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what was the Latin Alex spoke in the kitchen? Plus, best line

posted 11 years ago by ecanarensis
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I'm not going to get into artistic merits the film may/may not have, other than maybe to say that I've seen many that were a whole lot worse. Not necessarily saying much, but whatever.

**some minor spoilers following, I suppose:**

Just out of curiosity, did anyone catch what she said in the kitchen, when it sounded as if she was speaking Latin to the charming Bree?

Some interesting casting decisions...the schmuck boyfriend is not only a chronically foot-in-mouth cheating cowardly jerk, but he's ugly too! What a catch!! Ignoring acting ability, one of the hardest suspensions of disbelief I had was why a girl as attractive as Alex would waste her time with an a$$hole like that. I realize there are some astonishing mismatches around, but jeez. In movies I expect more believability in that area than in real life, I guess.

I thought the second-best part of the flick was Shantelle Canzanese, who played the roomie/best friend. I've never seen before...she's attractive in an unconventional way, not another plastic cookie-cutter Hollywood bimbo type. She showed some acting talent, too. I really liked her.

However, I thought the best part of the movie was definitely when the demon says "Alex doesn't live here anymore." Pretty hilarious. Even better than when it showed up in "Author, Author," the world's least-known Pacino movie --Al plays a nice gentle, good-guy playwright with a family! A very unconventional family. ((well, there it wasn't "Alex", it was the original Alice).

[–] LordManhammer 8 years ago

Sounded like "quod pertitum est invenitre," which as far as I can tell is nonsense; if we account for pronunciation errors, it could be "quod perditum est invenire," which would mean something like, "it spells ruin to come across this thing," which might reference the blonde roommate not only finding the possessed girl in the kitchen, but "crossing" her in the sense of sleeping with her boyfriend.

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[–] ecanarensis 8 years ago

Amazing you could suss that out. The funny thing is I have absolutely no memory whatsoever of this movie. I know I watched it, obviously, & paid enough attention to ask a question on the board, but....it slipped out of my brain like water thru a sieve (possibly an appropriate description of my mind). Ah well, it's been two years. And from some other comments it doesn't sound like this flick is exactly going to become a classic for the ages.

Thanks for the interpretation, Lord H! Was it that ole high school Latin class paying off, or are you a real Latin scholar? My Latin is limited to interpretations of taxonomic binomial nomenclature, being a life-long biologist. I'm great at saying "seven black stripes" and suchlike, but conversation....not so much.

I may have to watch it again...for the very first time, sorta. Then when the kitchen scene comes up i'll have an idea what she's saying.

[–] LordManhammer 7 years ago

Funny that there are two very different types of people who still study or encounter Latin--medical professionals (or biologists) and medieval historians. I'm not nearly as good as I ought to be, which is why when I see Latin in a movie I force myself to puzzle it out!

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Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"--Pres. Merkin Muffley

[–] ecanarensis 7 years ago

A noble determination, LordM.

Have you read the "Merrimack" books by RM Meluch, perchance? One of the underlying plot elements is that Rome never really fell, just went into hiding for millennia. One way the secret Romans kept in touch was via Latin; the highly educated in various fields who used it 'strictly for their professions' were actually conspirators biding their time.

Not the most wacko conspiracy theory I've encountered... scary thought.

mostly a good & entertaining series, if you like SF. She came up with great alien nasties, too.