MAJOR goof


It's a little late to be mentioning this, but as I watched this movie today one part of the screenplay jumped out and slapped me in the face.

In the end courtroom scene, Charles VanDoren reads the following from his prepared speech: "I had all the breaks. Everything came too easy."

Say what? That is blatantly incorrect use of the English language. The proper wording would be, "Everything came too easily."

Van Doren had a PHD in English Literature, and would never, NEVER have made such a mistake. Not a chance.

You may think I'm being overly picky, but the gradual dissintegration of the English language seems to be escalating, and it's something that makes me a little nuts.
The above type of mistake is incredibly common, and quite sad. A similar gaff is when someone says, " ... it was over really QUICK."

These mistakes are almost as offensive as the moronic but pervasive use of the word "fun," as in: "We went to a party last night, and it was really FUN."

Sad.

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This is horrifying! I'm writing a letter to Robert Redford right now.

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