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Wendell

posted 12 years ago by IFeedPigeons
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How can any producer/writer/director expect to have their "horror" film taken seriously when they name one of the main characters something as ugly, flamboyently gay and just plain dorky as Wendell? I laughed every time the name was mentioned. Cor-NEE! I half-expected him to be wearing a pocket protector, walking around with busted glasses and holding a protractor. Even CHESTER is better than Wendell. Doesn't do much for the horror aspect, does it? Would you fear someone named Wendell? WENDELL, for crap's sake!??!! I thought not.

And don't even get me started about nobody calling Francis "Frank"....

Just ridiculous affectations of TPTB involved in making this ridiculous film. What in the world were they thinking?

p.s.: If anyone who replies that their name is Wendell or Chester or that they are flamboyant and tries to give me a hard time, well let's just say that I will not feed trolls. Have a lovely day.

[–] not_richjenkins 12 years ago

There are tons of things about this movie to complain about, but you picked the strangest thing. Wendell is a name. It's not a particularly common name but it is a name. Not everyone named Francis goes by Frank.

[–] IFeedPigeons 12 years ago

I agree it's a minor point, but things like that still bother the crap out of me. And Francis Scott Key (how far back does THAT go??) and "Francis the Talking Mule" from the movies of the 40's-50's are the only 2 Francis's that I can think of. **

That aside, I certainly agree with you that there are tons of things to complain about concerning "The Hamiltons." I liked the older brother and the social worker guy, and that's as far as my affection for this movie goes.

** EDIT: As a big film buff, I would be negligent to omit Francis Ford Coppola as not being called Frank. So there's one...

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[–] chrisrocknroll 11 years ago

Ha ha, wow. It's so rare that anyone manages to say something remarkably stupid here, by which I mean stupid enough to merit remark amongst the atypically stupid comments people on the IMDB tend to make. But you, sir, have accomplished this. I extend my heartiest congratulations and sympathy to you. I hope the past couple years have treated your mind kindly and you're able to look back at this comment and not at least some progress in your world view.

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[–] Indifferent_Observer 11 years ago

Ha ha, wow. It's so rare that anyone manages to say something remarkably stupid here, by which I mean stupid enough to merit remark amongst the atypically stupid comments people on the IMDB tend to make.

While the OP is up there and made a very nitwitted, out of left field comment, don't discount other imdb users for thinking a comment like this is a one of a kind.

But you, sir, have accomplished this.

Oh I can't deny that. The OP did accomplish making a "scratch your head, WTF, well that was new" comment

He was likely trolling..

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