Memorable Quotes from “The Last Kiss”
Here are a couple of my favorite quotes from the intriguing (though otherwise somewhat risque) film “The Last Kiss” starring Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett, Rachel Bilson, and Casey Affleck.
Stephen: Stop talking about love. Every asshole in the world says he loves somebody. It means nothing. It still doesn’t mean anything. What you feel only matters to you. It’s what you do to the people you say you love, that’s what matters. It’s the only thing that counts.
Secondly, the following conversation between Stephen and Michael’s is so simple yet life-altering:
Michael: I’m in love with your daughter Stephen, Maybe that doesn’t mean anything you but I’m standing here. You are her father, I am looking you in the eyes and I’m telling you I will do anything in the world to get your daughter back.
Stephen: Really?
Michael: Really.
Stephen: Anything?
Michael: I’ll do anything.
Stephen: People say that, they don’t mean it.
Michael: But I mean it!
Stephen: Well it’s very simple… do whatever it takes.
Michael: It’s that simple?
Stephen: Yes… you can’t fail if you don’t give up.
What do you think? Is love and fogiveness really that simple?
Well, If It Wasn’t Love, It Was a Lot Like It
One of my favorite movies from my younger years was a romantic-comedy that featured Ashton Kutcher and the adorable Amanda Peet from 3 years ago, A Lot Like Love (2005). (Yes, laugh all you want — I am a sensitive guy with a mushy heart!)
The film spans a 7 year period — the story of good-boy Oliver and bad-girl Emily. “On a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Oliver and Emily make a connection, only to decide that they are poorly suited to be together. Over the next seven years, however, they are reunited time and time again, they go from being acquaintances to close friends to … lovers?”
The memorable catch-phrase of the entire movie is “Don’t… you’ll ruin it” — a line that is so simple, and yet was used in situations that are so complicated. In essence, the saying encapsulates the tragedy of how our need to have life’s “ducks all in a row” holds us back friends from becoming more. I really like how the movie tells the long story of acquaintance, friendship, and romance over the long-haul, with all its ups and downs, and the growth of each character over the years. It reminds me of how much I’ve grown over the past 3 years, and especially how much has and hasn’t changed.
Here are a few memorable quotes from A Lot Like Love:
Emily Friehl: Honestly, if you’re not willing to sound stupid you don’t deserve to be in love.
Oliver Martin: Emily, I’m flat broke. I don’t have a job. I don’t have a plan. And I know, I know I’m probably six years too late, but will you give me strike one back?
Graham Martin: You should get one. [speaking about his son]
Oliver Martin: That was the plan, but I’m unemployed, and living with mom and dad.
Graham Martin: Oliver, this is your life. It doesn’t wait for you to get back on your feet.
Graham Martin: Oliver, this is your life. You can’t wait for it to just to get you up on your feet.
Oliver Martin: [annoyed] Gabe the babe.
Oliver Martin: The thing is, how can I be there for her if I don’t even have my thing figured out? You know?
Ellen Martin: God, Oliver! You are such a dick! C’mon, let’s just start without him!
Oliver Martin: Well, if it wasn’t love, it was a lot like it.
Oliver Martin: My brother’s deaf, Em. I can go days without talking.
Emily Friehl: Don’t… you’ll ruin it.
Emily Friehl: This is your trip, it’s happening right now
[Takes Oliver's camera and takes a picture of her crotch]
Oliver Martin: [sarcastically] Oh Great! All the places I have traveled!
Oliver Martin: What’s your stance on pancakes?
Emily Friehl: I am pro-pancakes.
New Year’s Mannequin
So far, the new year of 2008 has been spent reading, reading, and catching up on one of my favorite movies, Mannequin, from 1987. Yes–the movie came out in 1987, and it’s me and my sister’s fave movies from our childhood days. We have it on vhs tape somehwere in the house, but I finally found a good avi version of it online. We spent a part of the afternoon on New Years day to watch it with a close friend from church.
The storyline:
Jonathan Switcher is a young artist. He just doesn’t seem to last in any job he does. But when he builds a mannequin, he makes it so perfect, he falls in love with it. It is the first thing he has made that makes him feel like a real artist. The mannequin ends up in the window of a big department store. When he saves the life of an old lady who happens to be the owner of that store, he is rewarded by getting a job at the store as stock boy. Later the mannequin comes to life as Emmy, who was an ancient Egyptian living in the year 2514BC. The two fall in love and redesign the window display to make it most eye catching in town. The store competitors are not happy and will do anything to stop them!
What me and my sister never realized about this movie in all the previous times we watched it as kids, was that it is full of sexual language and idioms — though they were used in humorous ways that make this romantic comedy all the more hilarious (and outrageous)! And certainly, it is evident that the character Hollywood is gay:( All things considered, Mannequin would have been a movie that would have been very risque in 1987! Nevertheless, if you haven’t seen this movie, it’s a short and light-hearted one that would remind you of the 80s 
Here are some memorable quotes from the movie, including some language that is not safe for young children:
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