tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post7041680317789563765..comments2023-07-25T09:25:34.293+01:00Comments on The Voyage: That film and that wordSharon McDaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550156204691696968noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-19479682875265305602008-08-22T12:27:00.000+01:002008-08-22T12:27:00.000+01:00Hi HammieBrilliant comment! There are so many crap...Hi Hammie<BR/><BR/>Brilliant comment! There are so many crap films made but now and then something wonderful is released. I love films and have a fair idea of what's on release, even if I rarely go to the cinema these days. <BR/>(<A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/entertainment/kermode.shtml" REL="nofollow">This </A>is one of my weekly indulgences.)<BR/><BR/>I like "do social" but I like your "interact with the normals" too!<BR/><BR/>If Boo likes wearing multiple layers of clothing, he might have enjoyed a Irish children's show from years ago about a character called Forty Coats. Totally flaming bizarre.<BR/>It's on <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-KnZVseNnY&feature=related" REL="nofollow">Youtube here</A>.<BR/><BR/>Hi Elizabeth and thanks.<BR/>I think this is what lots of people say, that the expressions that are acceptable now will be replaced later and become tomorrows negative words. Some people then go on to say that it's pointless to even try to avoid giving offense as they can't keep up with what's currently acceptable. I disagree with them, and think that it's fairly easy to listen to the people affected and let them dictate what they prefer to be called. Common courtesy helps too.Sharon McDaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550156204691696968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-32787565110731582342008-08-20T23:10:00.000+01:002008-08-20T23:10:00.000+01:00It is a hard topic to cover-you've done this well....It is a hard topic to cover-you've done this well.<BR/><BR/>I keep wondering why we still use the words to begin with. What would happen if most people just stopped using them? Would they be replaced with other negative words--or would we just gradually erase such hurtful words from everyday use? <BR/><BR/>I ponder this often.Elizabeth (My Reading World)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09878751176756550420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-75280632783229763182008-08-16T19:09:00.000+01:002008-08-16T19:09:00.000+01:00HI Sharon, I hope all the furore we have created j...HI Sharon, I hope all the furore we have created just sends the message that it is not okay to do this again; and use viral marketing to attract lowest common denominator punters to see it.<BR/>I was thinking this morning in the grey light of well, 7.30am; what an obscene waste of money this movie is. and then wonder if the money is wasted if people got jobs and bought things with their salaries and blah blah. Then I remember Bollywood, my favourite source of unadulterated escapism and entertainment. They make those films for nix! And then they charge half of nothing for literally millions and millions of people to go and see them many times. Why does Hollywood have to make so many inexorable films every year, films that make you want to throw your dvd player into the sea, films that have to be aggressively marketed by any means possible just to make back the third world debt amounts of money that went into making them?<BR/><BR/>For every "little Miss Sunshine" there are ten "Heartbreak Kid"s; How is this even possible?<BR/>I despair of it.<BR/><BR/>And for the record: I LOVED Snowcake. I saw it at an arthouse cinema AND bought the DVD. And I am always telling myself "Now I have to Do Social" when I have to interact with the normals.<BR/>I also loved Huiteme, although I cried buckets. And "I am Sam" not just because it was my first Dr Suess book, but because My Boo likes to put on 10 t-shirts at a time (one for every time I have nagged him)<BR/><BR/>as I said, nice ter meet ye!<BR/><BR/>xxLisamareehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445509438246694219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-8266846920022296462008-08-15T20:21:00.000+01:002008-08-15T20:21:00.000+01:00I've seen a few TT trailers but none hinted at thi...I've seen a few TT trailers but none hinted at this content.<BR/><BR/>Nick, good idea.Sharon McDaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550156204691696968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-47223838912236452292008-08-15T02:02:00.000+01:002008-08-15T02:02:00.000+01:00Leila - tell your husband to buy a ticket for anot...Leila - tell your husband to buy a ticket for another movie and sneak in to Tropic Thunder. He'll see it, they won't get the cash for it. Yes, I am that mean!<BR/><BR/>And well written Sharon. You're rattling the stick in the bucket like a good thing!Nick McGivneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03603579300515543458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-15858253744246230032008-08-15T01:00:00.000+01:002008-08-15T01:00:00.000+01:00Ben Stiller movies always have high and low points...Ben Stiller movies always have high and low points, some jokes that are brilliant and others that are terrible. My husband and I were planning to see the movie, but after hearing about the abuse of the word "r..." I decided not too. I also want a better world for my autistic kid. My husband says he'll still go though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com