Expressions originating in films

[HTP99]

Hasta la vista, baby.

[baconsarney]

Beam me up Scotty

[bloomen]

"My bad" is surely the ultimate. It was nowhere until Clueless and now it's full lexicon.

[bristolbaron]

Schwing was massive after Wayne’s world.. I still use it today.. NOT!

[Eric Mc]

Higgs boson said:

That'll be the day!

I would credit that to the Buddy Holly song rather than a movie (although it's been a common enough expression for many, many years - even before Buddy Holly made it famous).

[Black can man]

I'll be back.

[Eric Mc]

baconsarney said:

Houston, we have a problem

I'd say Jim Lovell and Jack Swigert made that famous during the real mission. Of course, the film (made 25 years after the real events) also reinforced it. But as an expression it was very well known.

Of course, it is, in fact, a misquote. The actual words were -

Swigert - OK Houston,We've had a problem here
Houston - Say again
Lovell - Houston, we have a problem. We've had a main Bus B undervolt.

You can hear the actual dialogue starting from 3.20 on this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpTleKyn3gc

One quote that can be directly attributed to the movie "Apollo 13" is "Failure is not an option". The line was given to Ed Harris as Mision Controller Gene Kranz although Kranz never actually said it. However, Kranz liked it so much he used it as the title of his (very good) autobiography as he felt it did accurately sum up his approach to being a Mission Controller -

[Eric Mc]

Black can man said:

I'll be back.

See my quote of this above.

[ben5575]

bristolbaron said:

Schwing was massive after Wayne’s world.. I still use it today.. NOT!

I must admit to an occasional; 'He shoots, he scores', 'No Stairway, denied' and 'Creamofsumyunguy'

[Nimby]

eccles said:

Many quoted here were sayings before the films that made them famous!

The OP said:

"...or were obscure before the film but the film popularised them".

[Eric Mc]

You ain't heard nothin' yet.

From the very first Hollywood talkie - The Jazz Singer (1927).

[Eric Mc]

Nimby said:

eccles said:

Many quoted here were sayings before the films that made them famous!

The OP said:

"...or were obscure before the film but the film popularised them".

Some were, some weren't.

[J4CKO]

Dr Jekyll said:

'We are toast' Ghostbusters

Surely its "This Chick is Toast" when they prepare to go into battle with Gozer ?

So many GB quotes out there, main one is "Who Ya Gonna Call"

"Man thats a big Twinkie"

"I collect Spores Mould and Fungus"

"Listen, do you smell something"

"This man has no dick"

"He Slimed me"

"Dont cross the streams"

"Back off man, I'm a Scientist"

[Antony Moxey]

Is this thread now just quote your favourite lines from films now? Very few of those listed are every day expressions.

[ou sont les biscuits]

Antony Moxey said:

Is this thread now just quote your favourite lines from films now? Very few of those listed are every day expressions.

Yeah, well, that's just, like your opinion, man.

[Jazzy Jag]

You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off.

[Zarco]

Nimby said:

Perfect storm.

Nope!

[227bhp]

Sorry not a film, but originating from Hawaii Five O: "Book 'em Danno".
Popular in the 80s, probably some old people still using it.

[Zarco]

Ground Hog Day

[Johnspex]

Eric Mc said:

Higgs boson said:

That'll be the day!

I would credit that to the Buddy Holly song rather than a movie (although it's been a common enough expression for many, many years - even before Buddy Holly made it famous).[/quotei
I heard, many years ago, that Buddy Holly wrote That'll be the day after hearing John Wayne say it at least once and possibly more (my memory is not good on that point) in a film. It was possibly the Searchers.

So, I guess that one has gone full circle. Started off as a line from a movie, became a song, became a saying, became a movie.