To all the people that watched the movie "District 9"

Did anyone notice how many ******** times Sharlto Copley said a certain word that rhymes with duck during the film? For Christ sake, over 2 weeks later my gf and I are still joking about it, how many times is it necessary to use foul language in a movie to make the protagonist look badass is beyond me, this is the fist time in a long time i was annoyed by the constant swearing on the screen at some point I just got tired of the swearing, still enjoyed the move a lot, it really impressed me but the constant uncalled for swearing somehow reduced the impact of the message for me.

Do you ********* get my point OT? What Im trying to ********* say is that the movie didnt need the gross amount of swearing at all, the occasional **** Bomb would have sufficed. :P

I thought it was funny the way he said it.

"Fook"

Did anyone notice how many ******** times Sharlto Copley said a certain word that rhymes with duck during the film? For Christ sake, over 2 weeks later my gf and I are still joking about it, how many times is it necessary to use foul language in a movie to make the protagonist look badass is beyond me, this is the fist time in a long time i was annoyed by the constant swearing on the screen at some point I just got tired of the swearing, still enjoyed the move a lot, it really impressed me but the constant uncalled for swearing somehow reduced the impact of the message for me.

Do you ********* get my point OT? What Im trying to ********* say is that the movie didnt need the gross amount of swearing at all, the occasional **** Bomb would have sufficed. :P

AgentA-Mi6

Hmmm...

Didn't notice it too much. I suppose I gave it a pass as it fit in with the situation he found himself in.

Stop complaining. They're words. >_>zakkro

Didn't notice, most likely more related to the character than trying to annoy your sensibilities

does that really matter?

Yeah, it was hilarious.

I need to fooking get outta here eh?

you fooking prawn eh?

fooking 'A. :lol:

OMG they said bad words. Thats terrible.

Welcome to modern society where have you been, under a rock?

To be honest both times I saw it in theaters I didnt know their was so much swearing in this movie.

I love the way he swears :) it definitely never put me off while watching it

If I was in that situation, I wouldn't be saying "Aww, dang it. This isn't going the way I planned. Shucks." It made more sense for him to curse.JML897

Did anyone notice how many ******** times Sharlto Copley said a certain word that rhymes with duck during the film? For Christ sake, over 2 weeks later my gf and I are still joking about it, how many times is it necessary to use foul language in a movie to make the protagonist look badass is beyond me, this is the fist time in a long time i was annoyed by the constant swearing on the screen at some point I just got tired of the swearing, still enjoyed the move a lot, it really impressed me but the constant uncalled for swearing somehow reduced the impact of the message for me.

Do you ********* get my point OT? What Im trying to ********* say is that the movie didnt need the gross amount of swearing at all, the occasional **** Bomb would have sufficed. :P

AgentA-Mi6

Tell you the truth, I honestly didn't notice at all, even after watching the movie twice. The profanity was used so casually that it just didn't stand out at all.

In any case, I certainly don't think that the intent was to make the protagonist look badass. For the majority of the movie, Wickus was sort of a racist insensitive cowardly backstabbing little jerk. In fact, he NEVER really ended up seeming "badass". He was just forced into a really bad situation and did the best he could out of severely limited options.

[QUOTE="AgentA-Mi6"] Im loved the Movie, the message, eveything this film was something else but it was the constant swearing what threw me off base at times.zakkro

I still think that this is a bad argument (even though I disagree that the swearing in District 9 hurt the movie).

EVERYTHING that anyone ever says in a movie is just words. If "they're just words" is a valid excuse, then how can we ever criticize ANY movie for having a stupid and porrly written script? After all, it's all just words, right?

And if this was the case, then every novelist would be as good as any other. All they're doing is writing words, right?

That's like excusing a bad painting because "it's all just paint", or excusing a bad photograph because "it's all just photons striking a light-sensitive emulsion".

I still think that this is a bad argument (even though I disagree that the swearing in District 9 hurt the movie).

EVERYTHING that anyone ever says in a movie is just words. If "they're just words" is a valid excuse, then how can we ever criticize ANY movie for having a stupid and porrly written script? After all, it's all just words, right?

And if this was the case, then every novelist would be as good as any other. All they're doing is writing words, right?

That's like excusing a bad painting because "it's all just paint", or excusing a bad photograph because "it's all just photons striking a light-sensitive emulsion".

MrGeezer

Speaking of D9, is there an action figure for the mech at the end? Like a decent, $100-200 model? I've looked everywhere. It'd be cool to have on my desktop.

Tourette's?

[QUOTE="MrGeezer"]I still think that this is a bad argument (even though I disagree that the swearing in District 9 hurt the movie).

EVERYTHING that anyone ever says in a movie is just words. If "they're just words" is a valid excuse, then how can we ever criticize ANY movie for having a stupid and porrly written script? After all, it's all just words, right?

And if this was the case, then every novelist would be as good as any other. All they're doing is writing words, right?

That's like excusing a bad painting because "it's all just paint", or excusing a bad photograph because "it's all just photons striking a light-sensitive emulsion".

zakkro

In that case, I agree. That IS a valid argument.

Just be sure to say so next time.

Again, I actually DISAGREE that District 9 had too much swearing. But the (admittedly indisputable) fact that swear words are just words really doesn't mean anything. Words are just the means by which certain information and ewmotions are communicated to the audience. This is common to EVERY artistic or journalistic work that ever uses words, but it doesn't mean that all those works are equal.

The clarification definitely helps, and I now agree with what you're saying. I thought that the swearing was fine in the given context. Others obviously disagree, and we can discuss that. But let's just make sure that when we DO criticize, that we are making valid criticisms.

I didn't really notice that.

I thought it was funny the way he said it.

"Fook"

my_mortal_coil

It didn't really stand out to me. It seemed really natural give Wikus's situation.

I didnt notice it really. Pretty good film too. The best swearing I have seen in a film this year though is IN THE LOOP. Those who have seen it will know what I mean:D

Well TC, don't ever watch Reservoir Dogs. :lol:

Over half of the dialogue was improvised anyway. I find it much easier to act like this by using a lot of common, mostly meaningless words. It allows me to think at the next sentences without paying too much attention to what I'm saying now.

[QUOTE="zakkro"]Stop complaining. They're words. >_>AgentA-Mi6

They were being shot at. The man was mutating. I would be swearing also.

Well for starters he said it in a comical South African accent, so I was too busy chuckling to care. Besides which, it fitted well into the context of the scenes, I think it was far from gratuitous swearing.

its one of the one worst movies movies i've ever seen

You know, normally I find overusage of swear words in movies distracting, too, but if I was turning into an alien in a society where aliens are discriminated against like animals and had no idea how I was going to change back, if it's even possible, or if I'm ever going to be able to live a normal life with my family again, that is about the right time to say,"****".

FOOKING PRAWNS!

Heh heh, it did make me chuckle. :P

To all the OT'ers that saw District 9: stop making threads about it.