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Gen Zers try, and hilariously fail, to guess Gen X movies after hearing one famous line
It’s no secret Gen Zers aren’t necessarily the biggest fans of Gen X movies. Many parents eagerly await the day to finally blow the dust off that Dead Poets Society or Sixteen Candles VHS, only to find that their kids doesn't hold quite the same shine to it. And, let’s be honest, neither do we a lot of the time once we rewatch through a more modern lens. But it’s another thing entirely for them to have no earthly idea what some of the biggest, most quotable movies of the '80s and '90s are, period. Recently, a teacher who goes by Larry Lexicon on Instagram asked his class to guess the name of a classic Gen X movie using only one iconic quote from it. Here were some of the quotes: “Nobody puts baby in a corner.”“I feel the need. The need for speed.““Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”“Yipee ki yay”“I want my two dollars.”“If you build it, they will come.”
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Now, you and I both know that these lines are from Dirty Dancing, Top Gun, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Die Hard, Better Off Dead, and Field of Dreams. But these kiddos had no idea. They couldn't even begin to guess where these quotes came from. Nothing but blank stares.But what’s even funnier were the, ahem, creative reaches some other students had. For instance, one kid guessed that the line “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die,” was from Zorro (the answer is, of course, The Princess Bride). Another said “Come with me if you want to live” was from Impractical Jokers (it’s from Terminator), while a third guessed that, rather than Karate Kid, “Sweep the leg!” is from Legally Blonde. (Although, that student admitted it’s because she thought of “bend and snap.”) @primevideoca bend... and SNAP!