“How long have you been standing there?”
“Long enough.”
Whenever someone tells an implausible story:
“You gotta believe me.”
Yeah…that was already posted in this thread…and I already posted it in the other thread.
“Bite me.”
Sorry. I didn’t read the other thread, and I guess I didn’t read this one well enough either. My mistake.
“People only talk like *this *in the movies, Sampiro. Only in the movies.”
“It’s quiet. Too quiet.”
An oldie but a goodie: “That’s so crazy, it just might work!”
“Something I should’ve done a long time ago.”
I think people are called by their names way more in films and movies.
One of the reasons I was turned off by the show “Chuck” was honestly that the writers seemed very proud of the fact that their lead character - and title - was named “Chuck” and they used it all the time.
Usually IRL I say “hey” “hey man” “dude” “you” etc etc. People don’t use names as much as film would lead us to believe.
“I’m sorry”
“You know nothing!!!”
Often alternated with “You know more than you think.”
Usually said by the same person to the same recipient.
Look at post 44 and know that I thought it was an answer to post 43
“This just gets better and better.”
“This guy’s good!”
For a while in the '80s they used “Look it…” a lot on TV.
Thing is, most of us don’t say these things… but most of us aren’t spies or time-travelers. What’s implausible and unnatural-sounding when talking to your neighbor Bob might totally make sense if you found yourself in an action-movie environment.
Huh. Any real-life cops, rocket scientists, etc here have some comments?
I’m from across the 8th dimension and I don’t talk like John Bigboote.
My kids tell me this ALL the time.
I have never seen anyone take off their glasses and give a dramatic stare.
“I’d like that.”
now hang on, the OP has made a fundamental error here.
The question was about hearing words or phrases in movies more than in real life…yes?
Now I’m pretty sure that “it’s quiet…too quiet” has been said to me personally far more often than it has ever been uttered in the movies.
I think that goes for all of the phrases above. The very fact that we all recognise them as clichéd movie dialogue will also mean that savvy screenwriters will avoid them and we, when we’ve had a few pints, will feel free to lazily toss them around in a vain attempt at humour.
hah! nuked you from orbit haven’t I?