I otherwise enjoy this movie but the one thing I HATE is when Renee Zellweger says "I just drop kicked you in the face"
That WASNT A DROPKICK...my god, a dropkick is when you jump and connect both legs/feet to the target... she just did some sort of high kick or karate kick or whatever. How in the hell did that make it into the final version of the movie...this is pretty much common knowledge to everyone except girls I guess
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share^ Very true... Plus they're stupid.
There are drop kicks in sports like rugby that are totally different; which is exactly what most people would think of when she mentioned that.
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Yeah because obviously when AMERICAN people are watching an AMERICAN film portrayed by AMERICAN actors, the first thing they think of is... RUGBY! This was obviously an error in the film and Zellweger had no idea what she was saying. It's like when in Seinfeld the writers had Elaine talking about Superman lore and you knew she didn't have the first clue what she was saying.
shareI beg to differ; I don't think it's a mistake at all. It's an example of someone saying something they think is correct, but isn't.
And a lot of times it DOES have to do with the gender of the person. Irene calls it a "drop kick" because she doesn't know any better. Most women (and I stress MOST, I know their are exceptions) don't know the difference between a drop, roundhouse, or scissor kick.
Just like most men wouldn't know what a doily (sp?), dust ruffle, or duvet (sp?) cover is. Put a scene in a romantic comedy where a guy misuses one of these terms and I'm sure you'll get a laugh from the ladies.
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shareYeah because obviously when AMERICAN people are watching an AMERICAN film portrayed by AMERICAN actors, the first thing they think of is... RUGBY!
Yeah, that's also not what dropkick is... at least in Tae Kwon Do.
A dropkick in martial arts is when you lift your leg almost straight up, then let the leg drop down to your face or head like an axe or hammer - it really hurts your face.
I don't know much about Asian martial arts, so that definition doesn't mean anything to me. The only dropkick I'm familiar with is when, in U.S. football, the ball is dropped point-first on the ground and immediately kicked as it begins to bounce up. It's almost never done anymore, but it was once a way to score a quick field goal without the need for a holder.
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