The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie
"If I'm too good for him, then how come I'm not with him?"; "She could be a farmer in those clothes"; "let's do a lap before we commit to a location"; "street slang is an increasingly valid form of expression"; "Virgin Who Can't Drive"; "that was way harsh, Ty"; "everywhere in L.A. takes 20 minutes"; "I totally paused"; "Want to practice parking? What's the point? Everywhere you go has valet."; "As if"
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- Nominations open with Cher's 'if I'm too good for him, then how come I'm not with him', called an eternal truth and eternal question; 'she could be a farmer in those clothes' has many uses; and 'let's do a lap before we commit to a location' is excellent party advice.
- Murray's long speech to Dion, played as a clip, is nominated for using the word misogynistic in 1995 so it rolls off his tongue; unlike Dawson's Creek, where characters seem to have memorized a thesaurus, Murray is proud of a prepared statement he delivered well, and Dion offers no comeback.
- The 'virgin who can't drive' and 'that was way harsh, Ty' couplet is called maybe the most important exchange in the film; also listed are 'everywhere in L.A. takes 20 minutes', 'I totally paused', and Josh asking if they want to practice parking, answered that everywhere has valet, which one host finds true given a fixation with valet in Los Angeles.
- The aphorisms are the truest and coolest in the film, and filling it with clever, eternally true lines is very Jane Austen; Amy Heckerling ('Hickling' as transcribed) modernized not just Austen's ideas but her way of having people describe their world, and the first-person approach makes it a perfect adaptation that stays true to the spirit while doing what it wants.
- During the winner discussion a host realizes 'as if' was forgotten, calls it the best line and almost criminal to omit, and adds 'whatever' with the W hands, which the hosts did a lot.