# Movie lines that immediately make you think "Rewrite!" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 7, 2004, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-that-immediately-make-you-think-rewrite/268117 "2004-10-07T23:44:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-that-immediately-make-you-think-rewrite/268117/21 "2004-10-08T15:31:59Z")
From **Conan the Barbarian** : “Let me breathe my last breath into your mouth…” delivered by Sandahl Bergmann during her death scene. It was Arnold’s good fortune to have comparatively few lines in that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-that-immediately-make-you-think-rewrite/268117/22 "2004-10-08T15:56:45Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > Another one that always bothered me, from **Blade** : Blade has just defeated La Magra, so he utters this badass line: “Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice skate uphill.” Ugh. In one of the Blade movies, I think the 2nd one, Kris Kristofferson’s character calls a vampire a “fuckin’ nipplehead.” That remains the stupidest insult I’ve ever heard in a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Kaspar\_Hauser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@Kaspar\_Hauser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaspar_Hauser)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-that-immediately-make-you-think-rewrite/268117/23 "2004-10-08T16:24:54Z")
> [@Gadfly](#): > > Imagine it being said in a droll monotone, and finished off with a slight smirk. It would’ve been fantastic. But Halle Berry felt determined to make Storm even less interesting, so there it is. A different inflection or tone (and a better actor) might make it slightly less stupid-sounding, but in my opinion, it’s just not a very good line. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-that-immediately-make-you-think-rewrite/268117/24 "2004-10-08T16:34:58Z")
STAR WARS is chock full of these: “I thought I recognized your stench when I was brought on board.” “Leave? In our moment of triumph?” FAHRENHEIT 9-11: “Fool me once… shame on you… but… you’re not gonna fool me again…” C’mon, the most powerful man in the world would never actually say something like that. TITANIC: “Until now, I never let it in…” (probably not the line so much as Bill Paxton. And of course: “Be—cause I am not one of your ffffffffaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnns!” and “Chrrrrrriiiiiiiiiisttttttttttttinnnnnnnnnnnaaaaa, bring me the aaaaaaxxxxxxxeeeeeee!” from MOMMIE DEAREST. There is a movie called THE CRUSADES from [1935](http://imdb.com/title/tt0026249/) that I swear has this line from Princess Berengaria (Loretta Young): You’ve just got to save Christianity, Richard… you’ve just gotta. TEN COMMANDMENTS has numerous “pass the remote” scenes of corny dialogue, most of it delivered by Edward G. Robinson. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-that-immediately-make-you-think-rewrite/268117/25 "2004-10-08T16:48:20Z")
It’s a hidiously bad movie anyway, but why on Earth is “It’s a free country” in the script for **The Patriot**? ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-that-immediately-make-you-think-rewrite/268117/26 "2004-10-08T18:44:24Z")
Speaking of Mel Gibson, “FRREEEEEDOOOMMMM!” although, I guess that was somewhat in line with the rest of the movie being over the top schmaltzy, so it doesn’t really fit. In LOTR:FOTR, when they’re approaching the doors at the Mines of Moria, Legolas practically does a camera take and delivers a bad sounding modern line, something like “I didn’t see THAT coming.” or “Too much information.” Not those exactly. Maybe someone can help me out. I always was a little jarred in Star Wars when Luke says something like “we used to shoot wombats back in beggars canyon that were no bigger than 2 meters.” ---
**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:** [October 8, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-that-immediately-make-you-think-rewrite/268117/27 "2004-10-08T18:52:35Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > I always was a little jarred in Star Wars when Luke says something like “we used to shoot wombats back in beggars canyon that were no bigger than 2 meters.” Ahh, bulls-eyeing womp-rats in his T-16 Skyhopper. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-that-immediately-make-you-think-rewrite/268117/28 "2004-10-08T18:58:45Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Ahh, bulls-eyeing womp-rats in his T-16 Skyhopper. If I must: “I’ts not impossible, I used to bulls-eye womprats in my T-16 back home, they’re not much bigger than two meters.” > [@](#): > > “I thought I recognized your stench when I was brought on board.” > > “Leave? In our moment of triumph?” “I thought I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board.” “Evacuate? IN our monent of triumph?” Normally I wouldn’t be so pedantic, but I just saw it last night. For me, the worst line in ANH was “Huh? Oh, the uniform.” ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-that-immediately-make-you-think-rewrite/268117/29 "2004-10-08T19:46:14Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > In LOTR:FOTR, when they’re approaching the doors at the Mines of Moria, Legolas practically does a camera take and delivers a bad sounding modern line, something like “I didn’t see THAT coming.” or “Too much information.” Is it when he says, “Why doesn’t _that_ surprise me?” in response to Gimli’s line about dwarves creating secret doors so cunning that not even their creators can find them? ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-that-immediately-make-you-think-rewrite/268117/30 "2004-10-08T21:33:32Z")
“Now, bring me that horizon.” Damn, Disney, Johnny Depp single-handedly turns this trite piece of fluff into a watchable movie, and you give him that line to go out with. For shame! ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-that-immediately-make-you-think-rewrite/268117/31 "2004-10-08T21:50:34Z")
_Red Dawn_: The father looks around to check that none of the bad guys can hear him. Then, as loudly as possible, “Avenge me! AVENGE ME!” 'Course, that whole movie was hilariously bad. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-that-immediately-make-you-think-rewrite/268117/32 "2004-10-08T22:00:12Z")
From **The Matrix**. Yeah, I know, it’s full of them, but this has got to be the worst: Trinity. _The_ Trinity? That cracked the IRS dbase? Jesus. Maybe the IRS keeps all our tax info on dBase; it would certainly explain a lot, especially if it’s dBase IV. But obviously it’s just meant to be cool computer slang, and isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-that-immediately-make-you-think-rewrite/268117/33 "2004-10-09T00:46:43Z")
One of my favorite comedies is **Wayne’s World** , but it does have one really awkward scene. Benjamin and Russell are at the TV station trying to find out where Wayne and Garth broadcast from, and there’s a conversation that goes something like: Benjamin: Can you tell us where to find Wayne Campbell? Davey: That’d be priveleged information. Russell: We just want to know where they broadcast from Davey: Are you a friend or a relative? Benjamin (with Very Significant Intonation): We’re neither Why is that scene even in there? And what the hell is with Benjamin’s intonation on the last line? It very much seems like a bit of a larger scene which was chopped up and left vaguely incoherent. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-that-immediately-make-you-think-rewrite/268117/34 "2004-10-09T01:01:30Z")
> [@kelly5078](#): > > From **The Matrix**. Yeah, I know, it’s full of them, but this has got to be the worst: > Trinity. _The_ Trinity? That cracked the IRS dbase? Jesus. > > Maybe the IRS keeps all our tax info on dBase; it would certainly explain a lot, especially if it’s dBase IV. But obviously it’s just meant to be cool computer slang, and isn’t. Um… are you sure it’s not “the IRS _data_base”? ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-that-immediately-make-you-think-rewrite/268117/35 "2004-10-09T05:11:38Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Um… are you sure it’s not “the IRS _data_base”? No, he says dbase. Which just sounds odd and not natural. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-that-immediately-make-you-think-rewrite/268117/36 "2004-10-09T05:51:26Z")
> [@Miss Mapp](#): > > Is it when he says, “Why doesn’t _that_ surprise me?” in response to Gimli’s line about dwarves creating secret doors so cunning that not even their creators can find them? Maybe my cheese slipped off the cracker, but I don’t recall Legolas saying anything. Is this on the extended version? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-that-immediately-make-you-think-rewrite/268117/37 "2004-10-09T07:21:50Z")
From _Alien: Resurrection_. Yeah, I know, we’ve got a goldmine in that one, but I’ve managed to identify THE ABSOLUTE NEXUS of badness in that movie. It’s Jonner’s line: “Hey, Ripley. I hear you’ve run into these things before.” Why is that the Nexus of Badness? Simple: NO HE HASN’T. At no point in the movie has he heard anything even remotely resembling information regarding Ripley’s history with the aliens. 'Twas thrown in for the equally bad (but not quite Nexus-worthy) “I died” line. Just goes to show, screenwriters… if you can’t make your basic plot logically consistent, you can’t even BEGIN to try to add stylized nuances to it. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-that-immediately-make-you-think-rewrite/268117/38 "2004-10-09T07:37:30Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > “Evacuate? IN our monent of triumph?” Eh-heh! “Moment.” ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lodoen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@Jeff\_Lodoen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lodoen)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-that-immediately-make-you-think-rewrite/268117/39 "2004-10-09T08:02:01Z")
Jurassic Park “It’s a UNIX system! I know this!” ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-that-immediately-make-you-think-rewrite/268117/40 "2004-10-09T11:16:30Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Maybe my cheese slipped off the cracker, but I don’t recall Legolas saying anything. Is this on the extended version? 😕 Yes, it’s on the extended DVD. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-that-immediately-make-you-think-rewrite/268117.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-that-immediately-make-you-think-rewrite/268117.md?page=3)