Posted by Racer on June 24, 2004, at 11:20:25
In reply to Today's List Challenge -- Poster's Choice!, posted by Racer on June 24, 2004, at 11:12:16
I could post pretty much the entire script for His Girl Friday, or the impassioned speech made by Peter Lorre at the "trial" in M; or there are the classic lines like "I love the smell of napalm in the morning!" but here are the two that stand out for me this morning:
1. Law & Order: in an episode where a bunch of the regular cops are staking out a park where people go to drink, all 'undercover' including Epatha Merkerson, one character -- forget which -- says, "I'll take malt over Milton any day!" (I love that show so much -- they're still under the delusion that GOOD WRITING counts for something!) That's a reference to a poem by one of my favorite poets, and I have had a banner hung somewhere in my home for 20 years reading "Malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to Man." That stands out for me.
2. Mystic River: Just watched it yesterday -- OK, concentration being an issue, it took a couple of days to see the whole thing, but I heard this line yesterday -- Kevin Bacon's character was describing a couple of guys from his old neighborhood, two brothers: "They always scared the [excretory product] out of us. 11 months apart, and their mother was running a loose cannon factory." THAT is my new favorite line from a movie.
I'll post the second list another time, promise, but this morning is a really bad one for me.
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