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I haven't seen this meme come round in a while, and since I owed everyone a meme post, here it is:

The Movie Quote Meme:

Copy these directions and then fill in:

Pick 10 movies.

From each movie, pick a quote. The poster MAY use Google, IMDB, etc., to make sure they get the quote right.

Post the quotes; the object for the readers is to guess which movie the quotes came from. READERS MAY NOT USE GOOGLE, IMDB or other references; the idea is to see if you can identify the movies on your own, not whether you can copy-and-paste the quote into a search engine!

Once a quote has been successfully identified, strike out the quote, credit the person who first identified the movie, and then say something about what made you choose that movie and/or that particular quote.




1:
 "Oh, but the fans LOVE it, don't they?"
"They do -- God help 'em -- and they're about to get some more!"

2:
"NOBODY fires... until I give permission."

3:
"I am a musician. The monkey is a businessman. We have an agreement: he does not tell me what to play, and I do not tell him what to do with his money."
   Identified by hvideo as coming from The Return of the Pink Panther. Spoken by a putatively blind man (actually a lookout for a bank robber gang) to Inspector Clouseau.
   I chose this one because it was one of the movies my whole family enjoyed, and used to quote, back when I was pretty young. Peter Sellers was the only one who could truly manage the role of Clouseau.

4:
"If you weren't smart enough to plan ahead, then doom on you!"
   [livejournal.com profile] hallerlake  correctly identifies this as from Ice Age, speaken by the leader of the militant survivalist dodos to the three odd travelers.
I choose this because it's one of the most repeated lines in our house, along with "The last... melon..."

5:
"Upon what poor, defenseless world has my monstrosity been... unleashed?"    
Identified by [livejournal.com profile] pedanther  as from Lilo and Stitch, this line was spoken by Dr. Jumba, the creator of Stitch, after learning his creation had escaped.
    Lilo and Stitch is just a wonderful movie (aside from the Elvis references, but one can't have everything). This scene encapsulates the ability of the movie to go from comedic to frightening in a single unified moment.

6:
"Where are you going to go? I don't know if you've looked in the mirror lately, but you kind of stick out in a crowd."
  Identified by [livejournal.com profile] hvideo  as from Van Helsing, spoken by Karl to the Frankenstein Monster.
   Van Helsing is one of our favorite movies of all time. I don't know how many times we've watched it, and it's provided inspiration for more than one campaign, too.

7:
"Cleric, I can only hope one day to be as uncompromising as you. "
Correctly identified by [livejournal.com profile] cygny  as from Equilibrium. This movie is SO filled with cool that they had to install extra heaters in the theaters to keep from freezing the audience. It is so filled with cool that it was able to make me ignore a HUGE PLOT INCONSISTENCY without so much as a peep until afterwards; people who know me know this is a major feat indeed. Gun-kata for the win! This is also the movie that proved that Christian Bale was BORN to play the Batman.

8:
"I won't be the one, but neither will you. "
  And [livejournal.com profile] xander_opal  correctly identifies this as being from The One, starring Jet Li a  number of times over. This movie kicked ass, despite not QUITE delivering on the answer to the central question of the universe. Of course, they were probably hoping it would do well enough to justify a sequel. I chose the line I did because it's a central decision point -- the main character refusing even the potential of power -- and also not trivially identifiable EVEN THOUGH IT HAS THE TITLE OF THE MOVIE IN IT.

9:
"How did you know that his next turn would be to starboard?"
  Identified by [livejournal.com profile] jeriendhal  as from The Hunt for Red October, spoken by the captain of the sub pursuing Red October.

10:
"I'm not a weasel. I am... practical."
  As [livejournal.com profile] shsilver  says, this is from Young Sherlock Holmes, spoken by Watson to Sherlock, who's attempting to convince Watson to accompany him on an undoubtedly questionable venture.  As Sherlock says, weasels ARE practical, thus Watson's statement doesn't actually argue against him being a weasel.
   I simply love this movie. As others have pointed out, this is nothing but one of the best pieces of Holmes fanfic ever written, it just happened to have been written by someone with the money to produce it on the wide screen.




Enjoy!

Date: 2011-06-12 05:44 pm (UTC)
pedanther: (Default)
From: [personal profile] pedanther
#5: Lilo and Stitch, Stitch's creator receiving the news that Stitch is loose on Earth.

Date: 2011-06-12 05:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] burger-eater.livejournal.com
I do not recognize any of these.

Date: 2011-06-12 05:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] birdsedge.livejournal.com
I thought I was pretty good at movies, but I don't get any of these. How long before you post the answers?

Date: 2011-06-12 06:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] queenoftheskies.livejournal.com
I don't recognize any of these, though something about #9 makes me think of a Star Trek movie.

Date: 2011-06-13 04:43 am (UTC)
pedanther: (Default)
From: [personal profile] pedanther
My guess was going to be the nebula sequence in The Wrath of Khan, which makes sense since it's basically a submarine hunt In Space.

Date: 2011-06-12 06:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jeriendhal.livejournal.com
5:
"Upon what poor, defenseless world has my monstrosity been... unleashed?"

Lilo and Stitch.

9:
"How did you know that his next turn would be to starboard?"

The Hunt for Red October

Date: 2011-06-12 08:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ross-teneyck.livejournal.com
Dang. Those were the only two that I knew.

Date: 2011-06-12 11:39 pm (UTC)

Date: 2011-06-12 07:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arcadiagt5.livejournal.com
I've only seen it once but number 2 sounds like Gladiator.

Date: 2011-06-12 08:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brownkitty.livejournal.com
I GUESS that 6 is from Disney's Aladdin (the one with Robin Williams as the Genie).

Movie Quotes

Date: 2011-06-12 08:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hvideo.livejournal.com
1 - hmmm... "Running Man"?

3 - "The Return of the Pink Panther".

6 - hmmm... "Van Helsing"?

9 - The Hunt For Red October

Date: 2011-06-12 09:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rdmasters.livejournal.com
You managed to stump me - but from the answers so far, it is because I haven't seen any of them.

Date: 2011-06-13 10:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rdmasters.livejournal.com
Actually, I have seen two of them - in one case a long, long time ago, in the other, I just failed to recognise the quote!

I'll have to track some of them down.

7 - Ladyhawke?

As far as movie tastes go ... I have two - the really good and the really *really* bad. :)

Date: 2011-06-12 09:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arcadiagt5.livejournal.com
You haven't seen Lilo and Stitch?

Date: 2011-06-14 05:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scott-sanford.livejournal.com
I won't claim it will be to everyone's taste, but I do think it worth a look.

I recall there was some long form/short form confusion on the Hugo ballots that year (it's a short movie), but will let others google if they care.

Date: 2011-06-12 09:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arcadiagt5.livejournal.com
On second look is #8 Highlander?

Date: 2011-06-12 09:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hallerlake.livejournal.com
#4 is Ice Age, unless they made a Richard Marcinko movie when I wasn't looking

Date: 2011-06-12 10:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shsilver.livejournal.com
#10: Young Sherlock Holmes. The first film with a CGI character. And yes, Watson is a weasel.

Date: 2011-06-12 10:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] melchar.livejournal.com
I recognized #9 instantly - but it was already named.

I've -heard- #7 but can't remember where.

And with #1, if it was 'but the kids LOVE it' - that would be the 1st 'Ghostbusters'. 'Fans?' Drat but no.

Date: 2011-06-12 11:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ross-teneyck.livejournal.com
#8 was naggingly familiar, so I finally gave in and cheated. I don't think I was thinking of what it's actually from, although I have seen that movie.

Date: 2011-06-13 05:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tetsujinnooni.livejournal.com
1. Gamer; interview with.... not-Dexter.
2 and 7 both seem familiar, but I can't place them.

Date: 2011-06-13 05:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tetsujinnooni.livejournal.com
and 7 is familiar because I was looking through its quotes page while deciding whether to track down a copy to watch... Guess I'll get around to that soon.

Date: 2011-06-13 11:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cygny.livejournal.com
Aha, I'm never any good at these, but the word 'cleric' in 7 jumped out at me! Is it from Equilibrium, with Christian Bale and Sean Bean?
*loves Christian Bale*

Date: 2011-06-14 06:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rasmusb.livejournal.com
Love this movie too -- but what was the plot hole? Just curious. :)

Date: 2011-06-15 09:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rasmusb.livejournal.com
Heh -- good point. But he looked all snazzy in his dress whites -- mustn't muss the creases now!

I had forgotten that bit -- I'll have to pull out the dvd. When you said plot hole -- I thought you meant the overall plotline. :)

Date: 2011-06-13 02:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nuranar.livejournal.com
#2 sounds vaguely familiar, but it's clearly not something I've seen a lot.

#4 - LOL! In my house, it's just chanting "DOOM ON YOU! DOOM ON YOU!", shortly followed by "the melon! the melon!" in high voices.

#9 - WIN. Why that quote in particular?

Date: 2011-06-13 07:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nuranar.livejournal.com
Ah, good choice.

Date: 2011-06-13 05:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kira-snugz.livejournal.com
8. from highlander, the second one i think

Date: 2011-06-14 05:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scott-sanford.livejournal.com
Unlike the Matrix, which came to an end that would still allow a sequel to be made. Still, it would have been hard to do something that cool a second time.

Date: 2011-06-13 07:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] xander-opal.livejournal.com
#8, The One, featuring Jet Li, Jet Li, and Jet Li?

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