'Potential'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Emmett graduated from kindergarten which was ridiculous, but kind of worth it for me anyway because all the kids got dressed up so there were a lot of really cute pictures.
I graduated from Kindergarten and Nursery school - and I think I still have my diplomas. So it's not that new as a concept, but might be more popular.
Though anything other than high school or college graduation seems ridiculous to me.
Though anything other than high school or college graduation seems ridiculous to me.
Mr. Incredible would agree with you.
My impression was that it was being used with the intention of having the kind of impact of 'Flipping' or 'Ruddy', whereas it's a lot closer to the magnitude of 'fucking'. (Note I say closer, not the same magnitude.)
Not in Australia. They're really quite mild here. Of course, I didn't use them in high school, but I was insufferable.
I can't quite picture you being, well, a twirp, bt.(Of course I was shy in high school and cursed only reluctantly...I've gotten over both of those. Oddly enough with the same hair.)
But - billy. Dude. Does Harry Potter go to school in Australia? No. The point isn't whether it's normal in Australia, or in America, or whether there are plenty of contexts in which swearing a blue streak wouldn't make me twitch an eyebrow. It's an 11 year old English kid addressing his teacher in the Harry Potter movie. And it's one of those book->film alterations that had me going "WTF????" (Other one being Hagrid's assertion that he bought Fluffy off 'A Greek Bloke' down the pub being changed to 'An Irish Bloke'. 'Cause Cerberus is such a well known Irish myth. Not.)
::facepalm::
Yeah, in such an environment, probably rude. But we kind of like kids to be rude in movies, for that there are editorials about the end of civility and whatnot...it's one of our weird USAian dichotomies.
Other one being Hagrid's assertion that he bought Fluffy off 'A Greek Bloke' down the pub being changed to 'An Irish Bloke'.
This bugged the crap out of me and my friends also. Do you think the filmmakers didn't get the reference?
Not only do I think they missed the Greek mythology reference, I really think that they (Columbus and Klovis, Americans both) just believe that having Ron's catchphrase be "Bloody hell!" all the time is quaintly Brit, not unbelievably rude from an 11-year-old.
Not only do I think they missed the Greek mythology reference, I really think that they (Columbus and Klovis, Americans both) just believe that having Ron's catchphrase be "Bloody hell!" all the time is quaintly Brit, not unbelievably rude from an 11-year-old.
Which makes me wonder if none of the cast pointed it out to them, and why not, you know?
I imagine the kid playing Ron just couldn't believe that he was going to get to say something totally awful like that, on purpose, to a grown-up, in front of a passel of other grown-ups, be filmed, and get paid, and if he said anything it would all curl up and vanish like a beautiful dream.
The Brit grown-ups in the cast and crew? Who knows? Irritation at having to be directed by that Home Alone git?