Interesting Movie Quotes

“Gentlemen, You can’t fight in here, this is the war room” was a line from the movie that was timed for release during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, it was moved for release at a later date due to the apparent feelings people had about politics at the time. A Black Comedy that makes fun of the utter serious chain of events (any of which can become true) that can lead to the end of the world with all sides firing their Nukes in defense of the other. The Movie has a crazy general of an air force base who orders an attack on Russia by B-52 bombers carrying nuclear devices citing the apparent sabotage of Russian spies of the American lifestyle, injecting fluoride into the water system that he blames for his impotence. The aim was o lighten the mood of the ever tensioned times of the Cold War where everybody was at risk at the press of a button.

“Listen to them, Children of the Night. What music they make”, was spoken by one of film’s most devious and scariest characters, the representation of Count Vlad, who is most often called as the true Count Dracula due to his ruthlessness towards his enemies. Most of the other facts have been filled in by lore and fiction writers but the movie has lived on in spite being first made into film in the 1930′s. The legend of Dracula has lived and died along with the characters of the film only to be re-incarnated in newer versions. The newest one, Bram Stoker’s Dracula came out in 1992 in the US which again brought back to life the blood sucking villain who is Count Dracula.

Everybody knows the horror film that has been turned into all sorts of characters in comics and cartoon series. The movie has an eccentric budding doctor obsessed with the newly discovered power, electricity which in his mind is the key to the creation of life. His obsession turns morbid when he decides to bring back to life a man whose body is made up of parts from several corpses he dug up from graves. His experiment takes toll on his life, publicly and personally. He is ridiculed by fellow doctors and scientists as a lunatic which drives him further down the road with his morbid experiment. Upon getting his creation to breathe to life, he exclaims the famous words, “It’s alive!!! It’s Alive”. His creation turns on people and kills everybody in sight ending the experiment with his creator ending his life.

The film which reflects the days of the mob who ruled major cities has two struggling musicians who just happened to be witnesses to the St. Valentines Massacre. Upon realizing what they have just witnessed, they clamor to find a way to get out of the city without the mob seeing them for they were being hunted down. Their only escape as they found it was to join an all female band where they dress up as girls. In the process one member of the band falls in love with one of the women (who were dressed as women) and proposes to him, her, HIM. The man blurts out “Well, nobody’s perfect” as he’s told his love interest isn’t a lady but a man just like himself. The movie features Marilyn Monroe as Sugar a member of the all female band, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon played the two musicians. They said that in order to convince themselves that they looked female enough for the film, they went into women’s dressing rooms to use the mirrors and when none of the women inside reacted, they assured themselves they indeed looked the part.

Who would forget the movie “Jaws”, which has instilled fear of the sea in many people from that generation. The effect of the movie on the true apex predator of the seas, the shark, has been so profound that all treated them as villains and man-eaters. Even the producers and most of those involved in the movie’s production and making have reversed and felt guilty of the impact the movie had on the general population. They have released many feature films and even taken part in conservation efforts to reverse the negative impact the movies have had on the natural ecology of the sea. The size and ferociousness were truly boated to more than life proportions that no real shark exists. The Great white is now almost an endangered species and requires the respect of all mankind as all of God’s creatures deserve.

One of the memorable quotes that have risen from the movies by Clint Eastwood, a tough cop who had little respect for those who broke the law. He used an iron fist (actually a Smith and Wesson Magnum .44 Caliber Handgun) to show the bad guys he was the boss and that all who broke the law were to be subject to his form of law. Police Inspector Harry Callahan, who through his many unorthodox exploits ends up dealing with the bad guy in his own brutal way. Many see his approach to police work as brutal but he has become an icon of the hard arm of the law.

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.