To say that this film has been quoted a lot is not strictly true…. it is more a case of gross repetition (because none of us ever do that!) of one particular gag: “What has two thumbs and loves blow jobs?” [Point at self with thumbs] “This guy!” It’s all good…unless you are talking about the rest of the film or something!
In a slightly uneven distribution pattern, director Tim Burton hands out the cool lines as follows: Joker - approx 300, Rest of the cast - approx zero. Particular well-used favourites include “Where does he get those wonderful toys?”, “Bob…Gun” and the ever popular “Hubba, Hubba, hubba, who do you trust?” -obviously the last one does not apply to his Goatness!!!
Pretty much any line spoken by Lloyd Bridges throughout the entire film! [while on aircraft carrier] “Damn it, I’ve dropped my hat, quick spin around and pick it up!”, [while looking at a painting] “Look out there, the men all look down, no life at all!” and many, many more.
A film that makes a late dash for the top ten, Untouchables was barely used for much of the trip, until our visit to a certain city on Lake Michigan. Since then (and especially during the Chops-inspired search of Grand Central Station, New York for the famous steps - naturally they turn out to actually be in Philadelphia!!!) there has been many a “The Chicago Way” spoken in an awful attempt at a Scottish/Irish Hybrid!
Despite an all-star cast, most quotes are taken only from the master of monotone himself, Hugo “Agent Smith” Weaving. “Welcome to Rivendell…..Frodo Baggins”. Emphasise every hard consonant for true comic effect!!!
Some people are hard, some people are tough, some people are mean….very few of those people are under three feet tall and covered in green fur! “Do or do not, there is no try.” Not the best person to take grammar lessons from however!
One member of the cast went on to Oscar-grabbing greatness the other went on to “Earth Vs the Spider” - the ups and downs of showbiz! Again, it really only comes down to one line (and the obligatory raised eyebrow response) “Don’t you mean the virgin Connie Swail?” Dant da dant da, dant da dant da dah!!!
“Why a spoon cousin, why not a sword or an axe?” “Because it’s blunt you twit, it’ll hurt more!” Classic Alan Rickman bad guy stuff, even makes up for an American Robin and some gross geographical inaccuracies!
The egghead guy from “Terminator 2”, Columbo, Andre the Giant, The kid from the “Wonder years”, a Spaniard and a guy with six fingers on his right hand, what more do you want? The list of quotes is truly endless…well, technically, it’s about two hours long.!
Be it Keanu being dumb “I don’t know why it is, it just is” (ok, mate, whatever), a commentary on the presence (or not) of silver cutlery, or even much confusing nonsense from a man in cool shades, no one can beat our Hugo. “I’m going to enjoy watching you die…Mr Anderson” and even the slightly adapted “That Mr Rossington, is the sound of tenuosity”…” “My name…..is Joffers!”… “He is starting to believe, he is the Goat!”. Ok, ok, so we are complete and utter geeks, I blame too many long uneventful train journeys.