# Guess The Movie From The Opening Line **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2002, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658 "2002-12-18T21:41:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/61 "2002-12-19T13:55:51Z")
Oh yeah, here’s a simple one: “The Hovitos are near.” ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/62 "2002-12-19T14:25:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mooch \* > \*\ ***Three Kings** \*\* That was quick. Did you know that off the top of your head, or did Google? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/63 "2002-12-19T14:41:50Z")
Atreyu: The Zero Effect. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/64 "2002-12-19T14:50:18Z")
“I thought weapons were forbidden on this planet.” ---
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/65 "2002-12-19T15:01:51Z")
**Doghouse Reilly** , Off the top of my head. It is one of my favorite “war movies”. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/66 "2002-12-19T15:25:27Z")
“Almost Darling, but not quite.” ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/67 "2002-12-19T16:14:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cisco \* > \*\*Atreyu: The Zero Effect. \*\* Correct! ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/68 "2002-12-19T16:15:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kingpengvin \* > \*\*“I thought weapons were forbidden on this planet.” \*\* **Star Trek V**? ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/69 "2002-12-19T18:15:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by notcynical \* > \*\ ***BurnMeUp** , if you’ve seen “Little Big Man”, you may remember the blind Cheyenne chief Old Lodge Skins telling Jack Crabb that “today is a good day to die”. Does anybody remember the context of this line? It’s been too long since I’ve seen it. > > \*\* Actually I remember it being a Cherokee saying because i read something about it in the biography of Geronmio. It’s a fairly common saying of their people… much like the Hong Kongese using “Have you eaten rice today” as a greeting. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/70 "2002-12-19T18:43:30Z")
Another one: “Exiting time knot now, sir.” ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/71 "2002-12-19T20:26:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mooch \* > \*\*Oh yeah, here’s a simple one: > > “The Hovitos are near.” \*\* A: Raiders of the Lost Ark I have three: Pash1 - “Okay, so tell me again about the hash bars.” Pash2 - “I believe in the Church of Baseball.” Pash3 - “Chapter One. He adored New York City.” Fun Game! Pash ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/72 "2002-12-19T21:00:30Z")
Pash2 - _Bull Durham_ Here’s mine : PJ1 - “Q: Deputy Minister, what do you believe is behind this recent increase in terrorist bombings? A: Bad Sportsmanship. A ruthless minority of people …” ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/73 "2002-12-19T21:03:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by panamajack \*PJ1 - “Q: Deputy Minister, what do you believe is behind this recent increase in terrorist bombings? > A: Bad Sportsmanship. A ruthless minority of people …” \*\* Brazil. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/74 "2002-12-19T21:08:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by notcynical \* > \*\* > “That crazy bird, he tried to kill us!” > “Did you stop to ask the bird his point of view?” > > And if these are the second or third lines, I apologize. \*\* I guess I violated the spirit of the OP, in admitting that the lines I quoted may not have been the first in the movie. So to propose a slight hijack, from which movie are the above lines spoken _early in the film?_ ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/75 "2002-12-19T21:09:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pashnish Ewing \* > \*\*A: Raiders of the Lost Ark > > I have three: > > Pash3 - “Chapter One. He adored New York City.” > > Pash \*\* “Manhattan” ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/76 "2002-12-19T21:20:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pashnish Ewing \* > \*\* > > Pash1 - “Okay, so tell me again about the hash bars.” > > \*\* Pulp Fiction. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/77 "2002-12-19T21:24:48Z")
“Here you are, sir.” ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/78 "2002-12-19T21:25:54Z")
> [@](#): > > **Pash1 - "Okay, so tell me again about the hash bars."** Pulp Fiction. “Crossbow, this is watchdog.” ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/79 "2002-12-19T21:28:30Z")
A beginning is a very delicate time. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/80 "2002-12-19T21:30:50Z")
Oh, and I have one more: “The world is changing.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658.md?page=5)