CineQuote Newsletter #41

Before you see it splashed across the tabloids we’d like to come right out and confess that, yes, CineQuote did attend the wedding of Jeff Bezos and Space Cadet Whatshername. And while we may face some criticism for being a part of such opulence, decadence, and rampant classism, we want you to know that CineQuote remains the humble, grassroots, proletariat underdog that it started out as, and no amount of private yacht dinners, or gem-laden giftbags, or mani-pedis alongside Jared and Ivanka, or palm readings from Gayle King, or one on one dances with Usher, or oyster shooters with Sydney Sweeney, or Tom Brady kissing booths, or midnight balloon drops where each balloon contains a set of diamond earrings, or Tommy Hilfiger tailored suits tailored by the man himself, or saddled-porpoise rides with Khloé and Kim, or lights-out backrubs from Orlando Bloom is gonna change that. The fact that every movie moving forward on CQ is going to be an Amazon Prime Original is just a complete coincidence. Thank you for your understanding.

If you’re liking CQ and/or this newsletter consider becoming a CQ member for only 5 bucks a month, and if enough of you do so we can politely decline Jeff’s next wedding invite in a couple years.

And okay, before you start writing angry letters to your Congressperson about how hard CQ was this week, we can see the proof in the pudding and the layoffs have already started. Perhaps some of our staff were feeling stressed out by world events and decided to take it out on you, our loyal players. Now they’ve all been sacked and replaced by game-makers who can compartmentalize their feelings. Hopefully this next week is a bit easier, and if not, they can pack up their cubicle and hit bricks just like the others. We only employ Prime members now anyway.

This competed for Ace of the Week as well, and savvy listeners who identified our boy Nic Cage in the first quote were rewarded. NATIONAL TREASURE did net the Win Rate of the Week with a very impressive 94.8%. Could have been even higher if the sequel didn’t get in the way. At least at press time there wasn’t a 3rd NT movie to siphon guesses, but we’ll see if that changes by end of year.

Clint Eastwood did a lot of westerns. The “Man with No Name” trilogy of A FISTFULL OF DOLLARS, FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE, and THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY may stand up as his best, not including the Oscar-winning UNFORGIVEN from 1992. Just because they are maybe the most famous of his early westerns apparently does not mean people know them or their quotes, as evidenced by FAFDM producing a 47.8% Win Rate. The Corey-laden LICENSE TO DRIVE didn’t do much better at 50.4%, but at least CQ players got that one above the Equator. Next time we do an Eastwood western, we’ll start it with a whistle-heavy musical stinger to put you in the right world.

Sometimes the Ace percentage is astounding on movies that can’t crack an overall 70% Win Rate. Case in point last Friday’s movie. People either know SUPER TROOPERS very well, or they don’t know it at all. Which one were you…?

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