Interesting Movie Quotes

The quote comes from the speech supposedly spoken by Scottish “Brave Heart” Sir William Wallace during their epic battle with the English occupation forces who were set to conquer their land in the “War of Scottish Independence”. This movie is quite a long one but does give light to some of the darkest ages of human history when conquest was still the name of the game. In the film directed by Mel Gibson who himself plays the part of Sir William, it is considered to be one of the best spic battles in history that decided the fate of the Scots. The film has many followers and many years after the release of the film, it still inspires others to strive for freedom using the quote as their battle cry.

The quote has become synonymous with anything that has to have somebody knowing and somebody not knowing. The movie Sherlock Holmes has a character written and created by Sir Conan Doyle as the ultimate crime-solver with a critical mind that finds every clue. It is one of those movies and characters that is known throughout the world as the symbol of crime fighting. It has even been the reason for some true detectives and policemen to become who they are along with Dirty Harry played by Clint Eastwood. These crime fighting characters have inspired many a crime fighters then till now and will continue to be part of popular culture for many years to come.

Yes, even the laugh factories have their share of famous and interesting quotes like “Yeah Baby” and “Oh Behave!”, from Austin Powers. Forrest Gump produced ” Mama always said life is like a box of chocolates…”, in the film with the same name as the character played by Tom Hanks became a sort of expression for an innocent look at life from the view of a special person. A stint of comedy in the action thriller film Airplane has the quick-witted stewardess going on the intercom saying, ‘There’s no reason to be alarmed, and we hope you enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone here who knows how to fly a plane????”. Ace Ventura left us with, “If I’m not back in five minutes..Wait a little bit longer!!!”. Funny and hilarious they may be they do serve a purpose, to break the ice in an already hilarious film making it even more hilarious sending you crunching your stomach as it aches from laughing.

Based on the fast life of Navy Pilots who fly some of the most sophisticated aircraft in the world, whizzing around in the skies at more than twice the speed of sound, the quote “I feel the need for Speed”, is at home in these skies. Though the film was a box office hit, there was little similarities between the action sequences and true life Top Guns in Fightertown USA at Miramar Air Station in San Diego California where the best of the best pilots from all branches who are considered to be in the top 1% of all pilots. The stunts the lead character did were considered to be grounds for a court martial, jail time and dismissal from the Navy and were purely for show.

The Movie has two versions, the original from 1968 with another release in 2001. The movie tells the fictional story of a deep space mission that unexpectedly lands in a black hole to a planet where Apes evolved into the superior species and humans were the animals. The movie has the men trying to get back home but before doing so getting the apes to recognize the people whom they treated as pets and slaves their freedom and rights to subsist along sides each other. The Original movie had the famous quote spoken by the human when he was captured by the apes speaking “Get your stinking paws off me. You dirty ape.” which was reversed on the revived version to “Get your dirty hands off me. You dirty Human”. The story ends with the chimpanzee they launched as part of their experiments landing in the same planet showing the apes and men that in their world the roles were reversed.

Al Pacino as the Cuban refugee who was seeking asylum in the United States when Fidel emptied all his jails all at the same time in the historic event that is now known as the “Mariel Boatlift”. Under suspicion from US immigration he is detained and sent to a prison camp for Cubans due to suspected politically motivated activities. Set free, he joins his old time friend and becomes one of the most notorious cocaine dealers in the US. In the movie’s climax, when Al’s house was being stormed by assassins out to kill him, he manages to get hold of an M16-rilfe with a grenade launcher yells “Say Hello to my little friend”, blows the door open and peppers the bad guys. He is shot in the back with a shotgun and the film ends with him floating in the pool below to which he fell after being shot, dead. That quote, earned the 61st. place in the AFI’s 100 films 100years. The film received much criticism due to many gruesome scenes and the repeated use of foul language. It also took three reviews for release by the MPAA which categorized it as rated “X” due to the extreme violence and language, De Palma agreed to re-edit the film twice, ending up releasing the unedited version marked as the one approved for “R”.

These types of films spurred a lot of imagination regarding space and beyond. Movies that were in fact produced in the height of huge interest in the exploration of space and the universe as a whole. ET the movie with an alien who was left behind and grew homesick left us with “ET Phone Home”. And the recently ended 6-part saga that was Star Wars, “May the force be with you” and “Use the force…Use the force” still transcends all ages and continues to be used as everyday phrases. These films spurred the minds and hearts of many space explorers who as we all know have been interested since their childhood and thanks in part to the sci-fi films of their time.

The classic movies of the many cowboy movies played by legendary actors like Clark Gable who spoke the ever loved quote, “Frankly My Dear, I don’t give a damn’” and Casablanca’s, “Here’s looking at you kid”. Many a film quotes became synonymous and great as the films themselves. Another legendary film, The Wizard of Oz had, “There�s no place like home.”
These quotes found a place in popular culture and became synonymous with love, hate and romance that the film showcased. The Godfather’s, “I’ll Make him an offer he can’t refuse”, became a gangster type lingo that remains to this day. All these films gave impacted and given us the beloved quotes we love to use in our own little ways to make us part of the nostalgia that was the golden years of the movie industry.

The phrase is a stereotypical phrase that has been used when it comes to aliens and any other matter that concerns them. Though the true origins of the words is totally unknown, there have been early references to such phrases as early as 1647 when people began to realize the possibility of there being other intelligent beings out there in the universe which was subject to growing interest in those very years. In the works of John Milton, Paradise Lost, there was a notion of the concept when the angel discusses with man the possibility of life on the moon.
The phrase may have been concocted by the many famed movie makers and writers for it instills fear and curiosity that the words “Take me to your leader” has been so much a part of most science fiction films that deal with aliens and the supernatural. Scientists are just beginning to study the possibility of sentient life on other planets like the earth amidst the billions of stars that are in the universe. There may indeed be such life though not in the forms and shapes we expect them. SETI has been constantly working to find signs of such intelligent life feom space by listening through large radio telescopes for signals that may have meaning. Though no solid facts have been ironed out, the mere statistics of the universe and the many other stars which may have such planets as the earth is a truly enticing idea indeed.

Another remake of a classic, the movie has aliens and machines that are meant to destroy the earth using alien technology far advanced than what we have on earth. Though greatly expanded on, the movie has environmentally conscious beings who travel to earth bringing with them technology we can only dream of. Curiosity is quickly turned to fear as that technology turns against us disintegrating anything on contact. The original story had humongous giants sent to earth to kill everything that moves. Klaatu played by Keanu Reeves, is an alien who is dressed as a human sent to study the people and culture of this earth trying to study and learn as much as he can. Gort is an indestructible alien which does all the destroying takes clues from Klaatu as to what to do, created to patrol the universe to keep the peace. Klaatu dies in the end but not after passing down the words “Klaatu Barada Nichto” which is to be spoken to Gort to stop him from killing off the human race.