King of the cheesiest film lines

11 April 2012
The Weekender

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Leonardo DiCaprio declaring "I'm the king of the world!" in Titanic has been voted the cheesiest line in movie history.

DiCaprio utters the words while standing with arms outstretched at the bow of the doomed ocean liner.

It was meant to be a romantic moment between his character, Jack, and Kate Winslet's Rose.

But it is the naffest line in film, according to a poll of 2,000 moviegoers.
Second was Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing, saying solemnly of his love Jennifer Grey: "Nobody puts Baby in the corner."

Andie MacDowell's howler in Four Weddings And A Funeral came third in the survey. Gazing at Hugh Grant during a torrential downpour, she tells him: "Is it still raining? I hadn't noticed."

Swayze makes another appearance at four in Ghost, although the cheesy line belongs to co-star Demi Moore. "I love you," Swayze says, to which Moore replies: "Ditto."

Top Gun came fifth for the moment Val Kilmer tells Tom Cruise: "You can be my wingman any time."

The survey was commissioned by Warburton's to mark the launch of its new Cheese Flavour Crumpets.

Julia Roberts' cringe-making line from Notting Hill - "I'm just a girl standing in front of a boy asking him to love her" - was sixth.

The other cheddar moments in the top 10 include Bill Pullman's US President vowing to fight off alien invasion: "Today we celebrate our Independence Day."

Mel Gibson's stirring line in Braveheart - "They make take our lives, but they will never take our freedom!" - got the thumbs down.

Renee Zellweger scored the cringe factor in Jerry Maguire when she said to Tom Cruise: "You had me at hello."

And Kevin Costner's megaflop The Postman also earned a place in cheesy movie history.

"You're a godsend, a saviour," a blind woman tells his character. "No," he replies. "I'm a postman."

A Warburtons spokeswoman said: "We're a nation of cheese lovers but these results show our love of cheese goes beyond food."

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