CAPONE
(to reporters)
Yes! There is violence in Chicago. But not
by me, and not by anybody who works for
me, and I'll tell you why because it's bad
for business.

DAVID
Now you know what we are, now you know what
you are. You'll never grow old, Michael, and you'll
never die. But you must feed!

NANCY
Whatever you do don't fall asleep.

HUDSON
We're on an express elevator to hell; going down!

GOTHMOG
The Age of Men is over. The Time of the Orc has come.

Does this have anything to do with screenwriting?

Probably not. Or does it?

HALDIR
I bring word from Lord Elrond of
Rivendell. An Alliance once existed
between Elves and Men. Long ago we
fought and died together. We come to
honor that allegiance.

ARAGORN
Mae govannen, Haldir. You are
most welcome.

HALDIR
We are proud to fight alongside
Men once more.

WITCH-KING
Give up the Halfling, She-Elf!

ARWEN
(draws her sword)
If you want him, come and claim him!

How do you know when you're ready as a writer?

"You remember that place in the film where everyone laughed?
It wasn't a mistake. They laughed because I designed it so they
would laugh there."

Callie Khouri

ROBERT KINCAID
This kind of certainty comes but once in a lifetime.

Craig Mazin and John August answer four listener questions.

ASH
You still don't understand what you're dealing
with, do you? Perfect organism. Its structural
perfection is matched only by its hostility.

LAMBERT
You admire it.

ASH
I admire its purity. A survivor... unclouded
by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality.

PARKER
Look, I am... I've heard enough of this, and I'm
asking you to pull the plug.

ASH
(Ripley goes to disconnect Ash, who interrupts)
Last word.

RIPLEY
What?

ASH
I can't lie to you about your chances, but...
you have my sympathies.

MARTY
I think I can get it to go down.

DANA
Do we want to go down?

BAMBI
(seductively)
I'm "Bambi."

THUMPER
And I am "Thumper." Is there
something we can do for you?

JAMES BOND
I can think of several things, off hand...

MAVERICK
I feel the need...

MAVERICK, GOOSE
...the need for speed!

STEVE ROGERS
(turns to Natasha)
You and me: we stay here on the ground, keep
the fighting here.  And Hulk: smash!

John August and Craig Mazin talk about how to keep healthy as screenwriters.

Back to the Future (1985) The first 30 minutes or there abouts.
Adventure/Comedy/Sci-Fi

One of my favorite movies. All three of them are good, but this one is definitely the best.

At 30 seconds into the movie when the Back to the Future title comes over the black screen, we get the sound of a ticking clock in the background. Very appropriate as this movie is about time travel.

Again, great opening scene with all the clocks. This movie is about time.

At 1 minute 54 seconds, a bit of foreshadowing with the news anchor woman talking about the missing plutonium. Setting this up for later.
At 2 minutes in to the movie, we get to see all the crazy inventions that work around the clocks. The toaster, the dog food opener and dispenser. The person who lives here is really into inventing stuff!

And the dog's called Einstein. Haha.

At 2 minutes or so, we're introduced to Marty McFly (Michael J Fox), probably one of my favorite characters he's played in a movie.
At 3 minutes 10 seconds, Marty back kicks his skateboard and it ends up hitting the Plutonium hidden under the table. Now we know who took the plutonium. But why?
At 4 minutes 10 seconds Marty doesn't have much success playing his electric guitar.

At 4 minutes 30 seconds the phone rings. Doc tells him to meet up at the mall. He also finds out that he's late for school.

Marty arrives at school at around 6 minutes 30 seconds.

He meets his love interest, Jennifer Parker (Claudia Wells) who tells him that Mr. Strickland is looking for him.

Marty and Jennifer bump into Strickland, bit of conflict here. Strickland tells Marty that no McFly has ever amounted to anything. Tells him he's just like his father George McFly.

Marty auditions with his band at around 7 minutes 40 seconds. I'm pretty sure that's Huey Lewis playing the judge. Things don't go well. This is probably the only scene that's a bit odd. Because you never hear any more about the band.

The judges aren't impressed and Marty gets kicked off the stage. Maybe Mr. Strickland is right?

A little bit of foreshadowing with the posters of Mayor Goldie Wilson on the van at around 8 minutes 35 seconds.

Nice set up with the four by four and the lady handing out the leaflets about the clock being struck by lightning at around 10 minutes. Great set up here. Marty's just about to kiss Jennifer and the woman shoves the collection tin in their faces.
'Save the clock tower.'

She gives Marty a flier. Another important set up that will come into play later on.

Marty arrives home at around 11 minutes 30 seconds to some bad news. The car's been totalled.

We're introduced to George McFly and Biff Tannen.

BIFF TANNEN
What are you looking at, butthead?

Great introduction to the whole family at around 14 minutes. Lea Thompson as Lorraine Baines or is it Lorraine McFly?

Nice line from the Mom about girls chasing boys. A bit of foreshadowing here. Of course, she never did this.

LORRAINE MCFLY
'When I was your age I never chased a
boy or called a boy or sat in a parked car
with a boy.'

I hope I've quoted that correctly.

Good bit of foreshadowing again when the mom says that if grandpa hadn't hit George wih the car, none of them would've been born. Which is exactly what happens.

Another set up at around 16 minutes 10 seconds when she talks about the Enchantment Under The Sea Dance and explains that's where they kissed for the first time.

Doc Brown rings Marty at around 17 minutes and reminds him about the Mall.

The Delorean time machine is introduced at around 18 minutes. Not bad if you can get one. We finally get to meet Doc Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd). With his crazy hair.

All the dialogue in this movie is spot on and this line at around 20 minutes 10 seconds is about as good as it gets.

DR. EMMETT BROWN
If my calculations are correct, when
this baby hits 88 miles per hour... you're
gonna see some serious shit.

Marty's not convinced as he starts walking away from Doc and Doc gives him the evil eye.

MART MCFLY
Ah, Jesus Christ! Jesus Christ, Doc, you disintegrated Einstein!

We see the Delorean in action at around 21 minutes.

Doc gives Marty a very important piece of information about the date when he came up with the idea for the Flux Capicator at around 24 minutes. This will be important when he travels back in time to NOV O5 1955.

At around 25 minutes 15 seconds, important information about the plutonium.

Marty McFly
Are you telling me that this sucker is nuclear?

Just gone 27 minutes the Libyans turn up.

The action kicks in at around 29 minutes when the Libyans chase after Marty in the Delorean.

At 30 minutes 10 seconds, Marty heads back to the past. 1955.

And that's where I'll leave it. Lots of set ups and foreshadowing in those first 30 minutes.

One of the best movies in this genre. The best of the three in my opinion. The sequels are good, but not as good as this one. The only time travel film I can say I honestly like. Doesn't take itself too seriously.

Great cast.
Great soundtrack.
Great screenplay.

They just don't make 'em like they used to.

10/10

MARTY MCFLY
If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.

These are doing the rounds on the internet.
Putting aside the failures of this particular film. And its predecessor.
Why was Robin so old?
Why was he almost the same height as Batman?
Why? Why? Why?

This is rather entertaining.

SELINA KYLE
There's a storm coming, Mr. Wayne.
You and your friends better batten down
the hatches, because when it hits, you're
all gonna wonder how you ever thought
you could live so large and leave so little
for the rest of us.

BRUCE WAYNE
You sound like you're looking forward to it.

SELINA KYLE
I'm adaptable.

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

MAYA (V.O.)
Anyway, like I said, I really loved your novel.
Don't give up, Miles.  Keep writing.  You're really
good.   Hope you're well.  Bye.

BRIAN'S MOTHER
He's not the Messiah.  He's a
very naughty boy!

WALT KOWALSKI
Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise
grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth
his salt can fix almost any problem with this
stuff alone.

John August and Craig Mazin talk critics.