The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie
"There will be a lot of changes around here"; "We'll take a break when the case breaks"; "What a predicament"
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- Lines put forward: 'I'm Castor Troy' (as transcribed Caster Trey) from the clip already shown; evil Travolta's 'it's like looking in the mirror, but not', a really good Travolta line; and his throwaway 'lies, mistrust, mixed messages, this is turning into a real marriage', offered as a senior high school yearbook quote.
- Also 'Sean, we've been living together as man and wife for a week', which is devastating and very uncomfortable, and the actual last line of the movie, 'Dad, I'm sorry I shot you'.
- Gives an honorable mention to Travolta with Cage's soul going into Dominique Swain's room, seeing her pack of cigarettes and that she is listening to the James Brown song about a brand new bag, lighting one and saying 'there will be a lot of changes around here' before walking out; that is his favorite line. — Chris Ryan
- Picks a different one: six years after the elite uber terrorist killed his son at the carousel, Sean Archer has become the worst boss ever, and when asked to give the agents a break says 'we'll take a break when the case breaks'. — Jason Concepcion
- Has two Travolta lines from the church standoff at the very end: Travolta telling the Cage-faced Archer, who is mad that he killed his kid, to either get over it or kill himself rather than take it so personally; and, as the two-man standoff grows person by person to a dozen guns pointed at everyone, 'what a predicament', the best line in the whole movie for him. — Shea Serrano
- Another host might vote for 'what a predicament' too, since it was exactly a predicament.