Without realizing it, we mispronounce the cult lines of some of our favorite films. Discover the 5 most striking examples.
Are you sure you pronounce all the lines of cult films that you release in the evening? By a subtle mixture of Mandela effect and group effect, we deform some of them, so much so that we all repeat sentences that were never pronounced in the original works. Some of these deformations have even become inseparable from the films from which they (are not actually) taken .
If you are told "Darth Vader" and "The Empire Strikes Back", you are supposed to automatically respond "Luke, I am your father". Because it's the most cult phrase of the saga, isn't it? Is not it ?
Well, actually, we've been mispronouncing that phrase for decades. Darth Vader never said EXACTLY that, but rather “No, I am your father ”. That hasn't stopped us from repeating and parodying the wrong phrase over and over since the release of this movie.
Same exercise with this Disney classic. If you've ever seen or heard of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, you're bound to know the cult phrase uttered by the Machiavellian Witch Queen. What sentence again? “Mirror, my beautiful mirror, tell me who is the most beautiful ”.
Sorry to disappoint you, but the cantankerous monarch never said those words. The real replica? “Magic mirror on the wall, which has perfect and pure beauty? ” The proof with the excerpt below.
We continue in the category of disappointments with Apocalypse Now , this traumatic but cult epic of Francis Ford Coppola. We highly recommend that you watch this classic, if you haven't already. If you've seen it, however, you probably remember this punchline from the totally offbeat Colonel Kilgore:“I like the smell of napalm in the morning ”. Your memory must be playing tricks on you, then, since the exact phrase is:“I love to smell the smell of napalm in the morning ”.
It is often said that Jaws kicked off the fashion for summer blockbusters. The frightening white shark and its unforgettable musical theme indeed frightened millions of spectators, who began to populate the dark rooms en masse in favor of the summer.
The other mode that the film launched is that of the inexact replica! As he faces the shark for the first time, Sheriff Brody doesn't say "You're going to need a bigger boat ”, but rather “We need a bigger boat ”. It's subtle, but it changes the meaning of the sentence (and in your defense "You're going to need a bigger boat " is the literal translation of the sheriff's reply in V.O.).
This time, we go to a film much older than the previous ones with Tarzan, the Ape Man, from 1932. In a mythical scene, the protagonist speaks to Jane, and according to our common memories, would say to her “Me Tarzan, you Jane ”. Once again, we are in full Mandela effect. The ape man actually says “Tarzan”, slapping his chest before gently shaking his fist at his interlocutor, saying “Jane”.
We end this article with a small bonus which is rather to be put in the category "Literature". You will quickly understand why... What do you think of when you hear the name Sherlock Holmes, A.K.A. one of the only detectives who can challenge Batman for the title of best detective in the world?
Well, this is obviously a rhetorical question, we're pretty sure you're thinking of his cult line:"Elementary, my dear Watson "... except that the detective did not utter it in any novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In fact, it's a phrase from the movie The Return of Sherlock Holmes , released in 1929.
