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Jeebo

(2,025 posts)
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 04:04 PM Feb 27

What is your favorite movie line?

My nominee for this honor: "We're all part monster in our subconscious, so we have LAWS and RELIGION!"

That line is from near the end of the 1956 film Forbidden Planet, which, incidentally, is my favorite science fiction movie ever. When J.J. Adams (the captain, played by Leslie Nielsen), Morbius (Walter Pidgeon) and his daughter Altaira (Anne Francis) are fleeing from the pursuing invisible monster, and Adams had just figured out, with Dr. Ostrow's help, what the monster was, and Adams was confronting Morbius with that stunning realization, Morbius objected, "I'm not a monster, you ..." Adams replied, "We're all part monster in our subconscious, so we have LAWS and RELIGION!"

I cannot think of another movie line that I love more than that one. I just posted this in another thread about favorite movie endings, and that's what gave me the idea for starting another thread with this subject.

In the words of the immortal Linda Richman of Saturday Night Live fame, I've given y'all a topic, now, discuss!

-- Ron

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What is your favorite movie line? (Original Post) Jeebo Feb 27 OP
I'll have what she's having Sanity Claws Feb 27 #1
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. fierywoman Feb 27 #2
+1!!! mitch96 Feb 27 #19
Shoot, a fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff. cloudbase Feb 27 #3
Pretty please, with sugar on top...go clean the fuckin' car. spooky3 Feb 27 #4
I love that one! Upthevibe Feb 27 #8
There are way too many to have a favorite.... sdfernando Feb 27 #5
I read Lauren Bacall's book. Jeebo Feb 27 #6
You know what capitalism is? Getting fucked. JoseBalow Feb 27 #7
"It's not my goddamn planet. Understand, monkey boy?." LastLiberal in PalmSprings Feb 27 #9
Soylent Green is people! rogerballard Feb 27 #10
Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke Mr.Bill Feb 27 #11
"Gentlemen--you can't fight in here! This is the war room." Timeflyer Feb 27 #12
Yay that's one of mine too redqueen Feb 27 #36
"Go ahead ... make my day." lpbk2713 Feb 27 #13
Coming in at #1. "I'm your Huckleberry." Niagara Feb 27 #14
Coming in at #2. "I'm your Huckleberry." (different scene, same movie) Niagara Feb 27 #15
from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: surrealAmerican Feb 27 #16
I got ya: unblock Feb 28 #61
"Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." malthaussen Feb 27 #17
"He chose poorly' DelMar dem Feb 27 #18
So many choices Beausoleil Feb 27 #20
"Dyin ain't much of a living boy" DEbluedude Feb 27 #21
"Get busy livin or get busy dying" Prairie_Seagull Feb 27 #22
"He Chose Poorly" ProfessorGAC Feb 27 #23
Dead Pool: Dirty Harry: "Do you have any kids lieutenant?" Lieutenant: "No!" Dirty Harry: "Lucky for them!" Floyd R. Turbo Feb 27 #24
YOU FUCKED WITH THE WRONG MARINE BOSSHOG Feb 27 #25
"Sacrifice! Sacrifice! Sacrifice!" madamesilverspurs Feb 27 #26
"I hate Illinois nazis". Blues brothers mucifer Feb 27 #27
"I am that guy" flying rabbit Feb 27 #28
"Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion." redqueen Feb 27 #29
You stay alive, no matter what occurs! I will find you! No matter how long it takes, no matter how far. I will find you. LakeArenal Feb 27 #30
Do you happen to know what month it is? CanonRay Feb 27 #31
"I believe in long, slow, wet kisses that last for three days." Ninga Feb 27 #32
Well dude, we just don't know unweird Feb 27 #33
You're a pack of vultures at the feast. Knives out, beaks bloody" AZSkiffyGeek Feb 27 #34
Is there insanity among penguins? AZSkiffyGeek Feb 27 #35
You fucked up. You trusted us. Otter to Flounder Animal House. rsdsharp Feb 27 #37
One of my favorites. I loved Animal House! CTyankee Feb 28 #48
"Admiral, there be whales here!" 3catwoman3 Feb 27 #38
klaatu barada nikto AuntyGravity Feb 27 #39
See that? Charlie Chapulin Feb 27 #40
Jeebo Upthevibe Feb 28 #41
"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." Polly Hennessey Feb 28 #42
"My GOD! It's full of STARS!!" lastlib Feb 28 #43
"Have you paid your dues, Jack?" OldBaldy1701E Feb 28 #44
You know you're gonna get fucked at the drive thru BlueKota Feb 28 #45
Roads? Where we're going you dont need...roads. Chipper Chat Feb 28 #46
It ain't got no gas in it! Brother Buzz Feb 28 #47
The Ninth Configuration Bozvotros Feb 28 #49
"I guess that was some other werewolf doing handstands on Styles' Wolfmobile?" Fix The Stupid Feb 28 #50
The Penguin in the second Batman underpants Feb 28 #51
The Penguin in the second Batman movie underpants Feb 28 #52
"We've got a date with destiny...and it looks like she ordered the lobster." Clash City Rocker Feb 28 #53
You Shall Not Pass!!!!! Ferrets are Cool Feb 28 #54
Hello my name is my is Inego Montoya YoshidaYui Feb 28 #55
Leave the gun, take the Cannolis Dawgman49 Feb 28 #56
Badges, we don't need no stinking badges comradebillyboy Feb 28 #57
"A man's gotta know his own limitations." czarjak Feb 28 #58
Get away from her you BITCH! nocoincidences Feb 28 #59
"This is the business we've chosen." grumpyduck Feb 28 #60
Luther said I could learn some things from you. I already know how to drink. unblock Feb 28 #62
That's a duurlin' little gun ya got thare. NoSheep Feb 28 #63
Lighten up, Francis! unblock Feb 28 #64
Fail Safe Doc_Technical Feb 28 #65
"You're not too smart, are you? I like that in a man." Paladin Feb 28 #66
I.m going to give you an offer, you can;t refuse.---The GodFather. debm55 Feb 28 #67
Listen Pal... you can't waltz in here, spouting universal truths.... IcyPeas Feb 29 #68
"Someday this war is gonna end." Iggo Feb 29 #69
In honor of the late great... From The Ashes Feb 29 #70

cloudbase

(5,522 posts)
3. Shoot, a fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 04:08 PM
Feb 27

Major Kong in Dr. Strangelove.

Upthevibe

(8,055 posts)
8. I love that one!
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 04:48 PM
Feb 27

Pulp Fiction is one of my favorite movies of all time. I have it DVR'd and I just watched it this past weekend..

Winston Wolf is the best!!!

sdfernando

(4,935 posts)
5. There are way too many to have a favorite....
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 04:22 PM
Feb 27

but, from one of my favorite movies and spoken by an amazing beauty:

"You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow."

Jeebo

(2,025 posts)
6. I read Lauren Bacall's book.
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 04:29 PM
Feb 27

The one she wrote about her relationship with Humphrey Bogart. How long ago was that? Must have been 35 or 40 years ago that that book came out. That is indeed a great line from a great movie, as are all the lines and movies nominated so far in this thread.

-- Ron

9. "It's not my goddamn planet. Understand, monkey boy?."
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 05:05 PM
Feb 27
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension -- John Bigboote

Mr.Bill

(24,305 posts)
11. Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 05:37 PM
Feb 27

telling the guard who is putting him in the "box" for the night and saying he's sorry but he's just doing his job: "Calling it your job don't make it right, boss". I have used that line more times than I can count, whenever anyone says they're just doing their job as an excuse.

surrealAmerican

(11,362 posts)
16. from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid:
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 06:46 PM
Feb 27

"Can't swim? - The fall will probably kill you!"

I may have paraphrased that.

unblock

(52,267 posts)
61. I got ya:
Wed Feb 28, 2024, 11:35 AM
Feb 28

Butch: I'll jump first.
Sundance: Nope.
Butch: Then you jump first.
Sundance: No, I said!
Butch: What's the matter with you?!
Sundance: I can't swim!
Butch: (laughing) Why, you crazy — the fall'll probably kill ya!

malthaussen

(17,205 posts)
17. "Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 07:00 PM
Feb 27
Casablanca, of course.

I'm also open to "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." from Blues Brothers.

-- Mal

Beausoleil

(2,843 posts)
20. So many choices
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 07:44 PM
Feb 27

One of my favorites is Strother Martin in Cool Hand Luke:

"What we've got here is failure to communicate"

Another favorite (from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre):

"Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!"

ProfessorGAC

(65,085 posts)
23. "He Chose Poorly"
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 10:17 PM
Feb 27

From the 2nd Indiana Jones movie.
When the ancient Templar tells them he must choose from all the chalices to drink from the cup of Christ.
The bad guy grabs the bejeweled one & drinks from it. He rapidly ages and turns to ash before their eyes.

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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,549 posts)
24. Dead Pool: Dirty Harry: "Do you have any kids lieutenant?" Lieutenant: "No!" Dirty Harry: "Lucky for them!"
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 10:21 PM
Feb 27

BOSSHOG

(37,077 posts)
25. YOU FUCKED WITH THE WRONG MARINE
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 10:23 PM
Feb 27

Jack Nicholson as COL Nathan Jessup in a Few Good Men

AND

I don’t know what scruples are but I know if you got them you stole them from somebody else.
Addie Pray talking to her Daddy Mose in Paper Moom

AND

I should be coming into some money soon, my girlfriend promised me a blow job
Steve Martin in The Jerk



mucifer

(23,555 posts)
27. "I hate Illinois nazis". Blues brothers
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 10:30 PM
Feb 27

I’m assuming John Landis wrote that one he’s Jewish and born in Chicago.

redqueen

(115,103 posts)
29. "Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion."
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 10:41 PM
Feb 27

That might be my favorite line .. but my favorite quote is from Adaptation
"You can't fight in here, this is the war room!"


“We’re all one thing, Lieutenant. That’s what I’ve come to realize. Like cells in a body. ‘Cept we can’t see the body. The way fish can’t see the ocean. And so we envy each other. Hurt each other. Hate each other. How silly is that? A heart cell hating a lung cell.”

LakeArenal

(28,827 posts)
30. You stay alive, no matter what occurs! I will find you! No matter how long it takes, no matter how far. I will find you.
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 10:41 PM
Feb 27

CanonRay

(14,106 posts)
31. Do you happen to know what month it is?
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 10:42 PM
Feb 27

Jeremiah Johnson to Will Geer. His answer was " I dont know, I surely dont. March, April maybe.

I always thought it would be wonderful to live like that.

Also, same movie "Elk dont know how many feet a horse has".

AZSkiffyGeek

(11,033 posts)
34. You're a pack of vultures at the feast. Knives out, beaks bloody"
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 10:49 PM
Feb 27

God that line is pure poetry.
Great movie too.

rsdsharp

(9,188 posts)
37. You fucked up. You trusted us. Otter to Flounder Animal House.
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 11:13 PM
Feb 27

Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son. Dean Wormer to Flounder Animal House.

AuntyGravity

(198 posts)
39. klaatu barada nikto
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 11:26 PM
Feb 27

Also...

From Godzilla 2000

“Why does he (Godzilla) keep protecting us?”

“Maybe because there’s a little Godzilla inside all of us.”

Charlie Chapulin

(170 posts)
40. See that?
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 11:30 PM
Feb 27

Ordinary people. I F-ing hate’em. See ordinary people spend their lives avoiding tense situations. A repo man spends his life getting into tense situations.

Upthevibe

(8,055 posts)
41. Jeebo
Wed Feb 28, 2024, 12:11 AM
Feb 28

I have many but this is what came to mind:

“THAT RUG REALLY TIED THE ROOM TOGETHER.” – THE DUDE..... (Jeff Bridges in probably his most iconic role)...

The Big Lebowski - One of my favorite movies.

lastlib

(23,252 posts)
43. "My GOD! It's full of STARS!!"
Wed Feb 28, 2024, 12:40 AM
Feb 28

Last words of David Bowman, 2001: A Space Odyssey

And:
"Mongo only PAWN in Game of Life!" -- Mongo, Blazing Saddles

BlueKota

(1,762 posts)
45. You know you're gonna get fucked at the drive thru
Wed Feb 28, 2024, 12:50 AM
Feb 28

Lethal Weapon II - uttered by Joe Pesci as Leo Getz. I loved all the movies in the series, but can't really enjoy them anymore knowing now what a jerk Mel Gibson is.

Bozvotros

(785 posts)
49. The Ninth Configuration
Wed Feb 28, 2024, 04:57 AM
Feb 28

So many great lines in this movie. Here's one:

Captain Cutshaw: "If God existed, he's a fake. Or, more likely, a foot. A giant, all-powerful, all-knowing *foot!*

Fix The Stupid

(948 posts)
50. "I guess that was some other werewolf doing handstands on Styles' Wolfmobile?"
Wed Feb 28, 2024, 09:27 AM
Feb 28


My all time favourite movie. So bad it's good.

underpants

(182,843 posts)
51. The Penguin in the second Batman
Wed Feb 28, 2024, 09:38 AM
Feb 28

He says that his people will kill every firstborn child in every family.

A clown says “But Penguin, isn’t that a little…”
Penguin shoots him with a gun that looks like an umbrella and says
“No, it’s A LOT!”

underpants

(182,843 posts)
52. The Penguin in the second Batman movie
Wed Feb 28, 2024, 09:42 AM
Feb 28

He says that his people will kill every firstborn child in every family.

A clown says “But Penguin, isn’t that a little…”
Penguin shoots him with a gun that looks like an umbrella and says
“No, it’s A LOT!”

Clash City Rocker

(3,396 posts)
53. "We've got a date with destiny...and it looks like she ordered the lobster."
Wed Feb 28, 2024, 09:43 AM
Feb 28

From an underrated movie called Mystery Men.

Doc_Technical

(3,527 posts)
65. Fail Safe
Wed Feb 28, 2024, 12:01 PM
Feb 28

When the US President confirms that a group of bombers is heading
toward the Soviet union, the Soviet Chairman says;
"We shall watch with great interest while you recall them."

Considering what is at stake, there has never been a greater understatement.

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