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Westtexan
Member
07-16-2004
| Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 10:46 am
Different Strokes for Different Folks. I hated the movie. It is getting rave reviews and the previews were funny but it was way too crass for me. So, just in case anyone else out there hated the movie and feels alone when they enter this forum and read all the comments above, rest assured that there are others (apparently very, very few others)who feel the same way. I thought my ears were going to start bleeding if I heard one more f-word, but they didn't. What a relief!
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 11:58 am
Judging by the rating, I don't think one can expect a Disney afternoon TV movie of the week. "18a - Persons under 18 years of age must view these motion pictures accompanied by an adult. Motion pictures in this category will contain horror, explicit violence, frequent coarse language or scenes that are more sexually suggestive than in the 14A category. "
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Westtexan
Member
07-16-2004
| Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 12:51 pm
It was rated R at my movie theater. I had seen the previews and read a couple of reviews and hardly went in expecting a Disney movie. I expected something more along the lines of 40-Year-Old Virgin, Wedding Crashers, or There's Something About Mary--all of which I found very entertaining. I'm not knocking anyone else's enjoyment of the movie as I said "different strokes for different folks". I'm just sharing that I did not like it and perhaps someone reading my post will appreciate my opinion when considering whether to go see the movie or not.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 8:43 pm
I had mixed feelings. I enjoyed it tremendously. BUT it was very crass at times and I do NOT enjoy that type of humour. To me, it was like 2 films in one - a wonderful fun romantic comedy and a dorky fratboy movie. I 75% loved it, while I 25% was uncomfortable with some of it.
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 9:43 pm
allright, Ill throw my 2cents in here...I saw it with my daughter... I laughed alot, it was cute.. It wasnt the best, I wont ever watch it again, once is enough..but I didnt hate it. Maybe some will disagree with me but I really didnt care for the actual "birth" shots.... I dont feel it was needed for this show and could have done with out them... Im not some prude and can def handle that, Ive delivered a baby befor..but it just didnt belong in the movie...If I was sitting there with my BF or maybe someone special and thinking of dating...it would have made me uncomfortable...just didnt belong I felt...wrong kinda setting for the graphic I felt..Im thinking comidy and then suddenly Ive got full frontal crotch in my face... felt wrong.
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Neko
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 9:02 am
Birth shots?? Weird. My movie must have had pieces cut out cause there were no birthing shots, she just was in labour, then she had the baby in her arms after another scene in between.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 9:55 am
There was a very brief shot of the baby crowning. I didn't find it graphic. It only showed the head crowning as I recall, I don't beleive it showed much beyond that.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Monday, June 25, 2007 - 4:14 pm
That's insane!!! They censored the film themselves!!! There were THREE different shots of the baby "crowning". All very brief, but a minimum of 3 times. I laughed my head off. It's the same shock funny-ness as when you saw the "zipper shot" in There's Something About Mary.
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Westtexan
Member
07-16-2004
| Monday, June 25, 2007 - 5:41 pm
There were three different shots at my viewing too. I was beginning to wonder if I had just imagined it.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, June 25, 2007 - 6:38 pm
Did you think it was actually a computer graphic? If it makes anyone feel any better that's what it looked like to me.
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Westtexan
Member
07-16-2004
| Monday, June 25, 2007 - 6:52 pm
I can't imagine that it was real. What mom would volunteer for that pose? (Let's just pretend that no mom would).
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, June 25, 2007 - 7:30 pm
I don't think it was real. It did seem to be a computer graphic. It was a little too neat for a baby's head to be actually crowning.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, June 25, 2007 - 7:39 pm
And no legs or other... parts. But that's why it didn't bother me, it was a bit of a shock but not horrible.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, June 25, 2007 - 8:16 pm
I don't remember 3 shots, only 2, but then I don't remember what I had for breakfast either. LOL. I found the baby crowning shots shocking/fascinating. It's the fratboy stuff that I found offensive.
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Neko
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 5:26 am
I watched mine online. It was a viewing that had been taped in the UK. So maybe there's was different?? Either way, I'm assuming I'd remember baby head crowning. Haha Maybe I walked away to do something and came back to it?? But I always pause my movies, unless it's something I've already seen..
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Neko
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 5:57 am
So I watched it again, and it has her pushing, and the doctor saying the babies shoulders bing out, then he's holding the baby. Before then, he was telling her she needed medication because the baby's cord was wrapped around it's neck, then the scene switched to their friends and her sister out in the waiting room. Then to the scene I already described. No birthing shots for me at all.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 9:52 am
It was a 15 rating in the UK (compared to R here), so maybe that's the cut that allowed it to be a 15. The UK rates stricter for violence and is more lenient on language and sexual humour, but still, those shots probably crossed a line!
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 7:07 pm
It was a fratboy movie, thats why I found the birth shots un-needed in this movie... In the right kind of movie they would have been beautifull and moving...
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