AFI's Top 100 quotes

Chris · 06-23-2005, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Diedaily

If anything it should've been lower in that countdown. But who gives a flying **** about what the AFI says anyway.

Are you kidding? Casablanca is a legendary film. It's from the era when actors had to be able to act. I was surprised they didn't quote the "If you don't get on that plane, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But soon. And for the rest of your life."

Diedaily · 06-23-2005, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris

Are you kidding? Casablanca is a legendary film.

bull****.

Chris · 06-23-2005, 11:29 PM

what? do you enjoy movies with a bunch of chases and stuff blowing up? No shame in that. I do too. But you've gotta balance it with something that actually takes skill from the writers and actors.

Diedaily · 06-24-2005, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris

what? do you enjoy movies with a bunch of chases and stuff blowing up? No shame in that. I do too. But you've gotta balance it with something that actually takes skill from the writers and actors.

No. I enjoy teen cult films the most. "Chase" and "blow up stuff good" films are my second favorite type of film. I'm a huge Bay and Waters fan.

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Are you kidding? Casablanca is a legendary film. It's from the era when actors had to be able to act.

I've watched many films from the era, and the acting is always the main flaw- dark Film Noirs probably being the exception. IMO, judging from the many films I've seen from those years, the first great performance was by Gloria Swanson in Sunset Blvd., until Elizabeth Taylor's performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf? practically shattered almost every other performance by an actress before in an American film- though Giuletta Masina's performance in Nights of Cabiria is IMO the best performance from that era. And actors, the performance by the little kid in The Bicycle Thief was better than most of Hollywood's lead actors of the time. Btw, I'm keeping it very mainstream. There are far better performances in neo-realist films and the work of Ozu, Rossellini, Mizoguchi- heck, even in Maya Deren's if you're into that sort of...thing.

MJ_Avalanche · 06-24-2005, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris

That's because the line doesn't exist.

Vader: Obi-wan never told you what happened to your father.
Luke: He told me enough. He told me you killed him.
Vader: No. I am your father.

It's just grossly misquoted.

Hehe, I was waiting for someone to notice that.

Travis · 07-24-2005, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by God's Jedi

"Here's looking at you, kid" should have at least been number two. It's the best and most famous line from the best and most famous scene from one of the best and most famous movies of all time. The Godfather quote should have been number 4, On the Waterfront 3, Casablanca number 2, and Gone with the Wind number 1.

Godfather number 4!? No way. I would have given it number 1. I admit that that's probably just because I love the movie so much, though.