The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie
"I like all you navy boys every time we got to go someplace to fight you fellas always give us a ride"; "should we or should we not follow the advice of the galactically stupid"; "you have to ask me nicely"
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- Nominees include 'these are the facts of the case and they are indisputable', 'I'm sorry I lost your set of steak knives' (prompting a Glenn Gary (as transcribed) and Ginsu knives aside), the 'you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall' speech, 'we live in a world that has walls', the softball-player line, a profane threat from Jessup, 'you, Lieutenant Weinberg' and 'thank you for playing'.
- The presenter reveals a personal favorite early: the navy-boys line, a great dig full of contempt for Cruise.
- Asked for a favorite, one panelist likes the galactically stupid line, and another, allowed to add one, says the favorite is still 'you have to ask me nicely', savored and applicable to any situation, though the impersonation is not good enough yet for office use.
- From the same scene another adds 'I'm a fair guy, but this fucking heat is making me absolutely crazy'.