Anyway, it's great--I've posted an empty bracket so you can give it a try! I've also posted a few Sam and I have done--avoiding others (such as our "worst people" brackets--but I will tell you, the winner was Gadianton) so as not to incite controversy :) Click on the image to enlarge it.
It maybe seems like we know these movies waaay too well. But actually, we just have excellent memories for this sort of thing. You'd be surprised how often we incorporate these quotations into our everyday speech, without even really thinking about it. "He loves to run, and run, and run," from powerhouse Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, won, mostly because it is such an effective part of the movie itself, and suggests so much more than the words themselves can convey. However, "An ahh? I can't wait an ahh!" from relative newcomer Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit was a strong second for pure humor.
This is my list, not Sam's (although we overlapped on quite a few movies!). The tiebreaker was how often I feel like watching these. Some are great movies, but only for occasional watching. All 32 in the tournament are worth seeing at least twice, though, in my opinion. A few ("Jane Eyre" comes to mind) were left off because I haven't seen them more than once, and thus don't know yet if they qualify as a "favorite" or just a "good movie." Oh yes, and "Bride and Prejudice" is an Indian version (a musical!) of "Pride and Prejudice," not a misprint.
I include this mostly for your benefit, Jessica (and yours, Rachael, should you chance to see it). I don't expect anyone else to be able to recall each of these moments in the movie. There were several very difficult match-ups here. Andrew's false-looking grin after Marguerite finds his note lost mostly because it's not an actual audible quote. "Yewsful to us" got extra points because it appears to be an instance where Armand said the wrong line. One line, which would have been unremarkable on its own, advanced to the second round on the strength of its being garbled by Rachael's VHS copy of this movie. The winner, "You had BUT to ask," won for its excellent balance of humor, oddness of inflection, and usefulness in everyday life. It also got bonus points for being the lyrics to an aria in Jessica's proposed "Scarlet Pimpernel" opera.
What!? You can't post a bracket with a tie in it, make up your mind! :)
ReplyDeleteThat was so much fun! I haven't laughed so hard in a while. You definitely picked the best quotes from the movie. But you left out an important one: "Must have more executions and proceed with greater dispatch." and then the next part: "Might do him good, to get some BLOOD on those lily-white hands of his--ah!"
ReplyDeleteJessica, you are quite right, and I also realized we left out "Suchabusyman . . . I'll just leeeeave . . . no need to even _mhen_-tion this little . . . COME on, you id-jits!" How could we have been so remiss?
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun idea! Maybe we'll try a few brackets of our own! Loved the birth announcement! Sam is amazing! And of course a darling baby for the subject!
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Did you do a bracket of Monty Python quotes? From the other movie quotes one it looks like you might have. IS it to be assumed that you only ranked quotes from Holy Grail? I am curious what you came up with? I have my opinions about what would win...
ReplyDeleteWe did do a monty python bracket, maybe I can get Marilyn to post it.
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