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Funny bits

posted 18 years ago by Chickenegg69
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I personally loved the bit where the guy the protagonist is staying with goes 'lets go out for dinner' then it cuts to the soup kitchen. Also the part where he cracks his nose into place.

The film's society is so isolated from the rest of the world it was eerie.
I have a Finnish friend who lent me this and although i named my favourite bits, i didnt find it laugh out loud, which she did. Obviously, its a cultural thing like she said. I'm English/Irish by the way.

Anyone else feel the same?

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[–] Chickenegg69 17 years ago

yeah cos its like i can't tell by the intonation how artificial that line sounded, considering the only words i know in Finnish are swearwords hehe

Only dead fish go with the flow

[–] dreadpirate2 17 years ago

I thought that the movie was whimsical and gently humorous. But I've heard native Finns describe it as wickedly funny. So while the humor of lines like "after all, you were my first love" do carry over, it's just interpreted differently. Which is probably a really obvious point, but whatever.

I did accidentally kill her father when I went to pick her up for the first date. AWKWARD!

[–] geordiebianconeri 15 years ago

I did like "If you ever see me lying facedown in the gutter, turn me over" Again, not hilarious, but a great line

"Wait till they get a load of me!"

[–] geordiebianconeri 15 years ago

Oh yeah, and "You wouldn't be able to smoke in the shower anymore"

"Wait till they get a load of me!"

[–] slavoj_zizek 13 years ago

I love when the old man is about to hit him in the head with a piece of wood and then explains it by saying, "I saw it in a movie once." haha!

[–] melonkali 13 years ago

This is the first Finnish film my husband and I have seen (we're American). While I found it delightful, my husband, to my surprise (hates subtitles, as a rule), laughed so hard he almost stopped breathing. He seemed to really "get" it. And not a drop of Finnish blood in his heritage (Scot, English, Frisian, Flemish, Frankish) -- in fact, we're redneck hillbillies. Go figure?

I enjoyed when the guard/police guy brought his intimidating "killer dog".

[–] MeSdEuXcEnTs 13 years ago

My favorite part was when the guy came to collect the rent with his dog and he dropped the leash and said "attack" hahahahaha...There were several lines that were quite funny, most mentioned here, but sometimes I wasn't sure if situations were comic or lost in translation and culture. Overall I enjoyed the movie and its subtlety.

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[–] corleonedude 11 years ago

My favorite part was when he told the lady that they should take Hannibal the dog with them to the forest because he can protect them from wolves.

It's the one that says BAD *beep*

[–] Rheli 10 years ago

Unlike Hollywood movies where the men are way older than the women, here the women appear to be older than their men. Funny if you think about it.