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Overused Movie Lines
There are few things I hate more than watching a scene of an unseen movie, where a fairly generic situation happens, and I say to myself "please don't use x line that I've heard in 50 other films", and of course the line is used.
What lines do you hear repeatedly in film, that shows no creativity by the screenwriter? I'll start.. "I don't pay you to think!" or "You're job isn't to think!" |
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"Very niiiiiiiiiiiiice"
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When someone says something dramatic and then repeats it. Who the F does this in real life?
Like: "I'll never let go, Jack. I'll never let go." So cheesy and predictable. |
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"Don't you die on me, goddamit! Don't you die on me!"
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That's not a threat..................(omg don't do it, pls, pls, i like this movie, don't go there, i beg you)................that's a promise. (sigh)
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"How long have you been standing there?"
(no please, don't say it... don't say it...) "Long enough." |
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say hello to my little friend
any of those lameass quotes from borat |
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say hello to my little friend any of those lameass quotes from borat [/ QUOTE ] I do not think this thread means what you think it means. |
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say hello to my little friend any of those lameass quotes from borat [/ QUOTE ] guids - I think you might have missed OP's intent. |
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[ QUOTE ] say hello to my little friend any of those lameass quotes from borat [/ QUOTE ] guids - I think you might have missed OP's intent. [/ QUOTE ] Yes i did. Yes..i....did. |
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"It was YOU!"
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I'm getting too old for this.
I have a bad feeling about this. Great, now she tells me. |
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I'm getting too old for this. I have a bad feeling about this. Great, now she tells me. [/ QUOTE ] Those are the three most common lines used in my life, so maybe films are just getting more realistic. |
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"Only 10% of the human brain is being utilized"
This line turned me off of heroes in the first episode. |
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"How long have you been standing there?" (no please, don't say it... don't say it...) "Long enough." [/ QUOTE ] When referencing lenght in real life i often say "long enough mikey. Long enough." (mikey being mikey from the goonies) |
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"Don't you die on me, goddamit! Don't you die on me!" [/ QUOTE ] Excellent...it combines an overused line along with FFK's hatred of repeating cheesy lines. |
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high five
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When someone says something dramatic and then repeats it. Who the F does this in real life? Like: "I'll never let go, Jack. I'll never let go." So cheesy and predictable. [/ QUOTE ] However this becomes hilarious when it's Gob from Arrested Development doing it. |
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"(person/verb/thing) couldnt keep me away / stop me"
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In a courtroom...
"This is highly unorthodox. YOU BETTER BE GOING SOMEWHERE WITH THIS!" |
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high five [/ QUOTE ] Great post, traz. You're sooo right, I hear this in movies all the time. It really shows a lack of creativity on the part of the writers... I mean, damn how often are we gonna have to hear someone say "high five" in a movie? Quality contribution, man. |
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In a courtroom... "This is highly unorthodox. YOU BETTER BE GOING SOMEWHERE WITH THIS!" [/ QUOTE ] This reminds me of Law and Order. In every single episode of that show, for the last twenty years, there's a scene where they want to obtain records from a doctor's office/lawyer's office/dentist. When the person says, "Don't you need a warrant?," one of the cops says something to the effect of, "Well, we could get a subpoena for all your records and take a few days to scour through them, or you could just give us the file we're looking for." |
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[ QUOTE ] high five [/ QUOTE ] Great post, traz. You're sooo right, I hear this in movies all the time. It really shows a lack of creativity on the part of the writers... I mean, damn how often are we gonna have to hear someone say "high five" in a movie? Quality contribution, man. [/ QUOTE ] haha guilty as charged. I read all the responses, and most of them are about as off as I was. Ok fine i'll think of a real one :P |
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I'm getting too old for this. [/ QUOTE ] Except when uttered by Danny Glover. |
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In the event of an extended misunderstanding, the person who has the wrong idea starts overzealously explaining the wrong thing to the person who knows what's going on, and the person that knows what's going on tries to interrupt them, only to be stifled with - "Shh, let me finish"
I hate that every time. |
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In a courtroom... "This is highly unorthodox. YOU BETTER BE GOING SOMEWHERE WITH THIS!" [/ QUOTE ] this is so on the money |
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"I was born ready"
Actually, this is basically the only reason I want to see Ocean's 13. George Clooney: Are you ready? Andy Garcia: ...I was born ready. Me watching preview: *Rolls eyes* George Clooney: *Rolls eyes* Me watching preview: "YES!" Also, "This is what you trained for!" and "GO GO GO" |
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[ QUOTE ] high five [/ QUOTE ] Great post, traz. You're sooo right, I hear this in movies all the time. It really shows a lack of creativity on the part of the writers... I mean, damn how often are we gonna have to hear someone say "high five" in a movie? Quality contribution, man. [/ QUOTE ] LOL. But speaking of movie quotes that are used too much in real life: any line from Office Space. I seriously might pistol whip the next person that "has a case of the Mondays". Show me some of that hate, pj. |
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] high five [/ QUOTE ] Great post, traz. You're sooo right, I hear this in movies all the time. It really shows a lack of creativity on the part of the writers... I mean, damn how often are we gonna have to hear someone say "high five" in a movie? Quality contribution, man. [/ QUOTE ] LOL. But speaking of movie quotes that are used too much in real life: any line from Office Space. I seriously might pistol whip the next person that "has a case of the Mondays". Show me some of that hate, pj. [/ QUOTE ] Hey Farva...What's the name of that restuarant with all the goofy [censored] on the walls? - You mean Shinanigans? |
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flabbergasted question: "why didnt you tell me [insert discovery here]?"
smarmy response: "because you didnt ask." |
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] high five [/ QUOTE ] Great post, traz. You're sooo right, I hear this in movies all the time. It really shows a lack of creativity on the part of the writers... I mean, damn how often are we gonna have to hear someone say "high five" in a movie? Quality contribution, man. [/ QUOTE ] LOL. But speaking of movie quotes that are used too much in real life: any line from Office Space. I seriously might pistol whip the next person that "has a case of the Mondays". Show me some of that hate, pj. [/ QUOTE ] Hey Farva...What's the name of that restuarant with all the goofy [censored] on the walls? - You mean Shinanigans? [/ QUOTE ] I used this about 50 times this weekend when a friend sugested we go to shenanigans. |
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Said to hero: No one's ever attempted [insert seemingly impossible situation] and survived.
Fast forward 30 minutes to hero standing triumphant. |
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Not a line per se, but a scene that has become very standard for heist/spy movies (the Ocean's flicks and the MI series, Entrapment, and so on).
When they're planning how to break into their destination and they go through each way in which its impossible, and how many levels of retinal scans and randomly-moving security cameras there are. And then TOM CRUISE says something like - "and that's the easy part!" That being said, I really love these scenes, lol. |
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"I was born ready" Actually, this is basically the only reason I want to see Ocean's 13. George Clooney: Are you ready? Andy Garcia: ...I was born ready. Me watching preview: *Rolls eyes* George Clooney: *Rolls eyes* Me watching preview: "YES!" Also, "This is what you trained for!" and "GO GO GO" [/ QUOTE ] that was absolutely hysterical in the commercial; so smart of the writers |
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[ QUOTE ] In a courtroom... "This is highly unorthodox. YOU BETTER BE GOING SOMEWHERE WITH THIS!" [/ QUOTE ] this is so on the money [/ QUOTE ] |
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not exactly a line, but most sex scenes in movies are all the same and serve no purpose
to give a counterexample, i was pleasantly surprised that the sex scenes in "knocked up" were original and relevant to the story |
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"How long have you been standing there?" (no please, don't say it... don't say it...) "Long enough." [/ QUOTE ] PJ, certainly not the first use, but this exchange happens in "Double Indemnity." |
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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"Damn it, Cohagen! Give da people da air!!"
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"Why would I want to hurt you? I love you."
Instant check-out. "I'm going to do what I do best" Gross. I'm out. |
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