Calum ([info]zootm) wrote,
@ 2008-02-17 22:16:00
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Stupid film meme thing

I don't post nearly enough, so here's something pretending to be content (thieved mercilessly from [info]glinda_penguin).

1. Pick your 15 favourite films from IMDB and select a quote from each.
2. Post the quotes here.
3. Make your friends list guess which films the quotes are from.
4. Don't cheat!
5. Post this in your journal.

This isn't going to be my "top 15" since I'm terrible at picking such things. Just 15 I like. Avoiding ones I recognised from before. Quotes verbatim from IMDb so blame them for spelling and whatnot if necessary.

  1. Bad luck doesn't exist. It is just an invention of losers and poors. The Consequences of Love Never guessed!
  2. Y'know that ringing in your ears? That 'eeeeeeeeee'? That's the sound of the ear cells dying, like their swan song. Once it's gone you'll never hear that frequency again. Enjoy it while it lasts. Children of Men ([info]hoopiestfrood)
  3. An innocent prisoner will become more angry by the hour due to the injustice suffered. He will shout and rage. A guilty prisoner becomes more calm and quiet. Or he cries. He knows he's there for a reason. The best way to establish guilt or innocence is non-stop interrogation.* The Lives of Others Never guessed!
  4. I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you. Airplane! ([info]hoopiestfrood)
  5. What makes you think it was murrderr? Hot Fuzz ([info]hoopiestfrood)
  6. Mother always taught me: "Never eat singing food." The Muppet Christmas Carol ([info]windzswept)
  7. Jimmy was the kind of guy that rooted for bad guys in the movies. Goodfellas ([info]windzswept)
  8. Throw one at me if you want, hash head. I've got all five senses and I slept last night, that puts me six up on the lot of you. Brick ([info]hoopiestfrood)
  9. It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. The Blues Brothers ([info]hoopiestfrood)
  10. It would not be difficult, Mein Fuhrer. Nuclear reactors could... I'm sorry, Mr. President... nuclear reactors could provide power almost indefinitely. Dr. Strangelove (etc...) ([info]hoopiestfrood)
  11. I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you. Airplane! ([info]hoopiestfrood)
  12. My warrior woman. My Valkyrie. You'll always be mine, always and never. Never. The Fire, baby. It'll burn us both. It'll kill us both. There's no place in this world for our kind of fire. Always and never. If I have to die for you tonight, I will. Sin City ([info]hoopiestfrood)
  13. And you should see my Harry on Television. We're giving the prizes away. I JUST WANTED TO BE ON THE SHOW. Requiem for a Dream ([info]hoopiestfrood)
  14. Life's funny. To a kid, time always drags. Suddenly you're fifty. All that's left of your childhood... fits in a rusty little box. Amelie ([info]hoopiestfrood)
  15. "My job consists of basically masking my contempt for the assholes in charge, and, at least once a day, retiring to the men's room so I can jerk off while I fantasize about a life that doesn't so closely resemble Hell." American Beauty ([info]brokenhut)

* I really want to pick a different quote for this one but the line I want is the last in the film, and I can't spoil it for people still to see it.




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[info]hoopiestfrood
2008-02-17 11:00 pm UTC (link)
2. Children of Men?
4. Airplane?
5. Hot Fuzz
8. Brick?
9. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
10. Doctor Strangelove
11. Airplane again?
12. Sin City
13. Requiem for a Dream?
14. Amelie

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[info]zootm
2008-02-17 11:01 pm UTC (link)
All correct except 9 (which I thought was the easiest one!).

4 and 11 being the same is my attempt at a joke. Please disregard if not funny.

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[info]hoopiestfrood
2008-02-17 11:04 pm UTC (link)
Haha it was funny, I couldn't work out if it was a trick question or not though. It seems like a quote that could be in other films. :P

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[info]hoopiestfrood
2008-02-17 11:02 pm UTC (link)
No wait, is

9. Blues Brothers?

I haven't seen it but I think my ex used to have it as his MSN name all the time. I know I know it from somewhere. :P

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[info]zootm
2008-02-17 11:04 pm UTC (link)
9 is indeed Blues Brothers!

And you must see that film, right now. It is brilliant.

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[info]zootm
2008-02-17 11:03 pm UTC (link)
PS Congratulations on decimating my quotes meme within an hour of me posting it. Truly I have met my greatest foe yet. :)

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[info]hoopiestfrood
2008-02-17 11:07 pm UTC (link)
Sorry! I can never resist these and I'm a giant nerd.

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[info]zootm
2008-02-17 11:12 pm UTC (link)
Giant nerds are always welcome. You just managed to guess them quicker than I managed to decide on them!

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[info]hoopiestfrood
2008-02-17 11:18 pm UTC (link)
Now I really have a craving to watch Sin City!

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[info]zootm
2008-02-17 11:18 pm UTC (link)
You also have a craving to watch The Blues Brothers, dammit!

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[info]hoopiestfrood
2008-02-17 11:23 pm UTC (link)
Haha but I can't get a copy of the dvd at this time of night. :P

I'll be interested to see what the other ones you've picked are, we seem to have similar tastes so if I haven't seen them I will probably make a note to watch them all. :)

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[info]zootm
2008-02-17 11:25 pm UTC (link)
So you should. :)

I'll be quite surprised if anyone gets 1. so if that's unclaimed after some amount of time (or any other ones) ping me and I'll fill in the answers for everything.

Also you should do one of these so that I can make notes of films to watch ;)

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[info]zootm
2008-02-21 10:05 pm UTC (link)
I don't know if you still care but that's all of the films named now :)

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[info]brokenhut
2008-02-17 11:40 pm UTC (link)

Brad, for 14 years I've been a whore for the advertising industry. The only way I could save myself now is if I start firebombing.

Number 15 is, of course, American Beauty. I really should watch that film again...


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[info]zootm
2008-02-17 11:41 pm UTC (link)
Everyone should, it is a brilliant film in pretty much every way.

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[info]windzswept
2008-02-18 07:37 am UTC (link)
6. Muppets Christmas Carol
7. Goodfellas


:o) Don't know the others, or at least not the ones that haven't already been identified.

erm... edited because I can't construct sentences that make sense.

Edited at 2008-02-18 07:38 am UTC

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[info]zootm
2008-02-18 12:18 pm UTC (link)
Both correct, I think the remaining two are probably the most difficult!

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