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Sunday, April 28, 2024

Memorable quotes and scenes selected by Cardinal Staff

Javier Bardem kicks in the door to a hotel room, and before the door even hits the wall the innocent man sitting in bed has buckshot buried in his chest.  

 

- from No Country for Old Men,"" submitted by Mark Riechers 

 

The final scene of Michael Clayton, where George Clooney verbally eviscerates Tilda Swinton. 

 

- from ""Michael Clayton,"" submitted by Samuel Todd Stevens 

 

Sweeney Todd: ""I can guarantee the closest shave you'll ever know."" '"" 

 

- from ""Sweeney Todd,"" submitted by Kevin Slane'"" 

 

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Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova performing ""Falling Slowly"".  

 

- scene from ""Once"", ubmitted by Samuel Todd Stevens 

 

Anton Chigurh: ""What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss?"" 

 

- from ""No Country for Old Men,"" submitted by Brien Barrett 

 

Carson Wells: ""Do you have any idea how goddamn crazy you are?"" 

 

Anton Chigurh: ""You mean the nature of this conversation?"" 

 

Carson Wells: ""I mean the nature of you."" 

 

- from ""No Country for Old Men,"" submitted by Brien Barrett 

 

Saoirse Ronan, the type-writer music and Kiera Knightley's green dress in the first-third of ""Atonement."" 

 

- submitted by Anna Williams 

 

Daniel Plainview: ""I drink your milkshake... I DRINK IT UP!"" 

 

- from ""There will be Blood"" submitted by Alex Morrell 

 

Juno: ""Oh, and she (her mother) inexplicably mails me a cactus every Valentine's Day. And I'm like, ""Thanks a heap coyote ugly. This cactus-gram stings even worse than your abandonment."" 

 

- from ""Juno,"" submitted by Caissa M. Casarez 

 

Well, I am sure that at some point in ""Norbit"" Eddie Murphy ran around screaming, ran into Eddie Murphy and screamed some more, and then asked Eddie Murphy for help. Then three useless characters were thrown in failing to advance the plot in anyway. Oscar gold.  

 

- submitted by Megan Corbett 

 

Sweeney Todd: ""There's a hole in the world like a great black pit, and it's filled with people who are filled of shit, and the vermin of the world inhabit it, and it goes by the name of 'London.'""  

 

- from ""Sweeney Todd,"" submitted by Kevin Slane'"" 

 

Juno: ""You should've gone to China, you know, 'cause I hear they give away babies like free iPods. You know, they pretty much just put them in those t-shirt guns and shoot them out at sporting events.""  

 

- from ""Juno,"" submitted by Caissa M. Casarez 

 

Seth: ""When I was a little kid, I kinda had this problem. And it's not even that big of a deal, something like 8 percent of kids do it. For some reason, I don't know why. I would just kinda... sit around all day... and draw pictures of dicks...""  

 

- from ""Superbad,"" submitted by Kevin Slane 

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""No, this is not a food baby all right? I've taken like three pregnancy tests, and I'm forshizz up the spout.""  

 

- from ""Juno,"" submitted by Caissa M. Casarez 

 

Juno: ""As far as boyfriends go, Paulie Bleeker is totally boss. He is the cheese to my macaroni.""  

 

- from ""Juno,"" submitted by Caissa M. Casarez 

 

Carla Jean Moss: ""You don't have to do this."" 

Anton Chigurh: [smiling] ""Everybody says that."" 

 

- from ""No Country for Old Men,"" submitted by Brien Barrett 

 

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