Kat’s Film and Book Reviews

Last time our movie quote was this:

There are just too many notes!

That line was from the movie Amadeus, and was given by Jeffrey Jones as the Emperor Joseph II.

Okay, now, here’s next week’s, hopefully.

Sometimes there’s so much beauty in the world I feel like I can’t take it, like my heart’s going to cave in.

Last time, this was our book quote:

When a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead,

the table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards.

We didn’t have any takers, but the quote was from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis.

Here’s our new one:

[He] crossed to his bedroom on tiptoe, slipped inside, closed the door, and turned to collapse on his bed.  The trouble was, there was already someone sitting on it.

Let me know in the comments if you think you know it!

Here was our last film quotation:

One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas.  How he got in my pajamas, I don’t know.

That classic line was spoken by Captain Jeffrey Spaulding, played by Groucho Marx, in the 1930 movie, Animal Crackers.

Okay, here’s our next one.  This one’s dedicated to my sweetie, but anyone can guess it.

There are simply too many notes!

What do you think?  Can you get it?

Last time, this was our book quotation:

She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined.

She was the kind of person who keeps a parrot.

Nobody guessed it–not even my dad–so I’ll just tell you.  It’s written by Mark Twain, from his book, Following the Equator, 1897.

Mark Twain, Image courtesy of Berkeley University

Okay, here’s the new quotation to guess:

When a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards.

Like two weeks late.  Whatever.  Let’s just admit that “Sunday” is an approximation.

Last time out quotation was:  Fasten your seatbelts.  It’s going to be a bumpy night.

Here’s Bette Davis as Margo Channing:

Ready for a new one for next time?  This one’s especially for my daddy, but anyone can guess it:

One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas.  How he got in my pajamas, I don’t know.

Okay, remember last week’s quotation?  It was won by Abby, who correctly guessed Back to the Future. Good job, Abby!

Here’s the original Back to the Future trailer, though it doesn’t have last week’s quotation in it.

Now, for the new quotation!  Ready?

Fasten your seatbelts.  It’s going to be a bumpy night.

Okay, last time we had a longish quotation, then we had several hints, but nobody got the book quotation.  Here’s what it was:

Along the road there came a stranger in a land where strangers were rare and suspect.  He walked up to the door of a crumbling farmhouse and hammered.  After a long moment, a light blinked on somewhere in the house and a young woman appeared, drawing a cheap mail-order bathrobe tightly about her.  She opened the door a crack and her sleep-swollen face winced with fear as she stared at the apparition on her doorstep.  He was over six feet tall and dressed entirely in black.  He wore a black suit, black tie, a black hat, and black overcoat, with impractical black dress shoes covered with mud.  His face, barely visible in the darkness, sported a neatly trimmed mustache and goatee.  The flashes of lightning behind him added an eerie effect.

“May I use your phone?” he asked.

The clues were:

• was originally written in the 70’s
• is non-fiction
• had a  movie based in it a few years ago.

The answer is…The Mothman Prophecies, by John Keel.  And I have to say, I think my friends in West Virginia could have gotten that if they’d thought about it.

Anyway, here’s another one for next week.  This one includes a special shout-out to my dad, since I got the quotation from a book I borrowed from him.

She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person who keeps a parrot.

Last week’s quotation, if you’ll remember, was this:

Cars don’t behave.  They are behaved upon.

That quotation is from Driving Miss Daisy, 1989.  Here’s Siskel and Ebert’s review, which includes the scene with the quotation in it:

Now, here’s the new week’s quotation.  This one has a special shout-out to Ray:

He’s an idiot. Comes from upbringing. His parents are probably idiots too.

Image courtesy of the UFOCasebook

If you don’t remember the book quotation from last time, here it is:

Along the road there came a stranger in a land where strangers were rare and suspect.  He walked up to the door of a crumbling farmhouse and hammered.  After a long moment, a light blinked on somewhere in the house and a young woman appeared, drawing a cheap mail-order bathrobe tightly about her.  She opened the door a crack and her sleep-swollen face winced with fear as she stared at the apparition on her doorstep.  He was over six feet tall and dressed entirely in black.  He wore a black suit, black tie, a black hat, and black overcoat, with impractical black dress shoes covered with mud.  His face, barely visible in the darkness, sported a neatly trimmed mustache and goatee.  The flashes of lightning behind him added an eerie effect.

“May I use your phone?” he asked.

I want to give you a couple of hints before we give up on it entirely.  This book:

• was originally written in the 70’s
• is non-fiction
• had a  movie based in it a few years ago.

Does that help?

The answer to this one, as Annie hinted, was The Jazz Singer, 1927.  Al Jolson gave the line, “Wait a minute!  Wait a minute!  You ain’t heard nothin’ yet!” just before singing “Toot Toot Tootsie, Goodbye.”  Unfortunately, I can’t find a clip with the line, only the song!  Irritating, but Al Jolson’s pretty awesome in this song.

Okay, so let’s look at next week’s quotation.

Cars don’t behave.  They are behaved upon.