# ID the Movie by the Final Line **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 7, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561 "2011-04-07T18:50:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/1 "2011-04-07T18:50:15Z")
“You wanna have a catch?” ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/2 "2011-04-07T19:01:06Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > “You wanna have a catch?” Field of dreams. “Now, where was I?” ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/3 "2011-04-07T19:04:59Z")
_Memento_ “I think we should be leaving now.” “Yeah, that’s probably a good idea.” ---
**Author:** ![Nathan\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/47e85d/32.png) [@Nathan\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nathan_S)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/4 "2011-04-07T19:06:55Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > _Memento_ > > “I think we should be leaving now.” > “Yeah, that’s probably a good idea.” Pulp Fiction. ---
**Author:** ![Nathan\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/47e85d/32.png) [@Nathan\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nathan_S)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/5 "2011-04-07T19:17:47Z")
Forgot to add mine: So why did I do it? I could offer a million answers, all false. The truth is that I’m a bad person, but that’s going to change, I’m going to change. This is the last of this sort of thing. I’m cleaning up and I’m moving on, going straight and choosing life. I’m looking forward to it already. I’m going to be just like you: the job, the family, the fucking big television, the washing machine, the car, the compact disc and electrical tin opener, good health, low cholesterol, dental insurance, mortgage, starter home, leisurewear, luggage, three-piece suite, DIY, game shows, junk food, children, walks in the park, nine to five, good at golf, washing the car, choice of sweaters, family Christmas, indexed pension, tax exemption, clearing the gutters, getting by, looking ahead, to the day you die. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/6 "2011-04-07T19:23:53Z")
> [@Nathan\_S](#): > > Forgot to add mine: > > So why did I do it? I could offer a million answers, all false. The truth is that I’m a bad person, but that’s going to change, I’m going to change. This is the last of this sort of thing. I’m cleaning up and I’m moving on, going straight and choosing life. I’m looking forward to it already. I’m going to be just like you: the job, the family, the fucking big television, the washing machine, the car, the compact disc and electrical tin opener, good health, low cholesterol, dental insurance, mortgage, starter home, leisurewear, luggage, three-piece suite, DIY, game shows, junk food, children, walks in the park, nine to five, good at golf, washing the car, choice of sweaters, family Christmas, indexed pension, tax exemption, clearing the gutters, getting by, looking ahead, to the day you die. Trainspotting. “I thought Christmas only comes once a year” ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/7 "2011-04-07T19:27:13Z")
Easy one: “It was beauty that killed the beast.” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/8 "2011-04-07T19:31:24Z")
King Kong Where we’re going we don’t need roads. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/9 "2011-04-07T19:33:28Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Where we’re going we don’t need roads. Back to the Future But then again, who does? ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/10 "2011-04-07T19:40:39Z")
Blade Runner. “Well, I’ll give him another twenty minutes, but that’s it.” ---
**Author:** ![Nathan\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/47e85d/32.png) [@Nathan\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nathan_S)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/11 "2011-04-07T19:41:14Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Back to the Future > > But then again, who does? Blade Runner. Can’t think a good quote now, dammit … ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/12 "2011-04-07T19:50:42Z")
> [@ArrMatey](#): > > Blade Runner. > > “Well, I’ll give him another twenty minutes, but that’s it.” Airplane? “Back to bidness. Don’t you say another word to me. I ain’t a-listenin to you no more.” ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/13 "2011-04-07T20:18:16Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > Airplane? > “Back to bidness. Don’t you say another word to me. I ain’t a-listenin to you no more.” I think it was “facta bizness” Sling Blade “As a great man once said,wait till they get a load of me” ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/14 "2011-04-07T20:30:47Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > “You wanna have a catch?” “I’d like that” ---
**Author:** ![President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/President_Johnny_Gentle)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/15 "2011-04-07T20:52:52Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > “I’d like that” Heathers. Edit: Or at least I thought so. IMDB says that Veronica responded to this, so I don’t know. I don’t have a good one, but there are a couple still unanswered, so I’ll sit back. ---
**Author:** ![Dahu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahu/32/3416_2.png) [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/16 "2011-04-07T21:25:01Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > “I thought Christmas only comes once a year” The World is Not Enough. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/17 "2011-04-08T13:41:57Z")
“Forget it, Jake, it’s…” Oh, wait. Damn. Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/18 "2011-04-08T14:32:38Z")
“May I obey all your commands with equal pleasure, sire!” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/19 "2011-04-08T14:35:58Z")
“I \*\*told \*\*you I’m never going back.” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/20 "2011-04-08T14:37:48Z")
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