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Proofreading 101

posted 16 years ago by tommyc-2
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I'm only about 20 minutes into the movie as I write, and I'm simply dumbfounded. It's one thing to have inconsistency in the dialogue, but tell me I'm wrong:

The opening says "From 1954 to 1976 . . . blah blah".

We then see a mother drive up to a hospital in a 1960's-vintage convertible, and leave her child in the hands of the staff. The subtitle on the screen reads, "20 years ago".

The movie was made in 2006, and implied itself to be current-day. Wouldn't that have been, oh I dunno, THIRTY years ago?!

Like I said, I can ignore a few dialogue goofs, but when you go to the trouble to insert subtitles, . . . oh never mind.

[–] thotuknew 16 years ago

I understand what you are saying. It was just a big goof, I think they inserted it to soon. the kids were probably meant to be there for ten years.

SOME PEOPLE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IMAGINATION

[–] seren-star042 15 years ago

So because the mother's car was made in the 1960s, the flashback must have been set in the 60s? What.

And who is to say the film wasn't set in 1996? There is nothing in their clothes or dialogue that indicates it's 2006. Just because the movie was filmed then doesn't mean that is when it was set.

[–] anthonynorris-783-181359 12 years ago

The Movie said present day when the main action started.
And the car was to cherry to be 10 years old in the flashback. You don't use a car in a flashback except to set the time.

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[–] essex9999 12 years ago

And who is to say the film wasn't set in 1996?

One the characters - the one played by Traci Lords, I think - uses a 21st century cell phone. Frank Whaley's car is a recent model Ford Explorer. The movie takes place in the present (2006 version, that is), not the 90's.

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