In the case of popular culture criticism, Stephen King primarily makes use of social media to reward books, movie, and tv – from his appreciation of the Showtime collection Yellowjackets to his stamp of approval for Halloween Ends – however he actually would not love every little thing. He has beforehand named the worst horror film he is ever seen and let the world know that he walked out of Michael Bay’s Transformers, and now he’s polling his followers to find out the worst line of dialogue in cinema historical past.
King posed the query on his private Twitter account this previous weekend whereas posting about 1951’s Quo Vadis – a movie that options the outdated line “Pretty ladies mustn’t need to assume deeply.” Following up a pair posts concerning the film, the creator wrote:
Okay, so now that I’m considering of it:YOUR NOMINATION FOR THE WORST LINE OF DIALOGUE IN A MOVIE!February 11, 2023
Providing his two cents on the topic, Stephen King adopted his put up together with his personal nomination… although it is price noting that it is a line with a legacy just like “Play it once more, Sam” from Casablanca and “Luke, I’m your father” from The Empire Strikes Again – which is to say that it is a misquote and spurious:
What Stephen King is referencing – historically quoted as “Yondah lies da citadel of my foddah” – has lengthy been attributed to Tony Curtis within the 1951 movie The Prince Who Was A Thief (given some anachronistic aptitude by way of Curtis’ Brooklyn accent). Nonetheless, in line with Snopes, it is not actual. The actor would not ship that line in that exact movie. As a substitute, it appears folks confuse it with dialogue from 1952’s Son of Ali Baba – which options the quote, “That is my father’s palace, and yonder lies the Valley of the Solar.”
Stephen King’s contribution to the dialog might have been a misquote, however folks replied to the put up with some very actual and horrible traces from the historical past of cinema. For instance, there’s this notorious bit from 2000’s X-Males:
X-Males (2000) This absolute corker delivered by Storm. pic.twitter.com/csvEdRhrywFebruary 11, 2023
A number of folks additionally chimed in with ideas from the infamous Jennifer Lopez/Ben Affleck film 2003 Gigli:
“It’s turkey time. Gobble gobble..” Jennifer Lopez in Gigli 🤮 pic.twitter.com/UG3Vwvcka5February 12, 2023
And those that have disdain for the 1970 film Love Story will not quickly neglect, “Love means by no means having to say you are sorry.”
I assumed we retired this class fifty years in the past. pic.twitter.com/VGvmcXNUOXFebruary 12, 2023
Personally talking, I snort and shake my head every time I hear the road, “I such as you the primary time I laid eyes on you. I say, ‘She’s a tiger!'” from 1983’s Scarface. After all, that is an everlasting dialog, as unhealthy films that includes terrible dialogue are all the time debuting.
After all, it all the time feels higher to deal with the perfect of cinema as a substitute of the worst, and Stephen King’s films are crammed with glorious and memorable traces, from “I am your primary fan” in Distress to “Get busy residing or get busy dying” in The Shawshank Redemption. You may learn extra about these sensible contributions to cinema with our rating of the perfect Stephen King films of all time. For extra associated studying, you too can take a look at my Adapting Stephen King column, and keep updated with the entire tasks within the works with our Upcoming Stephen King Films and TV information.
