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re: Is Jack Nicholson’s line at the end of A Few Good Men the most famous movie line

Posted on 10/23/21 at 4:42 pm to
Posted by Hook Echo
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Posted on 10/23/21 at 4:42 pm to
What we've got here is failure to communicate.
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Posted on 10/23/21 at 5:18 pm to
You’re my boy blue
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Posted on 10/23/21 at 5:47 pm to
"I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse."
Posted by Globetrotter747
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Posted on 10/23/21 at 5:48 pm to
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Because it's not just a popular movie line.

It became English lexicon to convey a situation. It exists outside the movie and people instantly understand that phrase to mean you're in a different, foreign uncomfortable or strange place/situation of which you're not prepared for.

Good point.

Even other movies have used the reference:

Cypher from the Matrix: "It means buckle your seatbelt, Dorothy, 'cause Kansas is going bye-bye."
Posted by Buckeye06
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Posted on 10/23/21 at 6:45 pm to
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"I knew it was you Fredo" I think is up there with it at least.



That isn't even the most famous line from that movie

Make him an offer he cant refuse

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Posted on 10/23/21 at 7:57 pm to
Plastics
Posted by chinese58
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Posted on 10/23/21 at 7:58 pm to
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Frankly Scarlett........
Was the answer for most in the 60 and into the 70's. I'm 62. Now it could be something I've never heard. Hell, it could be something someone on tik-tok popularized.

ETA: It could be something someone on tik-tok put together that changed a quote, and everyone thinks that's the original quote now, and how great it is.
This post was edited on 10/23/21 at 8:01 pm
Posted by YNWA
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Posted on 10/23/21 at 8:02 pm to
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“luke I am your father”.



Classic Mandela effect. Vader actually says "No, I am your father". He never says Luke
Posted by TejasHorn
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Posted on 10/23/21 at 11:09 pm to
I don’t care for the movie as much as others but “frankly my dear…” is by far #1.

Not in Kansas… #2.

As far as The Godfather. “Leave the gun, take the cannoli.”
This post was edited on 10/23/21 at 11:13 pm
Posted by lsusa
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Posted on 10/24/21 at 5:09 am to
I’m not sure your third one belongs on that list because, unlike the others, I don’t think most folks would see that quote by itself and automatically know the movie.

I’d for sure put “round up the usual suspects” and “you know Louis this could be the start of a beautiful friendship” out there when talking about Casablanca quotes. Maybe even “I’m shocked, shocked to find gambling in here” and “the Germans wore gray, you wore blue” over it
Posted by Globetrotter747
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Posted on 10/24/21 at 5:57 am to
The answer has to be in a movie that a large number of both young and old people have seen. How many 18-year-old girls have seen The Godfather?
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Posted on 10/24/21 at 8:32 am to
Nice beaver
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Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son
Posted by Tigeralum2008
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Posted on 10/24/21 at 5:01 pm to
Poltergeist: They’re here….

Tim burton Batman: I’m Batman

Ghostbusters: who ya gonna call?

“Khaaaaan”!!!!
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Posted on 10/24/21 at 11:31 pm to
I’ll have what she’s having.

Posted by crash1211
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Posted on 10/25/21 at 6:40 am to
Frankly...
Rosebud
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Posted on 10/25/21 at 12:49 pm to
You're killing me, Smalls.
Posted by Jimbeaux
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Posted on 10/25/21 at 1:02 pm to
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Here's looking at you kid will always be the most famous line in my mind from the film, but, like you say, it's subjective


The one that gets repeated most in my social circles is actually, “I’m shocked, SHOCKED, to find that gambling is going on in here!”
Posted by MorbidTheClown
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Posted on 10/25/21 at 1:05 pm to
Ezekiel 25:17
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Posted on 10/25/21 at 2:11 pm to
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