Comments on: Why come ain’t you saw this film? http://filmistruth.com/blog/?p=30 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 23:04:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Jeffrey http://filmistruth.com/blog/?p=30#comment-80 Jeffrey Sat, 13 Jan 2007 09:29:50 +0000 http://filmistruth.com/blog/?p=30#comment-80 I hate Noam Chomsky. I hate Noam Chomsky.

]]> By: Stephen http://filmistruth.com/blog/?p=30#comment-75 Stephen Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:27:52 +0000 http://filmistruth.com/blog/?p=30#comment-75 In linguistic terms, all dialects are equal, and all have their own consistent grammar. All except this "American English" I've heard so much nonsense about, which is like the raucous squawking of angry monkeys. In linguistic terms, all dialects are equal, and all have their own consistent grammar. All except this “American English” I’ve heard so much nonsense about, which is like the raucous squawking of angry monkeys.

]]> By: Jeffrey http://filmistruth.com/blog/?p=30#comment-67 Jeffrey Thu, 11 Jan 2007 06:41:33 +0000 http://filmistruth.com/blog/?p=30#comment-67 Also, this film is satirizing *adults* who are so stupid and easily-led that they speak like dimwitted, media-saturated teenage thugs... and the fact that they were encouaged to speak this way by huge corporations and not discouraged (as they should have been) by their schools, families and friends. This is admittedly different than something like DR. STRANGELOVE where Kubrick and Southern reveal the fatal illogic behind supposedly sensible bureaucratic doublespeak and governmental sloganeering by using that language *exactly as it was written* in military manuals, social plans, etc. This is just a very funny movie but nowhere near as brilliant as it could have been, for several reasons... I do have a problem with this film's (and OFFICE SPACE, too) idea that being "normal" is "okay"... I understand and even empathize with Judge's message - I believe it *is* his message, in all of his work - but I also wonder how much the studio requires him to follow this formula. It's the same sort of programmed sweetness and easy resolution that kind of ruins the last 5 minutes of every single episode of KING OF THE HILL, for example. Also, this film is satirizing *adults* who are so stupid and easily-led that they speak like dimwitted, media-saturated teenage thugs… and the fact that they were encouaged to speak this way by huge corporations and not discouraged (as they should have been) by their schools, families and friends.

This is admittedly different than something like DR. STRANGELOVE where Kubrick and Southern reveal the fatal illogic behind supposedly sensible bureaucratic doublespeak and governmental sloganeering by using that language *exactly as it was written* in military manuals, social plans, etc.

This is just a very funny movie but nowhere near as brilliant as it could have been, for several reasons… I do have a problem with this film’s (and OFFICE SPACE, too) idea that being “normal” is “okay”… I understand and even empathize with Judge’s message - I believe it *is* his message, in all of his work - but I also wonder how much the studio requires him to follow this formula. It’s the same sort of programmed sweetness and easy resolution that kind of ruins the last 5 minutes of every single episode of KING OF THE HILL, for example.

]]> By: Karl http://filmistruth.com/blog/?p=30#comment-62 Karl Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:23:20 +0000 http://filmistruth.com/blog/?p=30#comment-62 Hey, Andrew -- satire is a <i>noun</i>. You should have said "satirize." Or is that part of your "youth culture?" Hey, Andrew — satire is a noun. You should have said “satirize.” Or is that part of your “youth culture?”

]]> By: Jeffrey http://filmistruth.com/blog/?p=30#comment-61 Jeffrey Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:09:53 +0000 http://filmistruth.com/blog/?p=30#comment-61 Young people *shouldn't* be allowed to speak in incoherent, ungrammatical fadisms. I think there's a big difference between, say, regional vernacular or technological jargon vs. pre-18yr olds avoiding learning the common language and subsequently being semi-literate the rest of their lives. Young people *shouldn’t* be allowed to speak in incoherent, ungrammatical fadisms. I think there’s a big difference between, say, regional vernacular or technological jargon vs. pre-18yr olds avoiding learning the common language and subsequently being semi-literate the rest of their lives.

]]> By: Andrew http://filmistruth.com/blog/?p=30#comment-60 Andrew Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:42:08 +0000 http://filmistruth.com/blog/?p=30#comment-60 Truth lies in contradiction, brah. Truth lies in contradiction, brah.

]]> By: Graham http://filmistruth.com/blog/?p=30#comment-59 Graham Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:26:31 +0000 http://filmistruth.com/blog/?p=30#comment-59 Youth culture is a contradiction in terms. Youth culture is a contradiction in terms.

]]> By: Andrew http://filmistruth.com/blog/?p=30#comment-58 Andrew Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:55:38 +0000 http://filmistruth.com/blog/?p=30#comment-58 Granted, I only saw a few Youtube clips, but the movie's tendency to equate the mannerisms of youth culture with stupidity is stupiderer than anything its trying to satire. Yes, stupiderer. Granted, I only saw a few Youtube clips, but the movie’s tendency to equate the mannerisms of youth culture with stupidity is stupiderer than anything its trying to satire. Yes, stupiderer.

]]> By: Karl http://filmistruth.com/blog/?p=30#comment-55 Karl Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:48:13 +0000 http://filmistruth.com/blog/?p=30#comment-55 I saw this, too. I thought it was amiable and fairly sweet-hearted. Some really funny stuff, some clunkers. I wasn't a huge fan of <b>Office Space</b>, so take that into consideration. I saw this, too. I thought it was amiable and fairly sweet-hearted. Some really funny stuff, some clunkers. I wasn’t a huge fan of Office Space, so take that into consideration.

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