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In Roger Ebert's review of SW III, he says, "To say that George Lucas cannot write a love scene is an understatement; greeting cards have expressed more passion." :)
Billy: Jules, y'know, honey... this isn't real. You know what it is? It's St. Elmo's Fire. Electric flashes of light that appear in dark skies out of nowhere. Sailors would guide entire journeys by it, but the joke was on them... there was no fire. There wasn't even a St. Elmo. They made it up. They made it up because they thought they needed it to keep them going when times got tough, just like you're making up all of this. We're all going through this. It's our time at the edge.
Some of those were supposed to be dorky, s_r is right. But the Pretty Woman one ("And she rescued him right back.") has always made me cringe. And I liked that movie. Julia Roberts got two; I say goody for her. Bleah.
And there was another Star Wars line wailed by Anakin Skywalker that should have made the list: "I'm gonna be the best Jedi knight ever!"