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Anyone feel the F words were out of place in this film?

posted 10 years ago by chrysalis1814
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This was hardly the grittiest, most hard edged comedy to come along. The swearing in this film felt too harsh for such a light hearted, low key caper. It wasn't exactly Beverly Hills Cop. In fact this film might have done better at the box office had they cut out the F words and gone for a PG-13 or PG (since in 1990 a PG movie didnt have to be a family film). I'm not being a prude, I'm talking about TONE. To me the tone of this comedy didn't fit with the R level profanity.

[–] tdl797 10 years ago

I just watched it for the 1st time. I agree with you.
They needed to go further either way.
Either cut the cursing to fit the lighter tone,
or dial down some of the more 'corny' moments to make it more serious.

[–] mathknapp 10 years ago

Swearing and F-bombs are not the sole province of gritty, realistic dramas. Many people simply use that language casually, especially if they are as exasperated as these characters. Was the swearing out of place in Major League? Or Stand By Me?

If they sanitized the language, I'm sure they could have gotten extra box office business. It could have become reasonably family friendly. But that wasn't the movie they made ... in a lot of ways the language would have been conspicuous by its absence if the characters specifically avoided swearing.

[–] chrysalis1814 10 years ago

I didn't say anything about swearing in general. This movie just felt more like an S- Bomb comedy not an F-bomb comedy. When you put FREQUENT F bombs in your comedy that is a strong spice to add and the tone of the films humour needs to reflect it.

[–] Nathan_Arizona 10 years ago

You kids, I swear. It's a fncking WORD. If a word offends you, it's your fault for allowing that.

Fncking kids, man.

Or my name isn't....

[–] danmax67 9 years ago

Reading comprehension fail. He didn't say he was offended and he makes an interesting point.

[–] Nathan_Arizona 9 years ago

Not a very fncking good one.

Or my isn't name...

[–] chrysalis1814 9 years ago

You're a fncking idiot

[–] kylopod 9 years ago

If the movie had been made today, I'm pretty sure they'd have avoided all those f-bombs. There was a period in the '80s and through much of the '90s that they weren't very careful about these things (heck, even "Big" with Tom Hanks had the F-word in it). I think it was that at some point theaters began to enforce the ratings more strongly, keeping underage kids out of the R films, and this led the studios to make a conscious effort to keep most films at the PG-13 line so they wouldn't lose the teen audience. Since about the late '90s or so, it seems that the only comedies to feature R-level profanity are the outright raunchy ones. There aren't any borderline cases like this movie anymore.

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[–] Dan_Garten 8 years ago

I'm sure this would be PG-13 today.

[–] IkuharaKunihiko 8 years ago

Yeah, I agree with the original poster. It is kind of "shocking" once the swearing starts in the second half by some characters. In the German dub, the F words were translated into a milder language, mostly with such words as "damn" or *beep*