Cinema Hype

Regular watchers of this space will be shocked—shocked!—to discover that I am, once again, running behind on the movie quotage. Or, really, it’s the rewardage to the movie quotage that’s suffering: faithful reader Brady correctly identified the last Quotation Sensation (from the Sex and the City movie) something appalling like three weeks ago, and here I am going on vacation and nattering on about roller derby, and totally denying him his rightful cheer.

So let’s fix that, shall we?

We don’t ever wonder why
You watch Sex and the Ci-T-Y
It’s bold
It’s gold
You break the mold
Go Brady!

And now, let’s move on to a new Sensation, shall we?

The Rules

I will post a quotation from a movie. The first person to comment with the character, actor, and film that contains this quotation gets a special eyelash batting and a tailor-made Cinema Hype cheer, which might actually rhyme, even if it doesn’t make any sense.

The Deadline

If somebody guesses correctly, the prize cheer goes up as soon as possible. If nobody gets it right, I’m off the hook cheer-wise, and the next quotation is posted on Friday (…or not, like this week, but Friday is the norm) (Actually, this is proving to be the case less and less often. We’ll say I’ll shoot for sometime around the weekend. Friday, Sunday, Monday…something around there.)

The Quotation

“‘Hey, um, great suit. Is that an Armani?’
‘Yes. Yes, it is.’
‘I thought so. So, what do you do?’
‘I’m a suit salesman.’
‘Would you excuse me? I cut my foot before and my shoe is filling up with blood.’”

Think you know the answer? Leave it in the comments.

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Heyyyyyyy! How’ve you all been? This recent blog vacation was necessary, but it’s good to be back from the Land of No Movies—a life where nobody cares about pictures of Johnny Depp in orange and magenta eyeliner is no life for me, it turns out. I thought we’d get back in the groove—stretch the old movie muscles—with a brand-new round of Quotation Sensation. What do you say?

Let’s go.

The Rules

I will post a quotation from a movie. The first person to comment with the character, actor, and film that contains this quotation gets a special eyelash batting and a tailor-made Cinema Hype cheer, which might actually rhyme, even if it doesn’t make any sense.

The Deadline

If somebody guesses correctly, the prize cheer goes up as soon as possible. If nobody gets it right, I’m off the hook cheer-wise, and the next quotation is posted on Friday (…or not, like this week, but Friday is the norm) (Actually, this is proving to be the case less and less often. We’ll say I’ll shoot for sometime around the weekend. Friday, Sunday, Monday…something around there.)

The Quotation

“‘Would you want to get married?’
‘Well, I didn’t…didn’t think that was an option.’
‘What if it was an option?’
‘Why? What? Do you want to get married?’
‘I wouldn’t mind being married to you. Would you mind being married to me?’
‘No, no, not…not if that’s what you wanted. I mean…is…is that what you want?’
‘I want you. So, okay.’
‘So really, we’re…we’re getting married?’
‘We’re getting married. Should we get you a diamond?’
‘No. No. Just get me a really big closet.’”

Think you know the answer? Leave it in the comments.

Let’s talk soon, shall we? Nice to see you all.

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As Chuck Berry would say, it goes to show you never can tell—you quotation guessers are nothing if not unpredictable. After the snap that was Flight of the Navigator, I thought you’d have last week’s quotation pegged before I actually even posted it. Surely, I thought, every woman (and some men) born between 1975 and 1985 would be writing in, pulling hair, clawing to have the first guess. And then….nothing.

But let this be a lesson to you: never give up on the power of the internet and the people on it. Just as I was about to give up and make my “neener neener, I don’t have to write a prize cheer” post, reader Carrie chimed in with the correct answer! This quotation:

“‘I’m just trying to be honest. That’s what friends do.’
‘I guess that would explain why you have so many friends.’”

comes from Center Stage, everybody’s favorite drama-rama dance company movie from 2000. Congratulations, Carrie! Well played. Danced. Whatever.

As promised, your cheer:

You know the steps!
You know the song!
You know the quote!
You can’t go wrong!

Goooooo, Carrie! *backflips* *….grand jetes?*

Next quotation goes up later in the week.

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Another week, another quotation, another sensation…

The Rules

I will post a quotation from a movie. The first person to comment with the character, actor, and film that contains this quotation gets a special eyelash batting and a tailor-made Cinema Hype cheer, which might actually rhyme, even if it doesn’t make any sense.

The Deadline

If somebody guesses correctly, the prize cheer goes up as soon as possible. If nobody gets it right, I’m off the hook cheer-wise, and the next quotation is posted on Friday (…or not, like this week, but Friday is the norm) (Actually, this is proving to be the case less and less often. We’ll say I’ll shoot for sometime around the weekend. Friday, Sunday, Monday…something around there.)

The Quotation

“‘I’m just trying to be honest. That’s what friends do.’
‘I guess that would explain why you have so many friends.’”

Think you know the answer? Leave it in the comments.

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After a sad week of too-hard quotations, there’s nothing like a live-action Disney classic to bring the guesses out of the woodwork, right? We had a couple of correct submissions for this week’s quotation—time is of the essence when it comes to the era of The Wonderful World of Disney, apparently—but ultimately, reader Xerxes correct connected this quotation:

“‘I crashed into electrical towers, and my star charts were erased. I need the ones in your head to complete my mission.’
‘So you need ME and my INFERIOR brain to fly that thing?’
‘Correction, I need the SUPERIOR information in your INFERIOR brain to fly this… thing.’”

to the 1986 boy-and-his-spaceship adventure, The Flight of the Navigator. Congratulations, Xerxes! You didn’t happen to see this movie as a double feature with Song of the South, did you? (I did. Age six. Just call me the Attention Span Avenger.) Also, I don’t suppose you will always associate both the Beach Boys and Twisted Sister with this movie because of the “I Get Around” sequence and because of the older sister? (Again, just me?)

As promised, your cheer:

It’s Pee-Wee’s spaceship on your screen!
And Carrie Bradshaw has a scene!
You knew the lines, you quote machine,
We’ll never judge–go ahead and preen!

Wooooooo! Well played, X.

The next quotation goes up Friday, for your brain-wracking pleasure.

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Well, I had to win sometime, right? You readers have been on a roll lately, but I’ve been looking for the lines—the boundaries of “too hard” and “too easy”—and it looks like I found one. Check!

Nobody guessed that this quotation:

“‘What do you think, man? You think it makes me look tough?’
‘I think it makes you look different.’
‘What’d you mean, “different”?’
‘Well, you got a hole in your mouth.’”

…was from The Outsiders, the 1983 brat-pack take on S.E. Hinton’s classic 1967 gang novel. Who has two thumbs and doesn’t have to write a cheer this week? This girl!

So let’s move on, shall we?

The Rules

I will post a quotation from a movie. The first person to comment with the character, actor, and film that contains this quotation gets a special eyelash batting and a tailor-made Cinema Hype cheer, which might actually rhyme, even if it doesn’t make any sense.

The Deadline

If somebody guesses correctly, the prize cheer goes up as soon as possible. If nobody gets it right, I’m off the hook cheer-wise, and the next quotation is posted on Friday (…or not, like this week, but Friday is the norm) (Actually, this is proving to be the case less and less often. We’ll say I’ll shoot for sometime around the weekend. Friday, Sunday, Monday…something around there.)

The Quotation

“‘I crashed into electrical towers, and my star charts were erased. I need the ones in your head to complete my mission.’
‘So you need ME and my INFERIOR brain to fly that thing?’
‘Correction, I need the SUPERIOR information in your INFERIOR brain to fly this… thing.’”

Think you know the answer? Leave it in the comments.

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Well, I should have known: as reader Heather said, “If you want to confuse a Trekkie, try a quote from #5. Nobody ever watches that one. Not more than once.” To think: I was so close. Curses! Foiled again!

Anyway, I lose. Reader/Star Trek aficionado Erik buzzed in on last week’s quotation, correctly tying this quotation:

“‘Permission to speak freely, sir?’
‘Granted.’
‘I do not believe this was a fair test of my command abilities.’
‘And why not?’
‘Because… there was no way to win.’
‘A no-win situation is a possibility every commander may face. Has that never occurred to you?’
‘No, sir, it has not.’
‘And how we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life, wouldn’t you say?’
‘As I indicated, Admiral, that thought had not occurred to me.’
‘Well, now you have something new to think about. Carry on.’”

to Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan. Also, I feel that I would be remiss if I did not inform the non-Trekkies out there that this scene plays out between William Shatner and one Kirstie Alley. Do the Trekkies not think that’s funny? Because…that’s funny.

So, kudos to Erik and his Trek knowledge! Your cheer, sir:

You got the quote at full warp speed!
You know your sci-fi films indeed!
But do you count it in your creed?
Either way, we love your breed!

And now for a new QS to kick off the weekend:

The Rules

I will post a quotation from a movie. The first person to comment with the character, actor, and film that contains this quotation gets a special eyelash batting and a tailor-made Cinema Hype cheer, which might actually rhyme, even if it doesn’t make any sense.

The Deadline

If somebody guesses correctly, the prize cheer goes up as soon as possible. If nobody gets it right, I’m off the hook cheer-wise, and the next quotation is posted on Friday (…or not, like this week, but Friday is the norm) (Actually, this is proving to be the case less and less often. We’ll say I’ll shoot for sometime around the weekend. Friday, Sunday, Monday…something around there.)

The Quotation

“‘What do you think, man? You think it makes me look tough?’
‘I think it makes you look different.’
‘What’d you mean, “different”?’
‘Well, you got a hole in your mouth.’”

Think you’ve got it? Leave it in the comments.

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Heyyyy, so apparently deliciously sweet breakfast foods really do make everything better; reader Stephanie won last week’s pancake-themed Quotation Sensation without even breaking a sweat. Or, I don’t know, melting butter. Whatever. In any case, the quotation was:

“‘Hell, [character name], you could just eat nothing but pancakes if you wanted.’
‘What is wrong with you? Hey, I don’t want to eat nothing but pancakes. I want to live! I mean, who in their right mind, in a choice between pancakes and living, chooses pancakes?’
‘[Character name], if you pause to think, you’d realize that that answer is inextricably contingent upon the type of life being led…and, of course, the quality of the pancakes.’”

and Stephanie correctly identified it as being from Stranger Than Fiction. An extra bravo to Stephanie for nailing what I thought might have been a winner for me due to a) lack of fame and b) lack of context. Well done! Your cheer:

Chocolate chip or berry-topped,
you movie knowledge get you props!
Syrup’s sweet and oh so sticky,
but to this quote, you’re just as tricky!

Wooooo! Go, Stephanie!

And to kick off a new week, we’ll have a new quotation.

The Rules

I will post a quotation from a movie. The first person to comment with the character, actor, and film that contains this quotation gets a special eyelash batting and a tailor-made Cinema Hype cheer, which might actually rhyme, even if it doesn’t make any sense.

The Deadline

If somebody guesses correctly, the prize cheer goes up as soon as possible. If nobody gets it right, I’m off the hook cheer-wise, and the next quotation is posted on Friday (…or not, like this week, but Friday is the norm) (Actually, this is proving to be the case less and less often. We’ll say I’ll shoot for sometime around the weekend. Friday, Sunday, Monday…something around there.)

The Quotation

“‘Permission to speak freely, sir?’
‘Granted.’
‘I do not believe this was a fair test of my command abilities.’
‘And why not?’
‘Because… there was no way to win.’
‘A no-win situation is a possibility every commander may face. Has that never occurred to you?’
‘No, sir, it has not.’
‘And how we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life, wouldn’t you say?’
‘As I indicated, Admiral, that thought had not occurred to me.’
‘Well, now you have something new to think about. Carry on.’”

Think you’ve got it? Leave it in the comments.

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Happy Monday, all. Let’s play a game! What do you say to a round dedicated to the almighty pancake, staple of Saturday morning deliciousness and lazy weeknight dinners alike? They also—and this is a CH housekeeping tip straight from me to you—reheat beautifully in the toaster, especially if you add chocolate chips.

But. Getting on with it.

The Rules

I will post a quotation from a movie. The first person to comment with the character, actor, and film that contains this quotation gets a special eyelash batting and a tailor-made Cinema Hype cheer, which might actually rhyme, even if it doesn’t make any sense.

The Deadline

If somebody guesses correctly, the prize cheer goes up as soon as possible. If nobody gets it right, I’m off the hook cheer-wise, and the next quotation is posted on Friday (…or not, like this week, but Friday is the norm) (Actually, this is proving to be the case less and less often. We’ll say I’ll shoot for sometime around the weekend. Friday, Sunday, Monday…something around there.)

The Quotation

“‘Hell, [character name], you could just eat nothing but pancakes if you wanted.’
‘What is wrong with you? Hey, I don’t want to eat nothing but pancakes. I want to live! I mean, who in their right mind, in a choice between pancakes and living, chooses pancakes?’
‘[Character name], if you pause to think, you’d realize that that answer is inextricably contingent upon the type of life being led…and, of course, the quality of the pancakes.’”

Think you’ve got the answer? Leave it in the comments.

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This week’s Quotation Sensation separated the musical from the unmusical, or maybe the people who love tiny realist Irish urban folk musicals (”realist” in the sense that all of the music takes place in an appropriate context for singing—not, say, bursting into song in the middle of a normal, unmusical moment) from the people who…well, don’t. Maybe the Rodgers and Hammerstein crowd wouldn’t have gotten this one. Which is too bad; it’s a good movie with a good soundtrack, one that actually provided a worthy song (”Falling Slowly”) for the annual Oscar “what on earth are we going to nominate for Best Song?”-athon.

In any case, reader Brady correctly connected this quotation:

“’How come you don’t play during daytime? I see you here every day.’

‘During the daytime, people would want to hear songs that they know, just songs that they recognize. I play these song at night or I wouldn’t make any money. People wouldn’t listen.’

‘I listen.’”

to Once, the musical romance from 2006, pointing out that the main characters are known only as “Boy” and “Girl.” Extra points for picking out the quotation from the beginning of the movie, when Glen Hansard’s accent is still basically unintelligible. Congratulations, Brady!

As promised, your cheer:

You either used the context clues
or knew the lines from when he woos!
Way to get this part of Once;
in Irish musicals, you’re no dunce!

Wooooo! Thanks for playing, Brady and everybody else. A new quotation goes up on Friday. Tell your friends! (Or don’t, if you want less competition for the coveted cheer. I’ll leave that up to your consciences.)

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All right, people. In celebration of being completely unprepared for the week to come—or, like, the conceptual existence of Monday—let’s play a game.

The Rules

I will post a quotation from a movie. The first person to comment with the character, actor, and film that contains this quotation gets a special eyelash batting and a tailor-made Cinema Hype cheer, which might actually rhyme, even if it doesn’t make any sense.

The Deadline

If somebody guesses correctly, the prize cheer goes up as soon as possible. If nobody gets it right, I’m off the hook cheer-wise, and the next quotation is posted on Friday (…or not, like this week, but Friday is the norm).

The Quotation

“’How come you don’t play during daytime? I see you here every day.’
‘During the daytime, people would want to hear songs that they know, just songs that they recognize. I play these song at night or I wouldn’t make any money. People wouldn’t listen.’
‘I listen.’”

Think you’ve got the answer? Leave it in the comments.

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Yet another victorious (for someone else; trust me, that’s a good thing) round of QS this week; reader Sarah correctly tied this quotation:

“AAAAAAAAAAAH! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won!….I’m finished!”

to one Olive Hoover (Abigail Breslin) of Little Miss Sunshine fame. (Note: The “I’m finished!” is when Olive’s mother asks her if she’s going to finish her dinner.) Well done, Sarah!

Your cheer (…I will resist the urge to call you “ma’am.” I feel like you might beat me up via the internet if I did that.):

Olive is a super freak!
You know she’d love a movie geek!
You caught her flip-out in a sec!
Rip off your pants* and give ‘em heck!

Gooooo, Sarah! Well done, and thanks for playing!

A new quotation comes out later this week for your guessing pleasure.

*By which I mean breakaway basketball pants, a la Olive. No need to tear any perfectly good seams, here. The Metro police do not need that, and neither do you.

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Reader Brydon correctly tied this quotation:

“To those who say people wouldn’t look, they wouldn’t be interested, they’re too complacent, indifferent and insulated, I can only reply: There is, in one reporter’s opinion, considerable evidence against that contention. But even if they are right, what have they got to lose? Because if they are right, and this instrument is good for nothing but to entertain, amuse and insulate, then the tube is flickering now and we will soon see that the whole struggle is lost. This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it is merely wires and lights in a box.”

to Good Night, and Good Luck. And, as promised, his official CH-sanctioned cheer:

Edward Murrow loved his TV!
wouldn’t make it something skeevy!
He’s with you on the smart-folk boat;
He’d be thrilled you knew his quote!

Gooooo, Brydon!

And because this cheer was late, you get an extra *bats eyelashes*. You lucky dog, you.

Ahem. Moving on. It’s the end of the week, which means it’s time for a new quotation, as follows:

The Rules

I will post a quotation from a movie. The first person to comment with the character, actor, and film that contains this quotation gets a special eyelash batting and a tailor-made Cinema Hype cheer, which might actually rhyme, even if it doesn’t make any sense.

The Deadline

If somebody guesses correctly, the prize cheer goes up as soon as possible. If nobody gets it right, I’m off the hook cheer-wise, and the next quotation is posted on Friday (…or not, like this week, but Friday is the norm).

The Quotation

“AAAAAAAAAAAH! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I won!….I’m finished!”

Think you’ve got the answer? Leave it in the comments.

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Hey, congratulations, everybody! It’s Friday, and you’re still upright (I assume). Let’s play a game! We’ve been on quite the roll lately, knock on wood. Let’s see how you do with this week’s Sensation:

The Rules

I will post a quotation from a movie. The first person to comment with the character, actor, and film that contains this quotation gets a special eyelash batting and a tailor-made Cinema Hype cheer, which might actually rhyme, even if it doesn’t make any sense.

The Deadline

If somebody guesses correctly, the prize cheer goes up as soon as possible. If nobody gets it right, I’m off the hook cheer-wise, and the next quotation is posted on Friday (…or not, like this week, but Friday is the norm).

The Quotation

“To those who say people wouldn’t look, they wouldn’t be interested, they’re too complacent, indifferent and insulated, I can only reply: There is, in one reporter’s opinion, considerable evidence against that contention. But even if they are right, what have they got to lose? Because if they are right, and this instrument is good for nothing but to entertain, amuse and insulate, then the tube is flickering now and we will soon see that the whole struggle is lost. This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it is merely wires and lights in a box.”

Think you’ve got the answer? Leave it in the comments.

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O Readers, what a week it’s been. We started this round of Quotation Sensation with this quote:

“‘How you can sit there eating muffins when we’re in this terrible trouble, I can’t make out! It seems to me to be perfectly heartless.’
‘I can hardly eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs.’”

Being of a literary bent, Gentle Reader Heather had this one in a heartbeat: The Importance of Being Earnest, “of course!” Well done, Heather!

Somehow a garden-variety Bring It On-style cheer didn’t seem right here, so you get, instead, a vaguely Wilde-ian poem. You know, as you do.

O Heather! Who did know the quote by heart,
And anguished, languished not in time to wait
Instead fulfilled her literary fate
And likely knows the work not in some part,
But reads and loves it wholly for its art!
Wilde and Witherspoon may well coexist
But Firthy goodness tops the lov-ed list;
He shows us that he’s handsome, yes, and smart.
Perhaps you hold to Worthing by Redgrave;
We saw him that way back in fifty-two
With others now lost to time and faded fame,
Though likely at the time quite prone to rave.
And no two films are ever quite the same,
But Wilde’s comedic timing still proves true.

Thanks for playing, everybody! A new quote goes up Friday.

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