Aldous Snow: Awful bloody film. I say, it’s just a ridiculous premise. What would happen if your mobile phone killed you? Why would a mobile phone kill anyone? Doesn’t make sense. How can a mobile phone have an agenda and kill people…
Peter Bretter: I told her that when she read the script
Aldous Snow: Yeah, you were the voice of reason, mate.
Peter Bretter: I tried to be, but she didn’t listen.
Aldous Snow: Going around killing people. A mobile phone, like doing murders.
Peter Bretter: Why couldn’t you just take the battery out of the phone?
Aldous Snow: Right. That’s it. The battle’s over.
Peter Bretter: Yeah, we’ve won.
Aldous Snow: I hated it.
Sarah Marshall: Well, it’s not for everyone, but it…
Peter Bretter: No, it’s ridiculous. Here’s my favorite scene. Hello?
[Peter feigns death]
Aldous Snow: Right. It could never happen.
Sarah Marshall: It’s a metaphor for addiction to technology.
Rachel Jansen: For society, how we’re reliant on technology. I get it. I’m with you.
Aldous Snow: It’s a metaphor for a crap movie.
Sounds exactly like a conversation I had a few nights ago about the movie Synecdoche, New York