LotR/Princess Bride:
Miracle Max takes a look at Boromir. "This man is completely dead. I see you have already taken his gauntlets. There's only one more thing you can do."
Aragorn: "What is that?"
Max: "Go through his pockets and look for loose change."
Later, Sam pounds on Miracle Max's door with Frodo's limp body.
Max: "Why would you want to get help from a man stinking Sauron fired? I might kill whoever you want me to magick."
Sam: "He's already dead."
Max: "In that case, I'll take a look."
Looks at Frodo.
Max: "He's only mostly dead. Mostly dead is partly alive."
Inserts bellows into Frodo's mouth.
Max: "Hey, you! What's so important it's worth living for?"
Frodo (groaning sort of voice): "Theee Riiinngg."
Sam (eager to cover it up): "Listen! He has a wife and three children. They will all starve to death if he doesn't go back to them."
Max: "Boy, are you a rotten liar."
Sam (giving up): "Alright! He has the One Ring that Sauron wants, and he has to take it to Mordor and destroy it!"
Max (looking at him sharply): "If he lives, Sauron suffers?"
Sam: "Humiliations gallore."
Max: "It's a deal."
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