Mel Brooks likes to watch movies that have the “Secure The Perimeter” dialogue in them and it occurred to me that there are more than a few such cliches.
Frinstance.
1. “Suit Up”
2. “Protect the asset”
3. “It’s above our Pay Grade.”
Today, if you choose to accept this mission, I would like your suggestions.
This message will , etc, blah.
I think we need to head this thread off at the pass.
Maybe we should take it off-line
I have a bad feeling about this thread.
You just don’t get it, do you?
I don’t like it sarge, it’s too quiet….
We gotta get outta here!!
Let’s do this.
It’s me lumbago, Doris.
Mustn’t grumble….
I think we should split up.
It’s not you, it’s me…..
I’m going home to mother!
That’s the kind of line that makes your plays ultimately worthless!
I wonder what the folks are doing back home…?
You know… when this is all over I’ll buy you a drink at the Club.
*plaintive harmonica from elsewhere in the camp*
Get some rest, you deserve it
I’m too old for this shit.
We’re not in Kansas anymore…
Here we go again…
The prodigal son returns
Is that all you got?
We’re not so different, you and I….
I was born ready
Cover me, I’m going in…
I see what you did there …
Consuela, she is beautiful, no?
My people … they have a saying.
White man speak with forked tongue.
Him come by iron horse.
Sire. We have travelled many leagues.
They’re coming.
Cap’n the engines can’ae take it!
She’s gonna blow!!!
In your dreams.
Argleargleargle….
(Well I hear that in a lot of the films I watch.)
I read the OP and thought “are you crazy”?
….you were gonna ask Foxnose for his gun and his badge?
Nah. Let’s give him 24 hours…
You you, my office now!
I’ve got the DA on my back!
Buckle up
Not on my watch.
I’m taking you off this one. You’re too close.
There’s something wrong about this.
Synchronise watches!
This is not a drill.
It’s nothing personal..
Lemme ask you a question…
‘Can you enhance that?’
Patch me in!
Two mil adrenalin, stat!
BREATHE, damn you!
He’s gone, Doctor.
No, he’s… keep pumping… two m-
He’s gone, Doctor.
Son… you did good in there. Sometimes the good guys lose.
Leave me here. Go on without me…. I’d only hold you back.
I’m here to kick ass and chew gum, and I’m all out of gum.
I’m gettin’ too old for this shit.
Game on.
I have avoided the new Oceans movie purely because this line is in the trailer. Fickle? Not me.
I’ll be back.
Shaken. Not stirred.
12 parsecs!?
Three, mebbe four days.
Security points here, here, and here.
We’re doomed, I tell you, doomed.
Let’s be careful out there.
Don’t Panic!!
Are you a man or a mouse?
Nah. THIS is a knife!
I just need to reverse the polarity…
I s’pose you think that’s funny..
How the HECK did he do that?
I’M MAD AS HELL AND I’M NOT TAKIN’ ANY MORE!!
Oops!
Last night… it meant nothing…
(C) all ITV drama, which is always and only about people with nice kitchens having it off with other people
“You do the writing, I’ll do the worrying.”
Good luck…and good hunting
It’s a thousand-to-one chance, but it might just work..
Don’t blink!
See that conspicuous and implausibly helpful countdown clock attached to the bomb? And these arbitrarily coloured exposed wires underneath? If you want to stop the countdown you have to cut the correct wire – it’s a complete lottery as to which is the right one, but you’ll greatly improve your chances if you wait until the last couple of seconds..
I’m just going to break into this guy”s office and copy something from his computer onto a USB stick. Oh no, he’s coming back! Hope I can get it copied in time…
Seeing as we’ve had a spate of murders in the area recently, where the victims have all been white women between the ages of 18 – 30, I think it’s best if I, a white woman aged 30, go round after dark – on my own – looking for that conclusive piece of evidence that’s hidden in the main suspect’s garage.
Just one more thing ….
You got NOTHING
The goons swap shifts at 11, on the dot.
Are we past the wire yet?
Could someone hold this truth for me? I just can’t handle it!
Hold me…
I can’t even LOOK at you…
I don’t even KNOW you anymore!
My God, you’re beautiful!
Just stay right there and I’ll be back. Don’t go wandering off.
You’re my best friend, black lieutenant to my captain. We’ll be friends forever.
(Loud band off camera)
It’s payback time.
“Guys? … Guys? … I know you’re in there. Stop kidding around. Guys? …”
Reminded me of an episode of “Cheers” where the crowd are trying to remember the name of…
“…that spooky movie, where those people keep going into the barn and then they disappear. And so they send other people to go in there and they disappear. And then, still others go in the barn and they disappear. And then they find out that there’s a psycho killer in there stabbing everybody. What was the name of that movie?”
“Don’t Go In The Barn.”
WHO’S IN CHARGE HERE??
Hand me your gun and badge
Gimmee surely?
I just love the job…
Oh Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii……..t!!! (sploosh) or (thonk)…………cue (wow that was amazing) music.
There’s two (I think) scenes in A Few Good Men (1992) in which Tom Cruise and a newspaper seller trade dialogue that is made up only of clichéd phrases. It’s quite amusing.
Take these down to Forensics…
We have a match.
We don’t have a match.
Not on my watch….
This is my last mission and then I get to go home
Dad, this is your last day on the force. Just stay out of trouble and don’t do anything stupid.
F*ck! They have machine guns!
I better duck behind this car door/wooden furniture/heap of cardboard boxes for cover..
My son was in Iraq during the REALLY bad stuff.
One thing he bought back….On the average city street, there is NOWHERE safe from a Browning 50 cal machine gun.
“He had it all, and is now down on his luck”
If I had a million quid, the first thing I’d buy is a pot.
Then when I lose all my money nobody will be able to say
“He was a millionaire, and now he hasn’t got a lot to piss in”.
I’d also buy a bean for similar reasons
Bar etiquette is very different in American movies. A lone man will sit on a stool at the bar and stare forlornly at the drink itself – no reading a book/newspaper/magazine/device – and start talking to whoever is there.
USA punter – Hey barman! Double scotch and keep it coming!
US barman – (silently complies with a “you-got-it” gesture) and tops up his drink several times. Presently, the man throws some $ bills at the bar and then leaves.
UK punter – Hey barman! Double scotch and keep it coming!
UK barman – be with you in a minute (5 minutes later). Right. What did you want again?
We charge by the glass, so you’ll have to buy a new one each time. After three of these I will ask you to move to soft drinks.
Gentlemen to bed!
For we rise at dawn
*Intense phone conversation taking place, about important plans*
*Clunk* (or *-*, if it’s a modern film and a mobile device is used)
*Film audience imagining the person at the other end going: “Hello? Hello? Hey, don’t hang up without warning like that, you stupid b*stard, I hadn’t told you the most important detail yet!!!”*
Caller: “Turn on the tv – you’ll want to see this”.
(Switches on tv at the correct channel – despite no channel name being proffered – just in time to see the entire relevant item from the start)
And when it’s a TV feature absolutely central to the character and plot, switch it off half way through.
Concussion (2015) has a brilliant moment of over the top cinematic filmmaking that made no real world sense: Alec Baldwin phones Will Smith, they talk and Smith wordlessly nods in agreement, then he hangs up on Baldwin. Cut to Smith visiting Baldwin to discuss the issue. Except didn’t Smith just rudely cut the conversation short without a word, especially no words of agreement, that should have resulted in Baldwin shouting insults into his dead receiver. Also they didn’t make any plans to meet. They were too cinematic for their own good with that scene.
Just key your mic son…
Expend all remaining ordnance in my poz….
Snake and nape.
Showtime!
Freeze!
Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!
*cavernous Adele-style reverb*
Have you ever seen Suits?
Mike – Have a look at this (hands over a chunky manila folder stuffed with papers to Harvey)
Harvey – (one second after glancing at the second page) My God! This means Harrisons are going to short on the Davis IPO…unless…(they share a meaningful look)
Mike – (instantly realises) I’m on it (Mike rushes off)
Harvey – And we need it done YESTERDAY! Donna! I need you to get Harrison now.
Donna – He’s in the Boardroom.
I wish I worked with people this brilliant.
You gotta lotta nerve coming in here!
Protect the retreat!