What's with the bad language?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Good Son
crimekittehs — 13 years ago(January 20, 2013 07:43 AM)
I was enjoying this movie up until the bad kid says a curse word. What was the deal with that? The movie wasn't adult enough already with the violence? They had to throw in some language?
There's something to be said for restraint.
Another case where bad language ruins an otherwise halfway decent movie. -
bourneidentity1980 — 12 years ago(June 15, 2013 06:31 AM)
It's different though. The movie was about the kid being a psychopath so the violence was justified by that. There wasn't anything that explained the bad language though, they just threw that in there to appeal to college crowd because they were worried the movie couldn't carry itself on its own merits.
Maybe if the kid had been adopted from a ghetto area in the beginning then it would make sense because he would have grown up only hearing people talk bad language and uses curse words.
But he obviously came from a nice area so there's no way he would have picked up any bad language growing up. -
kobrakai1 — 12 years ago(June 17, 2013 02:24 PM)
Are you effing kidding!?
Do you not remember what it's like to be 12!?!?!
You can pick up bad language anywhere, and who says that he didn't overhear his parents cursing (just because they're upperclass they don't swear), or learned it from kids at school or heard it on tv.kids pick up swear words all the time. I grew up in a pretty conservative household and was a pretty well behaved kid and in my preteen years i dropped more than a few f-bombs. -
bourneidentity1980 — 12 years ago(June 17, 2013 03:36 PM)
You must have had some neglectful parents.
They never told you to watch the language?
I would venture to say that most kids 12 or under have never thrown around any bad language.
The few that do most likely come from bad households.
Were your parents "atheists" or something? Ha. -
maybe-later — 12 years ago(November 04, 2013 06:34 PM)
I went to a rich Catholic school and almost everyone was swearing by the time we were 12. It was specifically because our parents told us to "watch the language". It was a preteen/childish form of rebellion. It has nothing to do with bad or good households.
Also, my parents were non-practicing Catholics (borderline atheists), and my sister and I swore less than the kids whose parents were devout and brought them to church every Sunday. -
magicalbra — 12 years ago(January 11, 2014 12:06 PM)
I would venture to say that most kids 12 or under have never thrown around any bad language.
The few that do most likely come from bad households.
You must have had a miserable lonely childhood if you think children don't swear.
Were you "homeschooled" or something? Ha.
WOOF WOOF!
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Galagatron — 12 years ago(June 28, 2013 07:42 PM)
Have some perspective. The movie was used as a vehicle for Macaulay Culkin to shake his Home Alone image. Every little gesture like the smoking and the cussing was to arouse snickers from the audience, and that it did in the theater September 1993.
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Killer_Romance2 — 11 years ago(January 17, 2015 07:19 AM)
Why on Earth some people in this day and age so sensitive about Macaulay saying "don't beep with me?".
Please you can't be serious, Macaulay is a budding serial killer and he doesn't care about his conscience and his mind is ruthless and scary, he goes into a frenzy of outburst over a rubber duck, and you want him to watch his mouth..
..are you kidding me? He discovered himself and the Euphoria enjoyment when he killed his toddler Brother at aged Ten. And at twelve, he wants his Cousin Mark to join in but discovered he is a normal kid, and tauts him. But Mark said something that is flaring Henry "she is my mother now" and Henry is warning him with the fvck.
And It's appropriate for a person like Henry in that frame of mind to say a swear word. -
Seth_Rogue_One — 9 years ago(November 12, 2016 03:13 PM)
Yeah, that's how I felt when I was held up at gunpoint the other week not only did they ask me for my money but they called me a 'muthaf@ck@' as well. Shame that their mothers don't teach these criminals some manners! It's please, and thank you.
We don't have a dog. That was just some really violent sex.