Man #1: Got any good movies we could watch at your place?
Man #2: I've got a movie about Jews playing fiddles on their roofs or something. It's two films, it's fucking long, man, I never watched the whole thing.
–Uptown B Train
Overheard by: Tzeitel
Man #1: Got any good movies we could watch at your place?
Man #2: I've got a movie about Jews playing fiddles on their roofs or something. It's two films, it's fucking long, man, I never watched the whole thing.
–Uptown B Train
Overheard by: Tzeitel
Mother to bouncing daughter: No, you can not look in that window! Do you want to be a Peeping Tom?
Daughter: Let me see! Let me see!
–Redhook, Brooklyn
Dad to seven-year-old: Do you want to see 2012?
Seven-year-old: God, no. Who directed it? Michael Bay?
–Regal Theater, 14th St
Well-dressed 60-something crazy white man looking into artsy coffee shop: What movie is this?
30-something white artsy man, smoking: This? This is a coffee shop.
Well-dressed 60-something crazy white man: Yes, yes… But what movie?
–Cafe, Luldow St
Smelly white teenager #1: Yo, man! I haven't been to school in over a week and a half. I've been just chillin' with my girlfriend.
Smelly white teenager #2: Oh, wow! Really?
Smelly white teenager #1: Yeah, I dunno what I'm gonna tell my parents–you know, when I first heard of the Passion of the Christ I thought it was a porno.
–Q58 Bus
Overheard by: Queens Girl
Thuggish teen #1: You see that movie A Walk to Remember?
Thuggish teen #2: That movie's so good! And the part where Mandy Moore died? Yo, that shit made me cry!
–D Train
70-year-old woman: I saw that movie with that man–that fellow, Eastwood.
Friend: Gran Torino?
70-year-old woman: Yes, yes. They should make young people today watch that. Teach them a lesson about drinking and drugs!
–Columbia
Eldest son, Coming from church in Sunday best: So, dad, does Star Wars take place in the past or the future?
Dad: The past.
(pause)
Son: Wait… that doesn't make any sense!
Dad: “Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away…”
–Bedford Ave
Overheard by: NIckET
Mom, reading magazine: You heard of Twilight? Is it good?
Kid: Dunno. I don't think you'd like it. It's got kissing. And vampires.
–Barnes & Noble, Tribeca
Overheard by: Quack
Mom: So Good Luck Chuck kind of sucked, huh?
Teenage daughter: Well, what did they expect? It's Dane Cook and Jessica Alba, for crying out loud! That's bad luck!
–Tomoe Sushi
Overheard by: Sromeo
