Retro Movie Quotes... For the Modern-Day Audience!

Ever wondered how your favorite quotes from retro movies might have sounded if they had a modern, British slant? Well I can't say I've given it much thought myself, and frankly my dear, maybe you don't give a bloomin' fig yourself! But a social media post by Very British Problems in which followers were invited to alter a classic movie quote so that it sounded very British, did get me thinking. As a Brit girl myself, I found the results to be hilarious - and I realised - not that I needed reminding - of how much I miss the British vernacular. The most ordinary of phrases can sound so much funnier with a bit of British street talk thrown in!

So we thought we'd give it a go ourselves and created this quiz; selecting some well-known and fairly well-known (come on - we didn't want to make it too easy for you!) quotes from classic movies from the sixties to nineties, and modifying them so that they not only had that British sense of over-politeness or the cheeky humour we're known for but a modern twist as well. Because we're just sooo twenty-first century round here in case you didn't know!

See if you can guess what the original quotes were and which classic movie they came from.

Retro Movie Quotes - With a British/ModernTwist...

1. I'm gonna make him an offer he can accept within fourteen days, with next day delivery or his money back!

2.  Love means never having to say why you scoffed the last Jaffa Cake.

3. E.T. WhatsApp your mum!

4. I ate his liver with a large portion of chips, washed down with an Irn-Bru.

5.  I'll have what she's having but could I have the sauce on the side, please?

6. I'll be back... Let me know when will be a more convenient time for you.

7. Mum said life was like a box of chocolates. You always know you're gonna get lumbered with those bloody awful orange fondants towards the end. 

8.  You work for minimum wage, right? Big mistake. Big. MASSIVE, mate!

9. I see dead tired people - probably waiting for a Northern Line train again.

10. Houston... I'm afraid we seem to be in a bit of a pickle, m’ dear!

11. We came, we saw. We pretended not to see because we didn’t want to get involved.

12. So what you saying... Blud!

13.  Greed, because I can’t access Google to find a more appropriate synonym, is good.

14. The name's Ron. Ron Jones. Licensed to drive this bus.

15. I feel the need... the need for tea and a couple of custard creams.

16.  They may take our lives but they will never take our freedom passes!

17. In space, no one can hear you chupse your teeth!*

18. You'll have bad times, but it'll always wake you up to the stuff you weren't paying attention to. Like the bus coming towards you when you were stood in the middle of the road, reading your texts. 

19. Go ahead - make my dinner!

20. What happens in Butlins, stays in Butlins.

*OK, admittedly number 17 is actually a movie tagline. But hey, it sounded good so we used it!

ANSWERS BELOW (NO PEEKING!)

But don't worry if you didn't get them all correct because this quiz is just for fun. Sadly there are no cash prizes or the chance for you to win a family car. But on the plus side, you don't have to send in your answers on a postcard either.

Hannibal Lecter (Sir Anthony Hopkins) in The Silence of the Lambs (YouTube screenshot)

Retro Movie Quotes - With a British/ModernTwist...

(Answers)

1.  The Godfather, 1972

2.  Love Story, 1970

3. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, 1982

4. The Silence of the Lambs, 1991

5.  When Harry Met Sally,  1989

6. The Terminator, 1984

7. Forrest Gump, 1994

8.  Pretty Woman,  1990

9. The Sixth Sense, 1999

10. Apollo 13, 1995

11. Ghostbusters, 1984

12. Grease, 1978

13. Wall Street, 1987

14. The James Bond movies (take your pick!)

15. Top Gun,  1986

16.  Braveheart, 1995

17. Alien, 1979

18. Good Will Hunting,  1997

19. Sudden Impact, 1983

20. The Hangover, 2009

So how many did you get right?

And if you're after more quizzes, there'll be a similar one posted on our sister site, An Extra Slice, where we'll be testing your knowledge on classic quotes from movies of the 1920s-50s.

Here's looking at you, fam!

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