OB40mukEXQ6QZ1740xdjwF1LEQ4 Quote to Remember: October 2013

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

MARLEY & ME [2008]

Marley & Me
Heel the Love
A dog has no use for fancy cars, big homes, or designer clothes. 
A water log stick will do just fine. 
A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb. 
Give him your heart and he'll give you his. 
How many people can you say that about? 
How many people can make you feel rare and pure and special? 
How many people can make you feel extraordinary? 
~John Grogan


You know how we're always saying what a pain you are, you're the world's worst dog, 
don't believe it, don't believe it for one minute, 
because you know, we couldn't find a better dog. 
I love you, more than anything, you're a great dog. 
I love you.  
~John Grogan, to Marley

Woke up to a kiss from Marley. Went for a walk that turned into a run. 
Took an airboat ride. 
Wrote a column about the death of the ever glades. 
Planted an orange tree in the backyard. 
Threw sticks for Marley in the park. 
Watched him swim in the bay. Watched him steal some guys Frisbee. 
Bought a new Frisbee for the guy. 
Gave Marley a bath. 
Went to work with writers block. Hoping for inspiration strike. Nada. 
Got a new shirt. Got a new keyboard. Got the same old paycheck. 
Went wind surfing with Sebastian. 
Met his new girlfriend Sasha. Met his other new girlfriend Angie. 
Watched models posing in the surf. Wrote a column about the growth of south beach. 
Interviewed Gloria and Emilio Estefan at the Cardoso hotel. 
Introduced them to Jenny who gushed like a teenager. 
Went shopping at the mall. Bought a Sharper Image pillow. Slept like a baby. 
Caught Marley eating the pillow. Hide the evidence from Jen. 
Cleaned Marley's vomit in the kitchen. 
Helped Jenny make dinner. Over cooked the Spaghetti. Got into a food fight. 
Proof-read Jenny's column. Read Sebastian last opus. 
Went running with Marley to burn off frustration. 
Didn't see him chew through the leech. Chased him 15 blocks. 
Called Jenny for a ride. 
Wrote a column about gas prices. Wrote a column about water prices. 
Found one tiny orange on our tree. Jenny very pleased with herself. 
Found my first gray hair. Found Jenny's first gray hair. 
Bought Jenny flowers. 
Rescued our new mail man from Marley. Rescued the UPS guy from Marley. 
Invited my parents to visit. 
Took them out to dinner at a cool place on south beach. 
Got into a fight with Dad over the check. Got into a fight with Dad about money. 
Got into a fight with Jenny about all the fighting. 
Drove my parents to the airport. 
Listen to them complain about not having grandchildren. 
Tracked a hurricane heading for south Florida. 
Hid in the bathroom from the hurricane. Sat in the dark for 3 days. 
Wrote a column about looters. Wrote a column about volunteers. 
Wrote a column about the beauty of air conditioning. 
Watched Marley dig for buried treasure. 
Spent Christmas with Jens sister with her family in Orlando. 
Left Marley at their house to go to Disney world. Had to buy them new baby furniture. 
Saw Jen light up around the little girls. 
Got a flat riding home. 
Wrote a column about state troopers. Wrote a column about toll booths. 
Went to dinner to celebrate Jenny's raise. 
Tied Marley to a table. Chased Marley and the table. Caught the table. 
Wrote a column about Marley pulling the table. 
Tried to write a column about anything but Marley. Nada. 
Picked Oranges from our tree. Made Orange Juice. 
Drove down to Miami for Bark-in-the-Park night at the Marlins game. 
Turned out Marley was a real baseball fan. 
Tried to stop him from chasing a foul ball in the stands. 
Tried to stop him from chasing a foul ball in the field. 
Wrote a column about the ball game. 
Took crap from Sebastian about it. 
Met his new girlfriend, can't remember her name. 
Went snorkeling with them. Cut my leg on a piece of coral. 
Went to the emergency room. 
Wrote a column about hospitals. 
Went to a Easter egg hunt at Jenny's boss's house in Boca. Drank mimosas. 
Met a doctor that does 3 lipo suctions a day. 
Wrote a column about nannies in Boca. Wrote a column about the women in Boca. 
Wrote a column about writing columns. 
Came home to find Jenny dancing with Marley. 
Trying to think of reasons not to have a baby now. Nada. 
~John Grogan

There were 11 thunderstorms while you were gone, 11! 
You were right, he doesn't like them and just so... 
You know, I am a dog person but that is not a dog, 
that is evil with a dog face that humps my leg and is peeing on your carpet.  
~Debby

Jennifer: You're part of the plan.
John: Oh yeah? 
Jennifer: My plan... Step 1, meet an incredibly sweet, smart, sexy man. 
John: Done. Step 2? 
Jennifer: Marry you instead.

Arnie Klein: There's gonna come a time very soon, 
when her ankles are gonna swell up, she's gonna have blotches all over her face, 
she'll be forty pounds overweight, she'll be throwing up all the time, 
she's gonna look at you and she'll say "You bastard! You did this to me!" 
John: What happened to the glow, you know the... 
Arnie Klein: There's no glow.

Coleen: I made a picture of me and Marley, Mommy wrote what I said. 
Dear Marley I'll never forget you forever and there's kisses and hugs.
John: That's pretty, why don't you put it there [on the blanket covering Marley]
Connor: Dear Marley, I love you more than anything in the whole world. 
I hope you like heaven and have lots of things to chew on. 
Your brother, Connor Richard Grogan.
John: That's a good one. 
Jennifer: Patrick do you want to say something?
Patrick: No.
Jennifer: I want to give him something, 
[takes off her necklace, to John] your Dad gave me this to celebrate the beginning of our family, but our family had already begun. 
[to Marley] Goodbye clearance dog. 


*****

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE [2008]

Slumdog Millionaire
Love And Money... 
You Have Mixed Them Both



Srinivas: Sir, what if he did not know the answers?
Police Inspector: Professors, doctors, lawyers, 
general knowledge wallahs never get beyond 16,000 rupees.
He's on 10 million.
What the hell can a slumdog possibly know?
Jamal: The answers... [spit blood] I knew the answers.

[in studio]
Prem: You have 3 lifelines.
Ask the audience, 50:50, phone a friend.
So the first question for 1000 rupees, here we go...
Who was the star in the 1973 hit film Zanjeer?
[Jamal got flashback of his childhood]
Jamal: a. Amitabh Bhachan
Prem: Guess what, you're right.
You just won 1000 rupees.
[in police station]
Jamal: You don't have to be a genius.
Srinivas: I knew it was Amitabh Bhachan.
Jamal: Like I said, don't have to be a genius.
[Srinivas twists Jamal's hand roughly]
Jamal: He's the famous man in India.

[in studio]
Prem: A picture of 3 lions is seen in the national emblem of India.
What is written underneath it?
a. The truth alone triumphs
b. Lies alone triumphs
c. Fashion alone triumphs
d. Money alone triumphs
What do you think, Jamal?
The most famous phrase of our country.
Would you like to phone a friend?
Jamal: Ask the audience.
Prem: Put the poor man out of his misery, ladies and gentleman.
[in police station]
Police Inspector: My 5 years old daughter can answer that question, but you couldn't.
That's strange for a millionaire genius.
What happened?
Your accomplice nip out for a piss?
Jamal: How much is pani puri at Harish's stall in Chowpatty?
Police Inspector: What?
Jamal: Pani puri, one plate, how much?
Srinivas: 10 rupees.
Jamal: Wrong, 15 since Divali.
Who stole Constable Vermaas' bicycle outside Santa Cruz station last Thursday?
Police Inspector: You know who that was?
Jamal: Everyone in Juhu knows that, even 5 years old.

In depictions of God Rama, he is famously holding what in his right hand?
~Prem

[in police station]
I wake up every morning wishing I didn't know the answer to that question.
If it wasn't for Rama and Allah, I would still have a mother.
~Jamal

[in container, that was heavy rain]
Young Salim, to Young Latika: Piss off!!!
She'll have the security guard onto us.
Young Jamal: Let her in.
She could be the third musketeer.
Young Salim: I'm the elder of this family, and I say she's not coming in, okay?
In any case...
We don't even know the name of the third bloody musketeer.
[Jamal getting sleep, but awake by nightmare and the rumbling thunder,
while Salim still hard to close his eyes.
Jamal see Lativa still waiting in the rain]
Young Jamal, to Lativa: Come here... come here...
[Latika run into the container]
Young Jamal: Where's your mother? Your father?
[Latika shake her head]
Young Jamal: I'm Jamal.
This is my brother Salim.
Young Latika: I'm Latika.
Young Jamal: You can sleep here if you want.
Young Latika: Thank you, Jamal.

 The song "Dharsyan do Ghanshyam" was written by which famous Indian Poet?
a. Surdas
b. Tulsidas
c. Mira Bai
d. Kabir

[Salim vomit after watching Arvind's eyeballs have been took out by a spoon]
Maman: Salim, bring Jamal over.
Young Salim, shock: Huh?
Maman: Jamal.
[Salim still in doubt]
Maman: Listen kid, it's decision time.
You want the life of a slumdog or the life of a man, huh?
A real man, a gunfighter...
Your destiny is in your hands, brother.
You can be like me, or... [spits]
Understand?

Young Jamal: I just need Maman to like my singing, and we're in the money.
Big money, Latika.
Young Latika: And then what?
Can we stop begging?
Young Jamal: Begging? Are you kidding?
We'll live in a big house on Harbour Road.
You, me and Salim. The 3 Musketeers.

[in fight]
Young Salim: She let go!
Young Jamal: We've got to go back, brother! We've got to!
Young Salim: Go back and we're dead!
Young Jamal: Have you gone mad?
Young Salim: He was going to take your eyes out, with a spoon!
[Jamal stop hitting]
Don't worry about her, she'll be fine.
She always is.

[in police station]
Blind singers earn double, you know that.
~Jamal

[Jamal accidentally be a guide tour]
Middle Jamal: The Taj-Mahal was built by Emperor Khurram for his Mumtaz,
was the maximum beautiful woman in the world.
So when she died, 
the emperor decided to build this 5-star hotel for everyone who'd like to visit her too.
But he died in 1587, before any of the rooms were built or any of the lifts.
But the swimming pool, as you can see,
was completed on schedule in top-class fashion.
Female Tourist: There's nothing of this in the guide book.
Middle Jamal: The guide book was written by a bunch of lazy
good-for-nothing Indian beggars.
Female Tourist: Oh...
Middle Jamal: And this, lady and gentleman, is the burial place of Mumtaz.
Female Tourist: How did she die?
Middle Jamal: A road traffic accident.
Female Tourist: Really?
Middle Jamal: Maximum pile up.
Male Tourist: I thought she died in childbirth.
Middle Jamal: Exactly, Sir.
She was on the way to hospital when it happened.

In an American One Hundred Dollar bill, 
there is a portrait of which American statesman?
a. George Washington
b. Franklin Roosevelt
c. Benjamin Franklin
d. Abraham Lincoln

Middle Arvind: Greetings, Sir.
Blessing be unto those who do good for others.
[Jamal handed hin $100. Arvind sniff it]
Middle Arvind: Dollars? How much?
Middle Jamal: 100
Middle Arvind: So you take me for a fool.
Middle Jamal: Honestly. I swear on my mother's soul.
Middle Arvind: What's on this note? Whose picture is it?
Middle Jamal: There's an old man... 
he's bald on top with long hair on the sides, like a girl.
Middle Arvind: Benjamin Franklin!
[groping Jamal's face]
So, you're a big guy now, Jamal. I'm happy for you.
Middle Jamal: I'm sorry, Arvind.
Middle Arvind: You got saved, my friend. I wasn't so lucky.
That's the only difference.
Middle Jamal: Arvind, I'm trying to find...
Middle Arvind: You owe Maman.
Stay away, he never forgets.
Middle Jamal: I owe Latika.
She's alive, isn't she?
Middle Arvind: More than alive.
She's on Pila Street. They call her Cherry.
Middle Jamal: Thank's.
Middle Arvind, shouting as Jamal run away: I'll be singing at your funeral.

Maman on his knee, scattering his money on the floor: Take it, go.
Disappear with your... friend, and we'll forget about this, okay?
Middle Salim, cover his revolver with blanket: Maman never forgets, isn't that right?
Maman: Oohhh, Maman can make an exception, huh?
Middle Salim: I can't take that risk, Maman, sorry.
[he shots Maman]

Who invented the revolver?
a. Samuel Colt
b. Bruce Browning
c. Dan Weeson
d. James Revolver

Middle Latika: You came back for me.
Middle Jamal: Of course.
Middle Latika: I thought you'd forgotten.
Middle Jamal: I never forgot, not for one moment.
I knew I'll find you in the end.
It's our destiny.


Money and women... the reasons to make most mistakes in life.

Looks like you're mixed-up with both.
~Police Inspector

Latika, hugs Jamal: Jamal, look at you...
Jamal: I found you... I found you...




Latika: You want to do something for me?
Jamal: Anything...
Latika: Then forget me.
Jamal: What? No!
I'll wait... at the VT Station 5:00 every day until you come.
I love you.
Latika: So what?
It's too late, Jamal.

Which cricketer has scored the most first class centuries in history?
a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. Ricky Ponting
c. Michael Slater
d. Jack Hobbs 

[in the rest room]
Prem: Guy from the slums  becomes a millionaire overnight.
Do you know who's the only other person who's done that?
Me...
I know what it feels like.
I know what you've been through.
Jamal, in the toilet: I'm not going to become a millionaire.
I don't know the answer.
Prem: You've said that before, yeah...
Jamal: No, really... this time I don't...
Prem, washing his hand in sink: Come on, you can't take the money and run now.
You're on the edge of history, kid.
Jamal: I don't see what else I can do.
Prem: Maybe it's written, my friend.
Jamal: I don't know...
Prem: I just get some kind of karmic feeling you're going to win this.
Trust me, Jamal, you're going to win.
[Prem leaving the rest room and Jamal got out from the toilet.
While he wash his hand in sink, 
he sees "B" written on the mirror]

Prem: So, are you ready for final question?
For 20 million rupees?
Jamal: No. But maybe it's written, no?

Police Inspector: It is bizarrely plausible, and yet...
Jamal: Because I'm a slumdog, a chai wallah... I'm a liar, right?
Police Inspector: Most of you are.
But you are not a liar, Mr. Malik, that's for sure.
You're too truthful.

Did Jamal Malik, an uneducated 18 years-old boy from the slums of Mumbai,
win one crore by fair means or foul play?
In the crown around me, there is an even bigger question,
will he be back tonight to play for another 20 million rupees?

For God's sake, hold on to this [handed the cellphone to Latika]
And for what I've done, please forgive me.
[open the door and let Latika go] Have a good life.
~Salim

In Alexander Dumas' book, "The Three Musketeers",
two of the musketeers are called Athos and Porthos.
What was the name of the third musketeer?
a. Aramis
b. Cardinal Richelieu
c. d'Artagnan
d. Planchet

Jamal, on the phone: In Alexander Dumas' book, "The Three Musketeers",
two of the musketeers are called Athos and Porthos.
What was the name of the third musketeer?
a. Aramis
b. Cardinal Richelieu
c. d'Artagnan
d. Planchet
Prem: 15 seconds.
Jamal: Where are you?
Latika: I'm safe.
Prem: 10 seconds, Latika, what do you think?
Latika: I don't know... I've never known...


*****

Monday, October 28, 2013

TRANSFORMERS [2007]

Transformers
Their War. Our World.

Before time began, there was The Cube.
We know not where it comes from, 
only that it holds the power to create worlds and fill them with life.
That is how our race was born.
For a time we lived in harmony,
but like all great power, some wanted it for good, others for evil.
And so began the war,
a war that ravaged our planet until it was consumed by death,
and The Cube was lost to the far reaches of space.
We scattered across the galaxy, hoping to find it and rebuild our home,
searching every star, every world.
And just when all hope seemed lost,
message of a new discovery drew us to an unknown planet called Earth.
But we were already too late.
~Optimus Prime

Let me tell you something, son.
A driver don't pick the car, the car'll pick the driver
It's a mystical bond between man and machine.
~Bobby Bolivia

Maggie Madsen: Sir, I'm just trying to say, they hacked your firewall in 10 seconds.
Okay, even a supercomputer with a brute force attack would take 20 years to do that.
The signal pattern is learning.
It's envolving on its own.
And you need to move fast Fourier transfers and start considering quantum mechanics.
General: There is nothing on earth that complex.
Maggie Madsen: What about an organism? A living organism?
Maybe some kind of DNA-based computer?
And I know that sounds crazy...
Defense Secretary: That's enough, that's enough.
We have 6 floors of analysts working on this thing.
Now if you can find proof to back-up your theory, I'm gonna be happy to listen to you.
But if you don't get a filter on that brain-mouth thing, you're gonna be off team.
You understand?

[been attacking by Scorponok]
Capt. William Lennox, on the phone: This is an emergency Pentagon call!!
I need you to...
Do you understand?
It's an emergency Pentagon...
[the bomb blows near him]
Capt. William Lennox: I DON'T HAVE A CREDIT CARD!!!
Operator, bored: Sir, the attitude is not going to speed things up any bit at all.
I'm going to ask you to speak into the mouthpiece very clearly.
Capt. William Lennox: I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WAR!!!
This is frigging ridiculous!
[running to Epps]
I need a credit card!
Epps, where's your wallet?
Serg. Epps, while shooting the Scorponok: Pocket!
Capt. William Lennox: Which pocket?
Serg. Epps, still shooting: My back pocket!
Capt. William Lennox: You got 10 back pockets!
Serg. Epps: LEFT CHEEK! LEFT CHEEK! LEFT CHEEK!
Capt. William Lennox, after got Epps' credit card: Okay, it's Visa!
Operator: Also, sir, have you heard our premium plus world service gold package?
Capt. William Lennox: No! I don't want a premium package!
Epps! Pentagon!
[throw the phone to Epps]

I ain't never seen this in my life!
Need gunships on station, ASAP!
~Serg. Epps

Mikaela, about Bumblebee: What is it?
Sam: It's a robot.
But like a... like a different... you know... like a super-advanced robot.
It's probably Japanese. Yeah, it's definitely Japanese.


Bumblebee turns into a Camaro and open his door: Anymore questions you want to ask?
Sam: He wants us to get in the car.
Mikaela: And go where?
Sam: 50 years from now, when you're looking back at your life,
don't you want to be able to say you had the guts to get in the car?

Mikaela: You know what I don't understand?
Why if he's supposed to be, like, this super-advanced robot,
does he transform back into this piece-of-crap Camaro?
[Bumblebee stop riding, open the door and let Sam and Mikaela out of the car]
Sam: Oh, see? No... Get...
No, that doesn't work, see?
Great, now... See?
[Bumblebee left them on sidewalk]
Sam: Fantastic! Now you pissed him off!
That car is sensitive.
I mean, $4000 just drove off.

Optimus Prime: Are you Samuel James Witwicky, descendant of Archibald Witwicky?
Mikaela: They know your name...
Sam: Yeah...
Optimus Prime: My name is Optimus Prime.
We are autonomous robotic organisms from the planet Cybertron.
Ratchet: But you can call us Autobots for short.
Sam: Autobots...
Jazz: What's cracking, little bitches?
Optimus Prime: My first lieutenant, designation, Jazz.
Jazz: This looks like a cool place to kick it.
Sam: What is that?
How did he learn to talk like that?
Optimus Prime: We've learned earth languages through the world wide web.
My weapon specialist, Ironhide.
Ironhide: You feeling lucky, punk?
Optimus Prime: Easy, Ironhide...
Ironhide: Just kidding.
I just wanted to show him my cannons.
Optimus Prime: Our medical officer, Ratchet.
Ratchet: The boy's pheromone level suggests he wants to mate with the female.
[Sam and Mikaela are blushing]
Optimus Prime: You already know your guardian, Bumblebee.
Sam: Bumblebee, right...
Bumblebee: Check on the rep, yep, second to none.
Sam: So you're my guardian, huh?
Ratchet: His vocal processors were damaged in battle.
I'm still working on them.


Mikaela: Why are you here?
Optimus Prime: We are looking for The All Spark.
And we must find it before Megatron.
Sam: Mega-what?
Optimus Prime: Our planet once a powerful empire, peaceful and just,
until we were betrayed by Megatron, leader of The Decepticons.
All who defied them were destroyed.
Our war finally consumed the planet and The All Spark was lost to the stars.
Megatron followed it to earth, where Captain Witwicky found him...
Sam: My grandfather...
Optimus Prime: It was an accident that intertwined our fates.
Megatron crash-landed before he could retrieve The Cube.
He accidentally activated this navigation system.
The coordinates the The Cube's location on earth were imprinted on his glasses.
Sam: How'd you know about his glasses?
Optimus Prime: eBay.
Sam: eBay...
Ratchet: If The Decepticons find The All Spark, 
they will use its power to transform earth's machine and build a new army.
Optimus Prime: And the human race will be extinguished.
Sam Witwicky, you hold the key to earth's survival.
Mikaela: Please tell me that you have those glasses.

Ironhide: Why are we fighting to save the humans?
They're primitive and violent race.
Optimus Prime: Were we so different?
They're a young species. They have much to learn.
But I've seen goodness in them.
Freedom is the right of all sentient beings. 
You all know there's only one way to end this war.
We must destroy The Cube.
If all else fails, I will unite it with the spark in my chest.
Ratchet: That's suicide!
The Cube is raw power. It could destroy you both!
Optimus Prime: A necessary sacrifice to bring peace to this planet.
We can not let the humans pay for our mistakes.
It's been an honor serving with you all.

Capt. William Lennox: All right, I can't leave my guys back there, so here, take this flare.
Okay, there's a tall white building with statues on top.
Go to the roof. Set the flare.
Sam: No!
Capt. William Lennox: Signal the chopper and set the flare.
Sam: No, no, I can't do this!
Capt. William Lennox: Listen to me, you're soldier now! Alright?!
I need you to take this Cube, get into military hands while we hold them off,
or a lot of people are gonna die!

Sam, no matter what happens,
I'm really glad I got in that car with you.
~Mikaela

Megatron: Human don't deserve to live.
Optimus Prime: They deserve to choose for themselves.
Megatron: Then you will die with them!
Join them in extinction!

Is it fear or courage that compels you, fleshling?
Give me The All Spark and you may live to be my pet.
~Megatron



Sam, I owe you my life.
We are in your debt.
~Optimus Prime


With The All Spark gone, we can not return life to our planet.
And fate has yielded its reward, a new world call home.
We live among its people now, hiding in plain sight,
but watching over them in secret, waiting... protecting.
I have witnessed their capacity for courage.
And though we are worlds apart, like us, 
there's more to them than meets the eye.
I'm Optimus Prime 
and I send this message to any surviving autobots taking refuge among the stars.
We are here...
We are waiting...


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