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Post by James on Jun 30, 2020 9:47:19 GMT
I’m not phased by it now as I was when I was a kid.
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Post by theravenking on Jun 30, 2020 16:20:46 GMT
I'm not bothered by it, but it can be overdone. I noticed this on The Leftovers, a series I otherwise liked, but the characters kept swearing all the time. It also feels unrealistic if it happens in the workplace. Would a mayor commonly use the F-word when talking to people? Would a superior tell off his employees by calling them names? I've never experienced this in real life. In fact the only area of real life where I have come across excessive profanity is in sports. I've known some really foul-mouthed coaches.
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Post by hi224 on Jun 30, 2020 16:42:59 GMT
With The Leftovers I'd argue the swearing fits with the absurdity of the situation.ie: all of the characters are dealing with unexplainable events which upended everyone's lives so they are angry and confused. Plus the rules are lax within that universe.
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Post by fangirl1975 on Jun 30, 2020 17:11:13 GMT
I'm not bothered by an occasional "son of a bitch" from Tommy Lee Jones because that's in character for the roles he usually plays. However, the amount of f bombs that Leonardo Di Caprio and everybody else dropped in Scorcese's The Wolf Of Wall Street was excessive.
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Post by ck100 on Jun 30, 2020 21:24:37 GMT
Movies that use the F-word the most: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_that_most_frequently_use_the_word_%22fuck%22The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 569 F-words Summer of Sam 1999 435 F-words Nil by Mouth 1997 428 F-words Casino 1995 422 F-words Uncut Gems 2019 408 F-words Straight Outta Compton 2015 392 F-words Alpha Dog 2006 367 F-words End of Watch 2012 326 F-words Twin Town 1997 318 F-words Running Scared 2006 315 F-words
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jun 30, 2020 23:38:18 GMT
Stand By Me has a lot of swearing, yet barely much of it is malicious. 12yr olds gonna 12yr old. Tarantino & Scorsese have so much swearing that it becomes texture of their vision. Jackie Brown I don't remember having as much swearing, which makes it seem the least-Tarantino feeling movie he's done. I do feel like the comedy genre has used swearing as a crutch, among other things. I want more intelligent humour to emerge. Jackie Brown has lots of swearing. Mother fcuking god damned piece of siht Mandela fcuking effect on me.
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Post by gw on Jul 1, 2020 0:12:17 GMT
Common swear words in a vanilla usage are, to me, a way to offend a lot of people without using original insults that would open a person's mind to new, horrible ideas.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jul 1, 2020 0:34:17 GMT
I think in old movies it can seem strange sometimes when they don't say something, like an angry gangster.
One would have expected Johnny Rocco in Key Largo to swear.
"Copper, I'll say one thing for you you sure can take it. The way Toots was laying it on I thought you'd never wake up."
"You hick! I'll be back pulling strings to get guys elected mayor or governor before you see a 10 buck raise!"
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Post by lowtacks86 on Jul 1, 2020 1:37:39 GMT
I think in old movies it can seem strange sometimes when they don't say something, like an angry gangster. One would have expected Johnny Rocco in Key Largo to swear. "Copper, I'll say one thing for you you sure can take it. The way Toots was laying it on I thought you'd never wake up." "You hick! I'll be back pulling strings to get guys elected mayor or governor before you see a 10 buck raise!" I've often thought about this, it is a little distracting how tough guy actors in old gangster films don't really seem to swear (James Cagney in particular), though I guess those were the circumstances of the Hayes Code. Though even in "The Godfather" which came out well after the Hayes Code was lifted there wasn't a ton of swearing (at least compared to a Scorcese film)
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Post by 博:Dr.BLΔD€:锯 on Jul 1, 2020 2:33:11 GMT
Fuck¡ng boring.
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Post by angel on Jul 3, 2020 11:55:39 GMT
Stand By Me has a lot of swearing, yet barely much of it is malicious. 12yr olds gonna 12yr old.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jul 3, 2020 21:00:50 GMT
I'm not bothered by it, but it can be overdone. I noticed this on The Leftovers, a series I otherwise liked, but the characters kept swearing all the time. It also feels unrealistic if it happens in the workplace. Would a mayor commonly use the F-word when talking to people? Would a superior tell off his employees by calling them names? I've never experienced this in real life. In fact the only area of real life where I have come across excessive profanity is in sports. I've known some really foul-mouthed coaches. I was gonna say some HBO shows overdo it. I haven't watched The Leftovers, but I can't stand it in Deadwood and Curb Your Enthusiasm, two shows I should like but the endless "fuck = comedy" annoys me. Regina King also did it a lot in Watchmen (which actually shares the same showrunner as Leftovers) but at least it was concentrated to one character...not ALL of them. Apparently it blew people's goddamned minds to hear the word "cocksucker" in 2004.
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