Have you ever watched a movie, and thought it was the dumbest thing you’ve ever seen? Have you ever then re-watched that same movie, and totally changed your mind about it? I’ve done that several times – think Knocked Up and Blades of Glory. I couldn’t believe how bad they were the first time I saw them, and yet now, I find both totally hysterical. I could and have watched them over and over again.
But there is one movie, a cult CLASSIC, that has the best one liners, the funniest scenes, and the best staying power for pure genius (yes I am serious). My brother introduced me to this flick years ago, and I still cannot get enough. I’m talking about:
SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER
Have you seen it? What? YOU MUST RENT IT THIS VERY MINUTE. (Even the movie poster is cheesy brilliant)
Why am I even talking about this movie right now? Well, someone on Twitter made mention of having to get dressed to take their kids to school yesterday, and for some reason, my instant reaction was to respond,
“HEAD. PANTS. NOW!”
Yup, just one of the classic lines from this movie. Funny enough, @MFA_Mama on Twitter let me know how much she loved me for that tweet, because she too LOVES this movie. She knows the entire movie off by heart – as do I. It’s that loveable – to watch it, is to memorize it. We then proceeded to tweet quotes back and forth to each other. Super fun and not the least bit nerdy, I swear.
Some hilarious quotes (which of course, are much funnier in the context of the movie):
- Alright, give your mother a kiss, or I’ll kick your teeth in.
- Alright, we have a piper who’s down. It’s alright, he’s just pissed. We have a piper down, I repeat, a piper is down!
- Come, let us dance like children of the night!
- My name is John Johnson but everyone here calls me Vicki.
- You know, Scotland has its own martial arts. Yeah, it’s called Fuck You. It’s mostly just head butting and then kicking people when they’re on the ground
- Look at the size of that boy’s head. I’m not kidding, it’s like an orange on a toothpick. Well, that’s a huge noggin. That’s a virtual planetoid. Has it’s own weather system. HEAD! MOVE!
Honestly, this is CLASSIC Mike Myers – and you will love me forever, once you’ve seen it.
Have you seen this movie? Is there a movie like this one that you just love, and could probably recite word for word?
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Hilarious. Im gonna make sure I’ll watch. I love movies-especially old ones.
Stopping by from SITS! This is one of my all-time favorite movies too! Mike Myers is freaking hilarious!
My sister and I like:
She was a thief
You’ve got to belief
She stole my heart
And my cat
I haven’t seen that in years! Hubs and I both love it, maybe we’ll re-view it soon.
LOl @ ‘come let us dance like children of the night’. i haven’t watched the movie but I guess now I will
This was my fave line from that movie: “Look at the size of that noggin’!”
I love Mike Myers – hails from Scarborough, where I grew up. Also love Austin Powers. “I’m your fasha”… “You wanna pipe and a pancake?”
Other comedy faves for me are Dumb & Dumber, White Chicks, Old School and most recently, The Hangover.
“bong und a blintz”? hahahahah I love this!!! Mike Myers Rocks!
“He’ll be crying himself to sleep tonight, on his huge pillow.”
I had never seen it before Joe, but it’s one of his favorites. I love it!
Hi! Visiting from SITS. I have to go see this movie now!
T
Yes – This movie is a staple in our house! And I have Scottish In-laws, so let’s just say – it hits home.
Another one not to be missed is “Napoleon Dynamite”. Same kinda movie – silly at first, but then a total classic, chuck full of awesome one liners that get repeated in my house weekly. Check it out if you haven’t already (Tina – eat the ham!)
One of my fave quotes from Napoleon Dynamite is: “my lips hurt real bad” and I love that he has “skills”.
My husband loves that movie too, and often quotes it. I think it is funny, but don’t have quite the same love for it. One of my favorites of all time is Waiting for Guffman.
I love love love this movie too!! Another cult classic is Buffy the Vampire Slayer and I also feel this same way about Step Brothers and Anchorman Ron Jeremy.
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That movie is so funny. I like Mike Myers, he’s always good for a chuckle.
“It’s got MOOONS orbiting it!”
Loved that movie. It’s those small, underdog movies — very little fanfare and hoopla — that I get the biggest kick out of!
Love that movie. My husband will frequently quote things from it. Thankfully I know what the hell he is talking about
I have not ever seen this movie, can you believe it? I must see it now! Sounds awesome! The first time I saw Zoolander, I hated but have since seen it at least a dozen times, and I love it!!!
I too love this film. And I often quote it…especially “Look at the size of that boy’s heed” and “it’s like an orange on a toothpick” and “He’ll be crying himself to sleep tonight, on his huge pillow.” AND I do a really bad Scottish accent! LOVE IT!
I have to admit that my son has quite a big heed…and although this may seem mean, i have said these things about him to his daddy – not in front of the kid of course – but we do giggle about it…oopsie. Bad mom award. Right here.
Also luuurve this movie:
This paper has *facts*.
I am in deep smit.
(Cuz others already posted my other fave lines.)
And the music!!!
I watched it when I was younger but I looks like I need to rent it and watch it again sometime soon!
I haven’t seen this one. It sounds hysterical. I’ll have to check it out.
I, too, LOVE, Napoleon Dynamite. The lines are just so classic.
I’m a little older than the rest of the crowd, so some of my faves are a tad older. I love the movie, “Raising Arizona” one of the Coen Brothers early films. Just Fabulous.
And Ferris Bueller. Man, I could watch that movie over and over again.
Principal: “Last thing I need at this point in my career is fifteen hundred Ferris Bueller disciples running around these halls. He jeopardizes my ability to effectivley govern this student body.”
Secretary: “Well, makes you look like an ass is what he does, Ed.”
OMG I LOOOOOOVE that movie! haha! Such a classic!
O! M! G! I LOOOOOOOVE this movie. No lie.
“Hard-hearted harbinger of Haggis…”
“I juice everything now.”
“Excuse me, I believe I asked for the LARGE cappucino.”
“I’m naked aren’t I? Very nude…”
I could go on. My bestie from H.S. suggested we go see it at the theater and I thought she was crazy but we went anyway. I’ve loved it ever since… So glad you know how wonderful it is!
Elaine, I have a new found respect for you. I NEVER would have guessed that you too could appreciate this masterpiece.
I had that reaction to “Mamma Mia!”.
I have seen So I Married an Axe Murder many times and it just never gets old!
I’ve seen this at the rental store and never picked it up… just looked bad. Now am totally regretting it — and might make it a weekend rental – just for the one liners! LOL
Wo-man. Woah-man. Woaaaaahhhhhh. Man.
She was a thief. You’ve got to believe. She stole my heart and my cat.
Cracks. Me. Up.
One of my favorite movies! I love it for two reasons: Mike Meyers and San Francisco. I lived in SF for a long time and pretty much love any movie that is located there. Even the bad ones.
Funny how you say that you see a movie twice before liking it. I have the exact opposite problem. I’ve seen funny movies, like Knocked Up and Hangover that I died laughing the first time but watched them again and barely snickered. Guess it means I should only watch a funny movie once!
-Aimee
Ever since this movie, I wanted to marry a “Mike Myers” type. God I love this movie. Great post!
i have never seen it….i guess i best check it out! i can recite the movie nightshift from start to finish…i find it more hilarious every time i watch it!
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I will watch, but only cuz you say so! =D
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I’ve never seen this movie, but have always wanted to. Your post made it one of my top priorities!
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I will have to rent this. I have never seen it!
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Oh I haven’t seen this one in years, will look it up the library today and rewatch. I love all those old goofy movies. I used to be able to quote Heathers by heart. And Trading Places. Also love Weird Science, takes me back. And did somebody mention Ferris Bueller? Bring back the ’80s!
Hehe, I am generally a fan of Mike Meyers, he does some great work. I admit my hubby is a bigger fan than I am, but this movie was indeed a gem. Thanks for sharing it!
Popped in from SITS! I’ve only seen parts of it–I need to watch it!
I had never heard of the movie until now. Thanks I’ll watch it.
Mary
Amen! My husband and I love this one.
Sometimes he will put his finger in my ear, fans of the movie will get that.
And both of our sons have “gargantuan” heads so we are constantly saying, “head, move!”
Gonna go cry on your wee little pillow???
Stopping by from SITS, still have not watched that movie. Going to right now =)
Came over from SITS! Love the movie post, but ashamed I haven’t seen it – heard of it – haven’t seen it.
I love Hollywood related posts, since I blog about this too.
I hope to see you soon!
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I LOVE that movie! I haven’t seen it in ages, though. We used to have the soundtrack and it had some of the quotes on it too! Awe.some.
Hah! Gary and I were running lines last week after we watched the opening ceremonies and I explained what slam poetry was.
“Oh! Like. Axe Murderer.. Harriet – Harri… et..”
Wonderful. Mike Meyers before he got too stupid.
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I have not seen this movie (nor Napoleon Dynamite). It sounds like I need to! Stopping by from SITS. Thanks for the movie review!
OMG!!! I love that movie!
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I can’t believe I haven’t seen this movie. I will rent it soon! The quotes made me laugh – I know I’ll like it.
I have never seen the movie, but my husband quotes from it all the time!
I saw that movie years ago. I may have to check it out again.
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One of the movies I did that with was Napoleon Dynamite. LOL
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As a good Canadian Girl from Toronto (right next to Scarborough where Mike Myers is from) I have an ingrained need to see every film he does.. and you’re right this one is cheezy goodness at it’s best…
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It’s like the bloody Sputnik!
Gonna have to move it up in my netflix que. It’s been too long! HEAD!!!
I say that all the time in my house. Because my 3yo has a great big HEAD!
Oh my goodness, I am so happy to find someone who shares my love of this movie! I love love love it! I actually really like the first 2/3 of the movie but don’t really like the last part. I usually just turn it off once they get married. I know almost all of the lines to the first 2/3.
Other favorite quotes I find myself quoting in my head from time to time:
“You know what this apartment really needs…an over-sized poster of Atlantic City. Oh look at that, you have one.” HA HA!
“She smells like soup.”
“Lets get pissed.”
“What would you say to silver-dollar pancakes, fresh-squeezed orange juice, bacon, and Kona coffee?”
“Well, that sounds great.”
“Sorry, we didn’t have any of that other stuff.”
“Now this is something the other tour guides won’t tell you. In this particular cell-block, Machine Gun Kelly had what we call in the prison system, a “bitch”. And one night in a jealous rage Kelly took a make-shift knife or “shiv”, and cut out the bitch’s eyes. And as if this wasn’t enough retribution for Kelly, the next day he and four other inmates took turns pissing into the bitch’s ocular cavities. (short pause) This way to the cafeteria! ”
I could keep going and going. When I was in college, I actually downloaded the wav files from the movie for the sounds on my computer, so any time there was a Windows error it would say, “Head. Pants. Now.”
I love it
He’ll be cryin’ himself to sleep tonight on his HUUUGE Pillow
I love it too!
If you want another, so silly it’s FANTASTIC you should watch
SUPERSTAR w/Molly Shannon
I love it too
That’s exactly how I felt about Napolean Dynamite! Coulda thrown the DVD in the toilet the first time I saw it, now I need kleenex to wipe the tears of laughter through the whole thing!
Sitting down to watch this for the first time tonight with the husband! He was reciting it, so I showed him this post…he *loves* it!
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