Friday, May 6, 2016

Something I noticed...

I participated in the April Blogging from A to Z Challenge with a theme of "Making movie lines our own," and as I shared family stories about certain movie quotes, I noticed something: a majority of memorable lines my family use are from animated movies and/or films from the 90s.

Interesting.

What's with that?

I reflected on that during the past week and realized…

… The lines that stuck with us are from movies watched when our kids were young (in the 90s), which of course included many animated films. Watching and laughing with them made lines memorable.

… Most of the lines we quote are from comedies, and unfortunately it's harder to find good clean comedy from the past couple decades.

… Animated films use such clever dialogue. Those lines stick!

… Lines don't linger with me as much nowadays as I've gotten, well... older. I can remember things from years past but can't recall what movie I watched last week. (Wait, did we watch one last week??)
How about you? Do most of your favorite quotes come from a certain genre or decade(s)?

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  1. John HoltonMay 6, 2016 at 9:42 AM

    Mary used to say we don't have conversations, we just quote dialogue at each other. We get a lot of it from TV... lately we've been watching "Hogan's Heroes" reruns, so we're quoting Schultz at each other: "I know NOTHING!"

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    1. TrudyMay 6, 2016 at 1:10 PM

      Ooooo...that's a great quote! There are plenty of times that would come in handy for me. Thanks for sharing!

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  2. Luana KrauseMay 7, 2016 at 12:33 PM

    i quote all genres and decades. My latest favorite is from Gladiator: Are you not entertained!?

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    1. TrudyMay 11, 2016 at 12:33 PM

      That's an interesting quote. It's been years since I saw Gladiator. I need to watch it again to see where that line fits!

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  3. PaulaMay 11, 2016 at 6:01 PM

    Since I am not a big watcher of movies, I don't really quote movies. But I love quotes and use them all the time. Great theme, by the way!

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    1. TrudyMay 12, 2016 at 5:44 AM

      I love quotes, too. I used to copy favorites into spiral notebooks. One for humorous and another for profound or thought provoking. Now I have Evernote handy (on phone and computer) to capture quotes.

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  4. Stephanie FarisMay 12, 2016 at 4:49 AM

    Probably the 80s? I don't quote movies often but my husband does...and yeah, 80s and 90s, mostly comedies, mostly starring Bill Murray!

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    1. TrudyMay 12, 2016 at 6:13 AM

      I like several films with Bill Murray..."What About Bob" "Groundhog Day" "The Man Who Knew Too Little"... those have fun quotes.

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