Stupid Movie Lines: The 776 Dumbest Things Ever Uttered on the Silver Screen [Paperback]

Kathryn Petras (Author), Ross Petras (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 22, 1999

The creme de la crud of screen history

"War! War! That's all you think of, Dick Plantagenet! You burner! You pillager!"
--Virginia Mayo as Lady Edith to George Sanders in King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)

"Visits? That would indicate visitors."
--Army captain learning of alien visits in Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)

"When I'm sitting here with you, I don't even think about the slime people."
--Hero to heroine in The Slime People (1962)

"Suck the coffin mushroom now."
--The Ultimate Vampire (1991)

"This is bad."
--Leonardo DiCaprio as the you-know-what hits the you-know-what in Titanic (1997)

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The creme de la crud of screen history

"War! War! That's all you think of, Dick Plantagenet! You burner! You pillager!"
--Virginia Mayo as Lady Edith to George Sanders in King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)

"Visits? That would indicate visitors."
--Army captain learning of alien visits in Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)

"When I'm sitting here with you, I don't even think about the slime people."
--Hero to heroine in The Slime People (1962)

"Suck the coffin mushroom now."
--The Ultimate Vampire (1991)

"This is bad."
--Leonardo DiCaprio as the you-know-what hits the you-know-what in Titanic (1997)

About the Author

Ross and Kathryn Petras, siblings and media junkies, are the authors of the bestselling The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said, The 776 Even Stupider Things Ever Said, The 776 Nastiest Things Ever Said, The 176 Stupidest Things Ever Done, Very Bad Poetry, Stupid Sex, Stupid Celebrities, and a number of other books. They live in the New York area.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Villard; 1 edition (June 22, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375753303
• ISBN-13: 978-0375753305
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,436,668 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Eh...what can I say? Not that great., June 13, 2001

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Michelle "Mish" (Pittsburgh, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stupid Movie Lines: The 776 Dumbest Things Ever Uttered on the Silver Screen (Paperback)

Overall, I was interested in the idea of this book, but the way this book was put together is a bit disappointing. It's just one giant list of bad movie lines. True, this is what the title says, but why not arrange it where you get a background on the movie then they give you the stupid lines?

You'd have to see every single terrible movie to really appreciate all these movie lines, and who wants to see a ton of terrible movies? So unless you've seen every single movie that they took lines out of, I wouldn't recommend this one.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two Thumbs Up!, September 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Stupid Movie Lines: The 776 Dumbest Things Ever Uttered on the Silver Screen (Paperback)

Recommended for any movie fan! I laughed, I cried (with laughter!). Truly funny -- and the range of movies included is what makes it so fun to read.....everything from Titanic to Night of the Lepus. If you love film, you'll get a kick out of this book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh-o-rama!, July 26, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Stupid Movie Lines: The 776 Dumbest Things Ever Uttered on the Silver Screen (Paperback)

Campy and ridiculous and very funny! This collection of really godawful movie lines is definitely stupid, but a lot of laughs. There are special sections in here that are really a hoot (there's one about bad romantic lines that killed me). Loved it -- but I wish there had been more special sections, personally.