# Hilarious putdowns of iconic movie moments **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 22, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-putdowns-of-iconic-movie-moments/486958 "2009-02-22T16:55:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-putdowns-of-iconic-movie-moments/486958/101 "2015-10-15T19:42:39Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > In “Return of the Jedi,” there’s the scene near the end where that Emperor clown is lightning-ing Luke while Vader looks on. There were _three_ reaction shots of Vader’s “face” and I couldn’t take it any more, I said a bit too loudly **Am I supposed to be seeing something on Vader’s "face?**" Goes to show how great an actor Dave Prowse was (is?). _ **You** _ try expressing emotion from inside a mask topped with a Nazi helmet! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-putdowns-of-iconic-movie-moments/486958/102 "2015-10-15T19:45:10Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I remember when John Byner parodied him on _ **Carol Burnett** _: “Ever lick a river?” > > (Euell was a natural foods nut. He plugged Post’s Grape-nuts cereal.) Many parts of a pine tree are edible. Take this squirrel for instance. . . ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-putdowns-of-iconic-movie-moments/486958/103 "2015-10-15T19:50:14Z")
This story is kind of a “flip side” of the ones listed here. When I was back in high school, they did some kind of assembly, maybe an anti-drug thing. The guest speaker was a somewhat diminutive individual. Additionally he was the classic “slow talker”. So he steps up to the podium, adjusts the mic down and starts out: “My…name…is…Jack…Smith,…and…I…represent…” And at that exact moment somebody yells out, “the Lollipop Guild.” The laughter was deafening. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-putdowns-of-iconic-movie-moments/486958/104 "2015-10-15T19:52:36Z")
When I watched _Fellowship of the Ring_, a guy in front of me impersonated Agent Smith from the Matrix whenever Elrond was on the screen. “_Mr. Anderson_, this ring needs to go to Mordor. Human beings are a disease, _Mr. Anderson_, so the ring shall be given to a hobbit.” ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-putdowns-of-iconic-movie-moments/486958/105 "2015-10-15T21:19:01Z")
In \* Conan the Barbarian \* there is a scene where a witch/princess is mortally wounded and dies in Conan 's arms. Her last words to him were “Keep me warm.” Next scene showed Conan, head bowed in mourning ,by the side of her funeral pyre, on a hilltop at night. I couldn’t resist . I leaned over to my friend and said in my best Arnie accent, " Duh! She said to keep her wahm !" ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-putdowns-of-iconic-movie-moments/486958/106 "2015-10-15T21:53:20Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > This story is kind of a “flip side” of the ones listed here. When I was back in high school, they did some kind of assembly, maybe an anti-drug thing. The guest speaker was a somewhat diminutive individual. Additionally he was the classic “slow talker”. > > So he steps up to the podium, adjusts the mic down and starts out: “My…name…is…Jack…Smith,…and…I…represent…” > > And at that exact moment somebody yells out, “the Lollipop Guild.” > > The laughter was deafening. Not the Slow Talkers of America? ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-putdowns-of-iconic-movie-moments/486958/107 "2015-10-16T18:40:52Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > In _Superman_ Clark Kent looks around for a place to change into Superman; his eye catches on a telephone - which is a modern telepone on a pole, instead of the classic booth. He gives it a “not gonna happen” look. > Use : > > [spoiler]Like this[/spoiler] > > but without the spaces at the brackets. In the original Casino Royale George Raft passes a guy doing his signature coin trick. In a real sarcastic voice he says “Where did you learn that trick from.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-putdowns-of-iconic-movie-moments/486958/108 "2015-10-16T19:22:41Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > In the original Casino Royale George Raft passes a guy doing his signature coin trick. > In a real sarcastic voice he says “Where did you learn that trick from.” He did that in _ **Some Like It Hot.** _ Was he in _ **Casino Royale** _ too? :dubious: 😕 IIRC, he called it a _cheap_ trick. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-putdowns-of-iconic-movie-moments/486958/109 "2015-10-16T19:31:18Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > Not the Slow Talkers of America? Not as funny as implying that the short dude’s a Munchkin. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-putdowns-of-iconic-movie-moments/486958/110 "2015-10-16T19:37:34Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > He did that in _ **Some Like It Hot.** _ Fun fact: Edward G Robinson was supposed to play Little Bonaparte in _ **SLIH** _, but he and Raft hated each other’s guts and refused to appear in the same movie together. The role went to Nehemiah Persoff instead. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-putdowns-of-iconic-movie-moments/486958/111 "2015-10-16T19:42:49Z")
A real-life one, from the OCS household. Just after dinner, having a beer, watching Star Wars on the couch with the wife, who is knitting. \*\*LUKE: \*\*She’s rich. **HAN:** Rich? **WIFE:** (under her breath, without looking up from her knitting): Not if she banked at the First Bank of Alderaan, she isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-putdowns-of-iconic-movie-moments/486958/112 "2015-10-16T19:46:54Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Goes to show how great an actor Dave Prowse was (is?). _ **You** _ try expressing emotion from inside a mask topped with a Nazi helmet! 😃 \A [Japanese _kabuto_](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1yNqBkmueaU/VJMKTZViJWI/AAAAAAAACLg/ZdoDi0zcxwQ/s1600/kabuto.jpg), actually\ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-putdowns-of-iconic-movie-moments/486958/113 "2015-10-16T20:00:17Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > \A [Japanese _kabuto_](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1yNqBkmueaU/VJMKTZViJWI/AAAAAAAACLg/ZdoDi0zcxwQ/s1600/kabuto.jpg), actually\ Still looks Aryan to me. Just like the rest of the Imperial uniforms. [![](http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130318060337/starwars/images/b/b3/Shann_Childsen.png) ](http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130318060337/starwars/images/b/b3/Shann_Childsen.png) [http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/\_\_cb20070930050717/starwars/images/a/ad/Moff\_Jerjerrod.jpg](http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070930050717/starwars/images/a/ad/Moff_Jerjerrod.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-putdowns-of-iconic-movie-moments/486958/114 "2015-10-16T20:05:58Z")
Und dann noch eimal: [![](http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/c/ce/Isbelevator.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111104223649) ](http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/c/ce/Isbelevator.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111104223649) ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-putdowns-of-iconic-movie-moments/486958/115 "2015-10-16T20:38:25Z")
When I was about 4 or so my mom took me to see a movie called “Silence of the North” at the theatre. There was a scene where the female star of the movie finds out she’s pregnant again and knows she can’t deal with another baby. Apparently I yelled out “WHY DIDN’T SHE GET FIXED?!” ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-putdowns-of-iconic-movie-moments/486958/116 "2015-10-16T20:46:36Z")
My buddy and I went to see South Park at the theatre. The scene were Mr. Garrison says something like “I can’t wait until we get shore leave so I can get me some poontang” some kid behind us goes “…what’s poontang?” My buddy and I just about lost it laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-putdowns-of-iconic-movie-moments/486958/117 "2015-10-17T16:23:47Z")
I was watching a movie in a theater, maybe 20 years ago. It was the one with Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin are trying to survive the wilderness after they’re in a plane crash or the suchlike. They’re being chased by a bear, it’s a dramatic moment. Suddenly Anthony Hopkins appears to be hanging from the ceiling, speaking gibberish. Alec Baldwin answers him in solemn gibberish, and then starts to walk backwards. Suddenly, they appear to be chasing the bear by running backwards at it. Screaming gibberish at each other all the while. Apparently a section of the film was loaded backwards and upside down. At first the audience is silent, while we are figuring out what has happened, and then people start to chuckle. Uproarious laughter. People were still laughing when the house lights came on and the management announced they’d be giving raincheck tickets. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-putdowns-of-iconic-movie-moments/486958/118 "2015-10-17T16:50:05Z")
> [@Sarabellum1976](#): > > I was watching a movie in a theater, maybe 20 years ago. It was the one with Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin are trying to survive the wilderness after they’re in a plane crash or the suchlike. They’re being chased by a bear, it’s a dramatic moment. > > Suddenly Anthony Hopkins appears to be hanging from the ceiling, speaking gibberish. Alec Baldwin answers him in solemn gibberish, and then starts to walk backwards. Suddenly, they appear to be chasing the bear by running backwards at it. Screaming gibberish at each other all the while. > > Apparently a section of the film was loaded backwards and upside down. At first the audience is silent, while we are figuring out what has happened, and then people start to chuckle. Uproarious laughter. People were still laughing when the house lights came on and the management announced they’d be giving raincheck tickets. That is hilarious. It would have been giggle-inducing by sheer force of broken tension, but to be ridiculous on top of it? Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-putdowns-of-iconic-movie-moments/486958/119 "2015-10-17T17:07:06Z")
Whenever the projectionist fails to start the movie promptly, and the audience has to sit in a dark theater: “The Hellen Keller Story. From Hellen’s point of view.” (This gets old for ones spouse very soon) ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Why\_Bother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@Doctor\_Why\_Bother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Why_Bother)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-putdowns-of-iconic-movie-moments/486958/120 "2015-10-17T17:24:29Z")
In the second Hunger Games movie there’s a scene near the end where Jennifer Lawrence is lying injured on the ground and this giant metal claw reaches down, grabs her and lifts her onto an airship. The claw looked exactly like a giant version of those claw-type devices you get in those ‘Catch the cuddly toy’ machines you sometimes see on boardwalks and amusement arcades. I turned to my friend and said "_If that thing was like the ones down the Seafront it would’ve dropped her about eight times."_ The entire row in front of us burst out laughing and my friend couldn’t stop giggling for the rest of the movie. It helps that we live in a Seaside town and those cuddly toy machines are everywhere, and they’re blatantly rigged to drop the toys. To this day, neither I or anyone I know has ever managed to win on one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-putdowns-of-iconic-movie-moments/486958.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-putdowns-of-iconic-movie-moments/486958.md?page=7)