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Whats the most quotable movie? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 week ago by Kurtagag@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Flemmy@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Star Wars.

[–] macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Not even close.

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[–] scotts@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

Well dude, we just don’t know.

[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

Friday

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

As a kid, it was Meet the Feebles.

Muppets gone bad.

[–] DrainKikoLake@lemmy.ca 52 points 1 week ago

The Princess Bride!

Any other answer is... inconceivable

[–] essell@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Monty Python Quest for the holy grail.

Every character, every scene

[–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We found them

[–] essell@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

That's Empire Strikes Back.

[–] damdy@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think this is the correct answer, at least in English language.

From the top of my head in roughly the right order:

Tis but a flesh wound You're father smells of elderberries We want...a shrubbery Watery tarts throwing swords at people is no basis for a government She turned me into a newt On second thoughts, it's a silly place Bravely bravely ran away You have to know these things when you're a king you know

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[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 47 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (7 children)

That would be the 1985 master piece Clue

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

Flames! Flames on the side of my face!

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[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Spaceballs?!?!

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Everything Mel Brooks.

Airplane!

The Producers

Blazing Saddles... etc.

So many of his movies have such memorable lines and jokes that still hold up today.

[–] jafo@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

It's good to be the king.

[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 days ago

Comb the area!

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[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Oh I'm sorry, did I break your concentration?

Aw man, I shot Marvin in the face.

You know what they call a quarter pounder in Paris?

And you will know that I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you.

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[–] Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Hot Fuzz. Hands down.

Everyone's got guns round here. Like who? Farmers, Farmers mums.

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 2 points 6 days ago

Hot fuzz for sure, I'm constantly quoting it

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[–] vvilld@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Also, dude, Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.

I'm not talking about the guys who built the fucking railroad here.

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[–] HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Ghostbusters:

Back off man - I’m a scientist
Listen! You smell something?
What about the Twinkie?
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!
Yes it’s true, this man has no dick
Ok, so… she’s a dog
When someone asks you if you’re a god, you say yes!
Aim for the flat top!
Cross the streams

…and much much more

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah I'll go along with that.

[–] HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

If there’s a steady paycheck in it, I’ll believe anything you say

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