city sidewalks & the end of the movie quotes
i spent this past weekend with the ever lovely timeripple tramping around and enjoying the offerings of city entertainment. we were rather a mess, the both of us. timeripple with her nth cold & not feeling overly well in the stomach area (hence eating was rather slim pickings & made me feel piggy as a result), & me with my itchy eyes & runny & sneezy nose from the abundance of tree & flowery pollen. still, i think we managed to have an enjoyable time.
first stop after work was her place, where i dropped off my stuff, admired the rather disorganized & very english-majorishness collection of books belonging to the lady of the house, & met the cat, who was rather too clingy for your typical cat. cute, but please don't rub up against me - very bad for the allergies, thank you. spent some time oohing & ahhing over our package to snowqueenofhoth & then off to dinner & to experience the bard. dinner was a rather interesting affair. we got down to the garment district & were roaming around & came across a little place for balkan food. two things in its favor, or rather three: location, menu & most importantly, price. it was all pretty good, though i have no idea how authentic it was, since i've never had balkan food before. all in all, quite good.
the next three hours was spent enjoying someone's interpretation of Antony & Cleopatra, which took place at the turn of the 19th century. my favorite bits: the toy boat that antony plays with in the bath-tub thingy & the fact that octavian was this blond, boyish sniveling thing with a sister complex. maybe it's an indication that i've been reading too much manga. :)
saturday saw the post office, lunch & the movie The Forbidden Kingdom with jet li, jackie chan, some white kid & liu yifei (the girl in all of my icons). as expected, it was not a quality movie, by any stretch of the imagination (weak plot with some pretty big holes, cliches & relatively shallow stock characters with not much development), but lots of fun & full of major kick-buttness. i mean come on - jet li & jackie chan? it would have been a tremendous disappointment if it had been otherwise. it was interesting, also to see some of the actors too, since i've only seen them in asian dramas previously. have no idea if they all did their own voices or if some were dubbed, but still, pretty cool. one of the musical motifs reminded me of this one song & i kept expecting to hear jay chou throughout the movie. no such luck there, but that would have been quite weird.
& now for the end of the movie quotes:
1. Well ain't this place a geographical oddity. Two weeks from everywhere!
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - timeripple
2. A: Then I had a drink.
B: A drink? Boy, you were fractured!
or
A: Come out and relax on a farm, music, dancing, home cooking. Open holidays only.
B: Open holidays only? Say, how many of them are there?
A: About 15. That gives me 350 days to kick around in!
B: You would think of that!
Holiday Inn (Bing Crosby & Fred Astaire)
3. The colossal prick even managed to sound magnanimous. We sat and drank with the sun on our shoulders and felt like free men.
The Shawshank Redemption - gpsypiratelady
4. In a word: excellent.
or
A: Do all undercover cops like rooftops?
B: Unlike you, I'm not afraid of light.
or
A: I have no choice before, but now I want to turn over a new leaf.
B: Good. Try telling that to the judge, see what he has to say.
A: You want me dead?
B: Sorry, I'm a cop
A: Who knows that?
Infernal Affairs - timeripple
7. Didn't any of you guys ever go to Sunday school?
or
A: Well, at least you haven't forgotten how to show a lady a good time.
B: Boy, you're something.
A: Yeah? I'll tell you what. Until I get back my five thousand dollars, you're gonna get more than you bargained for. I'm your goddamn partner.
Raiders of the Lost Ark - timeripple
9. A: He's a very strange young man.
B: He's an idiot. Comes from upbringing. His parents are probably idiots too. If you ever have a kid that acts that way I'll disown you.
or
Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads.
Back to the Future, part I
10. Married in a hurry, married in a hurry! Please invite me to the bris.
or
Time out! Sorry bad guys, but I am running out of air. Gotta get pumped. OK honkies. Time in!
Robin Hood: Men in Tights - timeripple
16. A: It is to be handled with special care!
B: Everything you give me...
A: ...is treated with equal contempt. Yes, I know.
or
[Placing body in a chair after it was shot on the dance floor]
Do you mind if my friend sits this one out? She's just dead.
Thunderball (with Sean Connery as 007)
17. A: No wonder this circuit failed. It says “Made in Japan.”
B: What do you mean? All the best stuff is made in Japan.
or
A: Hey, get a gander at them moccasins! What kinda skins is them? What's that writing mean?
B: "Nee-kay"? What is that, some kinda Injun talk or something?
Back to the Future, part III (this one isn't really a favorite, but i really like the quotes)
18. A: Hey, watch it!
B: It's called ice, and it gets a little slick.
or
A: Have you ever killed anyone?
B: Yeah, but they were all bad.
True Lies (with the governator)
first stop after work was her place, where i dropped off my stuff, admired the rather disorganized & very english-majorishness collection of books belonging to the lady of the house, & met the cat, who was rather too clingy for your typical cat. cute, but please don't rub up against me - very bad for the allergies, thank you. spent some time oohing & ahhing over our package to snowqueenofhoth & then off to dinner & to experience the bard. dinner was a rather interesting affair. we got down to the garment district & were roaming around & came across a little place for balkan food. two things in its favor, or rather three: location, menu & most importantly, price. it was all pretty good, though i have no idea how authentic it was, since i've never had balkan food before. all in all, quite good.
the next three hours was spent enjoying someone's interpretation of Antony & Cleopatra, which took place at the turn of the 19th century. my favorite bits: the toy boat that antony plays with in the bath-tub thingy & the fact that octavian was this blond, boyish sniveling thing with a sister complex. maybe it's an indication that i've been reading too much manga. :)
saturday saw the post office, lunch & the movie The Forbidden Kingdom with jet li, jackie chan, some white kid & liu yifei (the girl in all of my icons). as expected, it was not a quality movie, by any stretch of the imagination (weak plot with some pretty big holes, cliches & relatively shallow stock characters with not much development), but lots of fun & full of major kick-buttness. i mean come on - jet li & jackie chan? it would have been a tremendous disappointment if it had been otherwise. it was interesting, also to see some of the actors too, since i've only seen them in asian dramas previously. have no idea if they all did their own voices or if some were dubbed, but still, pretty cool. one of the musical motifs reminded me of this one song & i kept expecting to hear jay chou throughout the movie. no such luck there, but that would have been quite weird.
& now for the end of the movie quotes:
1. Well ain't this place a geographical oddity. Two weeks from everywhere!
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - timeripple
2. A: Then I had a drink.
B: A drink? Boy, you were fractured!
or
A: Come out and relax on a farm, music, dancing, home cooking. Open holidays only.
B: Open holidays only? Say, how many of them are there?
A: About 15. That gives me 350 days to kick around in!
B: You would think of that!
Holiday Inn (Bing Crosby & Fred Astaire)
3. The colossal prick even managed to sound magnanimous. We sat and drank with the sun on our shoulders and felt like free men.
The Shawshank Redemption - gpsypiratelady
4. In a word: excellent.
or
A: Do all undercover cops like rooftops?
B: Unlike you, I'm not afraid of light.
or
A: I have no choice before, but now I want to turn over a new leaf.
B: Good. Try telling that to the judge, see what he has to say.
A: You want me dead?
B: Sorry, I'm a cop
A: Who knows that?
Infernal Affairs - timeripple
7. Didn't any of you guys ever go to Sunday school?
or
A: Well, at least you haven't forgotten how to show a lady a good time.
B: Boy, you're something.
A: Yeah? I'll tell you what. Until I get back my five thousand dollars, you're gonna get more than you bargained for. I'm your goddamn partner.
Raiders of the Lost Ark - timeripple
9. A: He's a very strange young man.
B: He's an idiot. Comes from upbringing. His parents are probably idiots too. If you ever have a kid that acts that way I'll disown you.
or
Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads.
Back to the Future, part I
10. Married in a hurry, married in a hurry! Please invite me to the bris.
or
Time out! Sorry bad guys, but I am running out of air. Gotta get pumped. OK honkies. Time in!
Robin Hood: Men in Tights - timeripple
16. A: It is to be handled with special care!
B: Everything you give me...
A: ...is treated with equal contempt. Yes, I know.
or
[Placing body in a chair after it was shot on the dance floor]
Do you mind if my friend sits this one out? She's just dead.
Thunderball (with Sean Connery as 007)
17. A: No wonder this circuit failed. It says “Made in Japan.”
B: What do you mean? All the best stuff is made in Japan.
or
A: Hey, get a gander at them moccasins! What kinda skins is them? What's that writing mean?
B: "Nee-kay"? What is that, some kinda Injun talk or something?
Back to the Future, part III (this one isn't really a favorite, but i really like the quotes)
18. A: Hey, watch it!
B: It's called ice, and it gets a little slick.
or
A: Have you ever killed anyone?
B: Yeah, but they were all bad.
True Lies (with the governator)