Since LNC#7 is now wrapped up, I can reveal the quote answers for the second half of the book.
13. Ah, but you have heard of me.
Pirates of the Carribbean. Captain Jack's brilliant response to a character telling him "You're the worst pirate I've ever heard of."
14. Who wants to go down the creepy tunnel inside the tomb first?
Riley Poole in the first National Treasure.
15. This is your last chance… free us or die.
Return of the Jedi, and one of my favorite movie scenes of all time. Luke and all of his friends are captured by Jabba the Hutt, Artoo is serving drinks, Threepio is translating, and Princess Leia is wearing a costume that will burn into the brains of males everywhere. As Luke is forced to walk the plank, he turns to Jabba and with the kind of ego only a Jedi has, offers him one last chance to free them or die.
16. If you don’t want to tell me exactly what you’re doing, when I’m asked, I don’t have to lie.
Lucius Fox from Batman Begins. A line I've had to quote to people for many reasons over the years.
17. She seems to have such nicely rounded diphthongs!
Here's an overlooked gem. Oscar, based on the play and starring Sylvester Stallone as a gangster trying to go straight. He hires Tim Curry's character to teach him how to speak properly. Marisa Tomei plays his daughter, and apparently doesn't have the same elocution issues, according to Tim Curry.
18. You are a barbarian!
The movie I like way more than I should: The Shadow. Lamont and Shiwan Khan have a conversation over bourbon and discuss world domination and ties.
19. They said Stage Two was going to be underground.
In honor of my friend Mike, who's building a house and they'd just poured the footers when I posted this. It comes from Kirk, discussing Project Genesis in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
20. Wherever we go, whatever we do, we’re gonna take this luggage with us!
Joe vs. the Volcano. I haven't seen it since I saw it back in art school during the weekly Friday afternoon keep-you-sane-at-Kubert movie trip that exposed me to such cinematic gold as Deceived, Sleepwalkers, Q&A, Funny About Love and Sibling Rivalry. It seems that 1989-1992 period (not counting summers) released a lot of bad movies and that I saw most of them.
21. Today we sail into history.
From one of the few good movies we saw during that Kubert time: The Hunt for Red October. Man, that movie still holds up today. It's just darn near perfect.
22. You are dealing with the oddity of time travel with the greatest of ease.
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Be excellent to each other... and party on, dudes!
23. Did you say you were a fast cook, that’s it?
My Cousin Vinnie, during Vinny's cross-examination of a grit-cooking witness.
24. I find myself showing off, which is the idiot’s version of being interesting.
I know I'm undercutting my 89-92 was a cinematic wasteland argument (minus the summers, really) but this was one of my favorite movies from that time period: L.A. Story. It's a layered quote pick. Love and Capes has sent me out to LA three times last year. Let's hope that after the Strike is settled that happens again.