Interesting Movie Quotes

“We Came, We saw, We kicked Ass!”, exclaimed by the ever proud Peter Venkman who’s role was supposed to be played by James Belushi till his untimely death. The ghost that they called “Slimer” was called onion head by the cast and was referred to by Dan Akroyd as the ghost of Belushi on set. The movie is one of the best comedy films of all time that children the world over enjoyed. The publicity for the film even had a dedicated phone line that was put up to receive the calls of fans that were answered by a recording of two of the films cast saying they were out on a call busting ghosts. Followed by a sequel, that re-united the team that had them deal with a sea of slime that was flowing under New York and causing many un-earthly apparitions that signifies the coming of a mythical dark lord.

“Look Daddy, teacher says ‘every time a bell rings and Angel gets its wings”. One of the true family film classics, where a distraught businessman encounters difficulty in his business and ends up in despair during Christmas Eve. An angel shows up and takes him through what could be his life if the decisions he’d have made in life were any different resulting in one of the best movies of all time. Though set in Christmas, the film was actually shot in the middle of a terrible heat wave that caused more than just sweat so the director had to give the crew and cast a day off so they don’t get the flu. The movie didn’t earn much, just a bit over the slated budget but subsequent reviews discovered the true talent and creativity that went into the film it was ranked the 20th Greatest Movie of all time.

“Snakes! Why did it have to be snakes”, spoken by Indiana Jones as he falls into the Well of Souls which is said to hold the Ark of the Covenant, the mythical relic which is said to hold the Ten Commandments that was lost in time. The fear was true for Harrison Ford did indeed fear snakes (though some of them were merely rubber hoses cut and made to look like snakes). The one he faced as he fell was a true cobra and a pane of glass was the only thing protecting the nervous actor as he did his lines. The cobra did indeed sprayed some venom on the glass much to the delight of Ford that that piece of glass was there.

“Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next” The line was spoken by defamed Roman General Maximus to Commodus, the son of the Roman Emperor whom he himself killed. One of the best films depicting the triumphs and struggles of the civilization that was Rome it was dedicated to Oliver Reed (Proximo, the gladiator trainer who bought Maximus as a slave) who suffered a heart attack during filming. Sad as it may be, the long film had some authenticity as to the way people were met with ruthlessness during the time of the Romans who ruled half of the civilized world. Their having to deal with the many territories led to their downfall as with the movie it showed a respected and prominent Roman General turned slave then Gladiator with his family killed just so the son of the Emperor could take his place. “What we do in Life echoes in eternity” is another of the famous and respectable lines from the movie that reflects the deep belief of the Romans in the Gods of the time.

“I’m King of the world”, was the lines spoken by Leonardo de Caprio as he stands on the bow of the Titanic. One of the highlights of the movie, where a pauper meets the woman of her dreams who just happens to be out of his reach for she is with one of the richest and most arrogant men on board and is bound to be his bride. The doomed Titanic was the most expensive films of all time (estimated to $200,000,000) but overcame that by being a blockbuster in theaters worldwide. The inclusion of footage film of the actual ship below the seas were taken by specially built IMAX cameras that had to be engineered to withstand 400 times the pressure of the atmosphere at sea level. The film was initially conceived to be one of two fictional characters over which the whole film was to revolve around. After the script was finished, the director was stunned to find out that there was a real Jack Dawson who was on board the Titanic that fateful night that it sank and took many lives.

The line, Martini, shaken, not stirred”, is a classic line/quote of the Bond Movies, and a classic quote by Sir Sean Connery (Yep, he was Knighted a few years back), one of the original Bond players. The film has the romantic and ever escaping James Bond, a secret agent for the fictional British Spy Agency MI6. The legend of the lines has been passed on from actor to actors who have played the part and has become sort of a tagline for the film. Featuring some of the best special effects of the time, the Bond Films was one of the most fast moving movies of all time. Featuring never before seen (and never before existing) gadgets and gizmos that helps Bond escape the never-ending stream of villains as he fights to save the world for madmen and the likes. This is also the first movie to feature a Laser Beam in the entire world.