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What's That From?: The Ultimate Quiz Book of Contemporary Movie Lines

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What a great idea! "What's That From?: The Ultimate Quiz Book of Contemporary Movie Lines" is a wonderful compilation of movie quotes that bring you back to great movie moments. The book is fun to read on one's own and even more fun when quizzing friends with trivia questions that tickle the corners of the brain. This book is wonderful for any movie buff!

I love movie trivia, and this book is packed with fun stuff. However, prospective buyers need to know that this book contains quotes which contain very foul language and subjects. So, do not make the mistake I made when I bought this book for my kids to read during family drives. It would be great if the author could issue a newer edition with more recent trivia and omission of unecessary nastiness. There are plenty of memorable movie lines out there without needing to use ones with F-bombs and the like. Otherwise highly recommended.

The must read sleeper of the year! Every movie fan of Generation X will thoroughly enjoy this unique, hilarious compilition of movie quotes. My friends and I sit around the diner and quiz each other all the time on movie quotes. Now we have a resource to settle our late night cinematic disputes. From the old standards to the most obscure funny lines, Jai has them all

This was not at all what I expected. The format is a bit confusing at first, and the the fact that not one line listed under Mel Brooks was ever spoke by him in a movie just set me off. He wrote the lines, but that's not the point.

In addition, many of the lines are so generic/obscure as to be pointless, uninteresting and thus no fun. There is some interesting stuff, but when we played guessing games from it over the holidays, we quickly lost interest. I would not recommend this book and hope that there is something better out there.

Very entertaining and educational for us wannabee movie buffs. It reminds me of the many times spent sitting around after work in the restaurant where I waitressed, trying to identify similar movie quotes, while playing pass the pigs, and doing shots. Wonderful book, when is the next edition.

Sometimes I think my kids speak in "movie speak" - there seems to be a line from a movie for everything. While "Father of the Bride" and "Princess Bride" are long time staples this book gives you a great reference for contemporary movie lines. Gave it as a Christmas book and it was in someone's hand all day. Still a go-to source.

This is a very well written trivia book. It includes questions from a wide range of movies and actors. The author did a great job of breaking quotes into categories by level of difficulty. He also made the book more interesting by adding real trivia questions, as opposed to just quotes. My only critique of this book was that he seemed to favor some movies quite a bit, and asked multiple questions from them (Ghostbusters 1&2, City Slickers 1&2, Working Girl, Fletch). And I would also say that it is time to publish a new book, Jai...the questions only cover movies from the late 90's and earlier. This is well done, and a solid follow-up book is overdue!

For many of us, the quoting of movies is second nature. We do it all the time, often without realizing it. And often times we know of movie quotes that are familiar even if we've never seen the movie. The book brings all of this to bloom in a wonderful book asking you to recognize quotes both general and specific to an actor, theme or movie. As the book progresses the quizzes become more difficult, and provide a real challenge to even a movie geek. Just the kind of book to have fun with some friends over a few beers. No lofty ambitions here, just a hope to make you think, and be entertained.