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Mr Savoir Faire 
"^ Click my name. "
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 Posted - 03/30/2007 : 00:34:26
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Originally posted by demonic
I'm slightly jealous that you've seen it. It sounds so shameless and so dreadful it has to be an all time classic of bad filmmaking. It still baffles me how they got away with literally cutting bits of the other four Jaws films (amongst others) into their film without getting taken to court. Amusingly on the IMDB listing Peter Benchley even gets a writing credit... perhaps that's for the classic "We're going to need a bigger...helicopter." 
Poor Peter Benchley. As if he didn't have enough bad shark movies to his name. I'm happy to say that this movie has been added to fwfr. It's under yet another name, The Beast. |
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Ali 
"Those aren't pillows."
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Posted - 03/30/2007 : 09:22:34
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Here's another favourite of mine. It's not only alliterative, but also a pun on another title. Sometimes I scare myself.
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Shiv 
"What a Wonderful World"
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Posted - 03/30/2007 : 10:05:59
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Alliteration is about the sounds at the beginning of words/syllables matching. So my review "Killers kill Capote's career" is a four word alliterative review. (In poetry the alliteration doesn't have to be at the beginning of the word)
Just in case anyone was wondering!
I'd say the big challenge is all four words alliterating (if there is such a word ) But I can see two and two would be a braintwister too.
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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 03/30/2007 : 13:55:03
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Originally posted by Beanmimo
I didn't just pick these ones cause of the letter M, it just happens that the rest of them may be alliteration.
That's not your review any more. |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 03/30/2007 : 15:11:14
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Originally posted by M0rkeleb
X and Z, I don't think you could come up with much for either of those letters.
Yup, this is the kind of thing I had in mind. Any case of alliteration which is particularly hard or otherwise especially impressive. I don't think Zs would be too hard, but Xs would indeed be a challenge.
O.K., I've submitted one with four (well, five) Xs. I'll let you know if it makes it. |
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Downtown 
"Welcome back, Billy Buck"
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 03/30/2007 : 15:35:58
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Originally posted by Tori
I'm confused. I was under the impression that they all had to start with the same letter. If not, I have probably hundreds.
I think it's nicer if there aren't any real rules as to what people can include in this thread. Instead, it can be just left up to self-regulation. |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 03/30/2007 : 15:39:31
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Originally posted by Shiv
Alliteration is about the sounds at the beginning of words/syllables matching. So my review "Killers kill Capote's career" is a four word alliterative review. (In poetry the alliteration doesn't have to be at the beginning of the word)
Indeed. In poetry, one can also get visual alliteration (i.e. which is not phonetically so). Personally, I find this horrible, but it would fit within the parameters here too. |
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Downtown
"Welcome back, Billy Buck"
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Posted - 03/30/2007 : 15:50:43
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Alliteration ain't always an easy effort. It takes talent. When one works words with wit we will see splended sentences and really rousing reviews. But beware, with words fixed at four, finding fun amidst alliteration can be frighteningly frustrating.
Is it obvious I'm taking a three day weekend and I'm not at work today? |
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MM0rkeleb
"Better than HBO."
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Posted - 03/30/2007 : 16:02:42
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Even though it's not in keeping with the actual definition of alliteration, I only call a review a full alliteration if all words start with the same letter. All words starting with the same sound I call phonetic alliteration, and the matched pairs I refer to as a half alliteration. They also have merit, but it's the full alliteration that's my favorite.
For the record, two words starting with the same letter (without the other pair matching each other too) is not really impressive. If the starting letters for words were chosen randomly, the probability of having two of them the same is about 21.5%. Even if you require the first two to be the same, the chance is almost 4%, which doesn't sound like much until you realize it's almost 700 times more likely than all words starting with the same letter. |
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MM0rkeleb
"Better than HBO."
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Posted - 03/30/2007 : 16:06:17
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by M0rkeleb
X and Z, I don't think you could come up with much for either of those letters.
Yup, this is the kind of thing I had in mind. Any case of alliteration which is particularly hard or otherwise especially impressive. I don't think Zs would be too hard, but Xs would indeed be a challenge.
O.K., I've submitted one with four (well, five) Xs. I'll let you know if it makes it.
Huh. I would've thought X and Z would be pretty hard to do without deliberately misspelling words (i.e., X-tra and the like). By the way, what do you mean five X's? Is one of them in the middle of a word? |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 03/30/2007 : 16:16:08
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Originally posted by M0rkeleb
Is one of them in the middle of a word?
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MM0rkeleb
"Better than HBO."
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Posted - 03/30/2007 : 16:19:50
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by M0rkeleb
Is one of them in the middle of a word?
Yep.
All right, I think I know which movie it's for. 
If my guess is right, it'll get processed quickly. |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 03/30/2007 : 16:24:36
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Originally posted by M0rkeleb
All right, I think I know which movie it's for.
If my guess is right, it'll get processed quickly.
I thought you would, and I think it will too. In my opinion, it's not too much of a stretch to be allowed, but some of the MERPs may feel differently. |
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F.W.F.R.ers' challenge 1: alliteration
