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June 22, 2005
Top 10 not in the Top 100
The American Film Institute has furthered the case for their disolution by releasing yet another Top 100 list. This time it was the Top 100 Film Quotes. While there were some good ones in there, there's always plenty of better ones left out. Part of it, I suspect, is that they needed to keep the list at PG-13, but others were left out surely for a lack of class -- on the part of the list maker, not the quote. ;)
So, let's start a little meme/parlor game. What are the top 10 quotes left out of the top 100 quotes?
- "Luke, I am your father." The Empire Strikes Back.
- "Yippikiyay, motherfucker." Die Hard
- "Snakes... why did it have to be snakes?" Raiders of the Lost Ark
- "There is no spoon." The Matrix
- "The first rule of Fight Club is that you do not talk about Fight Club." Fight Club
- "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." The Princess Bride
- "Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." Patton
- "I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." (response) "Fucking-A!" Aliens
- "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die." Bladerunner
- "Monkeys? You think a money knows he's sittin' on top of a rocket that might explode? These astronaut boys they know that, see? Well, I'll tell you something, it takes a special kind of man to volunteer for a suicide mission, especially one that's on TV." The Right Stuff
What are your top ten?
Reviews by Dan at June 22, 2005 06:36 PM
Comments
#8 is pretty much my all-time favorite movie quote, ever. Thank you!!
Posted by: Tanya the Happy Tester at June 22, 2005 09:13 PM
a quick 10 off the top of my head.
1.Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun (army of darkness) though I must admit, Gimme some sugar, baby runs a close second.
2. sometimes you just gotta say, what the fuck. (risky business)
3.We're on a mission from god. (blues brothers)
4.There is no Spoon. (The Dog Soldiers)
5.It's better to burn out than to fade away (highlander)
6. Every event is inevitable - if it wasn't, it wouldn't happen. (I-60)
7. Do me a favor? Don't scream. Just hear what I've gotta say... and then scream. (demon knight)
8.Do you know what "nemesis" means? A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent. Personified in this case by an 'orrible cunt... me. (snatch)
9. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist (the usual suspects)
10. I'm not even supposed to be here today!(clerks)
Posted by: satyr at June 22, 2005 11:46 PM
Those are all great quotes, and I'm going to cheeze out by only adding a few:
* Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes! (Bill&Ted's Excellent Adventure. I was tempted to use "Dude, gotta remember the trashcan", but I'm probably the only one who remembers that)
* I've got a bad feeling about this... (any Star Wars)
And for some extra quotes that would rate among many of my friends, but maybe not the rest of the world:
* Bow before me, son of Jorrell!
* Oh, I'm afraid the deflector shield will be quite operational when your friends arrive...
* I know something you do not - I am not left handed!
Posted by: Dan Higdon at June 23, 2005 09:01 AM
* There can be only one!
Posted by: Cypher at June 25, 2005 01:19 AM