So, once I saw this thing going around, you had to figure it would only be a matter of time before I decided to play, too. The problem is that I am distracted by basketball tournament happenings (more on that later). But here is das meme:

Movie Meme

1. Pick 16 of your favorite movies*.
2. Go to IMBb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. NO cheating, if you don't know any of them that that's just too bad.
6. You don't have to be tagged in this to play.

But come on, do you ever have to be tagged to do something? No, of course you don't. Tagging is just a silly practice to begin with, but that's a rant for another day. For now, the meme is behind the cut text.

*Please note: these are not necessarily my favorite movies. In fact, some of them are downright bad. They are films I have seen a hundred thousand times. So don't come to me with the whole, "You actually like that movie?" Some of these I really love, and others were things I watched after school constantly when I was in 6th and 7th grade. So just be ready for a few late 80s/early 90s "classics."

A. "When are you people going to learn? It's not about who's right or wrong. No denomination's nailed it yet, and they never will because they're all too self-righteous to realize that it doesn't matter what you have faith in, just that you have faith. Your hearts are in the right place, but your brains need to wake up." Well, both hobbit_eyes and revieloutionne knew this was from Dogma, but Mozo got her guess in first, so she wins this one.

B. CHARACTER 1: "Oh, no, no. Too high, it's too high!"
CHARACTER 2: "What do you mean, 'too high?'"
CHARACTER 1: "The ball, it's too high."
CHARACTER 2: "It's not 'too high,' it's 'too hard.'"
CHARACTER 3: "Who gives a shit, it's gone!" So, jimmiefearsylar, being resourceful like she is, saw hints I gave in comments and correctly deduced that this is from the original (and best) Major League. These were the fans in the bleachers debating the trajectory of a home run well after it had left the stadium. The movie is pretty bad, but I still love it.

C. "You're lucky he didn't kill you, too. Or rape you, then kill you …or kill you, then rape you!"

D. "Normally, both your asses would be as dead as fucking fried chicken, but you happened to pull this shit while I'm in a transitional period so I don't want to kill you, I want to help you." Spoken by Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction. This one was guessed by jimmiefearsylar.

E. "Okay guys, one more thing: this summer, when you're being inundated with all this American Bicentennial Fourth of July brouhaha, don't forget what you're celebrating. And that's the fact that a bunch of slave-owning, aristocratic, white males didn't want to pay their taxes." This little rant was from the history teacher towards the beginning of Dazed and Confused. I love this movie and I love resol37 for guessing it.

F. "Well, what have we here? Will you look at her? Those flashing eyes, those flushed cheeks, those trembling lips. You know something princess? You are ugly when you're angry." From the wonderful movie, Spaceballs. hobbit_eyes got this one, as well.

G. "No I didn't, honest! I …ran out of gas. I, I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake. A terrible flood. Locusts. IT WASN'T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD!"

H. "Good. That… that whole thing's your name, huh? Do you have, uh… a shorter name?" Another one for hobbit_eyes! This is another of my faves, The Fifth Element.

I. "I've always taken you with a grain of salt. On your birthday, when you told me to do a striptease to the theme of Mighty Mouse, I said okay. On prom night at the hotel when you told me to sleep under the bed in case your mother burst in, I did it. And even during my grandmother's funeral when you told my relatives that you could see her nipples through her burial dress, I let that slide. But if you think I'm gonna suffer any of your shit with a smile now that we're broken up, you're in for some serious fucking disappointment!" As resol37 pointed out in her comment, she must have a secret crush on Joey Lauren Adams, because each of the movies she knew involve this lovely minx, somehow. This particular movie is Mallrats, but the quote belongs to Shannen Doherty, who is berating Jason Lee, her slacker ex.

J. "Almond Joy. Get it? Candy bars. Well, it's better than when we first started out. Our code names were diseases. Do you know what it's like being called Chlamydia for a year?"

K. "As your leader, I encourage you from time to time, and always in a respectful manner, to question my logic. If you're unconvinced that a particular plan of action I've decided is the wisest, tell me so! But always allow me to convince you and I promise you right here and now that no subject will ever be taboo. Except, of course, the subject that was just under discussion. The price you pay for bringing up either my Chinese of American heritage as a negative is… I collect your fucking head. Just like this fucker, here. Now, if any of you sons of bitches got anything else to say, now's the fucking time!" revieloutionne knew that this was from Kill Bill. Oh, and Volume 1, if that makes a difference to anyone. I personally consider it all one movie, but that's just me

L. CHARACTER 1: "What's the name of this establishment?"
CHARACTER 2: "Red's Corner Bar."
CHARACTER 1: "Are you Red?"
CHARACTER 2: "Yes."
CHARACTER 1: "Do you dye your hair?"
CHARACTER 2: "No."
CHARACTER 1: "Why do they call you Red?"
CHARACTER 2: "It's short for Redwood. My last name's Wood."
CHARACTER 1: "What's your first name?"
CHARACTER 2: "Bill."

M. CHARACTER 1: "When did your wife leave?"
CHARACTER 2: "October."
CHARACTER 1: "That's when my wife left! What is it about the month of October?"
CHARACTER 2: "I dunno, the pressure of Halloween? You never know what to go as!" Barney Coopersmith and Vincent Antonelli in the cheesy classic, My Blue Heaven. Another point for jimmiefearsylar.

N. "Oh, there they go. There they go, every time I start talkin 'bout boxing, a white man got to pull Rocky Marciano out their ass. That's their one, that's their one. Rocky Marciano. Rocky Marciano. Let me tell you something once and for all: Rocky Marciano was good, but compared to Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano ain't shit." This is Coming to America, which jimmiefearsylar knew immediately. Nice work.

O. "I saw Cowboy Dan. I didn't like the look on his face. It was like this..."
[smiles goofily]
"...so I killed him. I blew a hole in him this big. Actually it was about this big. You know, when I think about it, that hole was about THIS BIG! And his guts were spilled out all over the floor. As I was walkin' away, I slip around on his guts. A couple of other people came by and started slippin' on his guts too. After I blow a hole in somebody and slip around on their guts... afterwards, I always like to make balloon animals." "Cowboy" Gil Buckman, in the underappreciated Parenthood, which jimmiefearsylar knew, with the help of visual aids.

P. "If there's one thing this last week has taught me, it's better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it."

In other news, the basketball brackets came crashing down upon me yesterday, when Pittsburgh lost. See, at this stage, it's pretty brutal to lose a team you had in the final game. I mean, sure, my champion is still alive, but I took a real hit yesterday. And it looks like Louisville is in trouble, too. That would take out two of my final four picks. Furthermore, if Ty Lawson and company play like they did on Friday, Oklahoma will be in some trouble, as well. But as long as Blake Griffin just destroys stupid Tyler Hansbrough, I will be happy enough. I mean, my bracket's pretty dead, anyhow. Oh well, at least UConn still looks on pace to win the whole damn thing. That will be slightly vindicating.