Software can tell which movie lines are memorable : Perceptive programming

Here’s a quick test, which of these three lines do you recognize:

1. “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse”
2. “I’m king of the world!”
3. “Why I should stick my neck out for you is far beyond my capacity!”

You probably recognized number one from The Godfather and number two from Titanic. But what about number three? It’s from Star Wars, a New Hope (C-3PO is complaining, as usual), but it’s just not that memorable. more...