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Sarah's annoying ringtone

posted 8 years ago by Redart27
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Ugh, it's sooooooo awful.

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this was 2003 after all,

wasn't exactly the land of wonderful ring tones back then. ;)

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[–] phantomcurator-178-818096 8 years ago

Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but perhaps the director purposely chose the most annoying ringtone he could find to accentuate the jarring effect of the needy & clingy brother's constant interrupting phone calls on Sarah's love life.

Just a theory, but if I was this film's director, I certainly would have done the same.

I really like this movie, and I'm a single guy not all that into romantic comedies, but I make an exception for this film...

[–] lwangels0 8 years ago

Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but perhaps the director purposely chose the most annoying ringtone he could find to accentuate the jarring effect of the needy & clingy brother's constant interrupting phone calls on Sarah's love life.

Just a theory, but if I was this film's director, I certainly would have done the same

I think you're bang on the money there. Definitely agree.

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[–] slyle 8 years ago

IIRC, it was the default Nokia ringtone at the time and probably the most ubiquitous. If you heard that sound you knew it was a cell phone going off.

[–] Mr-Fusion 7 years ago

ubiquitous

Perfect description. You couldn't escape that tone back then.

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[–] Xapora 7 years ago

It was a pretty common ringtone at the time. Wasn't much choice back then. :/

[–] tolarrattler-imdb 7 years ago

Exactly. I remember that ringtone was everywhere for a while.