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| lady wakasa |
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| My old gynecologist, in his early seventies, used to try talking in slang (things like "I'm down with that"). That was one of the most bizarre medical experiences I've ever had. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:23 am |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:05 am |
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billyweeds wrote: Marc--And speaking of quoting critics, did you read ('cause you didn't comment on) my quote of Ebert's (to me) totally convincing explanation of the reason Juno and her parents all talk "hip"? (Which, btw, is the way my daughter and I talk to each other and I feel just the slightest bit personally attacked when I see people criticizing Juno and her family.)
I remember the quote.
I think it's because the parents watched a lot of Norman Lear comedies in the old days on TV while dad was fixing small motors and mom was checking out new nail polish shades.
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:10 pm |
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| Those foreign choices ARE bizarre - and I know that Israel, for example, actually wanted to nominate another film (The Band, The Band's Visit, something like that) but it had too much English in it. %^< |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:22 pm |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:47 pm |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:38 pm |
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I saw THE MAN IN THE CHAIR last weekend. This is a great movie for movielovers with a knowledge of the old Hollywood studio days. All the actors are wonderful in it, especially Christopher Plummer. Robert Wagner does a terrific job of playing...err, "Robert Wagner!"
I hate to use that cliche' "feel good movie," but despite this movie's sobering look at the plight of the elderly and nursing homes, this film is one of those.
I was also excited by the use of real L.A. locations and can't remember a better use of them since DOWN IN THE VALLEY with Edward Norton a few years ago. Nice to see some old haunts like The New Beverly Cinema again!
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"Michael Schroeder's moving and funny independent drama, one of 2007 biggest winners on the film festival circuit, stars Christopher Plummer, in a career-best role, as Flash, a man who longs for the days when he worked as a crew member on masterpieces including CITIZEN KANE. Flash becomes an unlikely mentor to teenage film fanatic Cameron Kincaid (Michael Angarano), agreeing to make a film for a student competition where the top prize is a film school scholarship and, for Cameron, a ticket out of his difficult home life. Seeing his own life drawing to a close, Flash recruits the support of his eccentric friends at the Motion Picture Home, helping Cameron to deepen his understanding of human nature and chase his dream of becoming a filmmaker. With Robert Wagner as a high-powered producer, and M. Emmet Walsh as a forgotten screenwriter.
(U.S., 2007, 109m, 35mm, Outsider Pictures)" |
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| Nancy |
| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:00 pm |
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Somehow, that one just doesn't sound good...... |
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| jeremy |
| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:11 pm |
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Being an anal, engineer type, I try, but usually fail, to be precise and nuanced with my language. I was born on an unprepossessing social housing project West of London, and occassionally I slip back into the vernacular of my gloriously insouciant boyhood. However, I almost never use modern ‘yoof’ talk, at least not without a heavy dose of irony. Americanisms; now they’re much harder to chase away.
My daughter is so unimpressed by my inability to be with it, that she once branded me a posh twit, or something that sounded like that. Though I think this was more indicative of the unsuitable type with whom she frequents rather than an indication of my accent or command of English. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:22 pm |
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Nancy wrote:
Somehow, that one just doesn't sound good......
"Sutter is now looking for an established American star to play the FBI agent and a fight star to fill the role of the monk."
Peter Dinklage and the Rock. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:10 pm |
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| I may have been misunderstood. I never ever use trend slang other than the occasional "wassup?" My daughter and I just talk intelligently with pop culture and more traditional literary references, much the way Juno and her parents talk. I do not find any of them using the kind of trendoid language referenced by jeremy. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:30 pm |
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| I have to admit that I found valley girl talk amusing. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:22 am |
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| Hello? Like, valley talk is sooo like yesterday? I mean, like, Hello? |
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| Trish |
| Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:53 am |
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Marj wrote: Hello? Like, valley talk is sooo like yesterday? I mean, like, Hello?
Oh gag me with a spoon!! |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:00 pm |
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| Sorry, Trish. That's all I've got. My limitations are boundless. |
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