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I've never been able to relate to Lebowski for some reason. Loved many of the other Coen bros films, though. Using Matt's criteria for movie greatness, I can na
by hobbs 19y ago
I've never been able to relate to Lebowski for some reason. Loved many of the other Coen bros films, though. Using Matt's criteria for movie greatness, I can name several other movies off the top of my head that are much more quotable than Lebowski: Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Blues Brothers, Airplaine, Holy Grail, Fish Called Wanda, Napoleon Dynamite, Pulp Fiction.
...I must be significantly older than Matt, I guess.
- mattmaroon 19y agoI've seen all of those. Maybe we just have much different conversations, because I never find anything from Ghostbusters to be apropos. Pulp Fiction and Napoleon Dynamite are pretty high up my list for sure. Pulp Fiction might actually be number 2.
- hobbs 19y agoGhostbusters has many good quotes (e.g., no dick), but here's a few that I've actually used in conversation: "Don't cross the streams" "It would be bad" "Yes, have some." "I don't have any Tylenol, but I do have some acetylsalicylic acid." "Listen... do you smell something?" "Where do the stairs go?" "They go up" The last one usually isn't quoted directly. Rather some variation, such as "I wonder what's behind that door." "A room."
- ghiotion 19y ago"Dogs and cat's living together... mass hysteria!"
- mattmaroon 19y agoHa. That is a good one.
- mattmaroon 19y agoIt seems a little too generous to attribute "It would be bad." to Ghostbusters. Or the last one, which is basically Vaudeville. You might as well say you're quoting Earth Girls Are Easy every time you say the word "the", because it's in that movie at least once.
- hobbs 19y agoVaudeville: True enough. In fact, I can only use that around close friends who are already familiar with the original quote. If I said something like that to anyone else, they'd think I'm being an ass. It would be bad: You have to use it in the proper context as a gross understatement. As in every atom in your body exploding at the speed of light would be bad. True, the same line has been used as an understatement in other movies, but the Ghostbusters instance sticks out for some reason.
- ghiotion 19y agoI seem to constantly be quoting John Carpenter's The Thing. "'Cause it's different than us see? 'Cause it's from outer space. What are you asking me for? Ask him" "I realize you gentlemen have been through a lot, but if you can find the time I'd rather not spend the rest of the winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!!" It does occasionally occur to me that perhaps I'm having the wrong types of conversations.
- wallflower 19y agoBest quote ever... "Sometimes I Question Your Commitment To Sparkle Motion!" from Donnie Darko (cult favorite - if you haven't seen it, rent it, watch it, and spend 2 hrs afterwards reading on the Net to figure out what you just saw)
- sspencer 19y agoThat movie list is a pretty good snapshot of movies I HAVE watched more than 5 times. I wonder, though, would I be inspired to watch them that much if I didn't have physical media of them lying around? The ease with which I can throw one on while I am doing scut work or something kind of lends them a tendency to be played more, I think. For example, I just downloaded and watched "Jackie Brown" in a window while I was fiddling with Python stuff for work. My "Jackie Brown" urge is pretty much satisfied, to the point where it is unlikely that I will want to watch it again in the next year or so. For "Jackie Brown", it is simpler for me to just snag it off a tracker than to purchase a copy, since I have no interest in watching it all that often. Interesting read. Definitely made me think about what films I have on disc, and which ones I download, and what delineates the two.