I’m stretching for some major miles with this one because we’ve seen them all: the Terminators and however many times they’ll be back, and the countless Buzz Lightyear “to infinity and beyond” we hear for movie lines.
How about some movie lines that are just as epic but not as, well, ‘big’? That’s my goal here: to wow you guys with just how rich the film history has been for a millennium on a much smaller scale, letting the little ones shine over the Marvel superheroes, memorable Sherlock Holmes, and other timeless characters of old.
Sometimes, the Smallest Souls Say the Most Epic Movie Lines
Namely with or by kids. And this is a list of movie lines for the ages, narrowed down to the top three. We have it all here: horror, sports, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, and animation. These kids deserve some love, man. So without further ado….
1. The Sandlot
It would be a travesty not to have ever heard of this iconic baseball movie. Except for this film about innings and home runs, it isn’t about winning the World Series or anything like that. But movie lines? Nah. It’s simply about a pack of friends who get together — just to have fun. But there’s something so iconic about the Great Hambino saying the words:
2. The Goonies
Likewise, if you’ve never heard of The Goonies, you’re basically a zombie. Or you’re not real. It was the pinnacle of the kid movie Christendom, even featuring a very young Samwise Gamgee and Thanos as a teenager. You heard me right!
This is chock full of movie lines that kill it big time. But none can measure up to the iconic line that seemingly echoed the general theme of a film about a fat kid who became the hinge that ensured the door of victory would be able to swing in the favor of the good guys, er… the ‘goonies’.
3. Monster Squad
Some time after that iconic kids’ adventure film came this doozy of a universal monster mash: Monster Squad was everything the Goonies was but with fangs, fur, scales, dead body parts, and a whole lot of mummified wrappings. And the movie lines? There were plenty. However, to this day, whenever anyone wants to “rock until you drop,” you think of that other fat kid in a group of young people who’re fighting evil to say these words:
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I am an accomplished freelance writer hailing from the Mitten known as Michigan. I have contributed content for over ten years in various verticals, including sports and entertainment. I’ve been a Magic: The Gathering fan since I was a kid, and I’ve also thrown my hands up for other activities like WWE pro wrestling, MMA, football, basketball, baseball, and hockey. I am also an esteemed, published author of several horror novels.
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