Oh my son-of-a-Gunder! What's this?! A family blog... well, this is an ingenious concept. And I am proud to be one of the first Gunders to get-a-bloggin'. I didn't know there were so many famous Gundersens (see right hand side for details). Look at Gil Gundersen... does that look like a superbly bad comb-over or what?! Why haven't we tried to locate Fawn "Bunny" Gundersen for family reunions? That could be interesting.
So, I guess since I don't have kids and I don't have a picture of our new house and I've already done the Elvi pug pictures thing... it looks like I'm strapped for a topic. We can go one of two ways... 1) We can discuss in great depth the social injustice of the peons in Mexico (I just finished watching my weekly Russian propaganda film (that was the topic this week)... or 2) we just go with our all time favorite line from a movie?
This is one of my favorite movie lines from "The Raven":
Dr. Bedloe (played by Peter Lorre): But son, you know that, that everything I tried in life I was a failure. Only, only the day I joined the Brotherhood of Magicians. Oh I, I was the happiest man on earth. I still remember how happy I was. And then when, when Dr. Scarabus offered to teach me superior magical knowledge for luring Dr. Craven here, I just couldn't resist that magnificent award. But Erasamus, believe me with all my heart I regret what I have done to you.
Dr. Craven (played by Vincent Price): You are not alone in guilt sir. I too have failed at the task of living.
Look forward to reading your favorites!
P.S. If this pithy dialogue doesn't get to you, you might want to consider renting "The Raven" just to see Jack Nicholson in tights!
2 comments:
Gundersens LOVE excellent lines from movies! I'm convinced of it. Where oh where are they?? Steve Jr.? You must have a good one!
OK. I'll help get the ball rolling. Here's a profound one from one of my favorite movies .. A New Leaf starring Walter Matthau & Elaine May:
Henry Graham: Tell me about yourself, Miss Lowell - your work, your hopes, your dreams.
Henrietta Lowell: Well, I work as a teacher and I also do field work and write monographs. My hope is to discover a new variety of fern that has never been described or classified. I don't know what my dream is. Do you think it could be the same as my hope? Well, at any rate, that is my work and my hope except for my dream, which I'm not sure of.
All of my favorite lines come from Sixteen Candles.
"Score. A direct hit." Said by two nerds with jock straps on their head, with fake laser guns, after they've zapped Molly Ringwald's character Samantha and her friend.
"I loathe the bus." Samantha, to her friend on the bus.
"Hostile! Very hostile!" The Geek, after being shot down by Samantha while trying to talk to her on the bus.
These are just a few of the delectable tidbits from that movie. I can't quote them all. I also love the way a gong sounds evertime they say Long Duck Dong's name when he is first introduced in the story.
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