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Quint tells you all why he loves movies...
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I recently read an article by Film Crit Hulk over at Badass Digest, a passion piece about Hulk’s love of cinema, that really struck a chord with me. Not only was it a smart and simple set-up for an article, I felt I knew more about the writer after reading it than I have after reading thousands of words of his reviews.
It was a completely non-cynical dedication to his passion: cinema.
And now I’m totally going to rip it off.
But I prefer to think of this more as a geek chain letter and I’m paying it forward. Having spoken with Film Crit Hulk about it, he seemed to be excited by the carry-the-torch aspect of his piece. I’d love it if this spread around the net with movie writers of all shapes and sizes contributing their reasons for loving cinema. I'd also love it if it inspired talkbackers below to show what they love about this particular crazy artform we spend so much time obsessing over.
I hope that after 16 years of typing words for this website a great many of you have a feel for who I am, but if you don’t I think this will give you a very clear impression of my taste of films, what turns me on about movies and what really inspires me.
There was very little re-arranging and editing that went into this, so you’ll see a more or less pure stream of consciousness with these answers to one very simple question:
Why do I love movies?
Because my first memory is of coffins rising up out of the ground thanks to Poltergeist (sorry Mom).
Because of Robert Shaw in Jaws, naturally.
Because of Nick, Nora and Asta.
Because they named the dog Indiana.
Because of every word Preston Sturges ever wrote.
Because of the desperation in Peter Lorre’s voice when he pleads for “Reeek” to save him in Casablanca.
Because of Errol Flynn’s laugh in The Adventures of Robin Hood.
Because of Tim Curry’s legs in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Because of Ricardo Montalban’s chest in Wrath of Khan.
Because of Christopher Lee’s blood-red eyes in the Hammer Dracula films.
Because Stand By Me taught me about growing up when I needed it to.
Because it’s all in the reflexes.
Because of the Ferris Wheel scene in The Third Man.
Because of the carousel scene in Strangers On A Train.
Because of the way gunshots sound in spaghetti westerns.
Because of that gorgeously haunting shot of Shelley Winters in Night of the Hunter (you know the one).
Because of the crites.
Because A Hard Day’s Night captured the personalities of every member of my favorite band as perfectly as any documentary could… even though it isn’t a documentary.
Because Paradise Lost saved an innocent life.
Because even though I don’t want to admit it that Ewok death in Return of the Jedi still makes me tear up.
Because of that dangly bit of flesh on Jack’s neck An American Werewolf in London.
Because wolf man’s got nards.
Because even if a man is pure at heart and says his prayers by night he may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright.
Because of R.P. motherfuckin’ McMurphy.
Because of every note Ennio Morricone ever scored for Sergio Leone.
Because Large Marge terrified me as a child (okay, and kind of as an adult, too).
Because of Gene Wilder in general, but specifically for Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka the crazy, rich, fun as hell father figure we all wanted.
Because my grandmother sent me money specifically so I could go see her favorite movie when it was re-released in the ‘80s. That was Song of the South and it was before Disney refused to acknowledge it existed.
Because of the friendship between Eliot and Pete.
Because of Dick Van Dyke’s cockney accent in Mary Poppins.
Because of the way John Travolta dances in Saturday Night Fever.
Because of the way Robert Hayes dances like John Travolta dances in Saturday Night Fever in Airplane!
Because of the way Jessica Harper dances in Phantom of the Paradise.
Because of the way Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers danced together.
Because of the way Gene Kelly dances in everything.
Because of the way Crispin Glover dances in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter.
Because of Crispin Glover’s line delivery in Back to the Future.
Because of Crispin Glover period.
Because “I love you.” “I know.”
Because love means never having to say you’re sorry.
Because I love lamp.
Because people still screamed in the theater when they re-released The Exorcist in 2000.
Because seeing a pristine 70mm print of Lawrence of Arabia at the Cineramadome in LA felt like going to movie-church.
Because of Alan Rickman in Die Hard.
Because that rug really tied the room together, did it not?
Because of the opening of Lost In Translation.
Because of the ending of Sleepaway Camp.
Because of the chase scene in The French Connection.
Because of the bridge scene in Sorcerer.
Because of the moment Jeff Daniels steps off of the screen in The Purple Rose of Cairo.
Because of the little girl in the red coat in Schindler’s List.
Because of MacReady’s huge, unexplained hat.
Because of every second of Nic Cage in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.
Because of that moment when Clark Kent turned into Superman and then back to Clark Kent again with nothing but a subtle shift in body language from Christopher Reeve.
Because if it wasn’t for Superman: The Movie I’d likely not exist (first date movie for my parents).
Because of the moment Wizard of Oz goes color.
Because I don’t care that nobody’s speaking with a Russian accent in Enemy At The Gates.
Because the Phoebe Cates pool scene in Fast Times At Ridgemont High kick-started my puberty.
Because hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
Because I fight for the users.
Because a Derrick never runs.
Because your mother ate my dog.
Because of the precious.
Because of The Big Chill soundtrack.
Because of the Tiny Dancer moment in Almost Famous.
Because Moulin Rouge gave me the courage to spill my heart to the girl I was in love with, even if it didn’t work out.
Because of Keifer Sutherland’s haircut in The Lost Boys.
Because of the twist in Gambit.
Because of Clint Mansell’s Lux Aeterna.
Because of every Busby Berkeley musical number.
Because of Jack Palance in Panic in the Streets.
Because of the way the BNAT audience for Rocky Balboa cheered and roared through the fight scenes so loudly that for brief moments I forgot I was watching a movie and really thought I was watching a live fight.
Because of grandpa’s speech in Silent Night, Deadly Night.
Because of Crazy Ralph.
Because of Atticus Finch.
Because of Attica! Attica!
Because of the cameos in the Muppet movies.
Because of Jack Starrett.
Because of Jack Cardiff’s photography in Black Narcissus
Because in space no one can hear you scream.
Because you can see Willis O’Brien’s fingerprints on Kong. Literally.
Because of Angela Lansbury in The Manchurian Candidate.
Because of Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio.
Because of M. Emmet Walsh’s hand in Blood Simple.
Because of the Danny Boy scene in Miller’s Crossing.
Because of the overflowing toilet in The Conversation.
Because of that great mine cart light reveal of the pissed off Indiana Jones in Temple of Doom.
Because of the Hare Krishna zombie in Dawn of the Dead.
Because of Donald O'Connor in Singin’ In the Rain.
Because of the usage of Singin’ In the Rain in A Clockwork Orange.
Because of how gloriously out of tune Shelley Duvall is in Popeye.
Because of how Shelley Duvall’s out of tune Popeye song was fit into Punchdrunk Love and became something else entirely.
Because of the THX Certified logos.
Because when I heard DTS for the time on Jurassic Park my ears smiled.
Because I can remember my first viewing of Jurassic Park as vividly as anything in my memory.
Because of the silver spheres in Phantasm.
Because of Reggie’s quad-barrel shotgun in Phantasm II.
Because of the feral kid in The Road Warrior.
Because of the line “Send more cops” in Return of the Living Dead.
Because of the meaningful, bonding conversations that can be held between movie geeks using only movie quotes.
Because of the emotional gut-punch that is the end of Irreversible.
Because of Jackie Chan in Drunken Master and Drunken Master II.
Because of Saddam Hussein in South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut.
Because Murder By Death taught me to use my goddamn pronouns!
Because Steve Martin was born a poor black child.
Because of Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight.
Because of James Cagney in The Public Enemy.
Because of Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein.
Because of Boris Karloff in Frankenstein.
Because “we belong dead.”
Because of Frank Booth.
Because of Frank the Rabbit.
Because of the amazing poster art we’ve gotten from artists like Drew Struzan, John Alvin and Richard Amsel.
Because of Concerning Hobbits.
Because of The Ecstasy of Gold.
Because of The Great Shark Chase.
Because of the Pan’s Labyrinth Lullabye.
Because of The Magnificent Seven Theme.
Because this house is clean.
Because I am the motherfuckin’ shore patrol, motherfucker!
Because of every second of Harold & Maude.
Because I love introducing people to Audition by telling them it’s a romantic comedy.
Because of the hammer attack hallway scene in Oldboy.
Because of every frame of The Seven Samurai.
Because of the arrow in the neck in Throne of Blood.
Because of Isaac Hayes in Truck Turner.
Because I wanted my own Falcor, goddamnit.
Because The General is still funnier than every comedy released today.
Because of Dick Miller.
Because of Christopher Walken’s speech in Pulp Fiction.
Because of the train fight between Sean Connery and Robert Shaw in From Russia With Love.
Because of the way the hallway bulges when Neo flexes, realizing his power in The Matrix.
Because of the amazing use of Queen in Flash Gordon, Highlander and Shaun of the Dead.
Because of Mozart’s laugh in Amadeus.
Because of the end of The Wild Bunch.
Because Lee Marvin hits a dude with a live chicken in Emperor of the North.
Because of Alice Cooper in Prince of Darkness.
Because of PJ Soles in Rock and Roll High School.
Because of Bill Murray in Ghostbusters.
Because of how your heart breaks for John Candy during his “I like me” speech in Planes, Trains and Automobiles because you kind of enjoyed watching Steve Martin rip into him and now you feel just as guilty as Martin does.
Because when Don’t You Forget About Me plays in public you know every single man, woman and child is thinking about The Breakfast Club.
Because no more yanky my wanky! The Donger need food!
Because of Jon Cryer lip-syncing to Try A Little Tenderness in Pretty in Pink.
Because of Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
Because you’ll shoot your eye out, kid.
Because of Olivia Hussey in Black Christmas. Good God, y’all!
Because of Herbert Lom in the Pink Panther films.
Because of the three-way showdown in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
Because of the Lonely Goatherd puppet scene in The Sound of Music.
Because if I hear two notes from the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang theme song it gets stuck in my head for a week.
Because Takashi Kitano answers his cell phone at the end of Battle Royale.
Because of the trailer for Psycho.
Because of the trailer for Dolemite.
Because of the teaser trailer for The Shining.
Because of the fake trailer for The Shining.
Because of Bruce Campbell in the Evil Dead films.
Because when the legend becomes fact, print the legend.
Because of the midget-as-baby gangster in The Unholy Three.
Because Caesar was a salad dressing dude.
Because the One Of Us chant from Freaks is still used by geeks across the world when recognizing fellow geeks.
Because of Marion Ravenwood.
Because of Jessica Rabbit.
Because of Harvey.
Because of Dustin Hoffman’s arc in Straw Dogs.
Because no matter which state in the US you live in, the OUTATIME vanity license plate is already taken.
Because of the Mexican stand-off in Reservoir Dogs.
Because I can’t play one poker game without someone doing a John Malkovich impression. “I splash zee pot!”
Because of De Palma’s use of split screen.
Because of the animation in The Wall.
Because of Pam Grier’s afro.
Because there’s still a slight glimmer of hope in the heart of every ‘80s kid that we will eventually get the promised sequels to Buckaroo Banzai, Masters of the Universe and Spaceballs.
Because of Roddy McDowall’s scream in The Legend of Hell House.
Because of Oliver Reed in everything.
Because of what the Friday the 13th movie series meant to prepubescent boys growing up; a semi-forbidden look at gore and nudity that made childhood sleepovers epic.
Because of Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon in the same frame together.
Because of Bogey and Bacall.
Because of Shaun and Ed.
Because of Abbott and Costello.
Because of Leon and Matilda.
Because of the Past Lives Pavilion scene in Defending Your Life.
Because of Gene Tierney in Laura.
Because the good news is your dates are here. The bad news is they’re dead.
Because of the sheer metal on metal carnage of The Blues Brothers.
Because of the lenses Kubrick used on Barry Lyndon.
Because of Gene Wilder in blackface in Silver Streak.
Because of Lincoln Kilapatrick in whiteface in The Omega Man.
Because of The Red Balloon.
Because of the way Django carries around his guns.
Because of Val Kilmer in Real Genius.
Because of Fraggle Stick Cars.
Because of Roller Girl.
Because of Rollerball (Caan, not Klein, naturally).
Because of every bit of narration uttered by Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption.
Because of the one-two punch of Godfather and Godfather II.
Because of Stephen King in Creepshow (“Meteor shit!”).
Because of Chauncey Gardner.
Because of Rob Bottin’s Darkness make-up.
Because a movie like Killer Klowns From Outer Space exists.
Because of John Wayne in True Grit.
Because of Jeff Bridges in True Grit.
Because of the last shot of Inside.
Because it’s a Shpadoinkle day!
Because of Wheel of Fish.
Because I can’t feel my legs. I CAN’T FEEL MY LEGS!!!
Because of Charles Bronson in Once Upon A Time In The West.
Because one of the most depressing things I’ve ever seen is Snoopy Come Home.
Because Das Boot made me have empathy for Nazis.
Because you’re so cool, Brewster!
Because of Sexual Chocolate! (drops mic)
And because of the million great references, actors, directors, moments and lines I forgot to include and the millions more I’ve yet to discover.
We’re all here in this particular place at this particular time because something in this artform has moved us and now we want to spend our days gathered around and bullshitting about it. Sometimes heatedly, sometimes intelligently, sometimes not-so-intelligently, sometimes for fun… but there’s something we all love about films and that love is universal. Everybody has a favorite movie.
So, that’s why I love movies. Why do you love movies?
-Eric Vespe
”Quint”
quint@aintitcool.com
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It's the stuff that dreams are made of.
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If you have that much time on your hands, get back to the fucking Twilight Zone reviews that you promised
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Feb. 13, 2012, 12:33 p.m. CST
"Because I'm anal retentive and I can't stop making lists of what I love, even if no one gives a rat's ass."
by cookylamoo
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Feb. 13, 2012, 12:36 p.m. CST
Ahhh that fake Shining trailer cracked me up! Wolfmans got Nards!!!
by Tank Williams
Fantastic article Quint.. Bravo!
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As I kid, I would spend days on end watching the original Indiana Jones movies back to back (sometimes even the same one two times in a row). I did this with a lot of movies as a kid, from Indy, to the original Star Wars trilogy, to Ghostbusters 1&2, Wizard of Oz, Return to Oz, Neverending Story, even Big Trouble In Little China. As soon as a movie ended I would run over to this VHS rewind machine I had, pop the tape in, rewind it, and watch it again. There was also this nice family owned video rental place my parents would take me to all the time that allowed you to rent 5 movies for 5 days for 5 dollars. Sigh, those were the days....
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RIP David Kelly, this has more of an impact on me than Whitney
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Were these all off the top of your head? If so, impressive
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Because a Knight is Sworn to Valor and his heart knows only virtue... . . . Now I know Dragonheart and Jurassic Park aren't the best movies ever, but they're the first two movies I've ever seen. And I'm currently writing this with tears in my eyes.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 12:40 p.m. CST
Because movies are the combination of every art form I love
by D.Vader
Painting, music, drama, photography, all wrapped in one ultimate artform that has such vast potential to entertain, to teach, to reach, to stir the soul. To send shivers down my spine and to put goosebumps on my arm. The potential to be orgasmic.
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Because Hope is a dangerous thing Because Darth is the father of Luke Because Blondie is a son of a BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
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Mark my words.
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Excellent Scene, don't you agree?
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He's a Cavs fan.
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Just in case anyone needed a reminder of why movies matters. catvutt is also 100 percent on the money with 'because Han shot first'.
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In Singing in the Rain?
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If you want to tell us why you're passionate about movies, then tell us why. Ok - so we all recognize your references - what about it? Why do these particular moments make you passionate about movies?
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...but I don't remember Danny Kaye in Singin' in the Rain. Donald O'Connor, yes, and he certainly made 'em laugh.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 12:56 p.m. CST
Because Chernabog doesn't have to speak a word to be terrifying.
by PDepew2181
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So I'm guessing you don't love movies after all (it was Donald O'Conner, whose only connection to Danny is that Danny got the part in "White Christmas" because Donald was sick from a cold he caught from Francis the Mule (or something).
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This was very good. This is the kind of thing I like to read on this site. Good work, Quint. Very, very good work.
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Or was it?
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If I recall, they were part of the German military but it did not necessarily make them members of the Nazi party. So, having empathy for them doesn't mean you are showing empathy for Nazis. There were men in the German military in WWII who despised the Nazi party. Just because you were German didn't make you a Hitler-lover.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 12:59 p.m. CST
Because as a kid I would endlessly draw Vermithrax for months after seeing the movie in the theater
by MooseMalloy
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Feb. 13, 2012, 1:02 p.m. CST
Because interactions with human beings in the realworld are often irritating at best, horrifying at worst, and best kept to a minimum.
by NeonFrisbee
Give me dreamland over realworld anyday.
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...could also be called "why we're friends". Excellent work! It makes me want to immediately revisit all these moments. I really hope this catches on and we see other movie voices chime in!
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Feb. 13, 2012, 1:04 p.m. CST
Because all of my life I always wanted to be a gangster
by Davidhessstation
Great article
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I do know the difference, believe it or not. Brainfart, fixed, apologies, etc.
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Just went back and read it all. If that was simply stream of consciousness, I'm pretty fucking impressed. Fuck all the haters, saing it's self-indulgent and what-not, that was awesome. I laughed, I smiled, I almost teared up a few times, (Tiny Dancer scene gets me everytime), but most of all, I felt your love, and loved it. Two of my favortie lines ever can't be absorbed in a oneliner. Dr. Jones tells Indy that this is something new to him, (getting shot at), Indy fixes the hat, says, "Happens to me all the time," and moves on. The one ex-cowboy, the damn name escapes me, asks Val Kilmer why he's helping Wyatt Earp in a suicide mission, Kilmer says, "Wyat Earp is my firend." Ex-Cowboy says, "Hell, I got lots of friends." Kilmer simply says, "I'Don't." The delivery of those two lines and the smile and goosebumps they give me are why I love the movies. And the scene where Tom Hagen goes to the prison to assure Pentangile that if he kills himself, his family will be taken care of. He puts the whole idea in Frank's head without saying anything of the sort. Beautifully written and the best scene in the Godfather trilogy. Awesome Quint, and this is why you're the best writer by light years on this site.
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Although it may take me 6 months to write it ;)
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You must mean Donald O'Connor...
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Are a collection of moments that had an impact on me. I've already been accused of self-indulgence with this article, if I had written exactly why each moment touched me then I think I really would have had my head up my own ass. I was hoping this list had a broader effect, that you'd start to see the outline of my film appreciation through the multiple dozens of specific tiny examples.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 1:09 p.m. CST
Be nice to see a few more reviews on this site.
by Kill List Hammertime
Especially from Harry. Good list though.
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I have been meaning to ask you - is there a behind the scenes story behind why you stopped asking folks for their favorite dirty joke during interviews? I'm not surprised that you did, especially as you got older, but I always wondered if there was a tale to be told.
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You'd be surprised. There are traveling movie shows even in third world countries cut off from the rest of civilization. There was a documentary about John Pierson doing that very thing, traveling around with a 16mm projector and playing movies for kids.
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http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/pages-for-twitter/100-great-moments-in-the-movie.html
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and WE .. ARE GOING ... TO DIE!
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One of the great scenes in movie history....also"dont make me remeber this hotdog forever" anyone?
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Feb. 13, 2012, 1:14 p.m. CST
and if a website doesn't have an edit function in it's talkback ...
by durhay
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Nothing hugely dramatic there, I just hit a run of interviews where the joke question just went over badly. Not that anybody got upset, but it got awkward because the interviewee really wanted to think of one, but felt put on the spot. For the right interview I might dust that one off for old time's sake, though. We'll see. Maybe Spielberg, round 2? heh
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DAMNIT! I left out Full Metal Jacket!
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There is nothing here to explain your "love of cinema" or even explain these individual bulletpoints. Needs less mindless "geeking out" and more thoughtful discussion. Sorry.
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...was curious! Great article by the way.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 1:19 p.m. CST
Because my paremts named me after Peter Quint in "The Nightcomers"
by cookylamoo
The guy who blows up a frog with a cigar.
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...a collection of moments that had an impact on me
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Just as well.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 1:21 p.m. CST
Because the needs of the many...outweigh the needs of the few...or the one.
by Dogmatic
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Feb. 13, 2012, 1:22 p.m. CST
Because of the moment when Meg Mucklebones unfurls from the swamp and towers over Jack
by alexander
because of every single second of Meg Mucklebones in Legend actually,
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...of the vessel with the pestle, the chalice from the palace and the flagon with the dragon.
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the first 7 movies I saw at the theater were: American Graffitti Benji Young Frankenstein Jaws Murder By Death The Pink Panther Strikes Again Star Wars How could I have not grown up loving movies? Good job, Quint.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 1:24 p.m. CST
and because of every tangerine dream score in every 80s movie
by alexander
which ironically, you don't get if you want to savour every wonderful second of Meg Mucklebones in the extend cut of Legend
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This is just a real nice surprise.
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and "I kick arse for the Lord!"
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Feb. 13, 2012, 1:26 p.m. CST
and because of pretty much everything David Lynch has ever done
by alexander
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Feb. 13, 2012, 1:26 p.m. CST
Because "The gimp is sleeping" "Well then wake him up"
by Tikidonkeypunch
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Feb. 13, 2012, 1:27 p.m. CST
Because of George Anthony Higgins, Dino Velvet, and Max California.
by Tikidonkeypunch
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Feb. 13, 2012, 1:28 p.m. CST
Because "Get up you son of a bitch because Mickey loves you."
by canthclroy
The entire movie sucked, but that sequence alone made the whole thing worthwhile
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Feb. 13, 2012, 1:28 p.m. CST
This is the kind of list someone who hasn't had a gig in awhile would come up with
by MooseMalloy
Very "Daily Affirmations" stuff.
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and because of the first time my friend showed me 'A short film about Killing' and because I'm into leather because of one summer-winter where I discovered Seven Samurai, Pulp Fiction, Braindead and Evil Dead 2 for the first time at a young age. and because I have many leatherbound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany, I... and a thousand other reasons.
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...that kid is back on the escalator again!
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Feb. 13, 2012, 1:33 p.m. CST
Because I paid a billion dollars for that piece of shit?!
by MooseMalloy
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Quint, with that you just confirmed that you're, hands down, the coolest motherfucker around here. I was just nodding and agreeing with most of your list til that little nod to one of my favorite and SEVERELY underrated genre filmmakers. Consider yourself "high fived".
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Feb. 13, 2012, 1:36 p.m. CST
because it's gear, it's fab, and all those other pimply hyperbolies
by durhay
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Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die.
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It's the one medium, that incorporates them all (sorry LOTR moment) But seriously, that's my reason. Movies = Music + Writing + Visual Storytelling + Costumes + Art Direction + Actors x Anything I forgot Quint - EXCELLENT POST! Keep 'em coming...
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I hope I don't offend anyone by posting this. That's not my intent. Bottom line...the delivery of this line had me laughing in the theatre and for about a week afterward.
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Can you dig it?
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*blam*
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Feb. 13, 2012, 1:48 p.m. CST
Because "Why are you unpopular with the Chicago Police Department?"
by PJ
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... by watching a picture screen for two hours and imagine I am living those experiences and emotions, filling my life with an overpriced manipulative pathos machine that has ruined humanity's path for the past 100 years.
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*boom* *boom*
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Feb. 13, 2012, 1:52 p.m. CST
Because...There's nothing wrong with G-Rated movies, as long as there's lots of sex and violence...
by Stegman84
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My mistake, four coffins
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Because I am a meat popsicle.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:01 p.m. CST
Because "I never said thank you" "And you'll never have to"
by Porrohman
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We lost.
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Quint, WE ARE BROTHERS! Well, in some way.
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That Quint needs to get a girlfriend.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:04 p.m. CST
Because "Where's your hat?" so completely sums up the character
by canthclroy
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:06 p.m. CST
and - it should go without saying - because all those moments will be lost like tears in the rain
by alexander
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:06 p.m. CST
Because Its good to be the King! But most of all because you get to smile laugh and cry with your family. This was great Quint!
by LowDevil
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Yeah...there were a couple I might've taken a shot at
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At your house. Don't you remember?
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:14 p.m. CST
Because if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.
by sambafreak13
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:19 p.m. CST
Because...I've been in prison for three years. My dick gets hard if the wind blows.
by Stegman84
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:20 p.m. CST
Because I'm trying to bang this fucing' broad, you gonna help me out?
by Mel
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Because we should have shotguns for this shit. Because we're going to need a bigger boat. Because of the night he came home. Because the Force is with me. Because you're just a freak, like me. Because Jason is my son, and today is his birthday. Because it just doesn't matter! Because it's true - this man has no dick. Because we're putting the band back together. Because it's game over, man! Game over! I love movies because my dad took me to see Star Wars when I was six, and because of HBO, and because of VHS tapes filled with movies copied off of cable, and because of the look on my daughters' faces watching their first in-theater movie, Beauty and the Beast 3D, and because of a hundred thousand other reasons.
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because ... "this sh*t today wayne ... this was f*ing romper room"
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For about two years my brother and i would say that about 20 times a week. Clarence Boddiger was a bad motherfucker.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:22 p.m. CST
Because...Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.
by Stegman84
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I remember renting that on a sleepover in 4th grade in 1988... Took a good long while to figure out what the hell I was looking at. Stays with you.
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and Because they mostly come out at night...mostly.
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...the Mediator between Head and Hands must be the Heart! <p><p>...of Bernstein's story about the girl in white on the ferry. <p><p>...Stanley Kubrick owns "The Blue Danube", now and forever. <p><p>...Michael Cimino owns it too. <p><p>...we never see McCauley or Hanna's faces at the same time together when they get a cup of coffee. <p><p>...there's always a bigger fish. <p><p>...Pabst, Blue Ribbon! <p><p>...Asuka now comes with an eye-patch. <p><p>...Coppola and Milius own "Ride of the Valkyries"... <p><p>...and so does Federico Fellini. <p><p>Among other reasons.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:26 p.m. CST
Because 'You have to have faith for that to work, Mr. Vincent!"
by Sick Fixx
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Because..Walter Peck has no dick.. Because.. Jimmy Stewert knew Toms body was in the chest..
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No longer talking about / making movies...next stop...World Peace.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:26 p.m. CST
Because...I want your blood. And I want your soul. And I want them both, right now.
by Stegman84
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:27 p.m. CST
Because I dream of Olivia Munn being the tail end of the third Human Centipede
by Sick Fixx
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This started last year and has been traveling around on movie blogs -- I believe the first entry was this one: http://travismcclain.blogspot.com/2011/03/100-things-i-love-about-films.html Just do a google search for "100 Things I Love about My Favorite Movies" and you'll find a bunch more of these. (I did my first 25, last August, here: http://www.ghostinthemachine.net/007038.html)
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:32 p.m. CST
Because I'M AS MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANY MORE!!!
by Sick Fixx
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C'mon man...
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....I'm the chief of police
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might have finally pulled me out a black hole I have been occupying recently, which no level or effort of human-social interaction and communication with any individual or group of people has been able to do, it is often only through this art form, along with writing and music, which is able to do this curiously enough, at certain points. So yeah, probably because I need to get out more, meaning jump on a boat and get to know more people and places that are out there, and then probably after I jumped on a boat, got to know more people and places, cinema and all it's works still exist, even if their authors might not, reflecting or immitating life and vice-versa, as they always have done, regardless. Because of The Wicked Witch sending the flying Monkeys, the shot of her taking of from the castle (which Raimi pulls beautifully for Spiderman with Green Goblin, snigger all you want), and melting at the end. Because not every movie is Gone with The Wind or Xmen 3
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:40 p.m. CST
Because in the early Marx Bros movies, Harpo was kind of a dick
by bluebottle
Great list Quint. Made me smile and tear up at times.
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Because of the meaningful, bonding conversations that can be held between movie geeks using only movie quotes.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:40 p.m. CST
Because...Have you ever seen blood in the moonlight, Will? It appears quite black...
by Stegman84
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:42 p.m. CST
and because if i think i get Chopper, Michael Mann at his best
by alexander
and the end of Heat
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:43 p.m. CST
Because we have worm sign the likes of which god has never seen.
by James
My brain is going to be thinking of this shit for hours.
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Fuck the assholes who come on here to bitch. They're all a bunch of stretched out gapers, spewing out their filth.<P> Nobody wants to watch that.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:46 p.m. CST
And here I foolishly thought you were actually going to write a personal article...
by Jaster Mareel
And not just list off a bunch of random movie moments. I've been reading you since the start Quint, and I don't know fuck all about you other than you REALLY like Jaws. That's ok because I don't really want to. You're not my long lost brother or some best friend I'll never meet, you're a guy on the internet. Like MILLIONS of others. But I might RESPECT you more if you wrote something a little more introspective than "I love movies because Tim Curry's legs give me a boner!"
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:47 p.m. CST
Because...Who's going to believe a talking head? Get a job in a Sideshow.
by Stegman84
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If you didn't smile while reading through this you no likey the movies. Ya daft bastards.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:47 p.m. CST
because Scosese made Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, After Hours, and The King of Comedy
by alexander
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Thanks, Quint. A lot of why I love movies is on your list. And that, haters, is why the people who run this site have heart and why I've very little room for cynicism when it comes to movies.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:48 p.m. CST
Because...To Hell with them fellas. Buzzard's gotta eat, same as worms.
by Stegman84
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Because of Princess Andromeda taking a bath. Because Bubo saved the day. Because Bone-Saw was reaaaaadddddy. Because we can’t stop here, this is bat country. Because Mark Hamill turned into a giant cockroach. Because Mark Hamill jumped out of the Carbonite freezer. Because Sam Neill wanted to defect so he could raise rabbits in Montana with a round woman. Because of D.A.R.Y.L. Because Tom Hanks didn’t drown when he went to live with Daryl Hannah. Because of Daryl Hannah’s eye patch and love of snakes. Because Indy’s love for Marion was more powerful than his hatred of snakes. Because you’re the navigator. Because he tried to save his best friend by putting her mind in BeeBee’s body. Because Large Marge sent you. Because Tom Cruise was a hot shot pilot and a dirty war vet in the same decade. Because Swamp Thing could heal with his hairy chest. Because Michael Myers was home sick. Because Michael Myers married an axe murderer. Because Spinal Tap turned it up to 11. Because Michael J Fox turned it up to 11 on Doc Brown’s amp. Because Jack really scared David. Because white goo blood can melt hands, and keep androids running. Because of the special lens made to shoot Lawrence’s desert. Because the winning side would have paid Rick much better. Because of Gregory Peck’s sweat glands in The Great Sinner. Because Ralphie goes blind every Christmas at my house. Because Iron Man actually shoots the bad guys. Because Robocop enjoys people being fired as much as Mitt Romney. Because of Paul Verhoeven’s squibs. Because of Greg Nicotero’s zombies. Because of Rick Baker’s fur. Because of Stan Winston’s soul. Because of Richard Taylor’s heart and epically magnificent mind. Because of Halo’s death and District 9’s exploding birth. Because of John Carpenter’s eye. Because “you’ve got to be fucking kidding” is the most honest line ever spoken in a movie. Because Basil Poledouris wrote the second greatest super hero theme. Because John Williams wrote the first. Because Claude Rains had to kill his own son. Because Claude Rains wanted his brother’s throne. Because Claude Rains. Because Peter Weller throws a killer punch in Leviathan, and it makes him feel better. Because Innocent Blood is a much better sequel than American Werewolf in Paris. Because I’m pretty sure Bruce Lee could fly with those wings. Because the Joker wants to show you a magic trick. Because all you need is Bat Shark Repellent and a re-hydrator. Because Shaun, I’m sorry. No, I’m really sorry. Because no one would fight MacLeod. Because Christopher Lambert rules in Knight Moves. Because Rutger Hauer kicks ass with a sword and a shotgun. Because Rutger Hauer didn’t let his collar explode. Because of the day I did nothing but watch Tank Girl over and over. I still don't know why. Because Mad Max didn’t just walk away. Because The Faculty was the first movie set I was ever on, and the first movie I made-out to with my future wife. Because of bonding with my brothers watching A New Hope on HBO, and Empire Strikes Back being my first movie in a theater. Because my Dad and I could always see eye to eye about the greatness of Indiana Jones, even when we couldn't about anything else. Because of the HBO bumper intro from the 80s Because my parents told the local theater manager it was cool for me to see R rated films by myself when I was 10. Because women only want to steal your precious bodily fluids. Because Orson Wells knows how to collect talent, and really destroy a room. Because Harold kept killing himself. Because Bill Murray kept killing himself and waking up the next morning perfectly fine. Because we’re ready to believe you. Because of LV426 feels like an actual place out there in space. Because of the punching sounds in Brotherhood Of The Wolf in a theater with great bass. Because My Girl taught me the importance of appreciating your friends while they’re still around. Because Return Of The Jedi taught me it’s never too late for anyone. Because The Explorers and Goonies taught me it’s important to do new things with your pals. Because Frankenstein in Monster Squad showed me what real sacrifice means. Because no one I know likes Bicentennial Man, but my wife and I cry every time we watch it. Because My Dog Skip breaks my heart just thinking about it. Because the Fox and the Hound loved each other. Because when all seems lost, you can activate the death blossom. Because it takes a certain kind of Gizmo. Because Kong was made by hand in 1933. Because Kong was made with love in 2005. Because there is nothing more frightening than stop motion skeletons. Ask Jason and Ash. Because Ray Harryhausen has a star in Hollywood. Because I know what it’s like to time travel in a flying Delorean thanks to Universal Studios. Because a bunch of short films introduced me to my brother from another mother. Because long haired Asian women scared the shit out of me at the turn of the century. Because Guy Pearce taught me you don’t need a lot of money to make a great movie, just a bad memory and a great performance. Because Cloris Leachman can play a mean fiddle. Because of the glowing finale of Kiss Me Deadly. Because the Beastmaster welcomed new furry members of the family at the end. Because helicopters and heads don’t mix in Dawn Of The Dead. Because Lilo’s family was little, and broken... but good. Because my Dad taught me to love spaghetti and gunslingers. Because Nick At Night taught me to love black and white. Because Bringing Up Baby taught me to love black and white movies. Because John Hammond spared no expense. Because Sam Raimi spared no multi-colored blood. Because Spock’s soul was the most, human. Because the Iron Giant didn’t want to be a gun. Because Frank Darabont directed Shawshank, and wrote The Blob. Because Peter Jackson doesn’t like bullies. Because when the lights go down in a theater, I still feel the magic in the air. Because my parents took me to see a guy turn into a giant were-cicada when I was 5. Because Arnold peeling the skin off his arm blew my mind, and I talked about it all night with my friends. Because I still don’t understand how the three seashells work. Because Swan frames Winslow. Because mobsters hate Nazis more than they hate the Rocketeer. Because the Alamo Drafthouse let me watch Godzilla movies all night long with Tarantino. Because Mike Judge makes me feel really guilty about not having children. Because of Flynn’s big door. Because Martin Scorsese taught me the importance of the past. Because the Star Wars prequels and the Lost In Space live action movie drive me insane. Because movie makers are masters at bending light to their will to show us real magic. Because movies have taken me to infinite worlds, except EUROPA, attempt no landing there.
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Haven't seen a film in the theater in years. Funny that Heath Ledger in Batman is one of his reasons. That overrated hunk of crap is the primary reason (and Inception) that I won't give my money to the theaters anymore...
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:50 p.m. CST
Sometime in the future we'll be able to input film directly...
by SoylentMean
into our brains. Organic uploads, if you will. Watching without the watching. I'm not sure how fun that will be, but I do think it would be interesting. <P> All the available, preserved film instantly ingrained into our collective memories. <P> Yep, those will be crazy times.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:52 p.m. CST
Because... For me, stealing's always been a lot like sex. Two people who want the same thing: they get in a room, they talk about it
by lv_426
They start to plan. It's kind of like flirting. It's kind of like... foreplay, 'cause the more they talk about it, the wetter they get. The only difference is, I can fuck someone I've just met. But to steal? I need to know someone like I know myself.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:54 p.m. CST
Because... I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!
by lv_426
I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!
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Feb. 13, 2012, 2:58 p.m. CST
Because...I like these calm little moments before the storm. It reminds me of Beethoven.
by Stegman84
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3 p.m. CST
because of how Repo Man and Pulp Fiction excellently pick up and take a cue from the end of Kiss Me Deadly
by alexander
and because of some kind of instinct. Memory, of what they used to do. This was an important place in their lives. And - holy shit Kraken! - because yes, you You crashed while looking at FLOWERS!?
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Kanedaaa!
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3:01 p.m. CST
Because... you got whad you wandt Cohaagen, now give dees peephole aieyrrre
by lv_426
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3:01 p.m. CST
I really, really wish I could remember/have recorded all may fav movie moments, especially quotes.
by moonlightdrive
And I don't mean cool quotes that made me laugh or were just cool. I mean the ones that made me think and enlightened me. Love movies.
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Absolutely God Damn right.
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To be that kid in that story for real, wowzer.
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What? Daisies are pretty.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3:05 p.m. CST
because you cant pretend to be real anymore than you can pretend to be a midget
by gus
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Maybe I missed them... No matter, this was a FINE list man, great read. Thank you.
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I got better.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3:06 p.m. CST
Because... Holy Jesus! What is that? What the fuck is that? WHAT IS THAT, PRIVATE PYLE?
by lv_426
Sir, a jelly doughnut, sir!
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3:07 p.m. CST
because there are lose lose situations..u know vietnam and this...
by gus
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The book scene in Remains of the Day. The bar scene in The Station Agent. Frodo's reaction when Gandalf falls. The moment of silence before Darth Vader's breathing apparatus is switched on. That feeling when the nobleman actually slit Murron's throat. And so on.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3:08 p.m. CST
because if there is a god we should all get together and file a class action suit
by gus
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3:09 p.m. CST
Because in the movies, a better life awaits in the off-world colonies
by lv_426
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3:12 p.m. CST
Because it puts the lotion in the basket or else it gets the hose again.
by AJH313
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3:14 p.m. CST
Because, because beee-caaaause- because of the wonderful things he does!
by don
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3:19 p.m. CST
Because I understand the last 20 minutes of No Country for Old Men
by AJH313
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BSG, technically a TV series, but I don't care. It is so good I will lump it in with movie quotes.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3:22 p.m. CST
Because... Brother Cavil: In all your travels, have you ever seen a star go supernova?
by lv_426
Ellen Tigh: No. Brother Cavil: No? Well, I have. I saw a star explode and send out the building blocks of the Universe. Other stars, other planets and eventually other life. A supernova! Creation itself! I was there. I wanted to see it and be part of the moment. And you know how I perceived one of the most glorious events in the universe? With these ridiculous gelatinous orbs in my skull! With eyes designed to perceive only a tiny fraction of the EM spectrum. With ears designed only to hear vibrations in the air. Ellen Tigh: The five of us designed you to be as human as possible. Brother Cavil: I don't want to be human! I want to see gamma rays! I want to hear X-rays! And I want to - I want to smell dark matter! Do you see the absurdity of what I am? I can't even express these things properly because I have to - I have to conceptualize complex ideas in this stupid limiting spoken language! But I know I want to reach out with something other than these prehensile paws! And feel the wind of a supernova flowing over me! I'm a machine! And I can know much more! I can experience so much more. But I'm trapped in this absurd body! And why? Because my five creators thought that God wanted it that way!
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Because I can shoot as many blue jays as I want...but it's a sin to kill a mockingbird...
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3:25 p.m. CST
Because... ou know what that song reminds me of? It reminds me of Mrs. Rachel Troubowitz and what she said to me the day I left for basic
by lv_426
Mrs. Rachel Troubowitz was our super's wife. She comes into my mom's shop to try on a few things, all right? And she's easily like a uh, a 44 double E. These things are massive. And I've got her convinced that she's like a 42D, all right. So we're in the dressing room, she's trying to squeeze into this side cut, silk ribbonned, triple panel girdle with the uh, shelf-lift brassiere and it's beautiful because she's just pouring outta this thing, you know? It's beautiful. And she sees me and she can tell I got a hard on the size of the statue of liberty, all right? And she says to me, "Richard, calm down." And she says, "Now when you're over there, if you see anything that upsets you, if you're ever scared, I want you to close your eyes and think of these. You understand?" So I said, "Yes, ma'am."
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OK he's Blondie to some, but that aint his name and thats the mother fucking point
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3:31 p.m. CST
Because no Mcfly has ever amounted to anything in the history of Hill Valley
by tomdolan04
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That man is crazy we dont say crazy here well then what do you call it.. now now sir... well then that man is very now now... because of peter fucking sellers!!!! NO MORE REASONS NEEDED
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3:35 p.m. CST
Because... You've done a man's job, sir. I guess you're through, huh?
by lv_426
Deckard: Finished. [Gaff throws Deckard his gun] Gaff: It's too bad she won't live! But then again, who does?
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was cinematic joy and for all the fucking Snagglepuss jokes, Dunst saying 'Go Get Em Tiger' was pure geek heaven for any gawky teen kid who wanted to be Peter Parker. And I'm now 29.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3:38 p.m. CST
Because... If you're born in Kentucky you've got three choices; coal mine, moonshine or move it on down the line
by lv_426
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3:40 p.m. CST
Because... Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls... Dyin' time's here
by lv_426
Listen all! This is the truth of it. Fighting leads to killing, and killing gets to warring. And that was damn near the death of us all. Look at us now! Busted up, and everyone talking about hard rain! But we've learned, by the dust of them all... Bartertown learned. Now, when men get to fighting, it happens here! And it finishes here! Two men enter; one man leaves.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3:40 p.m. CST
Because I saw Superman: The Movie 7 Saturdays in a row with my Dad
by IceMonkey
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Well, he should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3:41 p.m. CST
Because I feel like I'm sitting on an atomic bomb waiting for it to go off.
by Jet Jaguar
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Nah I'm just fucking with you guys
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3:42 p.m. CST
Because.. the blowing out of a match can lead you to a new dawn.
by Scott
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3:42 p.m. CST
Because future events such as these will affect you in the future.
by Jet Jaguar
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Sam: I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something. Frodo: What are we holding onto, Sam? Sam: That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... and it's worth fighting for.
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I was in college when I saw that movie. Quint, you're just a wet-behind-the-ears infant, aren't you? You just lost a lot of credibility with real adults.
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To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3:49 p.m. CST
Because... You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!
by lv_426
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and not something else?
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Oh, hi Marc!
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One of my favorites as well. Nicely done.
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I just felt like some of the great-because-they-are-bad movies needed some love
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thanks Marky Mark
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My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
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two of the Pythons in Wanda. HE'S MIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3:56 p.m. CST
Because all those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
by Saracen1
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SUPPLIES!
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Feb. 13, 2012, 3:58 p.m. CST
Just like going to the movies to get out of the old routine for a couple of hours......
by cameron
....I'm not as profound or drenched in quotes as you guys! But if i were i'd take the blue pill and see 'just how deep the rabbit hole goes' :)
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All right, all right, all right. Say, man, you got a joint? -- No, not on me, man. It'd be a lot cooler if you did. That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age. Man, it's the same bullshit they tried to pull in my day. If it ain't that piece of paper, there's some other choice they're gonna try and make for you. You gotta do what Randall Pink Floyd wants to do man. Let me tell you this, the older you do get the more rules they're gonna try to get you to follow. You just gotta keep livin' man, L-I-V-I-N.
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No, have you?
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Feb. 13, 2012, 4 p.m. CST
Because... Higher, higher, burning fire, making music like a choir!
by lv_426
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Feb. 13, 2012, 4:01 p.m. CST
Because this is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object.
by Saracen1
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Feb. 13, 2012, 4:06 p.m. CST
Because... You're a funny guy Sully I like you. That's why I'm going to kill you last
by lv_426
I lied... (drops Sully over cliff face).
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Feb. 13, 2012, 4:07 p.m. CST
Because when done right they're the greatest art form in the world
by alienindisguise
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"You've got to be fuckin' kidding....." ..such a silly question..
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But I remember distinctly going to see Batman Returns in the local run down two-screen cinema in town with my dad when I was about 9 or 10, and remember coming out thinking 'I want to keep fit and do exercise because I want to be able to move around and be athletic like Batman'. <p> I shit you not, that mentality shaped my teen years and I kept relatively healthy because of a kinda geeky respect for comic icons like that.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 4:09 p.m. CST
Because... In Okinawa, all Miyagi know two things: fish and karate.
by lv_426
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Boobs and lots of profanity. That's what I miss about this stupid PG-13 era mentality. Everyone who says 'Blah blah it's the equivalent to what a harder film was in the past' doesn't pick up on the subtle losses it invokes.
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The next time you see sky, it'll be over another town. The next time you take a test, it'll be in some other school. Our parents, they want the best of stuff for us. But right now, they got to do what's right for them. Because it's their time. Their time! Up there! Down here, it's our time. It's our time down here. That's all over the second we ride up Troy's bucket.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 4:15 p.m. CST
Because of Jerry Goldsmith's echoing trumpets in "Patton.
by Paul Beauchamp
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Feb. 13, 2012, 4:16 p.m. CST
Never cross the streams... No-one can be told what the matrix is....
by bufordtannen
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Feb. 13, 2012, 4:17 p.m. CST
Because... Alright you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this? This... is my boomstick!
by lv_426
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I'm sure he's been mentioned above but that man deserves his own biopic in terms of his influence over the last 40 years
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The Power of Christ compels you! The Power of Christ compels you! The Power of Christ compels you! The Power of Christ compels you! The Power of Christ compels you!
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Feb. 13, 2012, 4:25 p.m. CST
Because in the future, taking a dump will involve 3 seashells
by lv_426
And naked phone calls, even if it is a wrong number. And virtual sex with a young Sandra Bullock. And gourmet taco bell.
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because ''you failed your majesty. I am a Jedi, like my father before me.'' (Still get a chill when I hear that one line) Because of ''be afraid. Be very afraid'' Because of Laurel and Hardy in Babes in Toyland Because of Monstro Because of ''What kind of bomb? The expolding kind''
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I thought I was the only one...lol Mama! Mama! Great fing list though...super fun
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It's a Trap!
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KHAANNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You play me, and I'll give ya the best I got.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 4:55 p.m. CST
Because it's hilarious watching trolls get butthurt over a simple list post.
by Jon Forbing
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Feb. 13, 2012, 4:55 p.m. CST
Because... You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you?
by lv_426
Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility... I admire its purity. A survivor... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality... I can't lie to you about your chances, but... you have my sympathies.
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Because of Willow and his Disappearing Pig Trick Because Gny. Sgt. Hartman is going to cut your balls off so you don't pollute the rest of the population. Because there's no time for love, Dr. Jones. Because Gary Oldman wants EVERYONE!!! Because of the sound a dying giraffe makes. Because if you look west, and with the right kind of eyes, you can almost see the high-water mark. Because of Stephen Chow and his reverence for Old Hollywood. Because America, fuck yeah. Because it taught me how to be Steve. Because the Dude abides. Because Rutger Hauer in one monologue made me love a movie I didn't like until then. Because I'm not a policeman I'm a princess. Because of Gizmo driving the Barbie convertible. Because if someone asks you if you are a god, you say Yes! Because Scotty doesn't know. Because if Natalie Portman tells you that listening to one song will change your life, she's right. Because Jim Carey says OK to Kate Winslet. Because Sean Bean is such a badass, even with half a dozen arrows in him. Because three kids with a dream and a carnival ride can make a spaceship. Because... Squirrel! Because saying "I am an F.B.I. agent" in the Keanu voice gets a smile every time. Because you never bet against a Sicilian when death is on the line. Because Phoebe Cates coming out of the pool made me into a man. Because I'm not kidding, and stop calling me Shirley. Because she's not really bad, she's just drawn that way. Because when a friend sings off-key I can say "ok Scuttle" and they know what I'm talking about. Because this one's called suck my love pump. Because "I said a triscuit a biscuit. She said a biscuit a triscuit. Ice cream soda pop vanilla on top ooh shaquita walking down the street ten times a week you heard it i said it I stole my mama's credit. I'm cool. I'm hot. sock me in the stomach three more times. " Will likely be said on my deathbed. Because of the scary German guy. Because Cameron totally saw Sloane Peterson changing. Because there's a character named Long Duck Dong Because Kaiser fucking Sose Because I keep getting older and they stay the same age. Because I no longer have to wonder what Jessi Spano looks like naked. Because I forget that psycho bastard in 12 monkeys in Brad Pitt Because Salma Hayek's dance in From Dusk Til Dawn is the sexiest damn thing I've ever seen. Because From Dusk Til Dawn was pure gonzo from the beginning, yet somehow still blew the hinges off in the middle of the second act. Because Gary Oldman as Zorg in Fifth Element Because of every other role Gary Oldman has ever had. Because a concussed Britney Murphy is still Rollin' with the homies. Because of Cameron Diaz's curves in The Mask. Because Dante wasn't even supposed to be here today. Because when Seymour asked God what he's for, God told him "Gee, I'm not sure." Because you know what Bob, you are Jesus. Because, hell, Lumberg fucked her. Because Johnny five is alive. Because the problem with Santa Carla is all the damn vampires. Because Big Fish moved me deeply, and I can't begin to tell you why. Because Elizabeth Shue has the babysitting blues. Because I know that somewhere out there Jack Burton's still riding the Pork Chop Express Because the made the Delorean cool Because the snozzberries taste like snozzberries. Because Schwarzenegger, who can barely speak English, is known for his one liners. Because I thought Eddie and the Cruisers was a real band well into my teens Because Ashley the pussy can become Ash the bad ass in 90 minutes. Because the Golden Child made me believe in dancing Pepsi Cans again. Because Big. Big Bear. Big Bear Chase. Big Bear chase me. Because you shouldn't hang me on a hook Johnny, my grandmother hung me on a hook... Once. Because where do you get off having tits? Because Happy Together always reminds me of Ernest P. Worrel Because the Never Ending Story fucked my shit up. Because I always strive to stay golden. Because Large Marge is the scariest thing that has ever existed anywhere. Because it's a moral imperative. Because Rambo didn't draw first blood. Because the ultimate paradox will always be: is it better to live during the ascendancy of a civilization or its decline. Because Poindexter on the violin is magic. Because pain don't hurt. Because THE FENCE IS NOT DOWN!!! Because of the little tin toy shuffling down the lonely hallway in Toys. Because Harry brought the little one back to life in Batteries Not Included. Because two nerds can create Kelly Lebrock from via a bit of computer programming. Because I still worry about Skynet.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 4:56 p.m. CST
Because, while I was reading this list, Pandora decided to play a long track from the "Empire of the Sun" soundtrack.
by Jon Forbing
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and you got your head all the way up it! Ferocious, aren't I? When I think of asses, a woman's ass, something comes out of me.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:03 p.m. CST
Because... They're coming outta the walls. They're coming outta the goddamn walls. Let's book!
by lv_426
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:03 p.m. CST
Because... I like to keep this handy... for close encounters.
by lv_426
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:04 p.m. CST
Because... Believe me, I'd prefer not to. I may be synthetic, but I'm not stupid.
by lv_426
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:04 p.m. CST
Because... We're all in strung out shape, but stay frosty, and alert. We can't afford to let one of those bastards in here.
by lv_426
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Breakfast in bed? Another glorious day in the Corps! A day in the Marine Corps is like a day on the farm. Every meal's a banquet! Every paycheck a fortune! Every formation a parade! I LOVE the Corps!
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:06 p.m. CST
Because... Is this gonna be a standup fight, sir, or another bughunt?
by lv_426
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:06 p.m. CST
Because we still don't know exactly what Arcturian poontang is
by lv_426
but we can let our minds run wild with the possibilities.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:06 p.m. CST
Because...You can't fight in here, this is the war room!
by Aziraphale_11
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:07 p.m. CST
Because... My mommy always said there were no monsters - no real ones - but there are.
by lv_426
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Hey man, I don't wanna rain on your parade, but we're not gonna last seventeen hours! Those things are gonna come in here just like they did before. And they're gonna come in here... and they're gonna come in here AND THEY'RE GONNA GET US!
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:09 p.m. CST
Because... Allright, sweethearts, you heard the man and you know the drill! Assholes and elbows!
by lv_426
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:10 p.m. CST
Because... What the hell are we supposed to use man? Harsh language?
by lv_426
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:12 p.m. CST
Because my name is Leonard Shelby, I have this condition
by sunwukong86
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:16 p.m. CST
Because someone gave Mark L. Lester $10 million dollars, 10 weeks, and a movie camera and said, "Go make Commando..."
by Mitch
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:17 p.m. CST
Mattel is making a BTTF hoverboard replica in 2012
by Lao_Che_Air_Freight
Annouced at NYC Toy Fair
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Not bad... for a human.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:18 p.m. CST
Because Rocky 5, Episode I, Star Trek 10, Spider-Man 3, and Terminator 3 are so much better than you internet fuckers give them credit for.
by Mitch
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:21 p.m. CST
Because of Jimmy Page's Death Wish 3 score. WWWWWHHHHHHHAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGNNNNNNNNNNNnnnnn.....
by Mitch
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We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. They invade our space and we fall back. They assimilate entire worlds and we fall back. Not again. The LINE MUST BE DRAWN HERE! THIS FAR, NO FURTHER! And I will make them pay for what they've done.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:25 p.m. CST
Because Scotty thinks he can lick it by practicing on a stepladder
by Lao_Che_Air_Freight
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That one's for the wife..
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:29 p.m. CST
Because, anyone who is inspired by Moulin Rouge wasn't paying attention to how bad that movie is
by quantize
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:30 p.m. CST
Because Paul Kersey (Bronson) blows up the lead baddie at the end of Death Wish 4
by lv_426
with an M16/grenade launcher combo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y39dFm09hVA
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:30 p.m. CST
Because Jake doesn't know Evelyn is behind him when he tells the Chinaman joke
by Lao_Che_Air_Freight
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CANNNN YOUUUU DIIGGGGG IIIITTTTTTT!!!!!
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Because of "Kneel before Zod" Because of "You call him Dr Jones doll" Because the Force will be with me Because I love being a turtle Because of my favorite scary movie Because I put the bunny back in the box
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:34 p.m. CST
Because of Bruce Li, Bruce Le, Bruce Lo, Bruce Lao, and Dragon Lee.
by Mitch
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:35 p.m. CST
Because Captain Spaulding cannot stay, he must be going
by Lao_Che_Air_Freight
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:40 p.m. CST
Because is she weighs the same as a duck, she is made of wood, and therefore a witch
by Lao_Che_Air_Freight
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:40 p.m. CST
Because... Ayy! Number Onnee! You're the Duke! You're the Duke!
by lv_426
You're the... Duke. You're... A-number one.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:40 p.m. CST
because This little girl survived longer than that with no weapons and no training.
by chf.brodie bruce
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:42 p.m. CST
Because "If anything gets in my way I kill it..." and Arthur's subtle look up at the moose
by NotoriousBigLebowski
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:42 p.m. CST
Because... In 1988, the crime rate in the United States rises four hundred percent.
by lv_426
The once great city of New York becomes the one maximum security prison for the entire country. A fifty-foot containment wall is erected along the New Jersey shoreline, across the Harlem River, and down along the Brooklyn shoreline. It completely surrounds Manhattan Island. All bridges and waterways are mined. The United States Police Force, like an army, is encamped around the island. There are no guards inside the prison, only prisoners and the worlds they have made. The rules are simple: once you go in, you don't come out.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:46 p.m. CST
Because this was my dream, MY wish... and it didn't come true. I'm taking 'em back. I'm taking 'em all back.
by Mitch
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They're not your friends. Do you really think she'll be there when things go bad? Huh? When things go wrong? You think again. Fucking Denise. Denise the piece. Oh, you're gonna give me that cherry pie sweet mama baby.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:48 p.m. CST
Because... There's nothing sadder than a puppet without a ghost, especially the kind with red blood running through them.
by lv_426
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:51 p.m. CST
Because of all the souls I've encounter, his was the most... human
by Mattman
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:51 p.m. CST
Because some motherfuckers are always trying to ice skate uphill.
by Mitch
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It wouldn't look nice on the highway. Oh, you can think about it. But DON'T do it.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:52 p.m. CST
Because how hard I lauhed in the theater at Leslie Nielsen's showboating strike 3
by NotoriousBigLebowski
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:54 p.m. CST
Because I'm not going to kill them... the crack is gonna kill them... they can just say no!
by Mitch
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:57 p.m. CST
Because no matter how bad the movie is, you still sorta smile whenever Seagal snaps some dude's wrists.
by Mitch
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Feb. 13, 2012, 5:59 p.m. CST
Because Goddammit, you bitch! You never backed away from anything in your life! Now fight! FIGHT!!!!
by chf.brodie bruce
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when the Enterprise comes home makes me tear up more than when Spock dies in Wrath of Khan or when the Enterprise blows up in Search for Spock.
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when she fell from the helicopter, his simple chuckle at her shock taught me what real heroes do.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 6:11 p.m. CST
Because I'd rather be dead and cool than alive and uncool
by chf.brodie bruce
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Feb. 13, 2012, 6:16 p.m. CST
Because what is that? What is that!? Oh not the bees! NOT THE BEES!
by Mattman
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Feb. 13, 2012, 6:19 p.m. CST
Because "I heard you're the second best cop in LA." "That's funny I heard the same about you."
by Mitch
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Feb. 13, 2012, 6:21 p.m. CST
Because... Out there beyond that fence every living thing that crawls, flies, or squats in the mud wants to kill you and eat your eyes for jujubes.
by lv_426
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Feb. 13, 2012, 6:22 p.m. CST
Because of seeing Friday the 13th part 3 at my dad's house in fourth grade and calling my mom and crying to her at 4AM
by chf.brodie bruce
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Feb. 13, 2012, 6:23 p.m. CST
Because... All major theme parks have had delays. When they opened Disneyland in 1956, nothing worked!
by lv_426
But, John. If the Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists.
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...will jump the fence.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 6:25 p.m. CST
because, of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world... she walks into mine.
by vulturess
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MICHAEL FASTBENDER FOR SILVER SURFER U WHINY PUSSYS
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Feb. 13, 2012, 6:26 p.m. CST
Because of Bud Fox, Ricky Vaughn, Dale Hawkins, Carl Taylor, David Ackerman, Topper Harley, Jackson Hammond, Ditch Brody, and Zane Zaminsky.
by Mitch
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Feb. 13, 2012, 6:29 p.m. CST
Because Dolemite is my name and fucking up motherfuckers is my game.
by Mitch
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Feb. 13, 2012, 6:29 p.m. CST
Because of Martin Riggs saying "Do you really want to jump, do you wanna?"
by Mandolorian
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Feb. 13, 2012, 6:31 p.m. CST
Because The Corleone family was like the Roman Empire...It was once
by attackpatterndelta
Because John McClain decided to go visit Holly in California<p>Because Malcolm X driving to his fate as Sam Cook played<p> because of Princess Leia telling Chewie and Lando to turn the falcon around, she knows where Luke is. In 1980 that was the most amazing shot, the Falcon flipping in the clouds.<p>Because of Michael Corleone remembering what his life was like before he became head of the family, and how his choices cost him everything he held dear.<p> Because of Spock reminding Kirk that commanding a starship is his first, best destiny<p>Because of Tom Hanks in Big reminding me to enjoy youth because you won't get another shot at it.<p>I'm a film fan because of movies like An American Werewolf in London, which made me develop an appreciation for the light bulb, wonderful thing...lights on after midnight for a week!
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Feb. 13, 2012, 6:35 p.m. CST
Because 80's/ 90's Jan de Bont's Cinematography is fucking awesome.
by aphextwin
- Die Hard - The Hunt for Red October - Basic Instinct - Lethal Weapon 3 uuh yeah!
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Feb. 13, 2012, 6:35 p.m. CST
"FOR THOSE WHO REMEMBER!...FOR THOSE WHO WILL NEVER FORGET!...AND FOR THOSE WHO WILL EXPERIENCE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME...
by TheAwareness
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I get to write on it. Like when I write a 300-item list to show off how much I know about movies, because I am a manchild, perpetually mired in a state of arrested development wherein I spend all of my time watching, writing about, & reading about movies, when I could be at the gym or volunteering at an animal shelter or building a desk or something useful.
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... was the line in the trailer. In the actual movie it's "I can’t feel my legs. I HAVE NO LEGS!!!"
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:11 p.m. CST
because the Matrix is all around you. when you pay your taxes. when you go to church.
by Detached
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:11 p.m. CST
because of George Pal's Martian ships rising out of the pit & casually destroying Los Angeles
by Detached
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:13 p.m. CST
because Patrick Swayze & Keannu Reeves & the gang showed us beautiful skydiving
by Detached
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Because my mom took me to Pulp Fiction in 5th grade. because of a great white shark. because Burton Made Batman and changed my life.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:15 p.m. CST
because maximus decimus meridius was husband to a murdered wife, father to a murdered son, and he will have his vengeance. in this life or the next.
by Detached
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:17 p.m. CST
because as the krell showed us, "after all, we are not God."
by Detached
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:20 p.m. CST
because it was about time somebody saved your life, peter parker
by Detached
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:21 p.m. CST
We can all take solace in the fact that nobody will ever say...
by kwisatzhaderach
'Because of Kurtzman and Orci'.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:22 p.m. CST
because of harry's review of batman & robin which to this day still makes me laugh
by Detached
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:22 p.m. CST
Because of Frank Sintatra's Ju-Jitsu in "The Manchurian Candidate"
by ChaunceyGardiner
and half of that movie feels like a complete and utter dream. It is perposterous, and still a masterpiece.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:24 p.m. CST
and perhaps above all, to this day, after all these decades, the movies are... making us offers we can't refuse.
by Detached
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:25 p.m. CST
Because of "KONG! THE 8th WONDER OF THE WORLD!"
by The Marquis de Side 3
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:25 p.m. CST
Because Spencer Tracy had one arm in "Bad Day at Black Rock" and still bested Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, and Lee Marvin.
by ChaunceyGardiner
I stood out of my chair in the hospital waiting room, cheering inside so that my ribcage rattled.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:26 p.m. CST
Because Eva Marie Saint and Cary Grant makeing love in a traincar with their clothes on is one of the sexiest things I've ever seen in my life.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:26 p.m. CST
Because of a thing that looks like a Police Box can travel anywhere through time and space?
by The Marquis de Side 3
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:27 p.m. CST
...because "I feel the need! The need...for SPEED!"
by The Marquis de Side 3
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:28 p.m. CST
Because my wallet is the one that says "Bad Motherfucker."
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:29 p.m. CST
...because of "Don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars..."
by The Marquis de Side 3
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:29 p.m. CST
And echoeing many here: because of Tom Reagan's hat.
by ChaunceyGardiner
What's more foolish than a man chasein' after his own hat?
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:32 p.m. CST
...because "I don't think it's nice you laughing. You see, my mule don't like people laughing. Gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him..."
by The Marquis de Side 3
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:32 p.m. CST
Because "Easy Rider" and "Electraglide in Blue" make the perfect double feature.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:35 p.m. CST
Because the only rule of Thunderdome is that there are no rules!
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:36 p.m. CST
Because George Miller is so fascinated with the image of his hero rubber bungeeing around a room he put it in two movies, "Beyound Thunderdome" and "Pig in the City."
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:37 p.m. CST
Because there is something of the magic of enchantment to "Rules of the Game."
by ChaunceyGardiner
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.....I'm an advertising man, not a red herring. I've got a job, a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives and several bartenders that depend upon me, and I don't intend to disappoint them all by getting myself "slightly" killed. goddamn what a great fucking movie...fucking masterwork...
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...When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail."
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excellent Quint
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"What the hell".
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:44 p.m. CST
Because Terrence Malick can shoot a train moveing across the frame and make me weep for the beauty of this earth.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Bad Day at F'n Black Rock! Robert Ryan was a straight up unrelenting devil in that movie as well.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:48 p.m. CST
Because Burt Lancaster's running across suspended walkway over the train yard, slideing down the ladder to the track, and boarding the art train...
by ChaunceyGardiner
in "The Train" is poetry in motion. His physical condition, his dedication to the role, the ferocity and desperation of his movements, the mechanical perfection of it, they are wonders in one of my favourite film performances.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:49 p.m. CST
Because the most suspenseful thing in "Inglorious Basterds" is people talking.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:50 p.m. CST
Because we love the characters in "Through A Glass Darkly."
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 7:58 p.m. CST
It is. (Much as I have qualms about that movie, scenes like that one make me happy it exists.)
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:01 p.m. CST
Jessica Harper's chicken dance in Phantom of the Paradise is the bomb!
by MARCEL_THE_NEGRO_PROJECTIONIST
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I broke my dick, and my nuts dried up and withered away
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:03 p.m. CST
Because I must have seen Lynch's "The Elephant Man" when I was about six...
by ChaunceyGardiner
while it was on television. The scene where he builds the cathedrals with paper from his room in the hospital bell tower stuck with into my 20s. I had basically forgotten the film but that scene, the emotion of it, of a man defying the monstrousity of life by building dreams from it, by subsiding on the glory of the imagination, it made me force myself to remember the film that it came from. It took months of journeying through my memory and mind but I eventually came out the other side with a new favourite film. And again, because I was a six year old and DAVID LYNCH!!! was able to speak to the deepest regions of my heart, mind, and faith. (Some of his best films are his G-rated films, "The Elephant Man" and "The Straight Story.")
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:04 p.m. CST
Because Iron Giant's choice to say, "I AM --- SUPERMAN!!!"
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:05 p.m. CST
Because "Daisy... Daisy..." "Dave... Dave... I feel it. I feeeel it."
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:08 p.m. CST
creepythinmanforever I believe "Tom Hardy's greased up naked man meat" was one of Quints memorable moments so...
by Ted Knight
yeah, full blown AIDS
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I'm going to get on writing my own one of these and will share it to spread the idea on! This is going to be fun.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:10 p.m. CST
Because I watched a snail... Crawl across the edge... Of a straight razor
by dcut75
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And his theme song that is so 80's it's never been sampled by a rap star. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zTxBc_-XxmI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:16 p.m. CST
TheMagicalHornofGuntata, you got me man. That line came straight to me as if the Dude himself had of said it. Very, very fun. Thanks for it.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:18 p.m. CST
Because we can see Walter's belly under that grimy grey-green shirt when he's frantically waveing his arms saying,
by ChaunceyGardiner
They're going to kill that poor woman! They're going to kill that poor woman!
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:21 p.m. CST
Because, "There's something strange, in your neighborhood, who you gonna call...?"
by ChaunceyGardiner
GHOSTBUSTERS!
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:22 p.m. CST
Because Laurence Fishburne lied about his age and was 15 when "Apocalypse Now" started shooting.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:23 p.m. CST
Because Denzel Washington is perfect for "Much Ado About Nothing."
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:24 p.m. CST
Because Steven Spielberg had two great movies out this year.
by ChaunceyGardiner
And I got to see them both in the theatre.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:24 p.m. CST
Because of young Jane standing on a stool backlit by dramatic rays of light in 1943's JANE EYRE
by planetran_fan
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:27 p.m. CST
I'm not ashamed, because of late 70's early 80's Italian zombie movies. Peter Bark baby!
by dcut75
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and the colour green in the early scene where Leatherstocking is hunting deer.
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cue incredible crane shot and because she's a replicant.
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Also, seconded on Because of Ray Harryhausen.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:36 p.m. CST
Because Martin Sheen acted so hard in "Apocaylpse Now" he had a heart attack.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:36 p.m. CST
Because pimp is an ugly word... We'll call ourselves love brokers!
by dcut75
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:37 p.m. CST
Because after stunned silence following screening Todd Browning's "Freaks" for my family, my Dad said, "That's actually a pretty good movie."
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:38 p.m. CST
Because of James Cagney in "1... 2... 3..." (And because I can't see him breatheing he's talking so fast.)
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:42 p.m. CST
Because DFENS tells golfers that they're gonna die, with their stupid little hats
by planetran_fan
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:43 p.m. CST
Because the street lamps look like the tourist's flowers in PLAYTIME
by planetran_fan
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and Elliot Gould in The Long Goodbye and Alain Delon in Le Samourai and Toshiro Mifune in Red Lion and fucking everybody who worked on Hard Boiled Because of Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, and Yuen Biao, because Jackie Brown and Coffy exist in the same universe and can be viewed as a double-feature, Because Gordon Liu and Lau Kar Leung Because of every kung-fu movie I watched as a kid and still share with friends today. Because Tripletts of Belleville and especially because of Claudia Cardinale in Once Upon a Time in the West :)
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:45 p.m. CST
Because Chico tells the dreadful bore who doesn't know what to say to "then shaddap" in THE COCOANUTS
by planetran_fan
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:48 p.m. CST
And because we have an animated Tati in "The Illusionist."
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:49 p.m. CST
Because we only see the landmarks of Paris in the relfections of the glass windows and doors in "Playtime."
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:50 p.m. CST
Because of Monica Vitti's tragic resignation to the mundane in RED DESERT
by planetran_fan
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:51 p.m. CST
Because of the Citroen going into oblivion at the end of GOING PLACES
by planetran_fan
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:52 p.m. CST
Because of Karl Malden is so wounded in "Steetcar Named Desire."
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:52 p.m. CST
Because Karl Malden is so great as the priest in "On the Waterfront."
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:53 p.m. CST
Because Lon Chaney was makeing films almost a century ago, and I can still watch his performances today.
by ChaunceyGardiner
Ain't it cool?
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Feb. 13, 2012, 8:58 p.m. CST
Because Abel Gance used three cameras to film the panorama in "Napoleon," then placed the images side by side, for the first widescreen image.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9 p.m. CST
And because I always imagine the strong possibility of that film being projected onto something as humble as a bedsheet.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:01 p.m. CST
Because when "A Serious Man" was presented at the Oscars, they showed this exchange, "Dad, what's sodomy?"
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:01 p.m. CST
And my Mom went, "They nominated THAT?" And I laughed, and laughed.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:04 p.m. CST
Because "the Passion of Joan of Arc" was found in the attic of a French asylum...
by ChaunceyGardiner
because, I theorize, it was used to study and understand the physical reality of schizophrenia. Because it was used to treat and understand men and women trapped in their own hells. Because great film can be expressions of love.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:06 p.m. CST
Because the archery tournament scenes in Flynn and Curtiz's "The Adventures of Robin Hood" were real archery by the World's Champion in Archery - and that split-arrow win is the real thing.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:07 p.m. CST
And because the stunt men in said film were shot with real arrows, wearing breat plates of steel. Each was paid for each single blow they endured.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:07 p.m. CST
Because Nosferatu exists due to copyright infringement and piracy
by dcut75
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:10 p.m. CST
And I may wear "breat plates," but you probably wear a "breast plate."
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:11 p.m. CST
Because someday The Man Who Laughs will be found, restored and released. And I'll live to see it.
by dcut75
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:11 p.m. CST
Because "I blew off my butt! I can't fuck no more!" is so true, sad and human.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:13 p.m. CST
Because John Ford's last shot of the mine in "How Green Was My Valley" proves "a picture is worth a thousand words." Maybe more.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:15 p.m. CST
Cause Alec Guiness in "The Ladykillers" is just so damn ugly.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:16 p.m. CST
Because Tom Jones fainted on the last note of "Thunderball"
by Get_Me_An_18-Man_Fire_Team_In_12_Hours
True story.
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...I want no one else to succeed
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:17 p.m. CST
TOTAL. FUCKING. DESTRUCTION. in T-minus 3-2-1...
by Get_Me_An_18-Man_Fire_Team_In_12_Hours
Because.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:19 p.m. CST
Because Dcut75 and I are shareing a love of the glories of Silent Movies in the year 2012.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:20 p.m. CST
Because I really really should have stood up and applauded at the end of "The Descendants."
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:21 p.m. CST
Cause "Ratatouille" is a masterpiece about a blue-grey rat who loves to cook French Cuisine.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Flash a-ah Savior of the Universe Flash a-ah He'll save every one of us Flash a-ah He's a miracle Flash a-ah King of the impossible He's for every one of us Stand for every one of us He save with a mighty hand Every man, every woman Every child, with a mighty Flash Flash a-ah Flash a-ah He'll save every one of us Just a man With a man's courage You know he's Nothing but a man And he can never fail No one but the pure at heart May find the Golden Grail ...Oh..Oh........Oh..Oh ................ Flash
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:24 p.m. CST
Tom Jones sang the Thunderball theme at the beginning of the BAFTA awards.
by Ted Knight
Fucking killed it ...he hasn't lost a single step
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:25 p.m. CST
Lougarrick, because that line sent a chill through me when I read it here.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:26 p.m. CST
Because, "Dude, Dude... and Chinaman is not the prefered nomenclature."
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:28 p.m. CST
Because Kubrick designed all the carpets in the Overlook Hotel (and textiles for that matter) for physcological intensity and appropriateness.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Here we are, Born to be kings, We're the princes of the universe, Here we belong, Fighting to survive, In a world with the darkest powers, And here we are, We're the princes of the universe, Here we belong, Fighting for survival, We've come to be the rulers of your world, I am immortal, I have inside me blood of kings, (Yeah!) I have no rival, No man can be my equal, Take me to the future of your world, Born to be kings, Princes of the universe, Fighting and free, Got your world in my hand, I'm here for your love and I'll make my stand, We were born to be princes of the universe, No man could understand. My power is in my own hand, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, People talk about you, People say you've had your day, I'm a man that will go far, Fly the moon and reach for the stars, With my sword and head held high, Got to pass the test first time - yeah, I know that people talk about me I hear it every day, But I can prove you wrong cos I'm right first time, Yeah. Yeah. Alright, Watch this man fly, Bring on the girls, Here We are. Born to be kings. We're the princes of the universe. Here we belong. Born to be kings, Princes of the universe. Fighting and free, Got the world in my hands. I'm here for your love, and I'll make my stand, we were born to be princes of the universe.
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Ooh, I'm really scared. No! Don't! There's a--a peck here with an acorn pointed at me!
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The ocean turns red, and despite all the poundin' and the hollerin', they all come in and they... rip you to pieces.
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11x14" Quint print! http://tinyurl.com/7meu2rm
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:35 p.m. CST
Faulkner, I close on this note - because Chance tried to change the channel when the pre-pubescent street hood accosted him on the street.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:39 p.m. CST
Because we all want to know Faulkner, "Did that chickenshit asshole Raphael send you?"
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:42 p.m. CST
Because William Faulkner, The William Faulkner, wrote these words in "The Big Sleep," "I enjoyed your drink as much as you did, sir."
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:45 p.m. CST
Because I could do this for days. (And have enjoyed it.)
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 13, 2012, 9:55 p.m. CST
One more for Chauncey; Because of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
by dcut75
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Feb. 13, 2012, 10:07 p.m. CST
No offense taken whatsoever, Bill. (But I would be wise to sleep now.)
by ChaunceyGardiner
And I thought that your comment was a fitting precursor to ending. I had fun, and it was a fun observation. (And, indeed, Chance the Gardener means a lot to me as a character, as an enigma, and seeing a connection between us was warmly received.) I hope that your week is well - and as you seemed to enjoy the results of my takeing sick leave from work today and getting sleep earlier, and then becomeing reinvigorated by this little bit of an opportunity to be zealous, I am glad.
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Talk to me you bitch.
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Nothing better than being completely enthralled by a film with an entire audience to experience it with, and as a kid it was all REAL to me, didn't know all this crap about actors and stuff...lt's STILL REAL TO ME DAMMIT!!
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I can feel the movie-geek love oozing out of my monitor. And because... It's true; this man has no dick!
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Feb. 13, 2012, 10:42 p.m. CST
Because Mr. Bernstein can still remember a girl he saw for a fleeting moment crossing the street decades earlier.
by planetran_fan
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Feb. 13, 2012, 10:43 p.m. CST
Because the Bogeymen invaded Toyland, and the cubes spelled R-A-T around Silas Barnaby's head.
by planetran_fan
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She thinks she is one hot shit. But she is probably fat only.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 10:46 p.m. CST
Because... I like the trees, you know? I like the way that the trees are on mountains, all the different... the way the trees are.
by lv_426
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Feb. 13, 2012, 10:49 p.m. CST
Because that freaky skull mask on the wagon still haunts me from THE SEVENTH SEAL!
by planetran_fan
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Feb. 13, 2012, 10:50 p.m. CST
Because Colin Clive tosses a shovelful of dirt in Death's face at the beginning of FRANKENSTEIN
by planetran_fan
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for things like the Alien Queen, which was just some puppeteers sealed up inside the beautiful but monstrous Stan Winston creation, flailing those arms around while the whole damn thing was held up by a cable on a crane. And it looked more real to me than the CGI one in AvP. Someday, filmmakers will wake up and realize that they can go back to using the tried and true older methods of special effects in conjunction with cutting edge CGI. I think we are getting close to that time. Maybe in another ten years.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 10:52 p.m. CST
Because SHAFT busts through the window to save Bumpy's baby
by planetran_fan
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Feb. 13, 2012, 10:53 p.m. CST
Because... I can watch 5 different cuts of Blade Runner on Blu-ray
by lv_426
and all 5 versions are still worthwhile and good in their own ways.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 10:58 p.m. CST
Because... Ain't nothin' in the world get Black Dynamite more mad than some jive ass sucka dealin' smack to the kids!
by lv_426
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Feb. 13, 2012, 10:58 p.m. CST
Because... Ha-ha! I threw that shit before I walked in the room!
by lv_426
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Feb. 13, 2012, 10:59 p.m. CST
Because... Now Aunt Billy, how many times have I told you not to call here and interrupt my Kung Fu!
by lv_426
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Feb. 13, 2012, 10:59 p.m. CST
This winona must be one of the fat ones. And her pussy juice must be dirty.
by ajit maholtra
I'm going to bed now.
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...to tell you is that we ain't got no entertainment center, no climate control, no video system, no surveillance, no freezers, no fucking ice cream, no rubbers, no women, no guns. All we got here is shit! Oh, what the hell are we even talkin' to her for? She's the one that brought the fucker. Why don't we just get her head and shove it through the FUCKING WALL!
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The only question is how you check out. Do you want it on your feet? Or on your fuckin' knees... begging? I ain't much for begging! Nobody ever gave me nothing! So I say fuck that thing! Let's fight it!
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Feb. 13, 2012, 11:04 p.m. CST
Because... Alien life form. Looks like it's been dead a long time. Fossilized. Looks like it's growing out of the chair.
by lv_426
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Feb. 13, 2012, 11:05 p.m. CST
Because... The pit is completely enclosed. And it's full of leathery objects, like eggs or something.
by lv_426
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Feb. 13, 2012, 11:06 p.m. CST
Because... Danger. The emergency destruct system is now activated. The ship will detonate in "T" minus ten minutes.
by lv_426
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Feb. 13, 2012, 11:07 p.m. CST
Because... Final report of the commercial starship Nostromo, third officer reporting.
by lv_426
The other members of the crew, Kane, Lambert, Parker, Brett, Ash and Captain Dallas, are dead. Cargo and ship destroyed. I should reach the frontier in about six weeks. With a little luck, the network will pick me up. This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 11:10 p.m. CST
Because... You once asked me for advice. You want some now? Never pass up a good thing.
by lv_426
So true... so fucking true. You can disagree with Heinlein style politics, or hate Paul Verhoeven's version of Starship Troopers, but you should abide by the wisdom of Mr. Ironside's quote from the film.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 11:10 p.m. CST
Because... Shoot a nuke down a bug hole, you got a lot of dead bugs.
by lv_426
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Feb. 13, 2012, 11:10 p.m. CST
Because... You're some sort of big, fat, smart-bug, aren't you?
by lv_426
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Feb. 13, 2012, 11:13 p.m. CST
Because... An enemy can't push a button if you disable his hand!
by lv_426
MEDIC!!!!!!!!
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Feb. 13, 2012, 11:14 p.m. CST
Because of ... Jacqueline Bissets wet t-shirt in THE DEEP
by DrMorbius
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You've seen a general inspecting troops before haven't you? Just walk slow, act dumb and look stupid!
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is so catchy and awesome, it is practically the only piece of music used in that film, and they pulled that trick off! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQUeQOIlcDM
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Feb. 13, 2012, 11:18 p.m. CST
Because I can't really understand what the fuck Stallone says during his blabbering monologue at the end of FIRST BLOOD
by lv_426
and it is awesome because it truly illustrates how messed up John Rambo really is.
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Vagrancy wasn't it? That's gonna look real good on his grave stone in Arlington: Here lies John Rambo, winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, survivor of countless incursions behind enemy lines. Killed for vagrancy in Jerkwater, USA.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 11:22 p.m. CST
Because... You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare,
by lv_426
with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In Vietnam his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well Rambo was the best.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 11:24 p.m. CST
Because . . . Lifeless eyes, black eyes ... like a dolls eyes ...
by DrMorbius
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The Dude abides. I don't know about you but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners. Shoosh. I sure hope he makes the finals.
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Feb. 13, 2012, 11:26 p.m. CST
Because of . . . *take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!*
by DrMorbius
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Shaka, when the walls fell.
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But there was one man who taught us to fight, to storm the wire of the camps, to smash those metal motherfuckers into junk. He turned it around. He brought us back from the brink. His name is Connor. John Connor. Your son, Sarah, your unborn son.
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I didn't know why at the time. It was very old - torn, faded. You were young like you are now. You seemed just a little sad. I used to always wonder what you were thinking at that moment. I memorized every line, every curve. I came across time for you Sarah. I love you; I always have.
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Klaatu Barada N... Necktie... Neckturn... Nickel... It's an "N" word, it's definitely an "N" word! Klaatu... Barada... N... [coughs] Okay... that's it!
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Because Luke used the force Because Forrest ran Because ET phoned home Because they didn't get a bigger boat Because where we're going we don't need roads Because neo chose the red pill Because Quaid got his ass to mars Because I'll be back Because Ferris got the day off Because they should have nuked the site from orbit Because I thought Pliskin was dead Because I'm too old for this shit Because Ray thought of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Because they named the dog Indiana
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What did he just say? -- He said there's a storm coming in. I know.
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What was sundered and undone shall be whole - the two made one.
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Can't believe I forgot that one. Don't remember anyone else mentioning it.
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Feb. 14, 2012, 12:52 a.m. CST
Because you are my age, and I have so many experiences in common with you
by GoDFaDDa42
Man, are you ever right about Snoopy Come Home. I don't think I've seen that movie in 13, 15 years, but the memory of the sadness still hit home. It's not one of those weepy-teary sads; it's one of those sick-inside-everything's-broken sads.
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or the one
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Feb. 14, 2012, 1:40 a.m. CST
because he'd better have those two new droids repaired by midday or there'll be hell to pay
by mr. smith
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Why I love movies: Because Jurassic Park is the first movie I can remember seeing in theaters. Because Who you gonna call? Because Heath Ledger made the Pencil disappear in the Dark Knight. Because Heath Ledger made himself disappear in the Dark Knight. Because of Heath Ledger. Because Come with me if you want to live. Because Andy and Red hugged on the beaches of Zihuatanejo. Because of the Ninja kick high five in the Ninja Turtles movie. Because I'm not even supposed to be hear today. And because I assure you, we're RE-open. Because of Kevin Smith and all the View askew movies. Because, yes, even Jersey Girl. Because Seth Gecko is the BAMF-est of BAMFs. Because The Dude abides. Because feeeeeed me Seymour! Because The Brave little toaster was just that. Because of the flight of the the navigator. Because the Explorers made it into space with a trash can. Because the Crow made sure it was not a good day to be a bad guy. Because I TRIPLE DOG DARE YOU! Because his wallet is the one that says Bad Mother Fucker. Because This is the matrix. Because Stand by me did. Because of Milo and Otis. Because THIS...IS...SPARTA. Because of Bedknobs and Broomsticks and The Gnome Mobile. Because I wish I coulda been Dazed and Confused. Because Pineapple Express is the dopest dope ive ever smoked. Because Im your huckleberry and thats just my game. Because of everything Marvel Studios has done and plans on doing. Because I watched The Lord of the Rings before I read it. Because Alan Rickman made sure Severous Snape was one of the bravest Wizards Harry Potter ever knew. Because of the Watchmen soundtrack. Because of the Watchmen in general. Because of Quentin Tarantino in general. Because Willy Wonka had the Golden tickets. Because Almost Famous was so great, and Untitled still topped it. Because Adios Mother Fucker ended Maximum Overdrive. Because BeetleJuice really is the host with the most. Because of Daniel-Son. Because Alice returned to Wonderland. Because I feel like I visited Pandora. Because Harold and Kumar made it to White Castle. Because I got to see the rise of the planet of the apes. Because of Donnie Darko and Frank. Because This is Jacks Movie list. Because Jason Bourne WAS a legacy. And it continues. Because the real Edward had Scissor-hands. Because I wanted Snoopy to come home. Come home Snoopy, come home. Because you really will shoot your eye out kid. Because to this day, I still want a Mogwai. And many other reasons, but its getting late.
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of uncertainty in my familys life, i got to see a movie that i had only heard of but sounded good to me. We didnt have a lot of money to go around, but it was two for one night(remember those?) my sister and i got there late and couldnt even sit together it was so packed. We missed the first ten minutes or so, but i picked up the story pretty quick. I really got into it and when one character said he was leaving, i believed him. Then our hero(who reminded me of...well,ME) had to go take on the enemy that was attacking. Its Our Heros turn to make a run and one by one his wingmen get taken out. Soon the enemy is behind him and says: " We have him now." (or "just when all seemed lost!) An energy blast hits one Tie Fighter, then another, then Vaders Tie Fighter gets hit! Vader looks up and says"What?" Then came THE SHOT, Han Solo shouting YAAA HOOO!! I JUMPED OUT OF MY MOVIE SEAT AND JUST SCREAMED "AALLL RIIIGHT!!! and that was the day i fell in love with the movies.
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Feb. 14, 2012, 2:04 a.m. CST
because My fucking wife has an ass in her cock over in the driveway, alright?
by mr. smith
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In King Kong. You know the one.
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Feb. 14, 2012, 3:01 a.m. CST
Because of the unpiloted spacepod turning slowly...
by Ian Holm's milky ass sweat
in 2001 - a space odyssee. Boy, that scene creeps me out every time i watch it.
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Feb. 14, 2012, 3:27 a.m. CST
Because of Roddy McDowall’s scream in The Legend of Hell House.
by belasco_house
Love it. Happy Valentine's day, film.
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And I haven't seen enough movies ...
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Feb. 14, 2012, 4:44 a.m. CST
Because in Dangerous Liaisons, an 18 year old Uma Thurman whipped out them tittays.
by Doctor_Strangepork
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They allow you to get out of your own reality and see someone elses. They can make you care about people who don't even exist and give you perspective or just make you happy. A good movie can change your whole day or at least just make you laugh or be distracted for a while. When life sucks movies can make it better. They allow you to get out of your home without actually leaving. Movies can help you bond with others or help you feel not alone. Show you something amazing or violent without the danger or having to travel. Even when they are bad you can make fun of them or try to figure out why it failed so hard and learn never to do that when you make movies. Movies just rule.
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Benicio del Toro had a conversation about baseball and parks whilst ensconced in a swimming pool.
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Feb. 14, 2012, 7:42 a.m. CST
Because You have come here from all over the world because society has no further use for you.
by alexander
The international prison system has given up all hopes of your rehabilitation. This place will now be your holding pen untill your death. Because death is the only way out. There is no chance of reprieve here, No possibility of escape. You are condemned. Either accept it... Or die...
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Feb. 14, 2012, 7:44 a.m. CST
because Tim Curry can assure us that it all floats down here
by alexander
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Feb. 14, 2012, 7:58 a.m. CST
I was looking forward to reading a love letter to cinema
by Bobthegrinch
This is just a list of random film references pre-fixed by 'because of'. When I talk about why i love cinema, I talk about how it's taken me out of my everyday life to other worlds and I've lived impossible adventures vicariously through the eyes of the characters. I talk about how it reflects and holds a magnifying glass to the pain and joy of real life, showing you you're not the only person to experience hard times, heart break, friendship and love and how comforting it is to know that you're not the only person in the world who's felt that way. It makes me feel like I belong to the world and I'm part of some shared experience. If I believed in organised religion celluloid would be my scripture. It's a friend and confidant that will tell me anything and show me that someone understands how I feel, whatever the emotion and, sometimes, it tells me exactly what I need exactly when I need to hear it. Sure there are moments I love in particular films but my love for films is so much more than that.
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Feb. 14, 2012, 8:32 a.m. CST
Because Pretty please with sugar on top, clean the fucking car.
by Dave
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Feb. 14, 2012, 8:32 a.m. CST
Because now your higness we will discuss the location of your hidden rebel base.
by Dave
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Feb. 14, 2012, 8:35 a.m. CST
Because oops no bullets...what do you think I'm fucking stupid Hans?
by Dave
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Feb. 14, 2012, 8:35 a.m. CST
Because I will invade england and defeat the english on their own ground.
by Dave
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Feb. 14, 2012, 8:37 a.m. CST
Because ever since i can remember I always wanted to be a gangster.
by Dave
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Feb. 14, 2012, 8:48 a.m. CST
Because what are you waiting for sweethearts breakfast in bed? Another glorious day in the corps.
by Dave
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'Why? Does she have a penis?"
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Feb. 14, 2012, 9:30 a.m. CST
It's estimated that 23,000 people will die of leukemia in 2012
by Foucault
Fact.
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...for pretty much the same reasons you do. Great list!! Many of those made me smile with fond memories and a deep desire to watch the sources once again for the umpteenth time. Thanks, Quint. That was cool. Time to go figure out which one to watch first...
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Cue Sad Trombone.
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Feb. 14, 2012, 10 a.m. CST
Because of "Gimme back dat shoe", "Mary Hartski, Mary Hartski!, " and "Stay sick, turn blue, scratch g;ass",
by Albrix
For most of us who grew up back before video tapes, cable, and the internet, and who lived in places without cool repertory theaters (or who were too young to go downtown) the local horror hosts gave us our first taste of filmdom. I first saw most of the Universal movie monsters with Big Chuck and Little John, Quartermass and the Hammer films with Superhost, and "Dawn of the Dead" with The Ghoul. The movies weren't all winners, and weren't the best prints, but they did show a world where movies that were a little different could be enjoyed and established a baseline that allows me to enjoy both "Nights of Cabiria" and "Sleepaway Camp."
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how 'bout you?
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HONK! HONK!
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There's a bomb on a bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles per hour, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50 , it blows up. What do you do? What do you do?
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Feb. 14, 2012, 10:55 a.m. CST
Because "I was going to the worst place in the world and didn't know it yet."
by Patrick Pettay
Hundred's of miles down a river that snaked through the war like a main power cable. Pluged striaght into Kurtz.
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Feb. 14, 2012, 11:09 a.m. CST
Because I'm not going to kill you. I want you to do me a favor...
by Aaron
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and the first time a friend showed it to me: http://tinyurl.com/2comwpr
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MAGIC MOMENTS Magic moments meander through celluloid history, From Melies and Griffith to the “Blair Witch” Mystery. Marilyn feels the breeze in “The Seven Year Itch”, Cary Grant comes a cropper – a technical Hitch. “I’ll be back!” warned Big Arnie, and we knew it was true, Moira Shearer dances to her death in The Archer’s “Red Shoes”. A thrown bone becomes spacecraft in "2001"’s seemless match-cut, Mr Orange lies down bleeding, shot in the gut. Al and Bobby buy coffee and have a nice chat, Lugosi and Karloff ham it up in “The Black Cat”. James Cameron sinks ships and becomes “King of the World”, King Kong’s heart stops beating, killed by guns and a girl. Guitar versus banjo – Voight and Reynolds look on, Newman shoots Redford – it’s “The Sting”, it’s a con. The credits take time in “Once Upon a Time in the West”, Stan and Ollie wonder who it was created yet another fine mess. “Ride of the Valkryies” – it must be “Apocalypse Now”, Sharon Stone crosses her legs – the reaction is “wow!”. Brynner meets McQueen, and five more join the group, The Marx Brothers prove immortal, their best is “Duck Soup”. Ethan Edwards stands alone, cinema’s greatest loner, Drew Barrymore’s "Scream"ing – some loony’s trying to phone her. While Travis stands taunting in front of the mirror, Sissy Spacek, as “Carrie”, is striking ultimate terror. From the bowels of his mansion Kane whispers “Rosebud”, And “Shane” rides off into the sunset, this time for good. Freddy and Jason sharpen their hatchets, McMurphy, the wacko, squares up to Nurse Ratched. “By gad, sir, you’re a character” – the Fat Man to Sam Spade, Chrissie Watkins, in “Jaws”, picks the wrong time to bathe. Jack wants the waitress to hold onto the chicken, The Big One goes off, ridden by yee-hawing Slim Pickens. “Is it safe?” enquires Laurence, of Dustin’s “Marathon Man”, Kathy Bates certainly isn’t, as James Caan’s Number One Fan. Would you be willin’ to accept Mel’s Scottish burr, Or go head-to-head in a chariot with Heston’s “Ben Hur”? Slow motion gunfights define “The Wild Bunch”, Hannibal, the gourmet, has an old friend for lunch. Margo Channing advises “it’s gonna be a bumpy night,” “The Quiet Man” and Red Danaher have one helluva fight. Henry Fonda and Lee J. Cobb – two of the “12 Angry Men”, “Dirty Harry” does it his way, again and again. “Ghost” gets creative with a pottery wheel, Miss Kubelik, for a finish, shouts “shut up and deal!” Brad Pitt asks his partner what’s in the box, “Goldfinger”, with Oddjob, plans on robbing Fort Knox. Indy cracks his whip in some faraway land, “Lawrence of Arabia” stirs it up in acres of sand. Lemmon and Curtis dress up in “Some Like It Hot”, Chief Brody, on the Orca, attempts to master that knot. Woody blows his butt off in “The Thin Red Line”, The bourgeoisie, discreetly charming, find it impossible to dine. “Pinocchio” gets swallowed by Monstro the whale, John Houseman, in “The Fog”, spins his wild tale. Harry Lime talks profoundly on Borgias and clocks, Louise Brooks shines ethereal in “Pandora’s Box”. Forrest Gump keeps on running, when not fishing for shrimp, In the basement Brucie listens to “bring out the gimp”. Gershwin and Allen record "Manhattan"’s great beauty, The accused in “Judgment at Nuremberg” were just doing their duty. All moments to savour from the cinema’s best, From an art form adept at putting life to the test. And as we move forward, feeling Time’s angry whip, Let me offer this word, this melancholic tip: Gone are the days when Bogie was king; When Cagney strutted his stuff, doing his thing. James Stewart reached “The Far Country”, but it’s not of this earth, Gone too Bob Hope and other purveyors of mirth. Now we have Tom Cruise, Angelina, Leonardo and Mel, We’ve got “Star Wars” and “Watchmen” and new tales to tell. All totally different, and yet – simply put – just the same, The heroes keep coming in this endless cinema game. But I won’t trade my “Genevieve” for your new “Coupe de Ville”, I’ll keep “Dr No” – you stick with “Licence to Kill”. In my mind’s eye two giants come to a place, The Duke and Clint Eastwood meet face-to-face; Cagney and Pesci eye each other and frown, Not a sound can be heard in this film noirish town. It’s Old versus New in a fight to the death, Walter Brennan counts down, the duo get set. “Dyin’ ain’t much of a livin’,” says Clint with a snigger, “That’ll be the day,” growls Big John and fingers the trigger. Two titanic icons take aim and then fire, The birds in the trees become a discordant choir. The contest is over, a man has bitten the dust, The townspeople stare, some of them cuss. The victor strides forth, the crowd clears a path, (Who would provoke this man and his wrath?) One man steps forth and the silence is broken, He offers the winner a white horse as a token. The gesture is gracious, the townspeople approve, But then a young voice pipes up when the man starts to move. A sun-bleached child moves into the path of the beast, Hearts miss a beat – suspense is increased. “What if the other was faster with a gun?” “That’ll be the day,” the man smiles, and rides off towards the sun.
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you have offended the Shaolin Temple."
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...Colonel Willie Sharp
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Feb. 14, 2012, 12:03 p.m. CST
Because I am free in all the ways that you are not.
by Just_Another_Fat_Geek
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and Sigourney weaver getting demon molested in the chair
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Feb. 14, 2012, 1:36 p.m. CST
Because This one gang kept wanting me to join because I'm pretty good with a bow staff.
by room23storeblogspotcom
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You've hit on a zeitgeist. The moments you've shared are EXACTLY why we all love movies. For you, yes. For me too. And, as has been already posted, there are much more for the TBers (for you too). Thanks for pulling the trigger on this "stream of consciousness" piece (even though you've given credit to another). It really needed to be said. Despite all the negative crap heaped on a movie just based on a trailer or a "blurb", we can still believe that there are movies and stories out there that will continue to capture our imaginations. Thanks again!
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Feb. 14, 2012, 1:57 p.m. CST
because this is the last bastion of pure capitalism. the super bowl, nothing you've seen can compare to this.
by Detached
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Feb. 14, 2012, 1:59 p.m. CST
because keannu reeves played an ohio state quarterback in not one, but two movies
by Detached
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I love being able to relate to it all, but especially love the masters of the universe sequel bit and Bruce Campbell. We will always love "THE CHIN"!!
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your grandmother's racist.
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Feb. 14, 2012, 2:55 p.m. CST
Because of when Henry Jones calls his son Indiana for the first time.
by Patrick Pettay
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Feb. 14, 2012, 2:59 p.m. CST
Because There's three rules you've gotta follow.
by room23storeblogspotcom
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Feb. 14, 2012, 3:05 p.m. CST
Because Seventy-six trombones led the big parade
by room23storeblogspotcom
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Feb. 14, 2012, 3:08 p.m. CST
Because The rain in Spain stay6s mainly on the plain
by room23storeblogspotcom
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Feb. 14, 2012, 3:19 p.m. CST
Because We meet again, at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but the learner; now *I* am the master.
by room23storeblogspotcom
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Feb. 14, 2012, 3:21 p.m. CST
Because Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not th
by room23storeblogspotcom
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Feb. 14, 2012, 3:23 p.m. CST
Because You already... have, Luke. You were right. You were right about me. Tell your sister... you were right.
by room23storeblogspotcom
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Feb. 14, 2012, 3:24 p.m. CST
Because Inde shot that Egyptian 1st like Han Solo shot Greedo 1st...
by Prague23
Oh wait...
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Because I'll never wear a lifejacket again. Because we have top men working on it now. Because if you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. Because I'm gonna NAIL you for picking your feet in Poughkeepsie. Because to you it's Thanksgiving, to me it's Thursday. Because it looks like a airplane...without wings. Because he'd kill us if he got the chance. Because the answer is none...none more black. Because I love you, Madeline. Because she's my sister and my daughter. Because it's dustin' crops where there ain't no crops. Because you have meddled with the primal forces of nature, Mr. Beale, and I won't have it! Because I'm not the one who just got buttfucked on national TV, Dwayne. Because UTTIN' AHNA IIIIITZ!! Because they call me Mr. Tibbs. Because we are the musicmakers, and we are the dreamers of the dreams. Because this town needs an enema! Because its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility. Because if it bleeds, we can kill it. Because I'm thinkin' of goin' out for a SCHOLA-SHIP!! Because it's full of stars. Because everything below the waist is kaput. Because I don't think you're an asshole, Royal, I just think you're kind of a sonofabitch. Because I think he got the point. Because if you're good at something, never do it for free. Because THAT'S the Chicago way. Because I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum. And I'm all out of bubblegum. Because I *corrected* them, sir. Because that's a horse of a different color. Because the power of Christ compels you. Because the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Or the one. Because the only one I've got on my side is the blood-sucking lawyer! Because I was just checking the specs on the inline for the rotary...girders. I'm retarded. Because I know I'm still human. Because nobody steps on a church in my town! Because it means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes. Because I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you.
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Feb. 14, 2012, 4 p.m. CST
Becaise well, don't think about it too long, I'll throw you out on your fuckin' ass!
by Chuck_Chuckwalla
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and your father smelled of elderberries!
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I haven't looked at everyone else's above. This has all probably been covered, but I might have one original thought somewhere in here. Movies, I love you,... Because "I am a Jedi, like my father before me." Because of Leia's metal bikini. Because I read the "Empire Strikes Back" paperback three times before we could afford to go see the movie and the movie was still better than I could imagine. Because of the crowds packed around us waiting in the theater lobby to get into Superman: The Movie. Because of every second of Superman II. Because "I ask you to kill Superman, and you're telling me you couldn't even do that one, simple thing." Because of Linnea Quigley in Return of the Living Dead. Because of every second of Zombieland. Because of Emma Stone. Because of every second of Crazy Stupid Love. Because of Julianne Moore. Because of the Dude. Because with a little chemical assistance Chevy Chase can and does take care of his girl without being in the same room. Because Gary and Wyatt didn't try to put the moves on Lisa, but Chet does. Because of the look on Neal Page's wife's face when she finally sees him. Because of John Candy. Because Uncle Buck Russell is the best uncle ever: " You ever hear of a ritual killing? You gnaw on her face in public like that again and you'll be one." Because of Daniel Stern's reaction to having a spider on his face. Because we're on a mission from God. Because there's "No time for love, Docta Jones!" Because Indy shot the guy with the sword... FIRST! Because traffic signs can say, "HIYA!" Because Lawrence Jamieson gets a running start at Freddy's legs with the riding crop. Because The Father of the Bride made me fear the day I have to give away my little girl. Because if you take the music montages out of The Secret of My Success it's like twenty-five minute long, but still great. Because "You better stomp your feet for this pussy!" Because of every second of Boomerang. Because I'd be willing to cut my hair, but it would probably be better if someone else did it. Because "We ain't partners. We ain't brothers. And we ain't friends." Because of Mushu the Dragon. Because of the scene in Beverly Hills Cop 2 during the George Michael song. Because of every second of Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan Because the rest of the crew shines in Star Trek III. Because "Today is a good day to die!" Because Thor led the intro to JJ's Star Trek reboot with an emotional kick to the chest. Because of every second of GalaxyQuest. Because of Sigourney Weaver. Because when someone asks you if you're a god you say, "yes." Because of every second of both versions of Aliens. Because of every second of the theatrical version of The Abyss. Because there is no better marriage of music to cinema than Manhunter and "In A Gadda Da Vida". Because I agree with Quint, "Who Wants To Live Forever?" Because "Bohemian Rhapsody" was great, but Tia Carrera was the woman I had sex with that night no matter what my wife says. Because of Christian Slater & Samantha Mathis' kiss in Pump Up The Volume. Because those assholes at Rekall have fucked up your mind. You're having paranoid delusions. Because dead or alive, you're coming with me. Because "Dear Diary, my teen-angst bullshit now has a body count." Because it's an eighty-eight magnum. It shoots through schools. Because I understand that you little guys start out with your woobies and you think they're great, and they are, they're terrific. But pretty soon, a woobie isn't enough. You're out on the street trying to score an electric blanket, or maybe a quilt. And the next thing you know, you're strung out on bedspreads Ken. Because the Fonz and Batman were Shelly Long's pimps in a movie directed by Opie Cunningham. Because of Porky's. Because Scott Pilgrim plays bass. Because in movies, The Girl Next Door might be a porn star in need of rescue with a heart of gold looking for true love. Because in movies, the street-walking Pretty Woman you ask for directions might be a hooker with a heart of gold looking for true love. Because Jamie Lee Curtis was sexier dancing in True Lies than she was eleven years earlier in Trading Places. Because Duran Duran's "A View To A Kill" theme made that movie and Roger Moore seem cool for three minutes longer. Because Jack Burton brought a knife to a gunfight. Because of every second Dana Delaney isn't on-screen in Tombstone. Because my friends and I had to give up on the body count in Commando when Arnold starts mowing bad guys down on the lawn. Because Asian prison camps were built out of gasoline soaked lumber. Because the jungle moved, but if it bleeds we can kill it. Because there was an alien skull in the Predator ship, before we know that would give us crappy movies. Because the music and visuals of the Top Gun aircraft carrier opening on 70mm took my breath away. Because I hate it when she's lost that lovin' feeling. Because Ferris Bueller is getting me out of summer school. Because Mia Sara danced with the Devil. Because of every second of Die Hard. Because I swear to Christ, Junior, if I survive this fuckin' case I'm gonna dance a jig. Because Bruce and Danny sing "Swinging On A Star". Because all I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine. Because I always think about Gary, Karen and Rick when I hear "Oh No" by The Commodores. Because she's gone. She gave me a pen. I gave her my heart, she gave me a pen. Because all the paperboy wants is $2. Because all that Porter wants is $70,000. Because after seeing Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, our D&D group made a house rule that falling down a circular staircase was a legitimate method for removing any suit of armor in one round without damage to PC or equipment. Because in Some Kind Of Wonderful Eric Stoltz get the right girl. Because Chris Penn made my 80's with, "It's casual." Because of every second of You Only Live Twice. Because of every second of Casino Royale. Because of the dialog in Social Network. Because "I want to look Frank Shirley, my boss, straight in the eye and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit he is! Hallelujah! Holy shit!" Because the Griswold's neighbor's house is the same house Murtaugh and his family lived in all the Lethal Weapon movies. Because Riggs jumped off the building. Because if William Wallace were here, he'd consume the English with fireballs from his eyes, and bolts of lightning from his arse. Because "Papa! Papa, don't, I'll say anything! Please, papa, I'll say anything you want, tell me what you want me to say and I'll say it! Papa please don't go!" Because Ronny Miller didn't buy Cindy's love, but she still hopped on the lawnmower. Because Patrick Verona sang "I Love You, Baby" to Viola backed up by a marching band. Because of Heath Ledger - the closest thing my generation has to James Dean. Because a man CAN change his stars. Because it's all part of the plan. Because of the perfection of skeleton costumes on karate-skilled bullies. Because Mister Miyagi honked the Sensai's nose. Because of Elizabeth Shue's smile. Because "Nobody leaves this place without singing the blues." Because when you find a marble in your oatmeal, you get to drink from the fire hose. Because of Arsenio Hall's bit in Amazon Women On The Moon. Because of the magical Ludo, Didymus and Hoggle. Because, now more than ever, I need Luc and Natalie to make "Mathilda". Because of every second of The Incredibles. Because of every second of Aladdin. Because I am going to get an Avenger's movie. Because I am going to get one last Christopher Nolan Batman movie. Because I am going to get another Kung-Fu Panda Movie. Because I am going to get a John Carter movie. Maybe three! Because "I made a promise, Mr. Frodo. A promise. 'Don't you leave him Samwise Gamgee.' And I don't mean to. I don't mean to." Because "I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you." Because "Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!" Because "Say hi, Willie. Those are my friends, the Goonies." And finally... Because I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days. P.S. I wasted a whole day at work putting this together. If that isn't love, in this economy, I don't know what is. Love MD Houston, Texas
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'Estasi Dell Anima', the entire sequence in Zombie land where it's playing, and the look on Jesse Eisenbergs face as he leaps over in slo mo after looking back i for a sec to register the zombies getting shoveled.
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We're gonna be too big for Liverpool... We're gonna be too big for our own bloody good.
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Feb. 14, 2012, 5:32 p.m. CST
Because If you look carefully at my lips, you'll notice that I'm actually saying something else.
by Aaron
This is all happening.... Telepathically.
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Feb. 14, 2012, 5:35 p.m. CST
Because... Wait. You here that? Sounds like screaming.... Christ Jesus!!!!
by Aaron
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Feb. 14, 2012, 7:19 p.m. CST
Because Kirk's eulogy and Scotty playing Amazing Grace on bagpipes touches me more than any other supposed tearjerker..
by planetran_fan
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Feb. 14, 2012, 7:22 p.m. CST
Because it hurts to see Huey and Dewey helpless when Louie gets blasted off the Valley Forge
by planetran_fan
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Feb. 14, 2012, 7:28 p.m. CST
Because of the Ramones and the DO YOU WANNA DANCE segment in Rock 'N Roll High School
by planetran_fan
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Feb. 14, 2012, 7:36 p.m. CST
Because 83 years later it's still funny when Chico tells Mrs. Potter that the first number is Number 1 in The Cocoanuts
by planetran_fan
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Feb. 14, 2012, 9:02 p.m. CST
Because if you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.
by Walker
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Also, You can't leave...the plants will die!!!
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...of Amélie Poulain ...if your gonna shoot, shoot...don't talk. ...it couldn't matter to you Judy. ...they're Dates...you EAT em. ...this is no dream, this is really happening! ...what if we're wrong about him? ...I don't want Fop G'dammint, I'm a Dapper Dan Man! ...they have a cave troll. ...nobody throws me my own gun and says run. Nobody. ...ooooo, LUCILLE!!! ...maybe we die this time (insert smile). ...you better get used to these bars kid. ...I'm MAKING MY LuuunnCH!!!
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Mamet FTW.
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...Danny isn't here anymore Mrs. Torrance. ...John Doe's got the upper hand now. ...deserves got nothing to do with it. ...so do all who see such times... ...ya are Blanche, ya are in that chair. I'm stopping now. This is very addictive.
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Freedom isn't free it costs folks like you and me ... Buck-O-Five
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Feb. 14, 2012, 10:16 p.m. CST
Because o....... a young Jennifer Connoly riding a hobbyhorse...
by DrMorbius
In CAREER OPPORTUNITIES!
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Feb. 15, 2012, 1:11 a.m. CST
Because Quint named himself after my favorite character in a movie ever
by Riff_Randell
Man this was fucking beautiful. Especially the second and third reasons. And hell yeah Tim Curry's legs! And Christopher Lee's eyes! @_@
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Feb. 15, 2012, 1:13 a.m. CST
Because life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
by Riff_Randell
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... THIS is a knife.
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Quint, I can't explain how much I was hoping to see the words "just kidding" at the end of that debacle. Seriously, man, if you meant anything you wrote, PLEASE delete it as soon as possible, to save yourself from looking like an idiot... You do nothing but make 100% of people lose respect for you and the industry with this shit.
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Because I was already afraid of spiders before I saw Arachnophobia
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Feb. 15, 2012, 3:31 a.m. CST
Because we've got to start thinking beyond our guns. Those days are closin' fast.
by Con Shonnery
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Feb. 15, 2012, 7:26 a.m. CST
because the world's smartest man means no more to me than the world's smartest termite.
by Aaron
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Feb. 15, 2012, 7:29 a.m. CST
Because simple logic will suffice. I believe I will begin by making use of this map.
by Aaron
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Feb. 15, 2012, 8:43 a.m. CST
Because Gene Wilder asked if this was the Transylvania station
by Con Shonnery
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Feb. 15, 2012, 8:45 a.m. CST
Because of Christopher Walken's Lion speech at end of Pool Hall Junkies
by angry kitty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzekDivpK3M&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Movies are magic plain and simple. The make you believe a man can fly and that Goonies never say die. They also make for great markers of time. My first cinematic memory is seeing On Any Sunday at the drive in I remember seeing Star Wars at the drive in also and playing with my action figures and landspeeder on the dashboard while watching the movie I made out with a girl for the first time during Return of the Jedi during the scene when Luke turns himself over to Vader. (Oh Dawn Grant I know you're out there somewhere) I remember going to see Clue with my mom (who didn't go to movies all that often) at our local theater like 4 times to make sure we saw every ending. In high school my friends and I would take the calender section from the thursday paper and map out the movie times on friday for the Cineplex Odeon at Universal Studios. Pay for one movie and sneak into at least one more and sometimes two on friday night. That's how we ended up seeing Tango & Cash in the theater 5 times; listening to a black guy sitting behind us in an almost empty theater during Shocker say 'this is about as exciting as a trip to the toilet'; and sneaking into Nightbreed while our less adventurous friend snuck into Little Mermaid (really?!?). I remember going to see Ghost with a girlfriend immediately after finding out that my mom had passed away. I remember taking my infant son to see Zombieland (his first movie!) and taking him to Boondock Saints II for his second movie. As I get older my memory isn't the best anymore but if you ask me about where/when I was when I saw a movie I can tell you almost everything about it. Heck I still remember the way the theater at the Eagle Rock Plaza SMELLED from seeing E.T. there so many times. What else do you want from entertainment?
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...of the coolness of Chow Yun Fat. ...“You’re all clear kid! Now let’s blow this thing and go home!” ..."I would have followed you, my brother. My captain. My king." ...The blood test from John Carpenter’s The Thing ...Dr. Loomis’ analysis that Michael Myers is plain Evil. ...“Run Runner!” ... of The final battle between Luke and Darth Vader as the Emperor cackles. ...The last of the 13 warriors recites the Viking ode to death before their final battle. ..."The matador! The matador!" ...“I remember The Road Warrior. The man we called Max.” ...“Operator… I haven’t the use of my arms.” ...the Scuttle Procedure instructions for the USCSS Nostromo ...The return of King Arthur and the last ride of his knights to “O Fortuna.” ...of The first time I saw the last twenty minutes of THE HITCHER(1986) ...“I came across time for you, Sarah. I love you. I always have.” ...“Grooovy!” ...William Holden gathering his men in Mexico for one last stand ...Toshiro Mifune fights for his life, impaled by dozens of arrows ..Humphrey Bogart’s disguised as a book collector ...Andrew Lincoln wordlessly declaring his unrequited love for Kiera Knightly ...Kirk’s eulogy at Spock’s Funeral ...the Muppets all live together and wake up in the morning singing “Brick House”. ...of Indiana Jones confrontation with Belloq in the bar. ...“Come with me and we can RULE the Galaxy as FATHER AND SON!” ...John Rambo finally gets to come home. ...Heath Ledger’s Joker ...Maureen O’Hara and her red hair ...Tim Curry’s Darkness ...Charlton Heston cruises through an empty downtown LA in a red Mustang ...the boy steps forward to carry Maximus’ body ...Hannibal Lector’s escapes from custody. ...Monica Belluci ...The Ghostbusters spoken “gearing up” as they face Gozer ...Dilios’ final speech to the Greek Army at Platea. ...The apes revolt in Century City. ...Phoebe Cates and her red bikini ...Marshall O’Neill's terse evaluation of his men on Io ...of the opening of JEEPERS CREEPERS ...Billy Jack “just goes BERZERK!” ...of Patton’s “I was there 3000 years ago” speech. ..."I could peel you like a pear and even God would call it JUSTICE!" ...the opening scene at the TV station of DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978) makes the movie feel epic. ...J. Jonah Jameson refusing to give up Peter Parker’s identity to Green Goblin ...Raquel Welsh and her white scuba suit ...V’s knives vs. Creedy’s men with guns ...Lee Marvin vs. Ernest Borgnine on a speeding train ...of the first time the sound of the giant ants are heard in the desert. ...Loki and Bartleby’s confrontation in the parking garage. ... when I hearThe Main Theme from SUPERMAN-THEMOVIE, I believe that I can fly! ...because somehow I managed to see STAR WARS 20+ times during it's original release. ...my parents brought me to see ALIEN at the drive-in. ...my father got me out of school early so we could see the first showing of CONAN THE BARBARIAN. ...because my friend and I managed to get into an advanced screening of THE THING when we were underage. ... my older brother and I shared a love of THEM!, BILLY JACK & CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG and spent time together watching TOMBSTONE before he left this world.
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OK, Kudos on a 'Can't Hrdly Wait' reference. I would have gone with Because Mike Dexter's a god! Because Mike Dexter's a role model! Because Mike Dexter's an asshole, but that's just me :)
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Because I can be "Swinging on a Star..." while stealing priceless DiVinci artifacts and not have a care in the world.
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Feb. 16, 2012, 11:53 p.m. CST
AMEN....imagine there will be some revisiting and discovering going on after reading this article...good job!
by spidar40
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Feb. 17, 2012, 3:55 a.m. CST
Because of The Magnificent Seven, the cast, the direction and that amazing score
by Con Shonnery
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Because of the little stonehenge in spinal tap Because of Pacino's "they pull me back in" line Because of Pacino's "she's got a great ass" Because of the light that went on in my 4 year old daughters eyes when she first saw Spidey swinging through New York Because of "that's no moon, that's a space station" Because "I've retired more men than social security" Because of THAT tracking shot in Goodfellas Because of the use of Layla at the end of Goodfellas Because of Scorsese. Full stop. Because of Sharon Stone in Casino Because of "death by stereo" That was a great piece Quint. One of the best articles that I've read in a long time on this site.
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There are creatures from the Dinosaur Family!
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When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the earth.
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Feb. 18, 2012, 10:50 p.m. CST
Because of ......Roads ...where we're going we don't need roads!
by DrMorbius
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you never know what it might be attached to!
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*Goin' on a year now I ain't had nothin' twixt my nethers weren't run on batteries!* *I'll be in my bunk.*
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http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/188138307956798/
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Feb. 20, 2012, 12:08 p.m. CST
Because I could watch “Klute” for the first time, 30 years after its initial release and see it as something revolutionary.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 20, 2012, 12:09 p.m. CST
Because Christopher Lloyd really was that great when I was a child growing up in the 80s, and I miss his contribution to film.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 20, 2012, 12:13 p.m. CST
Because “HAL” is one of the greatest characters in film history – and he’s a computer.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 20, 2012, 12:13 p.m. CST
Because Gertie is one of my favourite characters in a film this century – and he’s a computer, voiced by Kevin Spacey.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 20, 2012, 12:22 p.m. CST
Because “Galaxy Quest” introduced me to some of the actors who would give me the most pleasure in comeing one and a half decades: Tony Shaloub, Sam Rockwell, Alan Rickman...
by ChaunceyGardiner
And if you are asking yourself why "Galaxy Quest" was the first time I really noticed Alan Rickman in a film, it is because I had not seen “Die Hard” as a kid. (But I remember that poster hanging at the entrance to the screening room during my days of seeing summer kids' movies, age 7 - and, man, I wanted to see THAT movie!). This one was for you, Dr. Morbius - for quoteing it first, and the simple fact that you found it quote worthy. A great comedy full of hardy laughs and impossible situations. At its heart though, it is a showcase for great talent - and it was nice to see Tim Allen do something so far out of his universe of film comedy and yet make his most indelible impression for many film fans.
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Feb. 20, 2012, 12:25 p.m. CST
Wow, that was a mangled sentence... should have been "in the comeing one and a half decades..."
by ChaunceyGardiner
As stands it is "the most pleasure in comeing one and a half decades." I think that would get tiring after a while.
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Feb. 20, 2012, 12:27 p.m. CST
Because Elias Koteas instantly elevates any film he’s in to something that I want to see...
by ChaunceyGardiner
He's like a soulful black tone added to the pallete of the screen.
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Feb. 20, 2012, 12:32 p.m. CST
Because "Shutter Island" and "Hugo" showed us a 69-year-old director as playful, wise, and talented as ever...
by ChaunceyGardiner
His film knowledge just collesces up on screen. His films' intricacies are stunning. And they appeal to the intelligence of his movie goers - instead of merely the visceral, what he once was the master of (but as he has shown us, he still knows a gut punch when he senses one up around the corner). I think he is in a great period.
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Feb. 20, 2012, 12:37 p.m. CST
Because the best and most mind boggleing film effects I’ve seen are in James Whales’ “The Invisible Man,” a film made in ’38...
by ChaunceyGardiner
Mind reels at how they accomplished the overall effect that film has on you: pure movie magic. The effects work is nuanced, detail-oriented, a delightful illusion. And it is a piece of work done to perfection.
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Feb. 20, 2012, 12:38 p.m. CST
Because John Carpenter did all those scores to his early films. They still hum with intensity.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 20, 2012, 12:40 p.m. CST
Because as silly as it is, Snake Plissken's sense of disgust at the end of "Escape From New York" is as true as it gets, underscoreing his transgressive act, his anti-socialism.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 20, 2012, 12:44 p.m. CST
Because of Lynch's opening shot of suburbia heaven long lenseing through the picket fences and rosegardens into the green grass below, dissolveing to the insect hell below...
by ChaunceyGardiner
and letting me know that "Blue Velvet" was going to be something special.
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Feb. 20, 2012, 12:45 p.m. CST
Because Michael Mann plays great music while his characters drive beautiful cars at nighttime, in widescreen.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 20, 2012, 12:47 p.m. CST
Because the transgressions of Martin Landau juxtaposed to Woody Allen’s haplessness in “Crimes and Misdemeanors.”
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 20, 2012, 12:47 p.m. CST
Because “Manhattan” made me truly fall in love with jazz music.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Feb. 20, 2012, 12:48 p.m. CST
Because when I went to New York city for the first time I thought I was in a dream because it looked exactly as it did in the movies.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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