"From hell’s heart, I stab at thee. For hate’s sake, I spit my last breath at thee. "
“Mother of Mercy, is this the end of Rico?”
“Dai-sy, Dai-sy, give me your answer true. I’m half cra-zy o-ver the love of you. It won’t be a sty-lish mar-riage. I can’t afford a car-riage—”
“Ha-ha, you fool. You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is “Never get involved in a land war in Asia”, but only slightly less well known is this: “Never go in against a Sicilian, when death is on the line.”. Hahahahahah.”
“Made it Ma! Top of the World!”
“fuh-fuh-freedom”
“Rosebud”
“Oh, I don’t wanna die! Oh, please. I don’t wanna die! Oh, please. Don’t let me burn. Oh, please. Let go of me. Please.”
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is “Never get involved in a land war in Asia”, but only slightly less well known is this: “Never go in against a Sicilian, when **death ** is on the line.”. Hahahahahah!!!
I can’t believe this thread has gotten this far without someone mentioning Woody Allen’s “What’s Up, Tigerlily?” This is the movie where Woody took a mid-60’s Hong Kong chop-socky movie and over-dubbed it with a completely different script about finding “the secret egg salad formula” (“give me the formula!!!” hee hee!)
Anyway, so there is a shoot out on a sailboat in a dock. A man - I think a key bad guy(?) - is shot and lays on the deck, dying. Our hero runs up to him and cradles his head. While the dying man’s lips move - clearly saying something emotional and complex in a Chinese dialect, we hear:
“When I die, don’t bury me - I want to be stuffed with crab meat…” plop
I practically shoot milk out of my nose just thinking about it…
So, did they move Hong Kong to Japan? Because I noticed the movie was full of Japanese people.
Supposedly, Dominique Bouhours, a 17th Century French grammarian, exited this world after saying, “I am about to – or I am going to – die; either expression is correct.”
As was already suggested, it wouldn’t kill you to tell which movies you are quoting, since not everyone has the impeccable style and good taste to have seen the same films you have.
One of my favorites isn’t even a quote. It’s in the movie Anaconda (see how easy it is?), when
Jon Voight’s character dies. He’s swallowed whole by the giant snake. A few minutes of film time later, the snake comes after our heroes, but regurgitates Voight. Covered with icky movie slime, he smiles and winks at a hero, then dies. High quality ham.
I haven’t seen the darn thing for years. But the line is funny, regardless…