Funny lines that may go unnoticed - Sideways (2004) Discussion

[–] Jamo57 16 years ago

Or when they get to Stephanie's and Jack divies up the condoms and says something like, 'one for you, three for me'.

Let's never come here again because it would never be as much fun.

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[–] aaron-leaver 16 years ago

Hey
i watched Sideways a few years back then read the book a couple of days ago and as soon as i had finished reading it i watched it again that night :)
So one of the funniest likes for me was when they rocked up to Miles' mothers house, Miles gave her the flowers and Jack said "they are from both of us".
Probably not that funny unless you remember that scene from the book though.

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[–] ThePhoenixHope 16 years ago

Yes! Paul Giamatti's deliveries are exquisitely well done! Same with Church, now that I think of it. Brilliantly acted piece. I could watch this movie every day for the rest of my life.

Dear Mary, you who gave birth without sin, teach me how to sin and not give birth.

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[–] Screenwriter_Brandi 15 years ago

I love that one. I also laugh at Miles saying "Oh you talked to her, you've been talking to her?!"

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[–] NathanStark00 16 years ago

when they all go back to stephanie's house and her and jack are in her bedroom, when miles and maya exit the kitchen with their wine you can vaguely hear jack in the background running the "now, for a low low 4.8% A.P.R. financing" bit on stephanie. i lose it everytime.

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[–] vasco247 16 years ago

When Jack crashes the car against a tree and Miles finds out that a couple of bottles are broken. Jack: "Well, whatever...", underlining that he doesn't give a damn about wine.

"His mother just died."

Jack: "That's brilliant. I could never write such a thing."
Miles: "Neither can I. I think it was Bukowski."
Jack: "Oh."

This movie is loaded with nice lines. That's what makes it so great.

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[–] sky1290 16 years ago

Maya: So what's the title of your book?
Miles: The Day After Yesterday
Maya: So, Today

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[–] billt61a 12 years ago

It's possible the reason he didn't care about the wine was because he only bought it to 'befriend' Stephanie.

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[–] laurieann74 8 years ago

I just noticed when Jack is saying "now, for a low low 4.8% A.P.R. financing" to Stephanie. It is hilarious, because you hear her cracking up! I never noticed that before. Thank you for pointing that out!

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[–] budancer1002 16 years ago

There really is an ostrich farm there, I used to live in the area... it's called Ostrich Land!

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[–] rbnn 11 years ago

There is a shot of ostriches in the quad screen montage scene, quadrupled.

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[–] clockwatcher 15 years ago

when they all go back to stephanie's house and her and jack are in her bedroom, when miles and maya exit the kitchen with their wine you can vaguely hear jack in the background running the "now, for a low low 4.8% A.P.R. financing" bit on stephanie. i lose it everytime."

That's a great subtle, comedic moment but you have to really listen carefully to hear it. Excellent.

One of my faves is when Miles drags Jack along to see his mother and when Jack asks how old she is, Miles says, "I dunno. Seventy...something."

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[–] hovc68 15 years ago

Jack: "She (Maya) thinks you're a writer!"

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[–] ryderdvs 15 years ago

Jack: "Tastes pretty good to me."
Everytime he says it.

Jack: "I remember the girl that was in it with me......she was somethin'."
As if Miles' mother can relate to that.

Jack: "Do you have any other shoes?"
Miles: "Uh-uh."
Jack: "Hmmmm."
He makes Miles feel more awkward than he already was.

Miles: "No,no,no. I like all varietals. I just don't like the way they generally manipulate Chardonnay in California. Too much oak and secondary malolactic fermitation."
Jack: "Huh."
As if Jack knows what the hell Miles is talking about.

Jack: (Off-screen to Stephanie) "HA-HA-HA!! Here I am!"
ROTFL every time.

Jack: "Speak for yourself man. I get chicks looking at me all the time. All ages. Dudes too!"
Why does he have to throw that in there? Hillarious!

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[–] ex250 15 years ago

Jack: "Speak for yourself man. I get chicks looking at me all the time. All ages. Dudes too!"
Why does he have to throw that in there? Hillarious!

Well, he does end up having a naked man chase him down the street later. Could it be foreshadowing?

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[–] Jamo57 15 years ago

Or perhaps its because he's an actor living in Hollywood.

Let's never come here again because it would never be as much fun.

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[–] NathanStark00 15 years ago

"And I was right, she's not married"

"How do you know?"

"No rock. When she came to the bar, she was sans rock!!!"

an angry Jack going French on Miles's ass always gets me for some reason.

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[–] NathanStark00 15 years ago

yeah, the "they think you're a writer" line was golden too.

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[–] secret1013 15 years ago

"I like it! Oaky!!"

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[–] buddy6102 15 years ago

I could identify with the Miles completely cuz I had a bed hopping friend that would always ditch the rest of us for any girl that would give it up. So for me one of the funniest lines was, "Listen, man. Cammi gets off in an hour, so I was thinking I'd just hang around and have a drink, and make sure she gets home safe"

Of course, "No way! Anyone orders Merlot I'm leaving! I am not drinking any *beep* Merlot!! But I think everyone loved that one.

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[–] ryderdvs 15 years ago

Miles: (Smelling) There is some strawberry........maybe a little citrus.......passion fruit.......(puts finger up to ear), Oh, there's just the faintest soupcon of like...asparagus, and there's just a...a flutter, of like a...a nutty eatam cheese.

Why would he be able to smell all of that in a glass of wine? Classic.

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[–] clockwatcher 15 years ago

And then Jack smells it and says, "Strawberries. Not the cheese."

Always makes me laugh.

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[–] exellentfilms 15 years ago

When Maya and Stephanie go to the bathroom in the restaurant

Jack: What the *beep*

The way he says it is just hilarious.

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[–] Xander007 15 years ago

Jack on the phone with Christine: "Miles is having one of his freakouts." and Miles is standing 2 feet away from him.

Jack talking about moving up there: "you write another novel. one that can sell."

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[–] jejozi 14 years ago

Miles: (Smelling) There is some strawberry........maybe a little citrus.......passion fruit.......(puts finger up to ear), Oh, there's just the faintest soupcon of like...asparagus, and there's just a...a flutter, of like a...a nutty eatam cheese.

And at the end of the whole teaching him to be an insufferable wine snob, "are you chewing gum?"

This will be the high point of my day; it's all downhill from here.

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[–] jtdeclercq 14 years ago

Miles: (Smelling) There is some strawberry........maybe a little citrus.......passion fruit.......(puts finger up to ear), Oh, there's just the faintest soupcon of like...asparagus, and there's just a...a flutter, of like a...a nutty eatam cheese.

There's no such thing as eatam cheese. Miles is probably referring to Edam cheese, a well known but terribly overrated cheese variety from my country. (Edam is a small town.) Which makes the joke even more perfect, because Miles is such a snob as to suggest he can not only smell a cheese flavor in the wine (which of course is silly), he also pretends he is able to distinguish between various sorts of cheese.

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