Quote of the Day - Throw Mama From the Train - There's Always Time For Candy

Chat amongst ruthless killers:

Owen: "Where are you going?"
Larry: "I'm gonna kill the bitch. You want anything?"
Owen: "Could you get me a Chunky?"

Quote of the Day - Support Your Local Sheriff - Stay on Your Side of the Line

I don't know how many of you have seen Burt Kennedy's Comedy/Western "Support Your Local Sheriff," but if you haven't, you've denied yourself a real treat. One of my Dad's favorite movies. I couldn't count how many times we watched it, but I pretty much have it memorized.

The film turns the Western genre on its head and kicks it in the face. The result is one film that still makes me cry with laughter every time I see it.

Sheriff: "Now Joe, the cell on the right is yours. We don't have any bars yet."
Joe Danby: "You're kidding."
Sheriff: "That's what I said! But we're gonna operate just as if the bars were there. You stay on that side of the line and everything should work out fine."

Quote of the Day - Barry Jenkins' Moonlight - True Honesty

When someone opens up and really wants to share themselves with you, it can go fast and deep and become something you never might have expected. In fact, it can be uncommonly lovely and delicate.

(And no, I'm not just talking about the handjob. Perverts.)

"I should have cried too much sometimes I feel like I'm just gonna turn into drops."

- Ashton Sanders as Black in "Moonlight."

Short but Powerful: William Holden in "The Wild Bunch"

"If they move, kill 'em."

William Holden as Pike Bishop in Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch."

I love that line. Simple and straight to the point. This both terrifies us and makes feel secure seeing a man this confident in the driver's seat.

Quote of the Day: A History of Violence - Loved From Birth

Richie Cusack: "You always were a problem for me, Joey. When mom brought you home from the hospital, I tried to strangle you in your crib. I guess all kids try to do that."

Go ahead, search throughout the annals in the history of crime cinema. Take a look at the villains. Some terrifying, some brilliant, some puzzling, some so wicked you are sharply reminded that Satan does exist.

And then there are the crazy ones. The wretches who have simply lost all concept of reality. Richie Cusack from David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence" is one of those scoundrels who has simply just lost their minds.

Quote of the Day: The Imminently Wise "¡Three Amigos!"

"There you go, you can sew. If only we had known this earlier."

Chevy Chase as Dusty Bottoms in "¡Three Amigos!"

This film came out when I was twelve and has been in my aware consciousness. I've heard people call this film juvenile and trite. I do not give a crap.

Quotes from "¡Tree Amigos!" pop in and out of my head naturally, as if they have an answer to whatever life throws at you. It's a comfort blanket of a movie.

The Quote Goes To Groucho, As It Should

"Don't look now, but there's one man too many in this room and I think it's you."

- Groucho Marx from "Duck Soup" (1933)

If you haven't seen this movie, you're just an abomination. Shame on you.

But you can watch it now and remedy that. Then you'll be an upstanding citizen again.

I think I could easily put nothing but Groucho Quotes on here and this blog would still be insightful and entertaining as hell. I love this guy.

Quote of the Day - Let's Go Mid-Nineties Insane

Don't you love the power of positive thinking? That was David Fincher's gospel in the nineties.

Dr. Beardsley: "He's experienced about as much pain and suffering as anyone I've encountered, give or take, and he still has Hell to look forward to."

 

Quote of the Day: Love Takes Many Forms

Lee: "I love you."
E. Edward Grey: "We can't do this twenty-four hours a day seven days a week."
Lee: "Why not?"

She makes a very fair point, don't you think?

(Lee sits down at Grey's desk.)
E. Edward Grey: "Put both your hands on the desk, palms down.
(Lee puts her hands on the desk, palms down.)
Lee: "I wanna make love."
E. Edward Grey: "Keep both your feet on the floor until I come back."

Quote of the Day: Who's Afraid of Stuntman Mike?

Stuntman Mike: "It was a fifty-fifty shot on whether  you'd be going left or right. You see we're both going left. You could have just as easily been going left, too. And if that was the case...it would have been a while before you started getting scared. But since you're going the other way, I'm afraid you're gonna have to start getting scared...immediately!"

Quote of the Day - The People vs. Larry Flynt

Althea: "I heard you slept with every single girl in every one of your clubs as sort of a prerequisite. I was wondering if that was true."
Larry: "Well, it isn't entirely untrue if that's what you mean."
Althea: "I'm curious why you haven't taken a stab at me?"

(after)

Althea: "You are not the only one in this club that has slept with every girl in this club."

Quote of the Day: Every Bit Dialogue in "Starship Troopers" is Priceless

Last words from one love to another.

Dizzy - Rico, I'm dying.
Johnny Rico - No, Diz, you'll be fine.
Dizzy - But it's okay because I got to have you. (Chokes for a few seconds and dies.)

Quote of the Day - If you don't already have this one down, I can't help you.

"Just because you are a character, doesn't mean you have character." - the unsurpassed Winston Wolf played by Harvey Keitel in Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction."

Quote Of The Day - Hope You've Seen This

Him: "It's not your fault. Nothing is ever enough. I couldn't create if it was. And I have to. That's what I do. That's what I am. Now I must try it all again."

Quote of the Day: The Magnificent Seven (1960)

"I have been offered a lot for my work. But never everything."
- Yul Brynner as Chris Evans in "The Magnificent Seven"

"Once you begin, you'd better be prepared for killing and then more killing. And then still more killing until the reason for it has gone."
- Yul Brynner as Chris Evans in "The Magnificent Seven"

Just watching this makes me want to watch it for like the eighty-seventh time.

 

Quote of the Day: "Parks and Recreation"

"Don't you do it, Hitler. Don't you dare fall in love with me."
- Chris Pratt as Andy Dwyer

Yes, I know I only exclusively write about film. I stay out of other mediums, but this has to be shared.

Quote of the Day: Fight Club - David Fincher (1999) Maybe More Like the Monologue of the Day

"I see all this potential and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables, slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need."
- Brad Pitt as Tyler Durdin

Quote of the Day: Muriel's Wedding - P.J. Hogan (1994)

"I tell the truth, too. Nicole's having an affair with Chuck. Muriel saw them fucking in the laundry
room on your wedding day. Stick your drink up your ass, Tania. I'd rather swallow razor blades than have a drink with you. Oh, by the way, I'm not alone. I'm with Muriel."
- Rachel Griffiths as Rhonda

Quote of the Day: Death Proof - Quentin Tarantino (2007) Hate Stuntman Mike! Stand With the Girls!

"It was a fifty-fifty shot on whether you'd be going left or right. You see we're both going left. You could have just have as easily been going left, too. And if that was the case, it would have been a while before you started getting scared. But since you're going the other way, I'm afraid you're gonna have to start getting scared - Immediately!"
- Kurt Russel as Stuntman Mike

Quote of the Day: Support the Local Sheriff - Burt Kennedy (1969)

"He strikes me as bein' a lonely man."
"Lonely? Danby? Why he's a mean, no-good lowdown bushwhacker!"
"Well, there you see? No wonder he's lonely."

When I was a kid, sometimes we didn't have a TV, but that was okay. My dad was a pastor and he would take home the church's film-projector and a screen. Our library rented out films on reels. We would all shut off the lights and watch "Bye-Bye Birdie," "The Sound of Music," "Fiddler on the Roof," all the Laurel and Hardy you could watch, and best of all, "Support Your Local Sheriff."

Seeing as how this movie was one of my favorites growing up and seeing as how it's full of great quotes and nonsense, expect to see the film here again.