Daft Question
Don't know why this idea made it to QOTW. Not exactly original, is it? Obviously, if we're actually going to poll B3TA for the Best Movie, the result will come down as roughly a 50% split between the Star Wars trilogy (the original one, natch), and The Muppet Movie.

Instead, in the spirit of brainlessly making lists on a Friday night, I'd like to present 'The Best Movie Moments: the ones that make me piss myself laughing even though I know full well they are coming up and - in more than one case - have watched 80% of an otherwise grotty film just to have a cheap laugh at this bit'.

I'd really appreciate some reassurance that I'm not the only person in the world who predictably collapses into convulsions of laughter EVERY SINGLE TIME, to the disgust of their matrimonial other.

1) Dr Strangelove: "Gentlemen! You can't fight here! This is the war room!" Classic Sellars. Enough said.

2) "Yes! We are all individual!"
"I'm not"

You don't even need to know the film. It's still funny, merely as seven words on the printed page. Genius.

3) Airplane 2. Yes the first one was brilliant, and has enough great moments to fill this list alone (my favourite: "They're on instruments"). The second film is not so good, but the bit where William Shatner switches off his communications monitor, saying "I'll be right there" and then walks straight through the door, is a classic.

4) "That's Hfuhhrhurrr". Go and find yourself a grounding in legendary screen comics if you don't know which film that's from.

5) Tin Cup. (Yes I like a Kevin Costner film. And I have no shame about it) Cheech puts in a great comic performance but: "Try hitting your putter; you can't shank that" gets me every time.

6) Sneakers. (I'm surprised how many people have missed out on this one). Whistler: "I want peace on Earth and goodwill toward all men." Abbott: "We are the United States Government. We don't do that sort of thing." Prophetic, political, and bloody funny, especially when spoken by Darth Vader.

7) Porridge, the film. Mckay: "I'm going to book you for that. What's your name, Cooper?" Cooper: "...Cooper". Was marginally better in the book when the offending player rejoiced in the name of Urquhart.

8) Con Air. Cyrus: "This is the boneyard, this is the hangar, that's our plane." Viking: "What's that?" Cyrus: "That's a rock." The best bit about this quote is that it amounts to Moliere-levels of sophisticated humour by Jerry Bruckheimer's standards.

9) South Park: The Movie. Anyone who doesn't enjoy "Kyle's Mom's A Bitch" has a heart of stone.

10) Dodgeball. "Son, you're about as much use as a cock-flavoured lollipop." And why not, I say?
( ousgg is not seeking approval, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 1:54, 2 replies)

I agree with all of these,
At least, the ones I have seen..... haven't see Dr. Strangelove or tin Cup. Perhaps not Con Air though.... although Steve Buscemi is good in it, I think it's one of old snake eyes' worst films with his wooden martial arts.

Shatner's finest role was in Airplane 2, it is comical genius!

Uumellmahaye. I hope that's right :P
( baw__bag contains traces of nuts on, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:47, closed)

You missed a bit:
'Yes, we're all individual'
'I'm not'
'Shh!'

For me, it's the final 'Shh' that completes the genius.
( flatfrog Staring vacantly into space, Mon 21 Jul 2008, 11:48, closed)