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- From: hillman@carina.unm.edu (Dan Hillman)
- Subject: Re: The dickheads on rec.arts.movies
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- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 03:05:42 GMT
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- In article <17112@autodesk.COM> booter@Autodesk.COM (Elaine Richards) writes:
- >
- >When I was little, I watched "movies". Then I hung out with an older
- >crowd who watched "films". There is a difference. Movies are fun and
- >films are "good for you".
-
- When I was in college we would compromise. Half of the flicks would be
- films, usually with subtitles, with such fascinating names as *Mon Frer
- Injection de Bouf* (My Brother the Tractor Repairman) or some such rot.
- Without fail, the subtitles would be white letters on a white background,
- and only those who could understand idomatic French got the jokes. For
- some reason, all of the French films had the *same* soundtrack; sort
- of a jaunty accordion thing (but not They Might Be Giants). We'd sit down
- to watch *My Tedious Life with Jacque* and sure enough, as soon as the
- first dude came by wobbling by on his ObBicycle, there would go "that
- goddamn French movie song."
-
- The rest of the time we'd watch movies like *Redneck Zombies* ("They're
- 'shine drinkin', chaw spittin', cannibalistic kinfolk from Hell!").
-
- !Peeve: *Redneck Zombies* is *so* bad that in one scene when a RZ is
- attacking this guy the guy's shirt *changes*!
-
- Peeve: Talking about movies with my mom. She bases her opinions of all
- movies on what movie reviewers write. "No, I don't want to see that,
- it got lousy reviews." Jesus! I can't think of any professions I have
- less respect for (other than insurance salespeople, of course) than
- movie critics. My philosophy is if the *idea* of the movie sounds cool
- than I'll watch it. ("Mutant ants attack Albuquerque! Coooooolshit!!!")
-
- d "i confess. i paid money to see *highlander 2*" h
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