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Set in Austria, but characters speaking American-accented English?


This really didn't make sense to me.

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Same here!!

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Yes, there's so little dialogue in the film that I can't imagine the makers felt that English would be more commercial.

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I think it's rather obvious that I saw the film. Who says there's any "nudity"? Oh, I only write reviews for swag or compensation.

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No, and I'm not sure she's even 18.

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Nonsense.

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I don't understand your complaint at all.

The film was shot in Austria, but the setting is in America. Unless you are familiar with that particular part of Austria, you would assume that it was shot in rural America. It makes no sense to me to criticize this aspect of the film when films are shot in locations other than their setting all the time.

As far as nudity, there is a significant amount of nudity. You clearly didn't watch the film.

Edit- And just to be clear, I assume the setting is America because the actors speak English with American accents. It could just as easily be Canada I suppose. The setting is never explicitly named.

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Well, if that's true, then the director should have taken the trouble to disguise the Tudor-style buildings in the village, not to mention the European license plate on a car driven by one of the characters.

I guess we differ on what constitutes "significant" nudity. Did YOU watch the film, Sherlock?

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Yes I did. The female lead is shown nude in at least 3 scenes. Often her body is obscured, but it's clearly nudity. I have absolutely no idea how you could watch this film and decide that it didn't contain nudity. So I'll assume you didn't watch it.

As far as the setting goes, I find your complaint totally ridiculous. The setting is never named. The town itself is only shown in 10-15 minutes of the film and unless you're knowledgeable about rural architecture in Austria vs the United States/Canada, you would assume it was just a rural town in an English speaking region. I wonder if you would even have this complaint if the filming crew lied and said it was filmed in Canada. My point being, your complaint is totally irrational.

Adding onto this, the setting is totally unimportant. So is the language they're speaking. I assume it's set in an English speaking region because...everyone speaks English and no other language. You assumed that it was set in Austria because it was shot there, which says a lot about your reasoning abilities.

It seems fairly obvious that you didn't watch the film and have just read about it. Either that or you weren't paying much attention. I wonder what could possess someone to pretend that they've seen a film and post misleading information about it on IMDB? Ah well, this is the internet after all. Carry on.

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Jackass, FYI...I do know a bit about rural European architecture, and clearly, you do not. And you still haven't explained why that car - I believe it was an Audi Coupe - sported EUROPEAN plates. Also, I never assumed it was shot in Austria, but it was listed as an Austrian production. Please crawl back down into your mama's basement.

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Sweet Jesus, there's no penetrating that thick skull of yours.

Setting != Shooting location. If you want to consider a European license plate a "continuity error" go ahead, but it is by no means a "mistake" to shoot a film in one location and have it be set in another. How can you not understand that?

It doesn't matter how much either of us knows about European architecture, which was my point. If a film is shot in Boston and set in New York, is it an error every time we see a building that someone recognizes as existing in Boston? Is it an error every time we see a Massachusetts license plate?

I'm done with this thread, you're absolutely psychotic or trolling. Either way, good luck.

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Sherlock, you refuse to admit that the blatant errors confuse the audience.

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Cooper,

"Sherlock, you refuse to admit that the blatant errors confuse the audience."

no. it wasn't confusing at all. if YOU were confused, that's on you.

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"If a film is shot in Boston and set in New York, is it an error every time we see a building that someone recognizes as existing in Boston? Is it an error every time we see a Massachusetts license plate?"

Absolutely, yes. If a film is supposed to be set in one location but there is clear evidence that it is in a different location, that is most certainly a huge mistake on the part of the director or producers.

It's not unreasonable to assume that this movie was set in Europe because of the architecture, geography, license plates, and lack of dialogue. If you saw the Empire State Building in a movie, you would only be able to draw the conclusion that it was set in New York.

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CooperCamden, WHO CARES ABOUT THE F'ING CAR?!!! lol. my god, the nit-picking you are doing is ridiculous.

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They speak American English in Star Trek too. Does that confuse you?

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