Cinema Hype

Happy holidays, CHers! I hope you’ve all been enjoying this festive time of year. We at CH headquarters have, which is obvious from the lack of postage. But hang on a little longer: we’ll be back after a New Year’s jaunt out of town. We’ve been watching plenty of movies. Promise. And oh, there will be Top 5s and Top 10s and silly casting news galore. Just sit tight! And have a happy New Year.

To keep things rolling, we’ll offer a special end-of-year Quotation Sensation. (Top-secret note to commenter Brydon: Your comment didn’t come through. Re-send, please!)

Here you go:

“What does this song mean? My whole life, I don’t know what this song means. I mean, ‘Should old acquaintance be forgot’? Does that mean that we should forget old acquaintances, or does it mean if we happened to forget them, we should remember them, which is not possible because we already forgot?”

Happy New Year!

As usual, the rules: The first person to comment with the character, actor, and movie 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.

I win! I win! Quotation Sensation #52 was a departure from the live-action genre, and nobody guessed it (except commenter Brydon, who implied that he knew the answer and then failed to guess. Which is confusing). The answer was John Goodman in The Emperor’s New Groove. HA! No cheer this week!

And now for a very special holiday Quotation Sensation:

“‘God bless you!’
‘Thank you! I’ll pass that recommendation along.’”

Happy holidays!

As usual, the rules: The first person to comment with the character, actor, and movie 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.

Congratulations to Brady on his Thanksgiving-themed win!

Next up:

“‘I don’t know what’s going on, but he has that Rodgers and Hammerstein look in his eyes.’
‘Is that bad?’

Go!
‘Not bad, but always expensive.’”

As usual, the rules: The first person to comment with the character, actor, and movie 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.

Congratulations to Chris for her speedy win last time!

Next up, in honor of our fine American holiday coming up:

“‘You made boxed stuffing?’
‘Yeah. What’s wrong with boxed stuffing?’
‘Nothing! I’m sure it’s a fine brand.’”

As usual, the rules: The first person to comment with the character, actor, and movie 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.

Congratulations to Brady for his stunning victory last week. And on to our new offering:

“‘Fellow artists, may I present myself as an actor, a musician, and a loyal and very humble servant of the club.’
‘We’ll be the judge of that.’
‘In token of my gratitude and as a means of promoting communication between adjoining nations–shouting from windows being forbidden–I shall provide a post office in our hedge, to further encourage the baring of our souls and the telling of our most appalling secrets. I do pledge never to reveal what I receive in confidence here.’
‘Well, then. Do take your place, Rodrigo.’
‘Sir Rodrigo.’

Ready? Go!

As usual, the rules: The first person to comment with the character, actor, and movie 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.

Oops! Bless me, readers, for I have sinned: I forgot Quotation Sensation on Friday. I’m atoning by….doing it on Sunday instead. It’s a special Sunday edition! That’s it! Thanks to James for gently reminding me and implying that people notice if it doesn’t show up.

Here we go:

“‘What are your qualifications?’

‘Ah. Well… I attended Juilliard… I’m a graduate of the Harvard business school. I travel quite extensively. I lived through the Black Plague and had a pretty good time during that. I’ve seen The Exorcist about a hundred and sixty-seven times, and it keeps getting funnier every single time I see it…not to mention the fact that you’re talking to a dead guy…Now what do you think? You think I’m qualified?’”

As usual, the rules: The first person to comment with the character, actor, and movie 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.

I win! Last week’s quotation was from Lee Pace as Richard Hayes in The Good Shepherd. I’m into Lee Pace. What can I say? He’s the Piemaker.

Ready for the next one?

“Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories… And we’ve already missed the spring!”

Go!

As usual, the rules: The first person to comment with the character, actor, and movie 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.

Ready?

Set?

“We consider ourselves bi-costal if you consider the Mississippi River one of the coasts.”

Go!

As usual, the rules: The first person to comment with the character, actor, and movie 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.

I can’t actually say whether last week’s quotation was answered; reader Brydon acted like he knew the movie but failed to actually guess. Brydon, do you want to take a shot? I’ll refrain from gloating until then.

On to this week’s selection:

“A philosopher once asked, ‘Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?’ Pointless, really…’Do the stars gaze back?’ Now *that’s* a question.”

Ready, steady, go!

As usual, the rules: The first person to comment with the character, actor, and movie 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.

Here goes:

“‘Permission to check on the condition of my woman, sir? I wanna check on her bandages and see if she can keep some food down.’
‘You are aware, of course, that this woman of yours is… made of… straw?’
‘Oh, yes, sir. Figure that’s why she burned so easy.’”

Good luck!

As usual, the rules: The first person to comment with the character, actor, and movie 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.

Congratulations to Heather for beating Sarah and Chris to the punch on last week’s quotation! (Nice job to Sarah and Chris, though, too. They also got it right. We encourage reckless guessing around these parts.)

And now for this week’s offering:

“I can tell you the license plate numbers of all six cars outside. I can tell you that our waitress is left-handed and the guy sitting up at the counter weighs two hundred fifteen pounds and knows how to handle himself. I know the best place to look for a gun is the cab of the gray truck outside, and at this altitude, I can run flat out for a half mile before my hands start shaking. Now why would I know that?”

…Go!

As usual, the rules: The first person to comment with the character, actor, and movie 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.

Congratulations to James for guessing last week’s quotation in record time! Well done.

Up this week:

“‘That’s very interesting, [name], and I think, very illuminating. There seems to be a definite pattern emerging. And, of course, this pattern, once isolated, can be coped with. Recognize the problem, and you are halfway on the road to its, uh, its solution. Uh, tell me, [name], what do you do for fun? What activity gives you a different sense of enjoyment from the others? Uh, what do you find fulfilling? What gives you that… special satisfaction?’

‘I go to funerals.’”

Think you know it? Comment and find out!

First order of business: What kind of world do we live in, that nobody catches a quotation from You’ve Got Mail? A sad one, that’s what kind! Grumble, grumble, grumble. Last week was Dabney Coleman explaining to Tom Hanks about Gillian and Nanny Maureen, speaker of the wise words, “Never marry a man who lies!”

Anyway. Moving on.

As usual, the rules: The first person to comment with the character, actor, and movie 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.

Ready?

“Relax, would you? We have seventy dollars and a pair of girls’ underpants. We’re safe as kittens. ”

Go!

As usual, the rules: The first person to comment with the character, actor, and movie 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.

This week’s not too hard. Have at it!

“‘Well, let me see, first there was your mother. Then there was Lorette, the ballet dancer…’
‘My nanny!’
‘She was the nanny?’
‘…Yeah.’
‘I forgot that. Ironic. Then there was the ice skater.’
‘Also my nanny.’
‘Really? That’s incredibly ironic….And then there was Sybil, the uh… it’s an A word…’
‘Astrologer!’
‘That’s it.’
‘Whose moon turned out to be in someone else’s house, as I recall.’
‘Just like Gillian.’
‘Gillian ran off with someone?’
‘The nanny!‘
‘Nanny Maureen?’
‘Yes.’
‘Well, well, well. Gillian ran off with Nanny Maureen.’
‘Yes.’
‘That’s amazingly ironic.’

As usual, the rules: The first person to comment with the character, actor, and movie 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.

“Why gamble with money when you can gamble with people’s lives? That was a joke. All right, I’ll tell you. I believe in the notion that people are innocent until proven guilty. I believe in that notion because I choose to believe in the basic goodness of people. I choose to believe that not all crimes are committed by bad people. And I try to understand that some very, very good people do some very bad things.”

What do you think?