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| rabid kazook |
Posted - 05/30/2009 : 21:28:58
"This film is not about Chan. It is about the actor who played him, who was Swedish, not eastern, Not French either!"
This response from the always busy Merpers broke me laughing. 
Don't ask what the review was. I come up with the most banal stuff. 
Did you get any funny responses? |
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| Demisemicenturian |
Posted - 10/24/2009 : 13:34:32
I really cannot understand why the MERPs keep thinking that things are title play only just because the title accurately summarises the film. |
| demonic |
Posted - 10/23/2009 : 16:39:21
That's funny. I've just had a second pass decline as well with a "King of the..." issue.
The film is "Taris, Roi de l'eau"; review 'King of the Swimmers' originally declined for being a title play only (not so, Taris was Olympic champion of the time) and then for only being a translation of the title. But 'Roi de L'eau' means 'King of the Water' not 'swimmers', and that's not taking into account the whole point of my review - the punning reference to the closely named Disney song.
Any ideas? |
| ragingfluff |
Posted - 10/22/2009 : 22:19:37
"I thought he was fighting for money. Could you please resubmit an explanation of where the title King of the Tinkers appears in this film."
The film: the Irish boxing movie Strength and Honour, where Michael Madsen fights Vinnie Jones: Jones is playing an Irish traveller (in derogatory slang, a tinker)
The review: Tinkerella Man.
Now, I suppose you could use the same review for Snatch, and if it had been rejected for that reason, that might be okay. And I didn't say or imply that the title "King of the Tinkers" appears in the film. |
| rabid kazook |
Posted - 10/13/2009 : 12:55:15
quote:
Originally posted by demonic
That's intriguing RK. A lion in the artwork but not in the film...
The review was for the short Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz and the cover of it is probably of a boxset or sorts. It's not really a biggie as the review was nothing special, but I chuckled a little ta how the Merp noticed the little lion on the cover, as I almost missed it.
quote:
Originally posted by Ws
Yeah. Around here you need a cast lion alibi for everything.
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| Whippersnapper. |
Posted - 10/13/2009 : 10:43:47
quote:
Originally posted by rabid kazook
####I know there is a picture of a lion on the videotape cover, but there is no lion in the cast list. Could you resubmitenze with a explanationze. Thankyouze.*####
Deng, you can't swindle these guys in no way, can you?
*That part I slightly alteredze.
Yeah. Around here you need a cast lion alibi for everything.
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| demonic |
Posted - 10/13/2009 : 06:41:28
That's intriguing RK. A lion in the artwork but not in the film... |
| rabid kazook |
Posted - 10/12/2009 : 23:41:34
####I know there is a picture of a lion on the videotape cover, but there is no lion in the cast list. Could you resubmitenze with a explanationze. Thankyouze.*####
Deng, you can't swindle these guys in no way, can you?
*That part I slightly alteredze. |
| demonic |
Posted - 08/06/2009 : 02:24:57
quote:
Originally posted by Ro�k G01f, MD+
Z�ro de conduite: Jeunes diables au coll�ge
So "Si..." was the entire review?
There it is...! Correct and correct. A number of votes a-coming your way (but not zero...)
And Sal, I'm not too bothered. In a way the MERP is quite right - it's a stretch, and it's not a decline I'm frustrated about.
It always helps to be called clever and erudite of course, that can sweeten the bitter pill of rejection. 
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| Demisemicenturian |
Posted - 08/06/2009 : 00:39:30
quote:
Originally posted by demonic
"I can't call it Bad, I can't call it Innaccurate, but I can call it Generic because most people will think of the Spanish word rather than the French one, despite your carefully placed three dots... (Owing to the Kipling poem actually.) Clever, even erudite, but too much of a stretch; reluctantly declined."
I've been thinking about it further and I really don't think people could validly think the Spanish more likely.
(i) The Spanish for yes is not si, but s�, unless I am much mistaken.
(ii) Something equivalent to "Yes..." does not feel right. Yes what? There would have to be some plausible reason for the pause, which I doubt is the case if it were that. |
| RockGolf |
Posted - 08/05/2009 : 17:43:11
Z�ro de conduite: Jeunes diables au coll�ge
So "Si..." was the entire review? |
| demonic |
Posted - 08/05/2009 : 16:33:21
It's very connected to the film. You're so close. I'd just say do some research on "If..." and work out the French link.... |
| RockGolf |
Posted - 08/05/2009 : 15:31:11
quote:
Originally posted by demonic
You're half way there Rockgolf - it is a spin on "If" (well spotted from the Kipling)
Believe it or not, it was the "three dots" clue that gave it to me. Then the realization that "Si" means "if" in French, but "yes" in Spanish.
Haven't a clue left to figure out the film you were actually reviewing. Was it connected with either Malcolm McDowell or Lindsay Anderson? |
| demonic |
Posted - 08/05/2009 : 14:27:05
It's more obvious than those guesses, but I guess you'd have to know a bit more about Lindsay Anderson's "If..." to nail it. It proves the MERP wasn't wrong... |
| Whippersnapper. |
Posted - 08/05/2009 : 03:14:21
The Way French Girls Bathe? |
| Demisemicenturian |
Posted - 08/05/2009 : 01:48:18
quote:
Originally posted by demonic
There are enough clues in there for a vote bonus to be awarded to the first person who can tell me the film I was reviewing and my exact declined review...
I cannot think of a better guess than Amelie (i.e. a film about staying positive) but as no review presents itself, I assume it's not that... |
