Posted on 01/28/2011 7:39:40 AM PST by BenLurkin
Ben, you will enjoy this. I it is one of the funniest things I ever read and there is no bad language.
It was NOT the swear words that made this a great film.
It’s such a great story.... they SHOULD have made it PG-13 to begin with. The F word adds NOTHING to the value of this movie.
Personally, I thought this was the most overrated film of the century - past and present. It was a major snooze of a movie with Colin Firth proving he can stutter effectively and Derek Jacobi looking ridiculous in a bald “wig.” What a bore.
At least “The Queen” dished the dirt on the Royals and the Blair administration. It was at least fun - not deadly dull. As In Living Color might say: HATED IT!
That’s the kind of thinking that got The Sopranos mutilated on the A&E Network.
I agree that the language in those scenes bothered me. It took me a step back from really liking that movie. They could have done something to keep the language and make it inaudible, like showing him make the first sound of the word and then cutting to watching them through the window so you didn’t hear it.
That said, I think the movie’s a little overrated anyway. I saw it just after Black Swan, which not too many here will appreciate because of its unnecessary/attention-baiting lesbian scene, but was otherwise a very good movie. I would compare the lezzie scene in Black Swan to the language in The King’s Speech as disappointing otherwise-I’d-have-loved-it moments.
I never saw The Sopranos.
It was a great movie, and the profanity did not bother me.
..Rudy....and a cartload of other 'almost wonderful' movies....
Rudy is a great film....but the his friend's constant 'GD' throughout the movie is so offsetting, especially since they're in a Catholic University.
Goonies..is a silly, sweet movie.....with disgraceful language....some of it by the kids!
Having said this, strangely enough, I found the swearing in 'King's Speech' funny rather than gratuitous......
I guess context does matter.
Word for the Day: Bowdlerize
If you don’t understand the psychological component of why Prince Albert stammered (i.e. it’s not a purely mechanical problem), then you will have no understanding why the emotional outburst of profanity was fluid rather than restrained by a stammer.
Don’t edit the film.
Wasn’t Patton (the man) known for his profanity laced tirades? People are always complaining about hollywood changing history....now everyone is complaining that Hollywood hasn’t changed enough of history.
I wish they would clone Patton back to life, so he can curse & swear all he wants as long as they put him back in charge of our military. It’s about time we had a man’s man back at the helm.
I seem to recall in Patton in the opening speech they had him say ‘fornicating’ instead of the F-word.
I haven't seen this one so I can't comment.
I don't mind most language and admittedly cuss like a sailor at times, but that's the one that bothers me.
... like I said, the profanity is all caught together in a rush and played for a comic effect, IMO.
...it was almost kidlike.
What about Planes Trains and Automobiles? Without Steve martins rant, it would have been PG.
Or he cut for TV version of Scarface. That one is actually almost high comedy.
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