Coventina
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Sun Aug-29-04 07:07 AM
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Anyone here seen "Canadian Bacon"? (movie) |
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The SO and I watched it last night. We had never seen it. Boy, is it ever weird to watch in a post- 9/11, Iraq war world! So many little things in that movie ended up happening that it's almost scary!
It's really not all that great of a movie, but it shows that even when Michael Moore does a "bad" movie, he's still got a lot of insight!
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Sun Aug-29-04 07:49 AM
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1. I thought it was a great movie! |
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But then I live in Buffalo, right next door to Niagara Falls - so I'm sort of biased.
I think it was a good portrayal of the local economics & people. Yes, we do drink a lot of beer. Yes, we do bitch about the Canadians (just as they do about us.) And yes, we do like hockey.
I can tell you, not much has changed in the last 10 years - and its gotten significantly worse in the last four. If anything Michael Moore is a prophet.
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Sun Aug-29-04 07:59 AM
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2. I thought it was funny too |
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years ago when I saw it. It might not be as funny now, as you mentioned there are some parallels to today.
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Sun Aug-29-04 08:35 AM
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3. "how do you know we're in canada?" ..."there's no trash or grafitti." |
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great line, funny movie, john candy's last.
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Sun Aug-29-04 08:57 AM
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4. Canadians: They walk among us. |
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Overall, I thought it didn't hold together too well as a whole, but there are some great moments, like the anti-Canadian propaganda, and when Dan Aykroyd, as the Canadian motorcycle cop, requires the guys to duplicate all the anti-Canadian graffiti on their vehicle in French. ("We mustn't forget les Quebecois!")
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Sun Aug-29-04 10:42 AM
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5. Ha ha! Yes, that was my favorite moment!! |
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Edited on Sun Aug-29-04 10:46 AM by Coventina
:D
Mange mes shorts!
On Edit: that was how it was written in the movie, however the imperative form would probably more correctly be: Mangez mes shorts!
But someone with more knowledge of French could comment better. And also, something tells me the characters wouldn't be French experts anyway.
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