I give it a B

The AFI has announced its list of the Top 100 movie quotes of all time. Many of them are no-brainers.

  • #1 “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” – GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
  • #3 “You don’t understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could’ve been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.” – ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
  • #4 “Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” – THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
  • #5 “Here’s looking at you, kid.” – CASABLANCA (1942)
  • #6 “Go ahead, make my day.” – SUDDEN IMPACT (1983)

Some are a bit more odd (such as “E.T. Phone Home” – E.T. (1982). But they missed a LOT of classics. Some that we came up with today…

  • “Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?” – Animal House
  • “The first rule of Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club.” – Fight Club
  • “I have a bad feeling about this.” – Star Wars
  • “See, it’s social. Demented and sad, but social…” – Breakfast Club
  • “Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman’s back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days” – Bull Durham
  • “I know you don’t smoke weed, I know this; but I’m gonna get you high today, ’cause it’s Friday; you ain’t got no job… and you ain’t got sh!t to do.” – Friday
  • “The Price is Wrong … bitch” – Happy Gilmore
  • Elwood: “It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses.”
    Jake: “Hit it.” – Blues Brothers
  • “I see dead people” – Sixth Sense
  • “Yeah, I mean aside from the cheating, we were a great couple. I mean that’s what high school was about, algebra, bad lunch, and infidelity.” – Clerks (a second kudos to “37!?!?” … but I kind of understand that one).
  • “It looks like I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue.” – Airplane

I mean, how did they miss these classics?

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