Number 10 through 6 of the Top 10 Most Quotable Movie Characters Of All Time

I think there is always a need for Late Show style countdowns, I don't think I have done one yet on my blog so here comes fun. Obviously this list is my opinion and no one else is going to agree with it, but tough. You get your own blog then we can compare notes.

Side Note - By "All Time" I mean movies that I am familiar with. Obviously old movies like Ben Hur and the 10 Commandments (anything with Charlton Gunslinger in it basically) are quoted alot, but since they almost predate colour I don't really care about them.

So Without further delay, here is my list

10. Brick Tamlin (From Anchorman)

Anything that has Will Ferrell in it usually becomes an instant quotable classic, and it felt like sacralige to have one of these lists without having him mentioned somewhere. I also have absconed the use of a spell checker, so I think I am ripe for some "Word Not Found" replace/fix checks. Whatever hey, who cares, Its almost 2006.

Anchorman is one of those movies you start to watch and you think to yourself

"Jesus, is this funny or am I just stupid?" I don't get it. The acting is bad, the writing is bad. It's just flat out bad. But then all of a sudden, you chuckle a bit. Then Jack Black shows up and does some stupid things like punting a dog over the edge of a bridge and the other all star cameo's keep rolling and you walk away thinking, hey that wasn't half bad.

Then you meet some of your friends, the inevitable "Have you seen ?" comes up.

When you insert Anchorman into the brackets everyone starts dropping the quotes. Try it and see.

"LOUUUUUUUDDDDDDDDD NOOOISSES!!"

"I DONT KNOW WHAT WERE YELLING ABOUT!!"

"I stabbed a man with a trident.."

I can't remember Brick's other quotes from this movie verbatim, so I won't try to quote them, but for a great Anchorman quote-a-thon, check out Bill Simmons on the right, he has a funny article about Anchorman. If you can't beat em, join em.

Will Ferrell's character, Ron Burgandy also drops a few memorable ones as well.

"I don't know how to put this.. but im.. kind of a big deal."

Best.Pick up Line.Ever.

9. Terminator 2

I remember when they released Terminator 2 (I should probably say Unleashed Terminator 2) my mate Bart went and saw it near opening night and then came and told me every little thing about the movie. So much so, that when I went and saw it myself with another mate I was saying

"Ohhh, this is the part where the Terminator gets stuck on the bars because his gun isn't made out of the same stuff as the rest of him"

and

"Ohh, this is where John Conner breaks down and cries like a girl and Arnie asks him what those things coming out of his eyes are"

Basically I was probably one of those annoying kids you want to knock out in the movie because they are talking all the way through it, and kicking your chair and carrying on.

I had my friend totally convinced that I had already seen the movie even though I tried to convince him otherwise. I guess that goes to show you how persuasive I can be. Or not.

Anyway, T2 has many quotes that my friends and I roll out on a consistant basis.

"I'll be back" is obviously an all time legendary quote and Arnie drops it like only Arnie can in this movie. Honestly, I don't think I've ever heard a line used so many times from a movie as "I'll be back" is from T2. I even had it as my shut-down sequence noise on my old computer.

Still, one awesome quote doesn't get Arnie any better than 9th on my list, even though there are several other doozies. "What are those things coming out of your eyes?" is one that springs to mind (The touching, emotional side of Arnie shows in that part of the movie. He is so layered..) and "Come wit me if you want to live.."

Everyone knows these quotes. Everyone loves Arnie. (At least that was until he thought he was a Governer..)

8. Jesus from The Big Lebowski

I have this recurring memory of working at the University of Technology, Sydney where one of my work mates and all round music guru, Dean, was quoting the Big Lebowski. His line was "That creep can roll man".

I don't know how many people have actually seen this movie, but I like to think of it as a "Rob Film". Hmm, I might need to explain that one.. Rob my mate from Uni always liked the slightly offbeat movies, some of which I always thought were better off watched while stoned. I think the Big Lebowski falls nicely into that catergory (Other Rob Film's include "Dead Man" and "I heart Huckerbee's").

Anyway, Big Lebowski has a few great quotable characters, number one of which is the character Jesus. (Pronounced, Jesus.. like the one in the bible). Jesus is this ultra competitive Bowler in the movie and he is just one of those great characters that obviously happen to a script writer/director in a moment of brilliance (or under the influence of some substance).

So utterly quotable

"What's this day of rest shit. What's this bullshit?? I don't care.. It don't matter to Jesus. You might fool the fucks down at the league office, but you don't fool me.. was gonna fuck you in the ass Saturday.. gonna fuck you in the ass next Wednesday instead."

"Jesus.." Dude or John Goodman's character.. can't remember (Saying it like you would say "woah, settle down there.."

"You got it man, nobody fucks with the Jesus... You got a date Wednesday baby!!" (Followed by a Ric Flair "WOAH!!" as Jesus walks out of the Bowling Alley.)

You can't put a price on that stuff. It's solid gold.

7. Napoleon Dynamite

I went and watched this movie at the cinema with my mate Adam. We both were a bit stunned after the movie and we couldn't decide whether it was funny, boring or just plain weird. I did the whole talk about movie thing again with friends and once Napoleon Dynamite comes up as the look out, its Quote City.

On Christmas Eve, we went out and met a couple of Pom guys and it was so on. The Napoleon Dynamite quotes were being thrown out left right and centre. I don't remember most of that night, but that part stood out. That must mean something.

Best quotes from this movie are usually from Napoleon and his brother. Usually its the whole "Gosh, fricken and respect my skills" or some combination of all three.

You will probably see the whole "Vote for Pedro" T-Shirt thing coming around now. That's a quote too.. of a sort.

This movie was made for geeks like me.

6. Jay (From Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back)

Man, I know they were just kids, but we kicked their asses

It's like im Han Solo, shes Ben Kenobi, your Chewbaca and were in that FUCKED UP BAR!!

They woulda kicked yours and lunchboxes ass if I hadn't have shown up..

Fly Fatass!! Fly!!!

Wolverineeeeeeeeeee.... snitchity snitch snitch snoutch (Imitating Wolverine..)

So are we gonna have sex now? If so, I'm first... I hate sloppy seconds


Basically the character Jay is like a walking quote machine. Everytime I see any Jay and Silent Bob movie by Kevin Smith he cracks me up. His lines never get old.

Top 5 coming soon..