Most Quotable Movie?

Speaking of movies, it amazes me how some classics are falling out of favor with today's kids.

I work with some college kids at a local outdoors store now (thanks Covid layoffs!) and one of them is president of his fraternity. I made an Animal House reference and got a blank stare. Another 50-year-old employee laughed. Then we had to explain the movie to him. Another kid loves to play golf, I asked if he'd seen Caddyshack and he said "Nah, what's it about?"

 

Welcome to the wonderful world of getting old.

 

My wife is considerably younger than me (humblebrag), and pretty much everytime I bring up a movie I consider a classic, she's either never heard of it or rolls her eyes.

 

I only take off my hat for one thing.

 

I wouldn't call it a very quotable movie, but I do use a line from The Gumball Rally quite often: "What is behind me does not matter."

 

Does a movie's quotability change based on which people you're with?

One of my old roommates was a TV reporter. We saw Anchorman together. He and I and a couple other TV friends quote that all the time. I have another friend who texts So I Married an Axe Murderer quotes back and forth with me.

 

Old School has a ton of good ones.

 

"Houston, we have a problem."

 

That was a much quoted line before it was ever in a movie.

 

Do younger generations even quote movies anymore? Worked with a group that included several younger people and I asked them what movies do they assume "everyone" has seen - they said Harry Potter. So whatever. I've been encouraging my niece and nephew to watch movies like Animal House and Fast Times if they want to understand me better. I imagine they have a hard time thinking going to school was ever that fun.

 

Fuck, not anymore.