Time's up.
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1: "What did you expect? 'Welcome, sonny?' 'Make yourself at home?' 'Marry my daughter?' You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. People of the land. The common clay of the New West. You know...morons."
Blazing Saddles, line spoken by Gene wilder.
2: "Look at this. Look at what they make you give."
The Bourne Identity, line spoken by a dying Clive Owen. Echoed in Bourne Ultimatum with slightly different wording.
3: "Osbourne Cox? I thought you might be worried...about the security...of your shit."
Burn After Reading, line spoken by Brad Pitt.
4: "Vodka-martini." "Shaken or stirred?" "Do I look like I give a damn?"
Casino Royale, line spoken by Daniel Craig.
5: "I know what you're thinking. 'Did he fire six shots or only five?' Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?"
Dirty Harry, line spoken by Clint Eastwood. This is one of four movies in the list I haven't actually seen (others being Gone With the Wind, It's a Wonderful Life, and Scarface).
6: "If you build it, he will come."
Field of Dreams, line whispered incessantly by some unseen force of plot. Only quote that everybody got.
7: "Death is the road to awe."
The Fountain, line spoken by Rachel Weisz (and repeated later by a creepy Mayan priest). Nobody got this one. And though it now occurs to me that this is part of a larger line, I'd guess it's just that no one but me actually watched the movie.
8: "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
Gone With the wind, line spoken by Clark Gable.
9: "I just want to say one word to you, just one word." "Yes, sir?" "Are you listening?" "Yes, I am." "...Plastics."
The Graduate, lines spoken by Dustin Hoffman and that old dude who says the plastics line.
10: "The price is wrong, bitch!"
Happy Gilmore, line spoken by Adam Sandler.
11: "You're waiting for a train. A train that will take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you, but you can't be sure. Yet it doesn't matter. Now, tell me why?"
Inception, line spoken by Leonardo Dicaprio.
12: "Teacher says every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings."
It's a Wonderful Life, line spoken by that little kid.
13: "Wax on, wax off."
The Karate Kid, line spoken by Pat Morita.
14: "I know kung-fu."
The Matrix, line spoken by Keanu Reeves.
15: "I am Shiva the god of death."
Michael Clayton, line spoken by Tom Wilkinson (and later echoed by George Clooney). Nobody got this one, which makes Cids sadface.
16: "If it bleeds, we can kill it."
Predator, line spoken by the Governator.
17: "The Humungus rules the wasteland!"
The Road Warrior, line spoken by that moron who tries to catch a metal boomerang. I gave credit for people guessing Mad Max, otherwise no one would've got this.
18: "Dead or alive, you're coming with me."
RoboCop, line spoken by Peter Weller. May have been too general-sounding a quote that could've come from plenty of other movies, because almost no one guessed this. Somehow it's the main line I associate with the movie.
19: "Say hello to my little friend!"
Scarface, Al Pacino inhaling scenery.
20: "In summary: ears ringing, jaw fractured, three ribs cracked, four broken, diaphragm hemorrhaging. Physical recovery: six weeks. Full psychological recovery: six months. Capacity to spit at back of head: neutralized."
Sherlock Holmes, line spoken by Robert Downey Jr.
21: "I take his weapon. Both of them."
Sin City, line spoken by Bruce Willis.
22: "What would God need with a starship?"
Star Trek V: the final Frontier, line spoken by William Shatner.
23: "Alright, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up."
Sunset Boulevard, line spoken by Gloria Swanson.
24: "For seven years I spoke with God. He told me to take us all to Heaven!"
Sunshine, line spoken by Mark Strong. Apparently this is another one only I watched.
25: "You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talking--you talking to me? Well, I'm the only one here. Who the fuck you think you're talking to? Oh yeah? ...Okay."
Taxi Driver, line spoken by Robert De Niro.
26: "End of line."
Tron (and apparently Tron Legacy, which I guess shouldn't be a surprise). Standard closer to conversations with the MCP.
27: "A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?"
WarGames, line spoken by Joshua.
28: "Made it, ma! Top of the world!"
White Heat, line spoken by James Cagney shortly before succumbing to terminal incandescence.
29: "I love the Power Glove. It's so bad."
The Wizard, line spoken by that wanker with the power glove.
30: "Hey, it's me!" "Prove it." "You're a dick." "...Okay."
X-Men, lines spoken by Hugh Jackman and James Marsden.
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Scores! Soppy was in the lead for most of the week but Shale pulled ahead at the last minute. I tried to make this one as easy as possible (with a couple token "What the hell, Cid?" nods thrown in), but if there's one thing these quizzes always make apparent, it's that what sticks out in my memory isn't always what's memorable to other people. Ah well.
Shale: 23/30
Soppy: 18/30
Snowfire: 16/30
CK: 15/30
Trips: 14/30
Notmiki: 13/30
CK the elder: 11/30
Scar: 9/30
Super: 9/30
Meeple: 8/30
NEB: 7/30
[Honorary Tallychu failure: 0/30]
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And, correct guesses by movie. Some of the low scorers I expected, others took me by surprise (man, did so few of you people actually see Inception?)
Blazing Saddles: 4
The Bourne Identity: 1
Burn After Reading: 1
Casino Royale: 5
Dirty Harry: 9
Field of Dreams: 11
The Fountain: 0
Gone With the Wind: 10
The Graduate: 4
Happy Gilmore: 10
Inception: 2
It's a Wonderful Life: 6
The Karate Kid: 10
The Matrix: 9
Michael Clayton: 0
Predator: 3
The Road Warrior: 2
Robocop: 1
Scarface: 9
Sherlock Holmes: 5
Sin City: 5
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: 3
Sunset Boulevard: 5
Sunshine: 0
Taxi Driver: 5
Tron: 3
WarGames: 4
White Heat: 2
The Wizard: 8
X-Men: 7
