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26-May-17 7:30pm
#1
theJaw
GameTZ Subscriber Triple Gold Good Trader

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Hello, I like to rank things. @bonham2 can attest.

I update this thread with new topics so the GTZers can share their definitive rankings of said topic. It's a great time.

Current Topic: Top 10 Most Anticipated Games of 2023

Past Topics:
1. Rank the Batman films
2. Rank the X-Men films
3. Top 10 TV Shows
4. Top 10 Favorite Albums
5. Top Favorite Fictional Characters
6. Rank Your Favorite Nicktoons
7. Top 10 90s Nick Shows
8. Top 10 SNES Games
9. Top 5 Favorite Video Game Locations
10. Top 5 Video Game Frustrations
11. Top 5 Horror Movies
12. Top 5 Thanksgiving Foods
13. The Christmas Edition
14. Top 10 Superhero Movies
15. Top 10 (or 5) Movies of 2017
16. Top 10 (or 5) Comedy Movies
17. Top 10 Animated Films
19. Rank Your Favorite Action Movies
20. Top 10 PS4 Games
21. Top 10 Movies of the Past 5 Years
22. Top 5 Video Game Disappointments
23. Top 10 Favorite MCU Characters
24. Rank the Traditionally Animated Disney Movies
25. Favorite Nostalgic Children's Movies
26. Rank Tarantino's Filmography
27. Top 10 Bands/Musicians
28. Rank the Nintendo Home Consoles
29. The Halloween Edition
30. Top 5 Thanksgiving Foods Pt. II
31. The Christmas Edition Pt II
32. Top 10 Movies of 2019
33. Top 10 Movies of the 2010s
34. Rank the Harry Potter Movies
35. Rank the Disney/Pixar Movies
36. Rank the Spider-man film franchise
37. Top 10 Episodes of TV
38. Top 10 Tearjerker Movies
39. Top 5 SNL Skits
40. Rank the 3D Mario Games
41. Top 10 Film Quotes/Lines of Dialogue
42. Top 5 (or 10) Thanksgiving Specials
43. Top 10 Live Action Movies of the 1990s
44. Top 10 Music Videos
45. Rank the DCEU Movies
46. Top 10 (or 5) Movies of 2020
47. Top 10 Disney Songs
48. Top 5 Celebrity Crushes
49. Favorite & Least Favorite Movies of 2021
50. Rank the Batman films (again!)
51. Top 10 Classic Rock Songs
52. Top 10 Summer Movies
53. Top 10 Autumn Movies
54. Top 10 Movies of 2022
55. Top 10 Most Anticipated Games of 2023

OG Batman movie post:


So, for other folks who watch stupid superhero stuff, Rank! Those! Stupid! Batman movies!!! I don't expect everyone to have seen all the ones on my list but if you've seen any, share your lists in the thread. Or don't, jerk.

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GTZ's favorite is Batman Begins. This is indisputable.

1. The Dark Knight
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Classic. Iconic Joker, great adaptation of Two-Face. Batman's mythos in the Nolan trilogy took its most interesting turn with the ending with Batman's metaphorical sacrifice. It was the ultimate grounded approach at a Batman movie, finding perfect ways to integrate those comic book moments.

2. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
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The only animated Batman movie to get a theatrical release is still one of the best. I'm huge into Batman: The Animated Series, and this movie is one of the best "entires" in that series and just one of the best takes on Batman in general.

3. Batman Returns
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Completely off nostalgia alone. This was among my favorite movies as a kid and remains a favorite Christmas movie. Michael Keaton had great nuance, especially as Bruce Wayne. Danny DeVito's Penguin was as memorable as it was gross. It wasn't a particularly great movie and it hasn't aged well, but I'll always love it.

4. Batman Begins
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Really dug the subtle, grounded approach of this movie - it was easily the most grounded of the Nolan movies. I'm a big fan of Ra's Al Ghul and, while I would have liked a legitimately immortal take on the character, Liam Neeson's man-in-the-shadows-creating-a-myth version was great for this universe.

5. Batman (1989)
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Another classic, the logo to this movie is etched into my nostalgia goggles for all-time. Nicholson's Joker is a legend at this point, and again, Keaton was fun as a straight-faced Batman.

6. The LEGO Batman Movie
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Will Arnett as the voice of Batman rules. All the cameos, both voice-wise and character-wise, were great. It was a fun spoof on Batman movies in general, with things kids and adults could both like.

7. The Dark Knight Rises
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Great way to top off the Nolan trilogy, but a little lesser than the other movies. I love Tom Hardy's Bane - even the voice. He came off sinister and brutal, and it was great to see Nolan so closely adapt the Knightfall stuff from the comics. That gets points alone. It did go a little long, and the third act was a little bit of a let down, but still a fun time.

8. Batman: The Movie
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Like the LEGO Batman movie, this one is great for a few laughs. Adam West's dumbed-down "comic story" Batman was so much fun, and the colors of this movie were great. And then there's the bomb scene, which may be my single favorite Batman scene ever just for the sheer absurdity.

9. Man of Tomorrow (BvS fan edit)
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You'll see where BvS actually ends up, but I dug this fan edit as it seamlessly meshed both Man of Steel and Batman v Superman. While a lot of the problems were still there (especially in the majority BvS section), I was in awe at how well the edits to make one epic Batman/Superman movie worked out - as well as the edits that did fix plot points.

10. Batman Forever
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Underrated in my opinion, because a lot of people would rank this as far down as Batman & Robin which is an insult. This wasn't a great movie by any means, and Tommy Lee Jones' awful take on Two-Face was just a poor-man's Batman 89' Joker, but Jim Carrey as Riddler was cool and the Robin origin scene was fun. The ending was awful, Robin being a grown ass man was awful, and Kilmer's Batman was forgettable. But I still thought the movie was okay.

11. 1940's Batman serials
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I'll just count both of the serialized theater series in one spot since they're decently obscure nowadays. These episodes were on TV on Christmas day when I was a kid, and I remember watching it from my Batman: The Animated Series tent that I got that morning. Fun to re-watch every now and then for that alone, but it's real awkward seeing some of the subject matter.

14. Batman & Robin
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If this list were ranked for comedy, this may beat out both Batman '66 AND the LEGO Batman movie. But alas. Clooney was phoning it in completely, Robin was still an adult, Batgirl was cringey, Mr. Freeze was gosh darn perfect and the Poison Ivy/Bane duo were the worst.

13. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Tomorrow
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This movie was awful. Affleck's Batman was just about the only thing I dug about it. But just the performance and look itself. The writing for Batman, besides Bruce Wayne's initial hesitance toward Superman, was pretty awful. Having him climb on a ceiling the first time we see him, his whole Martha schtick, his willingness to main (even if it was fun to watch).

14. Suicide Squad
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Does this movie count? Mostly Batman villains, the Joker/Harley Quinn combo and a short Batman cameo. I'll count it, but the movie sucks so this entry pretty much just exists to reiterate that.

10-Oct-20 3:59pm
#41
theJaw
GameTZ Subscriber Triple Gold Good Trader

@whitefire I know you were asking about this one.

NEW TOPIC. Top 10 Film Quotes/Lines of Dialogue

Had some of these on-deck but some are just the top 10 off the top of my head... I know there are PLENTY of great quotes and classic quotes I missed, but whatev. We can always do a Vol. 2 later on.

1. “We’re, all of us, haunted by our own fudging thoughts. So… make friends with the ghost, it ain’t goin’ fudgein’ anywhere.” - Ian McShane as Al Swearengen (Deadwood: The Movie)

2. “Let him fudging stay there. “ - Ian McShane as Al Swearengen (Deadwood: The Movie)

3. “I’m finished!” - Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview (There Will Be Blood)

4. “I promise, I will never die.” - Trey Parker as Gary Johnson (Team America: World Police)

5. “Fudgein’ unreal...” - Oscar Isaac as Nathan Bateman (Ex Machina)

6. “None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with me.” - Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach (Watchmen)

7. "Our dount is not a hole at all!" - Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc (Knives Out)

8.“You taste like a burger. I don’t like you anymore.” - Paul Rudd as Andy (Wet Hot American Summer)

9. “Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him. Because he can take it.” - Gary Oldman as Commissioner Gordon (The Dark Knight)

10. “When you get to Hell, John, tell them Daisy sent you.” - Jennifer Jason Leigh as Daisy Domergue (The Hateful Eight)

10-Oct-20 4:56pm
#42
whitefire
Global Trader - willing to trade internationally

No order. I'm going to pick random ones I like off the top of my head and not like all-time amazing quotes or anything (although there may be some of those in here)

1. "Wolfman's got nards! - The Monster Squad

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2. "When you stand before God, you cannot say, "But I was told by others to do thus." Or that, "Virtue was not convenient at the time." This will not suffice." - Kingdom of Heaven

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3. "For Frodo" - Lord of the Rings trilogy (honestly, I could have chosen 10 just from these movies, easily)

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4. "I have crossed oceans of time to find you" - Dracula (hear me out, yes, this movie had its cheesy moments, but Gary Oldman was amazing)

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5. Pancakewhich - I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (way too long to post the whole thing)

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6. Shindler's speech from the end the film - Schindler's List

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7. "Wanting people to listen, you can't just tap them on the shoulder anymore. You have to hit them with a sledgehammer, and then you'll notice you've got their strict attention." - Seven (I couldn't find a video of the actual quote, but here's part of the same scene)

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8. "As zombies began to outnumber humans, well that's when you had to cut all emotional ties. If the girls in your neigborhood are now fudgeed up little monsters, well maybe it's time to stop driving car pool." - Zombieland

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9. "It's been Jam'd!" .... "Only one man would dare give me the raspberry!" - Spaceballs

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10. "Ughhhh...I'm a man." "Well, nobody's perfect." - Some Like It Hot

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10-Oct-20 4:59pm
#43
KCPenguins
GameTZ Subscriber Gold Good Trader

Good topic. Going with personal favorites. Since you gave me lines of dialogue, in no order (videos nsfw):

Yippy ki yay mother fudgeer!
https://youtu.be/P0T...

I know what you're thinking punk. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk?
https://youtu.be/Ky7...

Are you going to pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?
https://youtu.be/lvm...

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you.
https://youtu.be/pRE...

What we've got here... is failure.. to communicate.
https://youtu.be/452...

Get busy living, or get busy dying. That's g-d right.
https://youtu.be/l6Y...

Buzzards gotta eat same as worms.
https://youtu.be/6I6...

Harmonica : [facing three men] And Frank?
Snaky : Frank sent us.
Harmonica : Did you bring a horse for me?
Snaky : Well... looks like we're...
[snickers]
Snaky : ...looks like we're shy one horse.
Harmonica : [shaking head] You brought two too many.
https://youtu.be/lyu...

Wales: You a bounty hunter?
Bounty Hunter: A man's got to do something for a living these days.
Wales: Dying ain't much of a living.
https://youtu.be/OxW...

Shane: So you're Jack Wilson.
Jack Wilson: What's that mean to you, Shane?
Shane: I've heard about you.
Jack Wilson: What have you heard, Shane?
Shane: I've heard that you're a low-down Yankee liar.
Jack Wilson: Prove it.
https://youtu.be/V1l...
(This quote inspired the famous Taxi Driver line)

Josey Wales is my most quotable movie. Westerns are my jam.
10-Oct-20 5:00pm
#44
whitefire
Global Trader - willing to trade internationally

That's a great idea to post videos of them! I'll do that too.

10-Oct-20 5:03pm
#45
KCPenguins
GameTZ Subscriber Gold Good Trader

whitefire wrote:
That's a great idea to post videos of them! I'll do that too.

I had to add them as I assume some of those quotes are from movies people haven't seen.
10-Oct-20 5:13pm
#46
Kommie
250 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader

The most interesting list topic yet, I'll probably post one once I'm on my computer.

10-Oct-20 9:34pm
#47
KCPenguins
GameTZ Subscriber Gold Good Trader

Can't forget R. Lee Ermey, Full Metal Jacket... (nsfw)
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Oorah!
12-Oct-20 2:08pm
#48
Scott
GameTZ Subscriber Global Trader - willing to trade internationally Has Written 2 Reviews

In no particular order:

“That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo… and it’s worth fighting for.” - Lord of the Rings

“A day may come when the courage of men fails… but it is not THIS day.” - Lord of the Rings

"Frodo wouldn't have got far without Sam." - Lord of the Rings

"Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads." - Back to the Future

“There’s that word again, ‘heavy.’ Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth’s gravitational pull?” - Back to the Future

“If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious crap.” - Back to the Future

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men." - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

"With great power, comes great responsibility." - Spider-Man

"I'm not gonna launch those ships...Captain's orders." - Captain America: The Winter Soldier

"Go save Riley! Take her to the moon for me..." - Inside Out

"You are without a doubt, the worst pirate I've ever heard of."
"But you HAVE heard of me!" - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

(This next one is long, but I had to include it)
Odin: Even when you had two eyes, you’d see only half the picture.
Thor: [referring to Hela] She’s too strong. Without my hammer, I can’t.
Odin: Are you Thor, the God of Hammers? That hammer was to help you control your power, to focus it. It was never your source of strength.
Thor: It’s too late. She’s already taken Asgard.
Odin: Asgard is not a place. Never was. This could be Asgard. Asgard is where our people stand. Even now, right now, those people need your help.
Thor: I’m not as strong as you.
Odin: No. You’re stronger. - Thor: Ragnarok
12-Oct-20 2:13pm
#49
DarkFact
400 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Has Written 4 Reviews

Why do we fall / So we can learn to pick ourselves up

Never

What is the point of all those push-ups if you can't even lift a bloody log

You start pretending to have fun, you might even have a little by accident

I wouldn't presume to tell you what to do with your past, sir / Just know that there are those of us who care about what you do with your future

I hope you're not a member of the fire brigade

You look very fashionable / Apart from the mud

You can borrow the Rolls if you like / Just bring it back with a full tank

If those are to be the first of many injuries to come, it would be wise to find a suitable excuse / Polo, for instance

Never
12-Oct-20 3:02pm
#50
egg
Double Gold Good Trader

I got eight..

"Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead." (Pulp Fiction)
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"What is an ocean but a multitude of drops?" (Cloud Atlas)
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"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it." (Men in Black)
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"I will tell you how he lived." (The Last Samurai)

"Hi, I'm Ricky Bobby. If you don't chew Big Red, then *bleep* you." (Talladega Nights)

"Franchise. Franchise the damn thing. It’s too damn good for just one location. There should be McDonald’s everywhere. Coast to coast. Sea to shining sea." Ray Kroc (The Founder)

"This is the path I choose, Father. What will yours be?" Pocahontas (Disney's Pocahontas)

"At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul." (Billy Madison)

p.s. I would have chosen a quote from Star Wars: The Last Jedi but I can't post it because it's a spoiler. frown
12-Oct-20 3:19pm
#51
Kommie
250 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader

I don't think anyone cares about Last Jedi spoilers at this point dude.

12-Oct-20 3:24pm
#52
KCPenguins
GameTZ Subscriber Gold Good Trader

I still haven't seen it and would like it to not be spoiled... but statute of limitations probably apply.

Hard to watch movies in this age when all I have available is redbox...
12-Oct-20 3:30pm
#53
whitefire
Global Trader - willing to trade internationally

KCPenguins wrote:
I still haven't seen it and would like it to not be spoiled... but statute of limitations probably apply. Hard to watch movies in this age when all I have available is redbox...
Why don't you have Disney+?

12-Oct-20 3:43pm
#54
Scott
GameTZ Subscriber Global Trader - willing to trade internationally Has Written 2 Reviews

@egg just put it in spoiler tags
12-Oct-20 3:57pm
#55
egg
Double Gold Good Trader

Scott wrote:
@egg just put it in spoiler tags
You asked for it, here it is.

Failure, the greatest teacher is.



I forget who said it. Probably Han.
12-Oct-20 4:01pm
#56
Kommie
250 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader

Han is dead at that point, that was

force ghost Yoda



12-Oct-20 4:08pm
#57
KCPenguins
GameTZ Subscriber Gold Good Trader

whitefire wrote:
KCPenguins wrote:> I still haven't seen it and would like it to not be spoiled... but statute of limitations> probably apply. > > Hard to watch movies in this age when all I have available is redbox... Why don't you have Disney+?

I've cut nearly all cables. I have no internet subscriptions as the only internet I have is 10gb cell phone hot spot. My tv is antenna. I'm trying to do this as long as my wife and kids will allow. My nearest neighbor is hundreds of yards away. Country living.
12-Oct-20 4:17pm
#58
Kommie
250 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader

"I should have killed you back in Philly."
-A History of Violence

"KANEDAAAAA"
"TETSUOOOO"
-Akira

"I'll send you a love letter! Straight from my heart, fudgeer! You know what a love letter is? It's a bullet from a fudging gun, fudgeer! You receive a love letter from me, you're fudgeed forever! You understand, fudge? I'll send you straight to hell, fudgeer!"
--Blue Velvet

"Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep, and you weep alone."
---Oldboy (2003)

"Not!!!"
--Borat

Jay: [the monkey has been put into a car] Man, who the fudge steals monkeys?
Silent Bob: [Points to Jay and himself]
Jay: Oh yeah...
--Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Thomas Wake: Damn ye! Let Neptune strike ye dead, Winslow! Hark! Hark, Triton. Hark! Bellow, bid our father, the sea king, rise from the depths, full foul in his fury, black waves teeming with salt-foam, to smother this young mouth with pungent slime, to choke ye, engorging your organs till ye turn blue and bloated with bilge, and brine, and can scream no more. Only when, he, crowned in cockle shells, with slithering tentacled tail, and steaming beard, takes up his fell, be-finnèd arm, his coral-tined trident screeches banshee-like in the tempest, and plunges right through your gullet, bursting ye, a bulging bladder no more, but a blasted bloody film now, a nothing for the Harpies, and the souls of dead sailors to peck and claw and feed upon, only to be lapped up and swallowed by the infinite waters of the dread emperor himself. Forgotten to any man, to any time, forgotten to any god, or devil, forgotten even to the sea, for any stuff, or part of Winslow, even any scantling of your soul, is Winslow no more, but is now itself the sea.
[pause]
Thomas Wake: I seen it. You’re fond of me lobster! Say it! Say it. Say it!
Ephraim Winslow: Alright. Have it your way. I like your cooking.
--The Lighthouse (Dafoe was amazing in this)


Can't really think of anything else right now.




12-Oct-20 4:18pm
#59
egg
Double Gold Good Trader

Kommie wrote:
Han is dead at that point, that was ...
That's the joke.
12-Oct-20 4:42pm
#60
whitefire
Global Trader - willing to trade internationally

KCPenguins wrote:
whitefire wrote:> KCPenguins wrote: |>> I still haven't seen it and would like it to not be spoiled... but statute of> limitations |>> probably apply. |>> |>> Hard to watch movies in this age when all I have available is redbox...> > Why don't you have Disney+?> > I've cut nearly all cables. I have no internet subscriptions as the only internet I have is 10gb cell phone hot spot. My tv is antenna. I'm trying to do this as long as my wife and kids will allow. My nearest neighbor is hundreds of yards away. Country living.
Get the app on your phone! Haha. It's cheap as fudge. You can start a group here for like $2/each per month.

It may even be free if you have Verizon.

12-Oct-20 5:31pm
#61
whitefire
Global Trader - willing to trade internationally

I've got a few more.

Priest: "Does making a man a knight make him a better fighter?"

Balian: "Yes."

- Kingdom of Heaven

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Maximus: "Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."

- Gladiator

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Mickey- "You're gonna eat lightning, and you're crap thunda!

- Rocky

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Lieutenant Dan- "Thought I'd try out my sea legs"

Forrest Gump- "But you ain't got no legs, Lieutenant Dan."

- Forrest Gump 🤣

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Mr. Thatcher: "Don't you think it's rather unwise to continue this philanthropic enterprise? This enquirer that's costing you a million dollars a year?"

Charles: "You're right, Mr. Thatcher. I did lose a million dollars last year. I expect to lose a million dollars this year. I expect to lose a million dollars next year. You know, Mr. Thatcher, at the rate of a million dollars a year, I'll have to close this place in... 60 years."

- Citizen Kane

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