Monday, December 22, 2008

Holiday Movie Game

Ok, I'm shamelessly ripping this idea off of one of my former students, but whatevs.

Here's a fun game for you to play while enduring the more challenging moments of holiday visits.  I've listed quotes from ten of my favorite movies, pulled from the imDb.  You're going to guess the movie and post it in the comments section (include quote number).  No fair googling the quote to find the answer.  

So when great-aunt Flora starts in (again) about the time second cousin Bob's arrest for indecent exposure nearly cost the entire family its good reputation, you can mentally be chewing over the quotes from this post, all while keeping an intent and studious expression on your face.

Here goes:

1. (RT:) Did you say you were on Mescaline?
     (EC:) I did indeed. Very much so.



2. (ED:) Well, I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I'm happy to state I finally won out over it.



3. (JB:)You think you're telling me something? Like, what, boxing is dangerous, something like that? You don't think working triple shifts and at night on a scaffold isn't just as likely to get a man killed? What about all those guys who died last week living in cardboard shacks to save on rent money just to feed their family, 'cause guys like you have not quite figured out a way yet to make money off of watching that guy die? But in my profession - and it is my profession - I'm a little more fortunate.  



4.  (J:) And Hoggle, if she ever kisses you, I'll turn you into a prince.
      (H:) Y-you will?
      (J:) Prince of the Land of Stench!



5.   (G:) Doesn't sound too bad. I'll try to stay awake.
       (G:) Oh, well, thank you very much, very nice of you. Your vote of confidence is overwhelming.



6.   (N:) Get me. I'm givin' out wings.



7.   (M:)  Morgan, this crop stuff is just about a bunch of nerds who never had a girlfriend their whole lives. They're like thirty now. They make up secret codes and analyze Greek mythology and make secret societies where other guys who never had girlfriends can join in. They do stupid crap like this to feel special. It's a scam. Nerds were doin' it twenty five years ago and new nerds are doing it again.
      (G:) Its just static, Morgan. Frequency.
      (M:) It's a code.
      (B:) Why can't they get girlfriends? 



8.   (N:) A. has a strange feeling of absolute harmony. It's a perfect moment. A soft light, a scent in the air, the quiet murmur of the city. A surge of love, an urge to help mankind overcomes her.



9.   (R:) Haggis? What is haggis?
       (C:) Sheep's stomach, stuffed with meat and barley.
       (R:) And what do you do with it?
       (C:)  You eat it.
       (R:) How revolting!



10.  (FS:) I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.

Ok, so that last one was like T-ball.  It's all set up nicely for you.  You might even get a chance to answer before my dad.  Provided he's already left for Mississippi by the time you try to answer.

9 comments:

  1. Ok, #7 is from "Signs" with Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix...

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  2. #9 I should know, but can't quite come up with it and #10 must be from Monty Python...

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  3. Ok, so the Judester got numbers 7 and 10. Anyone else?

    And yes Mom, you should know no. 9, as Ian and I have probably made you watch it enough times.

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  4. #3- Cinderella Man
    #5- Princess Bride
    #6- It's a Wonderful Life
    #9- Highlander

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  5. Stop answering! Give someone who doesn't live with me a chance!

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  6. Okay, I only knew 5 &6 and for some reason I was focused on only "holiday" movies....isn't that what your original post was...quotes from holiday movies...but oh, well. My husband is the one with movie photo-graphic memory. I just watch em....my brain cells are elsewhere!?!?

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  7. #4 Labrynth.

    But meh, whatevs.

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