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Saturday, 16 July 2011

Dreamworks

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
Hiccup: Thank you for the breast-hat. 

Astrid: [Referring to Toothless] I bet he's really frightened right now... what are you gonna do about it?  
Hiccup: Ehhh... probably something stupid. 
Astrid: Good, but you've already done that.  
Hiccup: Then something crazy...!  
Astrid: That's more like it! 

Thursday, 14 July 2011

Danny Boyle

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Latika: You want to do something for me?  
Jamal Malik: Anything.  
Latika: Then forget me.

Older Salim: Left a message for you at work. 
Jamal Malik: There was no message. 
Older Salim: I definitely left a mess...  
Jamal Malik: There was no message! There was no message! THERE WAS NO MESSAGE! 
Jamal Malik: [Looks down at Salim starting to cry a little] 
Jamal Malik: I will never forgive you! 
Older Salim: I know.

 

Robert Zemeckis

Forrest Gump (1994)
Forrest Gump: And cause I was a gazillionaire, and I liked doin it so much, I cut that grass for free.
Forrest Gump: You know it's funny what a young man recollects? 'Cause I don't remember bein' born. I don't recall what I got for my first Christmas and I don't know when I went on my first outdoor picnic. But I do remember the first time I heard the sweetest voice in the wide world. 
Jenny Curran: Were you scared in Vietnam?  
Forrest Gump: Yes. Well, I-I don't know. Sometimes it would stop raining long enough for the stars to come out... and then it was nice. It was like just before the sun goes to bed down on the bayou. There was always a million sparkles on the water... like that mountain lake. It was so clear, Jenny, it looked like there were two skies one on top of the other. And then in the desert, when the sun comes up, I couldn't tell where heaven stopped and the earth began. It's so beautiful. 

 

Wednesday, 13 July 2011

Anthony Minghella

The Talented Mr Ripley (1999)
Tom Ripley: Don't you just take the past and put it in a room in a basement and lock the door and never go in there? That's what I do, And then you meet someone special and all you want to do is to toss them the key and say; open up, step inside, but you can't, because it's dark, There's demons and if anybody saw how ugly it is... I keep wanting to do that, fling the door open just let light in and clean everything out.
Peter: Sorry, I'm completely lost.  
Tom Ripley: I know. I'm lost, too. I'm going to be stuck in the basement, aren't I, that's my, that's my... terrible, and alone, and dark, and I've lied about who I am, and where I am, and now no-one will ever find me.  
Peter: What do you mean... lied about who you are? 
Tom Ripley: I always thought it'd be better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.  
Peter: What are you talking about? You're not a nobody. That's the last thing you are.
Peter: Good things about Mr. Ripley? Could take some time. Tom is talented. Tom is tender... Tom is beautiful... Tom is a mystery. Tom is not a nobody. Tom has secrets he doesn't want to tell me, and I wish he would. Tom has nightmares. That's not a good thing. Tom has someone to love him. That is a good thing. Tom is crushing me. Tom is crushing me... Tom, you're crushing me! 

 

Monday, 11 July 2011

Bryan Singer

The Usual Suspects (1995)
Verbal: Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say his father was German. Nobody believed he was real. Nobody ever saw him or knew anybody that ever worked directly for him, but to hear Kobayashi tell it, anybody could have worked for Soze. You never knew. That was his power. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. And like that, poof. He's gone. 
Dave Kujan: Do you believe in him, Verbal? 
Verbal: Keaton always said, "I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of him." Well I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Keyser Soze.

Monday, 4 July 2011

Disney

Tangled (2010)
Flynn Rider: You were my new dream. 
Rapunzel: And you were mine. 


Sunday, 8 May 2011

Hayao Miyazaki


NausicaƤ of the Valley of the Wind (1984)


Yupa: [about Kushana's arm] An insect did that?  
Kushana: Yes, and whatever lucky man becomes my husband shall see far worse than that. 

Asbel: NausicaƤ… Are you crying? 
NausicaƤ: Mm hmm. Don't worry though. I'm happy.


My Neighbour Totoro (1988)




Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
Without even thinking about it, I used to be able to fly. Now I'm trying to look inside myself and find out how I did it. 





Spirited Away (2001)
Once you do something, you never forget. Even if you can't remember.


Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
He's calling the spirits of darkness... I saw him do this once before when a girl dumped him 
Wow, Sophie, your hair looks just like starlight. It's beautiful
Ponyo (2008)
He keeps me in a bubble, so I swam away from home.