I’m a fan of movies… well a certain type of movie.\u00a0 And I tend to quote them a lot.\u00a0 Which gets me some strange looks sometimes because I quote movies that few people have seen and fewer people appreciate.\u00a0 For example:<\/p>\n
I’ve run out of ammunition.\u00a0 I don’t think that’s ever happened to me before.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
You have to be a real, hard-core, serious street-cred geek to get that reference.\u00a0 (Two internets to who can tell me what movie that is from.)<\/p>\n
Anyway, The American Film Institute<\/a>, curators of all things film related, have done many lists and one of those lists is top movie quotes<\/a>.<\/p>\n
I have some bones to pick with this list.\u00a0 Honestly, I can see the number 1 spot.\u00a0 It is truly a classic and even people (like me) who have never seen the movie can instantly recognize who said it, in what movie, and what it means.\u00a0 It’s been used in thousands of contexts and copied and mangled in everything from cartoons to news broadcasts.<\/p>\n
Number 3 is too much of the quote.\u00a0 I think most people would recognize “I coulda been a contender.”, but not the rest of it.\u00a0 I’m really impressed that they went with Sudden Impact in the top ten as well.<\/p>\n
But after that is where we start having problems.\u00a0 “May the force be with you.” is a great line from the Star Wars franchise.\u00a0 But I think that “Luke, I am your father” is the more interesting and memorable quote.<\/p>\n
The top of the world quote from White Heat is number 18 and the king of the world quote from Titanic is number 100.\u00a0 I think that Cameron basically stole the quote from White Heat, so we should skip it.<\/p>\n
Both Terminator movies have their quotes… and don’t kid me, there were only two Terminator movies.\u00a0 Anyone who says otherwise is an “old man and a fool.”<\/p>\n
I also think that they pull the single word quote from The Graduate.\u00a0 It may be a great quote.\u00a0 But if you just throw it into a conversation, no one is going to get it.\u00a0 Unlike “May the Force be With You”.<\/p>\n
And while I appreciate the Airplane quote.\u00a0 It should be a quote from one character.\u00a0 Just use “I am serious… and don’t call me Shirley”.\u00a0 That’s a great line by itself, although I would argue that “Do you like movies about gladiators.” is almost as good.<\/p>\n
There’s two quotes that, arguably, shouldn’t be on this list.\u00a0 The first is from Apollo 13, “Houston, we have a problem.”\u00a0 I’m pretty sure that quote was in the culture of the American people well before the movie came out.\u00a0 My dad said it all the time.\u00a0 The other is “My precious.” from The Lord of the Rings.\u00a0 Which was present in geek culture long before it was made into a movie.<\/p>\n
While it’s true these were in movies, the quotes are\u00a0not<\/strong> famous because of the movie.<\/p>\n
I have a real problem with the 2001 entry.\u00a0 I love 2001 and the sequel.\u00a0 As different as they are from the books (because Kubric couldn’t find a model of Saturn that he thought looked good on film), these are two fine movies.<\/p>\n
But the chosen quote from 2001 is “Open the pod bay doors, HAL.”\u00a0 That’s a stupid line.\u00a0 It’s not a quote that has imprinted itself into the American culture.\u00a0 On the other hand, one quote from that movie, IMO, has imprinted itself in our culture and that quote is<\/p>\n
I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I’ve used that many times and my geek friends have used it many, many times.\u00a0 I’ve heard that quote in other TV shows and movies.\u00a0 It’s also much easier to throw out in casual conversation than “Open the pod bay doors, HAL.”.\u00a0 I don’t know anyone with a pod bay.<\/p>\n
Finally, and this one really chaps my hide.\u00a0 The single greatest line from any movie ever made is not even on this list.\u00a0 I am willing to argue that in terms of cultural use, recognition, and overall coolness, it should be in the top five, possibly even number 2.<\/p>\n
My name is Inigo Montoya.\u00a0 You killed my father. Prepare to die.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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