“Follow That Line: Movie Dialogue We've Had To Endure” QUIZ

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“Follow That Line: Movie Dialogue We've Had To Endure” QUIZ

Those of you who are movie-lovers just might recall the following extraordinarily-well-written dialogue between Anakin and Padme in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith:

ANAKIN: You are so beautiful!

PADME: It's only because I'm so in love . . .

ANAKIN: No, it's because I'm so in love with you.

PADME: So love has blinded you?

And, I was so moved (to tears), re-watching that scene in the movie a couple of days ago, that I was inspired to create a quiz with the instructions:

“Can you name the subsequent lines in these excruciating dialogues, moviegoers have had to endure through the years?

So, the quiz will be a series of different dialogues, from different movies. 

• I’ve started this Quiz already and you can see precisely how I plan to format it in the BunchofCurators account.

What I’m looking for (and not looking for)...

I want:

• Fairly memorable (though not necessarily “quotable”) snippets of dialogue, from well-known movies, which:
• made you cringe when you were watching, and/or
• roll your eyes, and or
• wonder if the screenwriter had run out of ideas or simply threw it together to “fill” time in a scene
• Preferably four brief lines of back-and-forth dialogue. Perhaps I might accept some with 3 lines, or up to six.
• Extra-helpful will be bits of dialogue which conceivably “fit” some of the other clues, as we further develop this (in essence, making more of the choices “plausible wrong choices”).
• The dialogue should be something that players who are unfamiliar with the movie could conceivably figure out as well, but not be an automatic “gimme”.

 I don’t want:

• Any of the standard, familiar, famous quotes and retorts which appear in quiz-after-quiz
• Bathroom humor, vulgarity, or obscenities

And, here’s what you should know about me, as a quiz-owner:

I love collaboration, but I’ll be pretty picky about the content for this sort of quiz, because it is tricky to do it just right.

Those of you who have worked with me on quizzes also know that, even if I “shoot down” several ideas,  I’ll keep encouraging people to find “more-precisely” the kind of quiz questions/answers that I have in mind, and that I feel will work well.

So, feel free to copy & paste ideas HERE, in this thread.

Be sure to include the name of the movie, and both the characters’ names AND I’d also like to know the actors who are playing them (for various reasons). 

Also, if there is a brief  bit of “background” or “setting” information that would be important and help the quiz-takers, then mention that for me as well (“setting the scene”)

And, if nothing else I've finally given you cause, in the near-future, to actually start paying attention to some of these types of scenes in movies you watch.... I don't know if that is a good thing, or a bad thing, eh?  ;)

If I nix ideas, either keep trying, or not  :)

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[Geo1]

I have an idea, but I'm having difficulty finding the dialogue before it.

It's the part in the Last of the Mohicans where the guy says to Cora 'Stay alive, I will find you' before jumping through a waterfall.

 

Does anybody know the dialogue? 

 

[teddy109711]

I have one also from Star Wars III (you may reject for that reason), but it is a very powerful one that gives me goosebumps and makes me cringe every time:
Anakin Skywalker: You turned her against me!

Obi-Wan Kenobi: You have done that yourself.

Anakin Skywalker: You will not take her from me!

Obi-Wan Kenobi: Your anger and lust for power have already done that.

The first two lines I'm sure the majority of quiz takers could know, but that last line probably isn't as well known.

So tell me what you think Napb:)

[MovieGuru]

You could include basically any dialogue from The Room, a movie famous for being terrible. Example:

Mark: How was work today?
Johnny: Oh, pretty good. We got a new client and the bank will make a lot of money.
Mark: What client?
Johnny: I cannot tell you; it's confidential.
Mark: Aw, come on. Why not?
Johnny: No, I can't. Anyway, how is your sex life?

If you aren't convinced it's the most poorly written movie of all time, search for it on youtube and watch any clip. (Warning: It's pretty vulgar)

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@Geo1 - I don't know it; try searching for "screenplay last of the mohicans" or "script last of the mohicans"...?

@teddy109711 - Yeah that dialogue still leaves a sweet taste having just seen it...

     I think I'll want to try to use different movies for each one, and not use any sequels either, by the way, if I can help it.   On the plus side, you're on the right track... Corny and obvious dialogue...

Note please, everyone:  One other thing: If at all possible, I'd like you to actually be able to verify the dialogue by watching it yourself, and re-winding if necessary (on video, or youtube, or however) in order to confirm any dialogue you find on-line.

I will not use anything from just one source; and if one of your sources is wikipedia, then bear in mind that a LOT of websites that seem to be self-contained actually copy information verbatim from wikipedia.

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@ MovieGuru, Thanks.

      A bit more clarification here (which may or may not apply)... If I have even the slightest feeling that poor dialogue was used intentionally by a screenwriter, or a director, to try to be "hip", or to try to make an "un-good-movie" and be popular in that sort-of "underground cultish" way, then I don't want to use it.

As I'm unfamiliar with The Room, I'll need for you and others to tell me if that is the case.

The end of that dialogue where Johnny says: "No, I can't. Anyway, how is your sex life?" sounds like a writer trying to be clever and hip by abruptly changing direction, so that we viewers can think "wow, how cool, that character suddenly deflected the topic and is talking about sex all of a sudden!"

I want to use dialogue in which the feeling is that the writers actually thought the dialogue was good, or effective themselves; and would honestly be surprised to hear that the rest of the world was embarrassed by it.

Also, I'd like the movies that we use in the quiz to be fairly popular (read: mainstream); again I'm ignorant about The Room.

[teddy109711]

I'll try another suggestions then:

Lance Armstrong: Could I get a bottle of water. - - Hey, aren't you Peter La Fleur?

Peter La Fleur: Lance Armstrong!

Lance Armstrong: Yeah, that's me. But I'm a big fan of yours.

Peter La Fleur: Really?Ll

Lance Armstrong: Yeah, I've been watching the dodgeball tournament on the Ocho. ESPN 8. I just can't get enough of it. But, good luck in the tournament. I'm really pulling for you against those jerks from Globo Gym. I think you better hurry up or you're gonna be late.

Peter La Fleur: Uh, actually I decided to quit... Lance.

Lance Armstrong: Quit? You know, once I was thinking about quitting when I was diagnosed with brain, lung and testicular cancer, all at the same time.

This one is kind of long, and although it's not the most memorable quote in that movie (Dodgeball) it is one that has the right amount of difficulty.

So what do think of this one Napb?

[MovieGuru]

The Room isn't really a cool, indie film... I don't think the director/writer/lead actor was trying to be clever. He just is really that terrible. But now that it happened, it's one of those cult films that's so terrible people actually watch it. But yeah, it would be better to stick with mainstream movies. That being said, you probably don't want to include many comedies, because those often have intentionally bad dialogue (like you warned people not to include).

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@MovieGuru:  Good point. Anyways you aren't, by any chance, a Movie Guru of some sort are you? I'm sure you'll come up with something mainstream.

   All:   As I ponder the development of this quiz, I'll probably need to reflect on whether or not it is too tricky of a quiz to collaborate on, I honestly don't know. I don't know how much viable "material" there is out there, for one thing!  I want to encourage widespread participation and suggestions, but I really DON'T want to find myself habitually pooh-poohing stuff - believe me, nobody feels worse than  I  do when I give somebody a thumbs-down! - Even when I band-aid it with a smiley-face :)

What I do is: I imagine that I use a suggestion; and I ascertain whether I think it will appeal to most players. It is a very subjective viewpoint, and I can only rely on my personal experience as a quiz-taker, quiz-maker, and having worked with a lot of people on a lot of quizzes.

I also look at it in terms of how it fits with other pieces, and whether or not it is "mechanically" sound ---   length, guessability, obviousness, what-have-you.

So, I'll tread lightly, and those of you who think you've got a contender can fire away if you are thick-skinned! I'll see how it goes, and if I've created an unworkable quiz, I'm ok with scrapping it and acknowledging that it ain't viable.

@ Teddy109711:  I'm feeling like you and I should correspond directly by e-mail, to streamline this "back-and-forth-process somewhat.  Personally, I don't want any thread to turn into a two-person dialogue, and I just would feel too uncomfortable if it went on and on, with you suggesting, and me balking.  By having a one-on-one dialogue via e-mail, I'll be able to flesh out my "misgivings" more thoroughly and clearly; hopefully empowering you to better understand my thought process; and not tying up this space with even more needapausebutton-lengthed dissertations! :)

So if you are cool with that, flash me an e-mail, and I'll help  you come up with something, assuming I haven't discouraged you!

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This may be a slow-cooker, I think ideas may come more from actually watching movies, than from trying to remember them.

So, I'm in no hurry; and if this doesn't get finished for a year, so be it.

Oh, and Teddy109711 did e-mail me, and all is well.   (Thanks, Teddy109711)

- napb

[wiggytitch.sporcle]

The dialogue that makes me cringe every time I hear it is the "Is it still raining? I hadn't noticed" from this scene of 'Four Weddings and a Funeral.' It's just so awful.

 

 

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Ha! Yeah, that's just what I'm looking for, wiggytitch, great find!

I think I might break it into three simple parts like

It wasn't the person standing next to me in the vail, it's the person standing opposite me now, in the rain / Is it still raining? I hadn't noticed

and

....The truth of it is, I've loved you from the first second I met you. You're not suddenly going to go away again, are you? / No, but I might drown, but otherwise, no...

and

Do you think not being married to me might maybe be something you could consider doing for the rest of your life? Do you? / I DO!

Ok, we got two now!