Red Mosquito

The Tarantino book was nice, though he doesn't talk about his movies in that one. But if you want a good rundown of grindhouse stuff, its a good one.

I always loved the William Goldman book. Thats a keeper. I should read it again someday.

BurtReynolds wrote:Read this and it was pretty good:

I'm through the pre-production section and about to get to the filming section. It's really good, a very enjoyable read and a cool story. Thanks, Burt

Is "somehow Palatine returned" the worst line in movie history?

Definitely not. It's funny at least.

BurtReynolds wrote:Is "somehow Palatine returned" the worst line in movie history?

If not even the worst line in that movie, let alone all of Star Wars, let alone movie history.

What's a worse line from the movie?

BurtReynolds wrote:Is "somehow Palatine returned" the worst line in movie history?

its one of the laziest for sure

It perfectly encapsulates a lot of the things wrong with that movie so I guess it has that going for it.

BurtReynolds wrote:It perfectly encapsulates a lot of the things wrong with that movie so I guess it has that going for it.

feels like a tag line for promotion of the movie too

There's an EEAAO line making the rounds these days ("In another life, I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you") that strikes me as more annoyingly banal and fake-profound, consciously engineered for maximum retweets. It's like a distillation of everything I dislike about the whole movie. I'm sure there are much worse lines in movie history but that's the one that's been grating on me lately

You really think script writers have retweets in mind? That's wild.

Uh yeah. They absolutely do in many cases. I've seen it firsthand.

Whether that's the case with this line or not I don't know, very likely not, but it's how the writing comes across to me.

"In another life, I would have really liked just doing CLICK ON THIS NOW"

Jorge wrote:There's an EEAAO line making the rounds these days ("In another life, I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you") that strikes me as more annoyingly banal and fake-profound, consciously engineered for maximum retweets. It's like a distillation of everything I dislike about the whole movie. I'm sure there are much worse lines in movie history but that's the one that's been grating on me lately

yeah, feels like someone from an ad agency did it

" imagine all the memes!!"

Please calm down.

im calmer than you

Guys, please.

The end of The Graduate is iconic, right? He steals her from the altar and they run off together, gleeful and enthusiastic. They jump onto the bus and their whole life is ahead of them. But the shot lingers and we see reality creep in. We realize as they realize the all-important question: OK, now what?

But we know "now what", don't we? They're going to bang.

The scriptwriters definitely had Fleshofthestars in mind, yes.