I just noticed that ZULU! is on this afternoon…again. Hoorah!
This means I get to watch it for about the tenth time - its getting to the (almost correctly remembered) line quoting stage now - ‘Pop that fella someone!’, ‘Funny, sounds, like a train’, ‘Why us ey ?’ - 'Cos we’re ‘ere son’, ‘I just came here to build a bridge’, ‘Zulu’s, thousands of’em !’, Bromhead’s: ‘Damn the levvies man, more cowardly blacks’ to which Adendorf has the lovely reply ‘Who do you think is coming to wipe out your little outpost ?’ etc etc etc etc…
About the only film I know the dialogue better on would be Star Wars.
Tons of people can recite Star Wars. I have the rare distinction of being able to recite The Stoned Age and South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut and the infinitely less rare distinction of being able to recite Clerks. OK, pretty much every Kevin Smith movie except JSBSB :).
“Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” is perhaps my favourite film. However, while translating the subtitles in Esperanto over the past week so that my fiancee could enjoy the movie, I was forced to go through parts of the movie again and again in order to ensure the subtitles matched and were clearly legible. I think I must have seen the full movie a total of five times in just a few days. Now, my fiancee will want to watch it, but I’m so sick of it for the moment that I can’t imagine seeing it yet again.
When I was in highschool I used to come home and watch Ferris Bueller’s Day Off probably three or four times a week. I’ll venture that I’ve seen that movie around 200 times, and can do almost every line along with the movie and I’m vehemently angry when folks get famous lines wrong.
Also, I saw Empire of The Sun eight times IN THE THEATRE ALONE and then watched it on tape CONSTANTLY. I almost have THAT movie memorized.
*The Princess Bride
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Star Wars
Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Dirty Dancing * (it was really big my freshman year in HS…what can I say?) jarbabyj, I used to be able to quote from Empire of the Sun. Unfortunately, my copy of the video was taken in a burglary several years ago and I’ve not been able to find another copy I can afford (I keep checking at the used book/video store though).
I don’t usually watch most movies more than once. Sometimes I’ll watch a movie two or three times (and by “watch,” I mean “actually pay close attention to.”) I’ve watched “The Wild Bunch” somewhere around 50 times.
The Lion King - I know most of it when watching the movie, and can get good segments of it mostly right just by memory…
“Life’s not fair, is it? You see, I…I shall never be king. And you…shall never see the light of another day…adieu”
“Didn’t your mother ever tell you not to play with your food?”
“What do YOU want?”
“I’m here to announce that King Mufasa is on his way…and youd better have a good excuse for missing the ceremony this morning”
“Oh, look, Zazu, you made me lose my lunch”
I dont have the movie at this apartment, but next time I go home, I’m bringing it back with me!
I’ve also seen The Sound of Music more times than I can count. I hadn’t seen it in years, then saw it again at Christmas and realised that I still love that movie!
I’m also beginning to learn O brother where art thou?, but I don’t know it all that much. Just the occasional fun line. “Damn! We’re in a tight spot!”