“You shall not pass!” — Gandalf in the The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship Of the Ring Gandalf’s bellowing defiance encapsulated in this phrase has gone on to enter popular culture and to become immortalised in meme format. The … Continue reading The Power of the Catchphrase: Gandalf Nobody’s getting through.
This famous catchphrase hails from the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission to the moon, brought to the silver screen in the thrilling 1995 adaptation from Ron Howard. Two days into the voyage, an equipment failure crippled the vessel and plunged … Continue reading The Power of the Catchphrase: “Houston, we have a problem.” With that interplanetary silence only punctuated by the buzzing of alarm systems, Tom Hanks delivers the chilling, immortal message.
Films often become iconic through a seemingly simple phrase that sticks in the audience’s mind. For me, one of the earliest examples of such a film is Holes (2003), a feature that remains a firm favourite since I was a … Continue reading The Power of the Catchphrase – I Can Fix That The memorable line from Holes explored