The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie
No single quote; too many wonderful lines
In the discussion (8)
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- The panel explicitly skips selecting one best quote because there are too many wonderful lines. — Bill Simmons
- “Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary” is praised in the first Keating scene. — Mallory Rubin
- “What will your verse be?” is repeatedly singled out in the poetry-book scene. — Bill Simmons
- The demand to find one’s own voice is praised during the Shakespeare lesson. — Bill Simmons
- Standing on the desk is tied to looking at the world in a different way. — Mallory Rubin
- Todd’s blanket and sweaty-tooth language anchors the improvised-poem scene.
- The conformity lesson invokes the road less traveled and the right not to walk. — Mallory Rubin
- Keating’s original answer in the dining-hall poetry exchange is another directly enjoyed line.