# When did movies stop being quotable? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 8, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594 "2017-01-08T00:20:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594/81 "2017-01-14T07:23:54Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Similarly, as a tech worker I hear a lot of quotes from superhero movies. I don’t see them either, so if you quote them, it’s probably going to have to be explained to me. Lex Luthor: “C’mon, let me hear you say it.” Lois Lane: “…you’re insane.” Lex Luthor: [chuckling amiably] “No, not that. The other thing.” Lois Lane: “Superman will nev-” Lex Luthor: “ **WROOOOOOOOONG**!” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594/82 "2017-01-14T08:43:27Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I quote a movie from 1984 relentlessly, but no one ever knows it because the movie is an obscure cult favorite. If I were to go by that one metric, I’d be able to claim that I am the only one who quotes movies. > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Don’t be pretentious. _Quarry Throw_ may be one of Sylvester Stallone’s lesser-known vehicles (and one of his few co-starring his brother Frank) but it’s hardly obscure. I want to have your babies. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594/83 "2017-01-14T10:18:05Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > I just feel kind of… feel kind of invincible. YOU WERE NOT BROUGHT UPON THIS WORLD TO, “GET IT”! Holy shit, no wonder I’ve been down lately. It must be at least a year since I’ve seen that. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594/84 "2017-01-14T11:02:59Z")
I don’t think people quote movies so much as they do TV shows now, at least depending what circles you’re in. As an example, recently at work someone asked me to take a look at a design they had drawn up for something, so I looked over it, looked at them and said “That doesn’t look like anything to me”. My colleague a couple of desks away almost sprayed coffee over their computer; the person asking for my input gave me a confused look. Similarly, it’s almost de rigeuer among some groups to employ “Phrasing!” when someone accidentally makes a double entendre, while Rick & Morty quotes have proven surprisingly useful for establishing my bonafides as someone who “Gets It” in a number of situations too. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594/85 "2017-01-15T03:04:48Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Mediocre! Nice! ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594/86 "2017-01-15T21:55:50Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > I don’t think people quote movies so much as they do TV shows now, at least depending what circles you’re in. > > As an example, recently at work someone asked me to take a look at a design they had drawn up for something, so I looked over it, looked at them and said “That doesn’t look like anything to me”. My colleague a couple of desks away almost sprayed coffee over their computer; the person asking for my input gave me a confused look. > > Similarly, it’s almost de rigeuer among some groups to employ “Phrasing!” when someone accidentally makes a double entendre, while Rick & Morty quotes have proven surprisingly useful for establishing my bonafides as someone who “Gets It” in a number of situations too. Show me what you got ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594/87 "2017-01-15T22:06:58Z")
When I was an Art Director for a small studio, the times I would bring in new projects to assign to everyone I’d usually begin by saying “Good News Everyone!” (in my best Farnsworth voice) Most everyone got it. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594/88 "2017-01-15T22:44:45Z")
> [@Plumpudding](#): > > Show me what you got _Gets schwifty_ ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594/89 "2017-01-16T15:19:39Z")
> [@bump](#): > > It’s what Nux mouths to Capable and the other women as he flips the rig to keep the following forces from interfering. It was basically his heroic self-sacrifice and way of getting into Valhalla. At that point I don’t think Nux believes in Valhalla. That’s what makes the scene so poignant; he’s not dying to go to a better place. He’s dying so someone else can. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594/90 "2017-01-16T16:57:02Z")
It’s an interesting coincidence. If you look at the movies that people have been quoting for a decade or more, you’ll find that all of them were released in 2007 or earlier. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594/91 "2017-01-16T18:14:21Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > At that point I don’t think Nux believes in Valhalla. That’s what makes the scene so poignant; he’s not dying to go to a better place. He’s dying so someone else can. Either way, the whole 'Witness me" bit is pretty critical to the story; first, as we see Nux’s War Boy buddy get mortally wounded, do his spray-paint, holler “WITNESS ME!” and then kamikaze that attacking car, and at the end, as Nux says it during his final heroic act. ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594/92 "2017-01-17T15:11:16Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > YOU WERE NOT BROUGHT UPON THIS WORLD TO, “GET IT”! We had Chinese food from Hong Kong Express in Trophy Club last night. The plastic take-home containers have large Chinese characters (presumably those for “Relax” and “Enjoy”, the English words transcribed beneath them) embossed on the lids. My wife suggested they instead read “Hell of Boiling Oil”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594/93 "2017-01-18T18:38:29Z")
Deadpool had some good quotable lines: “Oh, I so pity the dude who pressures her into prom sex.” “You look like an avocado had sex with an older, more disgusting avocado.” “Your right leg is Thanksgiving and your left leg is Christmas. Can I come and visit you between the holidays?” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594/94 "2017-01-18T19:19:13Z")
I do think my wife and I are starting to quote TV even more now. Arrested Development is our big one. “I have no problem with that.” “Her?” ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594/95 "2017-01-18T20:02:07Z")
> [@zoog](#): > > Deadpool had some good quotable lines: > > “Oh, I so pity the dude who pressures her into prom sex.” > > “You look like an avocado had sex with an older, more disgusting avocado.” > > “Your right leg is Thanksgiving and your left leg is Christmas. Can I come and visit you between the holidays?” “I don’t want to see that or think of it again.” ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594/96 "2017-01-19T12:08:22Z")
> [@psiekier](#): > > We had Chinese food from Hong Kong Express in Trophy Club last night. The plastic take-home containers have large Chinese characters (presumably those for “Relax” and “Enjoy”, the English words transcribed beneath them) embossed on the lids. > > My wife suggested they instead read “Hell of Boiling Oil”. 😉 Just kidding. It says, “Keep out.” “IT WILL NOT COME OUT AGAIN!” “WHAT!? HUH!? WHAT WILL NOT COME OUT AGAIN!?” “You know what old Jack Burton says. . .” Little-known fact. Apparently, the actor that played Egg Shen was possibly killed by the 9/11 hijacking, in a roundabout way. He wasn’t well, having had a few strokes awhile back, but he stayed up all day and night, watching the news and aftermath. At first, he was worried about his sons in New York (they were OK, and he learned this), but he kept watching all night. He died on 9/12. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594/97 "2017-01-19T12:19:07Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I do think my wife and I are starting to quote TV even more now. Arrested Development is our big one. > > “I have no problem with that.” > > “Her?” "_Illusions_, Michael. _Illusions._ 😃 ---
**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:** [January 19, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594/98 "2017-01-19T12:24:57Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > It’s really funny you started this thread because I was prompted with this exact same thought earlier this year via a podcast. They talk about Jerry Maguire and posit the same things you do, that it’s a very quotable movie that we just don’t have anymore. > > I tend to agree with the OP more than most here, and my evidence are the quotes given in this thread. Most are from a recent run of superhero/“guy” movies. I guarantee you I could poll my office right now and 90% of them wouldn’t recognize half those Joker quotes, because they haven’t seen the movie or saw it once and let it go (heh…“let it go”…) > > The thing Jerry Maguire was (and Austin Powers too as it was brought up earlier) was a far reaching, multi-demographic movie. It’s technically a Rom-Com, but it was a sports movie too. Men and Women both saw it equally. Then, it came out, that it was a genuinely funny movie…so more people saw it. etc, etc. > > Sure, a lot of people see the superhero movies, but not to the extent that the general populous is going to remember quotes from them. I think, in certain circles, movies are very quotable…but only within those circles. Unless a general, not-raunchy comedy comes out that takes the country by storm, nationally recognized quotable movies are d-e-d dead. The Bill Simmons “Sports Movie Hall of Fame” podcast, right? 🙂 Same podcast that lead to this question (and to me watching Jerry MaGuire). There are quotes that are famous here (on the SDMB, I mean), but few of these are going to be familiar with people not familiar with the movie. My grandmother, having never seen it, could quote Star Wars via cultural osmosis (“the force be with you”, which I just dropped dead one day when she laid that one on me.). If she were still alive today, she would have never gotten “I am groot!” or “This is SPARTA!” as those quotes never penetrated the zeitgeist to the point where even non-fans recognize them. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594/99 "2017-01-19T14:16:20Z")
My daughters have used “This… Is… SPARTA!” despite never having seen the movie, and the fact they’d probably find it uninteresting. It’s slipped into the zeitgeist for sure. “I am Groot,” not so much. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594/100 "2017-01-20T18:03:20Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I do think my wife and I are starting to quote TV even more now. Arrested Development is our big one. “I’ve made a huge little mistake.” “I don’t understand the question, and I won’t respond to it.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594.md?page=6)