# Great Movie Tag Lines **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2006, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323 "2006-07-20T13:09:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/1 "2006-07-20T13:09:42Z")
You don’t seem to get the same standard of catchy movie tag lines any more. Some of my favourites: “She Was Marked With The Curse Of Those Who Slink And Court And Kill By Night!” **Cat People** “The story of a man who was too proud to run.” **High Noon \*\* “Don’t go in the water.” Jaws “They’ll never get caught. They’re on a mission from God.” The Blues Brothers “He is afraid. He is alone. He is three million light years from home.” \*\* E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial** “They’re young…they’re in love…and they kill people.” \*\*Bonnie and Clyde \*\* “A man went looking for America and couldn’t find it anywhere!” **Easy Rider** “In 1959 a lot of people were killing time. Kit and Holly were killing people.” **Badlands** “Does for rock and roll what “The Sound of Music” did for hills.” **This is Spinal Tap** “One Man’s Struggle To Take It Easy.” \*\*Ferris Bueller’s Day Off \*\* “Houston, we have a problem” \*\*Apollo 13 \*\* but for mine the all time winner: “They Had Absolutely Nothing. But They Were Willing To Risk It All.” **The Commitments** Any you recall? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/2 "2006-07-20T13:14:11Z")
“Sets the Cinema Back 800 Years” – **Monty Python and the Holy Grail** ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/3 "2006-07-20T13:48:26Z")
“In space no one can hear you scream.” The movie sucked rocks, but the tagline was brilliant. “Gable’s back and Garson’s got him.” – Just great, even if the movie ( **Adventure** ) was mediocre. “The Birds is coming.” – Another classic. Memoriable – and grammatically correct. “No One … BUT NO ONE … Will Be Admitted To The Theatre After The Start Of Each Performance” – Hitchcock was a great marketer; this was essential for **Psycho** to avoid giving away the surprise, but probably worked very well. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/4 "2006-07-20T13:51:44Z")
“Trapped In Time. Surrounded By Evil. Low On Gas.” – _Army of Darkness_. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/5 "2006-07-20T16:37:44Z")
“T2” “This Time He’s Back For Good” Establishes the tie to the original (I’ll be back) and tells us vaguely that he’s a good guy in the one. Mamet’s “Spartan” “She’s missing.” Freaking brillant because it tells you everything and nothing at all. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/6 "2006-07-20T17:43:19Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] “In space no one can hear you scream.” The movie sucked rocks, but the tagline was brilliant. [/QUOTE] I agree that this is probably the best tagline ever, and I didsagree that the movie sucked rocks. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/7 "2006-07-20T18:51:14Z")
_The Madness of King George_ - His Majesty was all powerful and all knowing. But he wasn’t quite all there. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/8 "2006-07-20T19:11:46Z")
_Terminator 2: Judgment Day_. “It’s nothing personal” (over a picture of the leather-clad, well-armed Ah-nuld on a motorcycle, staring impassively at the camera). Was it _Poltergeist_ that had “Be afraid. Be very afraid”? It was so good, it quickly became a cliche. ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/9 "2006-07-20T20:05:39Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Was it _Poltergeist_ that had “Be afraid. Be very afraid”? It was so good, it quickly became a cliche. [/QUOTE] I believe that was _The Fly_. Just Because They Serve You… Doesn’t Mean They Like You. - _Clerks_ ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/10 "2006-07-20T20:29:05Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] “Sets the Cinema Back 800 Years” – **Monty Python and the Holy Grail** [/QUOTE] I’m fond of one of the other taglines used for this film: “Makes _Ben-Hur_ Look Like An Epic!” “You will believe a man can fly”- **Superman** ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/11 "2006-07-20T21:13:01Z")
“You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll hurl.” (_Wayne’s World_) ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/12 "2006-07-20T21:28:18Z")
“History’s about to be rewritten by two guys who can’t even spell.” – **Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure** ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/13 "2006-07-20T22:04:52Z")
“On the air. Unaware.” - The Truman Show. “Check in. Relax. Take a Shower.” - Psycho remake (possible the best one ever, though the remake sucked) ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/14 "2006-07-20T23:58:19Z")
**Predator II** : “He’s in town with a few days to kill.” Mediocre sequel, brilliant tagline. ---
**Author:** ![ryobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/15 "2006-07-21T00:47:30Z")
Brand new one: “Everything is not going to be okay.” **A Scanner Darkly** ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/16 "2006-07-21T00:50:09Z")
“Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water” was pretty evocative for _Jaws 2_ The one I really liked, though, was: _Jaws 3_ “People, 0” ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/17 "2006-07-21T01:34:33Z")
[QUOTE=Kizarvexius] _The Madness of King George_ - His Majesty was all powerful and all knowing. But he wasn’t quite all there. [/QUOTE] Reminds me of someone who said "The Madness of King George III? - I’m not going to see it, I havn’t see I or II so I won’t understand the plot… ---
**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/18 "2006-07-21T06:10:27Z")
“If adventure has a name… it must be Indiana Jones.” - _Temple of Doom_, I believe “65 million years in the making.” - _Jurassic Park_ “Does for rock n’ roll what The Sound of Music did for hills.” - _This is Spinal Tap_ “Sometimes you go halfway around the world to come full circle.” - _Lost in Translation_ ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/19 "2006-07-21T07:23:38Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] “In space no one can hear you scream.” The movie sucked rocks, but the tagline was brilliant. “…unless it’s the battle-cry of the United States Marines!” 😃 Sorry, that’s what comes to mind when I hear the first part of that quote. 🙂 “Can’t Stop The Signal” – **Serenity** “A Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Far, Far Away…” – **Star Wars** “To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before” – **Star Trek** (OK, so this one isn’t strictly a tagline for a movie…) “One ring to rule them all, One ring to find them, One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them” – **Lord of the Rings** ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/20 "2006-07-21T10:28:58Z")
Six men, full moon, no hope- **Dog Soldiers** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323.md?page=2)