Top Ten Worst Movie Quotes

The list below is the top ten worst movie quotes written by someone at http://www.filmsite.org/

1. "I'm king of the World!"-Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) with young Rose Dewitt Bukater (Kate Winslet), Titanic (1997): This line is used in ever cheesy cruise commercial and I'm pretty sure at least one person says it when they are on a boat. The line is said to symbolize Jack's freedom on the sea and while that is true, it has become so overused by people today that it's meaning is almost lost.


2. "Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner"-Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze) about Frances "baby" Houseman (Jennifer Grey), Dirty Dancing (1987): This line makes me laugh. While I do love Dirty Dancing, when Johnny says this to Baby's dad, I can't help but let out a giggle. Patrick Swayze looks so macho (I guess that's the right word) in this movie, and yet somehow this line ruins his bad boy image. However, his impressive dancing skills in the final routine with Jennifer Grey makes up for it.


3. "Is it still raining? I hadn't noticed"-Carrie (Andie MacDowell) to Charles (Hugh Grant), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994): I love this line. Simple as that. Charles is pleading out his heart to Carrie and she interjects with this line. It doesn't make much sense to what is happening during the scene despite the fact that it is raining. A friend of mine and I watched this movie. She thought Carrie was being sarcastic. I saw it as a random thought. Maybe it makes more sense as sarcasm. But whatever the case is, it doesn't fit with Charles's romantic monologue.


4. "I love you" "Ditto"- Molly Jensen (Demi Moore) and Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze), Ghost (1990): Ditto? Really? Nothing better came to mind? If I was Molly Jensen, I would have been so upset. You tell someone you love them and they reply "ditto"? How can a person just not respond back with a simple "I love you too". They're married in the movie. It's not like they haven't said it before. "Ditto" always bugged me whenever I watched this movie.


5. "You can be my wingman anytime"-Tom Kazansky (Val Kilmer) to Lt. Pete Mitchell (Tom Cruise), Top Gun (1986): Do guys really use the term "wingman" out in public? Really?


6. "I'm just a girl standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her"-Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) to William Thacker (Hugh Grant), Notting Hill (1999) Ok, call me a sap, but I disagree with this line. I love Notting Hill and this part of the movie always makes swoon. It's just so romantic. Mayb that's why it's one of the worst movie quotes. It's too romantic.


7. "Today we celebrate our Independence Day!"-U.S. President Thomas J. Whitmore (Bill Pullman), Independence Day (1996): The president in this movie was such an awesome character and hero but too bad he fell trap to bad one liners. This line will forever be made fun of in cinematic history.


8. "They make take our lives, but they will never take our freedom."-William Wallace (Mel Gibson), Braveheart (1995): Oh so over dramatic. This line is supposed to be serious but all I can do is just roll my eyes at it.


9. "You had me at hello"-Dorothy Boyd (Renee Zellweger) to Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise), Jerry Maguire (1996) Kenny Chesney wrote a song to Renee Zellweger called "You had me at hello". It's an iconic line in American pop culture. Everyone has heard of Jerry Maguire. It's a chick-flick must see. This line I'm sure has made many many girls swoon over guys. That's probably why it is on this list. It went from sincere to tacky by its overuse.


10. "You're a godsend. A saviour." "No, I'm a postman."- A blind woman to the postman (Kevin Costner), The Postman (1997) This line I cannot comment on since I have never seen this movie. But I have a feeling it is highly over used. Actually, I'm almost positive spoofs of this line are used in commercials and other movies.

My Hero

My hero is not a famous movie star. It is not a politician or writer. She hasn't done anything famous or tried to change the world. But she changed my world. My hero is twelve but she was five when I met her. Colleen is happy. She loves to color and watch Full House. She loves the color pink (especially her pink glasses) Colleen has cerebral palsy. It is a disease caused by an abormality in the brain that controls muscle movement. The battle between her mind and her body occurs in every second of every day. Each step she takes must be precisely calculated. Exact hell and toe placement is crucial in keeping her balance. Sometimes the focus becomes too inteanse, and she loses concentration in school, but that does not mean she stops trying. The phrase "No I can't!" never escapes from her lips. After seven agonizing surgeries and countless hours of physical therapy, her tolerance for pain is extremely high. Colleen doesn't think much of minor bumps and bruises; they are second nature to her. Not much can slow her down because she is a fighter.
In her short lifetime, she has not only overcome phsyical hurtles but emotional ones as well. Intolerance from some of her peers is something she experienced at the tender age of nine. Girls teased her and made fun of her. They threw balls at her legs in gym class in an attempt to make her fall. They tried to tear her apart, butthey did not suceed because Coleen has come too far to let them affect her world. She has struggle many times in her short lifespan./ Her life is far from easy. There are many more challenges she has to face as she gets older. her determination is admirable, and I know she will succeed.
This past summer, both of our families spent a week's vacation in Walt Disney World. As we stood in line to meet Cinderella, Colleen smiled at me in anticipation. "I wish you were my sister, Lauren. I want to be just like you," she said. "I wish you were my sister, Lauren. I want to be just like you," she said. I was surprised. Colleen looked to me as a role model, when all along she has always been mine.

End of the first Semester of College

As the final days of my first semester come to an end, I have learned quite a few things since becoming a college student.

1. Naps are VERY important: When classes begin at eight or nine am and you went to bed at three after staying up that late watching a True Blood marathon in your friend's room, naps are the most important thing in the world. They are more valuable than gold. Naps are what help when all nighters are needed. I tried telling my six year old cousin the other day that naps are essential in college. He stared at me like I had four heads. He informed me that naps in kindergarten were stupid. He would much rather play Star Wars on the play station then take a nap. I told him that will all change once he gets to college; just like his opinions of girls.

2. The food may be good, but it's never as good as mom's: Food at Rathbone or lower UC may be apetizing (the buffalo chicken wraps, wing night, and chicken finger Friday are a few personal favorites) but nothing beats mom's home cooking. Home-cooked meals are what make coming home to visit even better. There are some nights when my mom's homemade lasagna would sound so much more appetizing then the food at dinner. It's the worst feeling knowing that you either eat what they have, or resort of the easy mac under your bed in your dorm room. I've done that a few times.

3. Not washing your sheets weekly is not the end of the world: At home I would wash my bed sheets every Sunday for fear of germs. Since coming to college, the weekly time frame has been expanded...a lot. Sheets mean an extra load of laundry that I really do not wish to do. I wait to take them home and wash them there. Germs in college are not as scary since getting sick inevitable. Once one person gets sick, everyone gets sick. It's a vicious cycle that never ends.

4. Skype is a beautiful thing: Video chatting and skyping with friends from high school has made my life so much better. It helps to be able to literally hear their voice and see their face rather than read about their day through a facebook post or the occasional email. It's made keeping in contact with my best friends from home easier. Some of my friends from home have met some of my friends at Lehigh and they talk like they've known each other for years. Technology is a beautiful thing.

5. When classes end at noon, that does not mean the rest of the day is free. It means time to visit Linderman: This took me a little while to figure out. In the beginning, I would come back to my room, go to lunch with friends, talk with people on the floor, hang out, take a nap, and then dinner, movie time, shower, and eventually homework. Before I realized it, work piled up and visits to Linderman library became more frequent.

6. Schoolwork in college is a lot harder: Enough said.

7. Flip flops must be worn in the showers: for obvious sanitary reasons. Bathrooms in college are not the cleanests places in the world...especially after the Lehigh/Laf weekend...

8. Sharing a room with a stranger sometimes works out (in my case it did), but sometimes it doesn't: rooming with someone you never met can be difficut especially if you two are different. It worked out well for my roommate and I, but for others they weren't so lucky.

9. The first month consists of answering the same questions: Name, grade, home town, major (or intended major. That is subject to change many times), dorm building

10. Time flies: I cannot believe a semester has already passed. I now know why my mom always says to enjoy it. These past five months went really quickly. One semester down: seven to go.

Up the Mountain for a Tree

This morning, I went with my parents and got a Christmas tree. It's a detailed process that we follow. We woke up early and drove an hour away to go get our Christmas tree. Before arriving, we stop at the local diner for breakfast because cutting down a tree on an empty stomach with no coffee is not fun.

This has been a tradition for many many years in my household. We have survived rainstorms, snow storms, frigid temperatures, and hailing winds to find the perfect tree. This year it took us about an hour once we arrived to settle on the right one. It's an intricate process of finding the right height, and width. Then once that is found, the trunk has to be checked to see if it is straight (many Christmas trees of years past have been chopped down and then not fit in the tree stand causing many four letter words to fly out of the mouth of my father). It has to smell right also and there cannot be any barren areas. Once it is chopped down it must be dragged (because using a tree caddy would be too difficult) to be shaken and bundled up. Then it sits on the front porch until it is deemed dry enought where it takes a lot of time to be placed straight in the tree stand. Lastly it is decorated with the angel going on top. The process is long and intricate, but I wouldn't miss it for the world.

Make a Wish

Today I went to Macy's to go shopping for my boyfriend's interview the following day. He needed a tie and some dress pants and socks. Yes, socks. As we walked into the store, we passed by a table with prewritten envelopes drawn on and they asked for a simple request: write a letter to Santa Claus. Feelin nostalgic of my youth, I sat down at the table and began to scribble down some things I wanted for Christmas just like I used to do when I was younger. Perfume, some sweaters, a pair of cream colored gloves, an A in all my classes, and a gray coat seemed to top my list. When I was finished, I wished Santa well, signed my letter, and placed it in the large red mailbox. As I walked away, I looked over and read that for every letter written to Santa, Macy's would donate one dollar to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. I stopped for a moment and smiled. Make-A-Wish was my favorite organization. It makes the wish of a child with a disease within their limits. Some wish to go shopping, others want vacations, and some want to meet someone famous. It always puts a smile on my face knowing that a child's life could be brighter by one simple wish. I felt a little selfish as I walked away from the bright red mailbox. On my letter was all materialistic things written down. But I began to think of what was the most important to me. It wasn't clothing or perfume, or even good grades, it was my family and close friends who make up my entire world. Without them, I don't know where I would be. At that moment, I wanted to erase what I had written and wish for health and happiness for everyone I loved. The children who are nominated for the Make-A-Wish foundation are going through struggles I cannot imagine. I should be so thankful for my health and the health of my friends and family. As we walked out of the store, I realized that that was what the holiday season was all about. Not the presents, but the people you share them with.

Theatre

I am a thespian. I have been a thespian for a very long time. I have been in countless productions and played parts ranging from a mother to a child to a historical figure. I've been a flapper, a storyteller, a high school student, and a muse. I've sang and danced and acted all upon the stage.

And I have loved every minute of it.

There is no better feeling in the world than performing in front of an audience. Their laughter or tears is a small pat on the back for a good performance. Any emotion evoked from an audience member is a good thing. That's what makes theatre so great. Every performance is different. Some audiences laugh during awkward moments. Other stare in silence. A laugh one night may not occur the following. It's unpredictable and sometimes improved and it's wonderful. It's my form of a drug. There is a certain high that a person gets with applause.

The theatre world is one filled with many interesting characters, on the stage and off of it. It's an accepting place where a person can be an individual and be looked at as just a normal person. There is no judging. Because everyone is different in their own special way (as cliche as that sounds).

I've acted with many different theatre groups but my favorite by far was my high school theatre department. We were more than friends or scene partners. We were a family. We all fell in love with the same passion and bonded over our experiences together. There were fights and hard feelings, but those came with casts lists, rather than petty, trivial banter. We won together and lost together in the terms of the Freddy Awards. And at the end of the night, we knew what a stellar performance we had all done with everything. We supported each other through the highs and lows, good times and bad. And I miss it greatly.

This fall, I assistant stage managed for Lehigh's Twelfth Night. It was a new experience for many reasons. Not just learning a position I had never tried, but starting over again in a department that was not familiar. Their stage I couldn't call home. Their black box was not a place where I spent the majority of my days and nights. It was hard to adjust to. Starting over is never easy. Especially in college. Leaving the nest into unfamiliar territory is scary in so many ways. But just like any theatre group, Lehigh accepted me into their family.

Do I still miss theatre from high school? Of course.

There are days when I wish I could just go back.

But I can't.

And moving on is only for the best. It is time to make new memories.

Black Friday Shopping

It was seven am. I was woken up to the blinds flying open and the covers flying off my body. My room is the coldest room in the house. Needless to say, I was quite grumpy to be up before the sun. I get dressed and stumble into the kitchen and pour myself a much needed cup of coffee. Maybe today I'll drink two. I grab a bagel with some cream cheese and sit down to watch whatever is on the television this early in the morning. It's not seven thirty seven. Too early in my opinion. My mom informs me we are leaving at eight. Wonderful.

It's not that I don't like shopping. On a normal day, I would love to go shopping. Shopping and me are like two peas in a pod. We just go together. But that's only after eleven am. Waiting in line and battling crowds is not something I particularly look forward to. We leave the house at eight fifteen. No one ever said we were on time. We battle the crowds at the Promenade shops and wait in line for what seems like forever.

As the hours tick by, we begin to cross off more names off the shopping list.

By four pm, shopping is completed.

Almost everything has been purchased and now I am ready for a nice long nap.