Nary an Original Thought

Alright, here are the scores from this week’s entries, in order of submission:

TXGMa – Movie: National Lampoon’s Vacation
Quote quality: 8.3
Movie quality: 6.8
Quotability quotient: .92
Comments: Good movie, and highly quotable. Not a bad quote, either.
Total score: 51.9

The Wife – Movie: Enchanted
Quote quality: 7.1
Movie quality: 6.1
Quotability quotient: .47
Comments: Meh. The Wife did include a quote from *her* favorite movie, which I guess was technically in line with the directions. But, when I think of quotable films, Enchanted doesn’t break the top 100.
Total score: 20.4

anneghormley – Movie: Better Off Dead
Quote quality: 9.1
Movie quality: 5.5
Quotability quotient: .81
Comments: I watched this for the first time last night. The quote is pretty great, I’ll give you that. However, I didn’t love the film. As I stated in the directions, you gotta know your judge.
Total score: 40.5

Drew – Movie: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Quote quality: 9.7
Movie quality: 8.8
Quotability quotient: .98
Comments: We watch this movie every single year, and you’d be hard pressed to find one that’s more quotable. And, out of all of those quotes this is probably the one that I use in conversation more than any other. “That it is Edward.” Just four words, but so appropriate in so many occasions.
Total score: 83.7

Congrats to Drew, the first back-to-back champion in the history of Movie Line Monday.

Back to normal rules for this week’s quote:

Man 1: How ’bout you Sideburns? You want some of this milk?
Man 2: I’d rather have a beer.

Let’s see if anyone can take Drew’s throne from him…

After a crazy day at work, biking home, enjoying a delicious meal, bathing the kids, working on on the Missus’ new blog, and watching two episodes of Arrested Development, Movie Line Monday got overlooked. So, let’s play catch up.

While I’m glad that Jared finally weighed in with a guess, he submit a website address (not a quote), thereby disqualifying himself. The Wife submitted three different quotes, so she’s also disqualified. That makes Drew the winner with a gutsy, though slightly off-color, response. Welcome to the winner’s circle, Drew. The movie, of course, was Anchorman.

Let’s do things a little differently this week. Instead of me providing the quote, it’s up to you to comment with a quote from your favorite movie. Then, next Monday I’ll go through and have to guess which movie each quote is from. I’ll pick the winner based on the quality of the quote, multiplied by the quality of the movie, multiplied by the quotability quotient of said movie. Just like in Apples to Apples, you gotta know your judge.

Best of lucky!

Let the cries of favoritism begin, but this week’s winner is The Wife. That quote from Dumb and Dumber is the reason I laugh out loud whenever I hear the first few notes from Country Roads. Drew’s the runner up for the second week in a row. “Salmon of Capistrano”… classic.

This week’s quote:

Dorothy Mantooth is a Saint!

Considering this is one of the most quotable movies since the turn of the century, you’d better pick a good one!

Alright, time to pick a winner… After much deliberation, I think I’m going to have to go with TXGMa’s “Sew like the wind!” quote from The Three Amigos! That whole scene is pretty hilarious. “If only we had known this sooner.” Ha!

However, I have to admit that if Pete, my 4 1/2 yr old son, was literate, he would have taken home the trophy. He was playing outside this week when a small jet flew over. Amanda asked him if it was a fighter jet or a passenger jet. He told her that he thought it was a mail plane. She asked him how he could tell, and he replied (with perfect timing and delivery), “Didn’t you see its little balls?”

That kid cracks me up.

Now, on to this week’s quote:

You gonna do somethin’? Or are you just gonna stand there and bleed?

Remember, I’m not just looking for the title of the film. You need to reply with a quote from the same film. And, preferable, said quote would be a really good one.

Keep in mind that even if you don’t know it right away, you can check back later in the week and use other people’s comments as clues. See? You had no idea how rich and exciting this game could be!

Good luck!

Leighton over at My Best Investments has a weekly feature called Movie Line Friday. Being a fan of alliteration, I thought maybe we could try Movie Line Monday over on my side of the fence.

Here are the rules; each Monday I will post a line (or lines) from a movie. If you know the movie, you will reply in the comments section with another line from the same movie. The person with the best follow up quote (from the same film, obviously, and judged objectively by yours truly) will receive special mention in the next week’s post, along with praises and accolades for generations to come.

An example:
Woman 1: Are you the Keymaster?
Man 1: Not that I know of.

You would reply with something like:
Ray, when someone asks you if you’re a god, you say “YES”!

Get it? This could be really lame, or it might be kind of fun. Only one way to find out…

This week’s quote:

Girl 1: Which one do you like?
Girl 2: I like the one that’s not so smart.
Girl 1: …which one is that?

Good luck!