I think May shall be #filmquoteMay. Some of my fave lines from the silver screen condensed to 140 characters. 1 a day for the month of May.
This was the tweet on 30 April that prompted the bestie and I into a month long sharing of movie quotes. It was great fun so I thought I’d collate my picks into a blog post. (With hashtag removed and character & film added for reference.)
1 May: Feelin good’s good enough.
Sgt. Elias, Platoon
2 May: Flowers are essentially tarts, prostitutes for the bees.
Uncle Monty, Withnail & I
3 May: I know now why you cry, but it is something I can never do.
T-800, Terminator 2: Judgement Day
4 May: Free that to those that can afford it. Very expensive to those that can’t.
Withnail, Withnail & I
5 May: These go to eleven.
Nigel Tufnel, This is Spinal Tap
(And because I had to include at least one clip in this post, please see here. You are welcome.)
6 May: I wish I had a million dollars… Hot dog!
George Bailey, It’s a Wonderful Life
7 May: Gotta be rich in 1st place to think like that. Everybody know poor always being fucked over by rich. Always have, always will.
King, Platoon
8 May: ‘Cause it’s all so fuckin’ hysterical.
Connor Rooney, Road to Perdition
9 May: Certainly, in the topsy-turvy world of heavy rock, having a good solid piece of wood in your hands is often useful.
Ian Faith, This is Spinal Tap
10 May: As a youth I used to weep in butchers’ shops.
Uncle Monty, Withnail & I
11 May: I love this place at night, the stars. There’s no right or wrong in them… they’re just there.
Sgt. Elias, Platoon
12 May: ‘Here lies David St. Hubbins… And why not?’
David St. Hubbins, This is Spinal Tap
13 May: I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it.
Marty McFly, Back to the Future
14 May: We want the finest wines available to humanity! We want them here and we want them now!
Withnail, Withnail & I
15 May: To be paid to do what you love… ain’t that the dream?
Maguire, Road to Perdition
16 May: We covet what we see every day.
Dr Lecter, Silence of the Lambs
17 May: I’d be a full time dreamer.
David St. Hubbins, This is Spinal Tap
18 May: Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads!
Doc Brown, Back to the Future
19 May: We are drifting into the arena of the unwell…
Marwood, Withnail & I
20 May: We’re protecting our interests.
Frank Nitti, Road to Perdition
21 May: Good night, and good luck.
Edward R. Murrow, Good Night, and Good Luck
22 May: Frances. That’s a real grown up name.
Johnny Castle, Dirty Dancing
23 May: Put the fucking lotion in the basket!
Jame Gumb, Silence of the Lambs
24 May: Just you and me now Sport.
Will Graham, Manhunter
25 May: And I come back to you now at the turn of the tide.
Gandalf the White, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
26 May: For as long as I can remember I always wanted to be a gangster…
Henry Hill, Goodfellas
27 May: Well, I’m sure I’d feel much worse if I weren’t under such heavy sedation.
David St. Hubbins, This is Spinal Tap
28 May: Let’s never come here again because it would never be as much fun.
Charlotte, Lost in Translation
29 May: In Bay City, if you cross the line your nuts are mine.
David Starsky, Starsky & Hutch
30 May: Folks don’t laugh so loud when you’ve got a grand in your back pocket.
Gaz, The Full Monty
31 May: Have… a good time… all the time.
Viv Savage, This is Spinal Tap
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