Iconic three word movie quotes?

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The forum discussion centers around the concept of iconic three-word movie quotes, highlighting the irony that many of these quotes are actually four-word phrases that have been contracted. Participants reference various quotes, including "Feeling lucky, punk?" and "Run, Forrest, Run!" while discussing the nature of brevity in memorable lines. The conversation also touches on the significance of contractions in word count, with examples like "Shouldn't've" being considered a single word. Additionally, users share links to IMDb polls related to movie quotes, emphasizing the evolving nature of popular culture references.

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Iconic "three" word movie quotes?

I just came across this poll on IMDB http://www.imdb.com/poll/ and EVERY SINGLE ONE of the "three word" quotes is actually a four word quote contracted. That's pretty crazy that accidently every single one would actually NOT be a three word.
 
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Feeling lucky, punk?
 


turbo-1 said:
Feeling lucky, punk?

Isn't it "You got to ask yourself one question. Do you feel lucky? Well. Do ya. Punk"
 


Well its kinda hard to say much in only three words and most spoken quotes are going to use 'I' or 'You' in them (a good tip for doing the crytoquote in the newspaper by the way).
 


ET phone home.

Hi ho Silver

Stir the tanks [is that right? ...Apollo 13]
 
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maverick_starstrider said:
I just came across this poll on IMDB http://www.imdb.com/poll/ and EVERY SINGLE ONE of the "three word" quotes is actually a four word quote contracted. That's pretty crazy that accidently every single one would actually NOT be a three word.
Especially the last one. Seems the irony did not escape them either.
 


Good morning, Dave.
 


Heuristic ALgorithmic
 
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I'll be back
 
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Resistance is futile.

Sorry, I couldn't resist. :-p
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Good morning, Dave.

I wonder what made you think of that. :biggrin:
 
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Yippee-ki-yay, mf - how many words is it?
 
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Et tu, Brute.

Run, Forrest, Run!

(Is that sacreligious to place Shakespeare quote in the same post with a Forrest Gump quote?)

Unfortunately, the daily poll seems to change each day (it's only logical).
 
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"Nipples on men! - Spoken by Evil Genius (Satan) in Time Bandits.
 
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Evo said:
"Nipples on men! - Spoken by Evil Genius (Satan) in Time Bandits.

Awesome movie. I've always coveted that map.
 
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Borek,

Yippee-ki-yay, mf - how many words is it?

Bruce Willis movies provided me with the ability to swear like I never imagined I could.

LOL

Thanks
Matt
 
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maverick_starstrider said:
That's pretty crazy that accidently every single one would actually NOT be a three word.

Except they really are all three-word quotes. A contraction is one word regardless of how many words it is formed from. Shouldn't've, for example, is only one word.
 
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Game over, man!

what is so special about 3 words? Why not 5 or 8 or 27?
 
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'Gooooood morning Vietnaaaaam!'
 
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Via con Dios

from Point Break
 
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KHAAAAAAAAAAN!

The best actors only need one word.
 
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LOL, Shatner was great.

Matt
 
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Tobias Funke said:
KHAAAAAAAAAAN!

The best actors only need one word.

:smile::smile:
 
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Funny, Tobias!

Valkyrie was good.

Hmmmmm, I was just comparing the Netflix's monthly program to Hollywood video's monthly program. I think video stores are in big trouble. Netflix has been awesome! As they get bigger it should only get better.
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Funny, Tobias!

Valkyrie was good.

Hmmmmm, I was just comparing the Netflix's monthly program to Hollywood video's monthly program. I think video stores are in big trouble. Netflix has been awesome! As they get bigger it should only get better.

Duh, I thought I was posting in the random thoughts thread. :rolleyes:
 

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