lover. Erm….
Strike 2!!!! Uh oh, I better watch my steps from here on out.
No one is perfect. It’s just some of us are less imperfect than others…. :S
Nicely done there, very nicely done. 😛
Andie McDowell, right? Four Weddings and Funeral and a bunch of other things! Michael is a great movie – I expect I’ll be pulling something from it eventually. Thanks!
“Having a luck dragon with you is the only way to go on a quest” for Neverending Q & As.
That is an excellent point! 😀
Friday is now complete, I had time to read this and get in touch with movie lingo! Great job as usual. The awesome Friday tradition continues.
And on and on. I think next week maybe I’ll go with a theme of quotes, and not identify what movies the quotes are from and see who gets the theme right… and maybe who can identify all the movies too…
That is a winning idea, it would be fun to do and interactive. Great tug of war as well. I think it will be hard for people to go against the fictional characters so I think I am going to give it a go. They have lived off the imaginations of unsuspecting children long enough.:-)
It has seemed like the ones I’ve been able to read so far (crazy hectic week; hence the total slacking on reading/commenting on what everyone else has been doing – sorry), so I too will probably write something in support of ending these traditions… Just have to wait and see how the next couple days go.
Hey, totally unconnected to this post … sorry … but did you see this page?
http://www.sketchbookproject.com
I am doing this … it’s going to be fun! Doing the memoir. And some of the free projects! 🙂
Looks very cool! Thanks for the link. I’m going to have to spend some time going through it all and seeing what I want to do.