Apparently, the American Film Institute is picking the top 100 movie quotes of all time - the nominees can be found here.
They nominated 400 quotes.
Four hundred quotes.
Four hundred lobsterfucking quotes.
They did find room for “All-righty then”. They found room for “Bring out the gimp” and “They call it a ‘Royale with Cheese’.” They found room for the “La-dee-da, la-dee-da” from Annie. La-dee-da indeed.
And yet they didn’t include Samuel L. Jackson’s Righteous Man speech - one of the most chilling and powerful deliveries of our time. Scratch that, ever.
The “I’m king of the world” quote from Titanic was included, but nothing from Brian’s Song. I’ve never seen that movie, but surely a film that can make grown men cry like little girls must have at least one memorable quote.
The films are in alphabetical order, so you can quickly see there are no Star Trek quotes.
A travesty, I tell you, a travesty! For crying out loud, “I want the fairy tale,” from Pretty Woman, but no “I think we’re looking at the next step in our evolution?” No, “It is very cold in space?” No, “Mother, he killed everyone we left behind!”
I’m gatified to note the inclusion of “Nobody puts Baby in a corner,” but I’m a little disappointed that there is only one Spicolli quote ("Hey bud, let’s party), one LOTR quote (“My precious”) and that “I am the motherfucking shore Patrol, motherfucker!” from The Last Detail was omitted completely.
They did include, “Sometimes, you just gotta say, What the Fuck,” from Risky Business, but come on, do you really think an obscene quote is going to make the top 100 list? They have to air it on network tv, you know, not HBO. It won’t be the same quote if they say, “Sometimes, you just gotta say, What the beeeeep.”
:mad: I pit that annoying Acrobat Reader file. It’s ugly on my screen and I hate pushing my way through the document with the little “hand” thing. It would have been nice of them to actually put the list on their website somewhere! I’m not even going to bother trying to read the list.
