Movie Madness

Cover of Joe Versus the Volcano

Cover of The Hudsucker Proxy

I was up in the wee hours of the morning to go for a run.  Now, I am not a runner who can sleep in her clothes, roll out of bed, throw on some shoes and then sprint out the door.

Yes, I know this isn't a post about running. But running is the only reason I was up at 5:30 this morning with the TV on. One of my very favorite movies was on - Sleepless in Seattle.  I'm not sure why I love this movie so much. I've always been a fan of Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan together, the way they effortlessly play off of each other.  Their entire film history are all on my favorites list: Joe Vs. The Volcano, Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail. Maybe it's because my momma and I both love these movies and can have the better part of a conversation just using lines from these three.  Add in a little Hudsucker Proxy, The Sandlot, Princess Diaries and Monty Python's Holy Grail, and we're set. Maybe it's the idea that these movies made times a little easier or just plain ridiculous. Who can't love the idea of the boy from Muncie making it with the fast-talking newsgal? Or the teenager who thinks she'd be better off as invisible than be a princess? The Beast just about sums up every idea I had of dogs before the age of six, seriously. Shrubbery is never funnier than when it's a coveted black market item.

We're slightly obnoxious when we use these lines too.  Our Boo, who may be the most intellectually challenged of all cats, is constantly told "Not you! I don't even know you!" He usually looks at us quizzically and then continues to yowl at us anyway. Incidentally, he's also the cat that is told most often to "Run away, run away!"

Other classics are as follows:
"You don't want to be in love, you want to be in love in a movie!"
"My dad's been captured by a ho!"
"MFEO - made for each other."
"Miss Scarlet with the radio in the broom closet"
"NY." "What's that?" "No Way." "That's NW!"
"You know, for kids."
"Only a numbskull thinks he knows things about things he knows nothing about."
"Or my name isn't Amy Archer and I didn't win the Pulitzer Prize!"
"You're killing me Smalls!"
"Forever...forever...FOREVER"
"Trebuchet!" Thanks J for introducing S and I to that one.
"I'm a flibberty-gibbet."
"So you got no style."
"I know he can do the job, but can he get the job?" Lil B, do I have that one backwards?
"Looks like we're in for a blow."
"You didn't get a second opinion on something called a brain cloud?"
"Very interesting... as a luggage problem."
"That caviar is a garnish!"
"I look like something Picasso drew!"
"I can't go out for coffee with you!  It's on the bad foods list you gave me.  What kind of doctor are you?"
"You're a moodle."
"I'm counting to three and you're all going to put down your guns!"

I know there are more!  Feel free to leave some of your favorites in the comments section.