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cpburrowes — 18 years ago(March 05, 2008 07:44 PM)
Then you got the hicks who live up in the farming areas or the boonies. I have nothing against them, they're nice people.
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tomgjcromwell — 18 years ago(March 01, 2008 12:42 AM)
If you're surprised then you don't understand Canadians very well at all.
Canadian have a very depreciating sense of humour, we can make fun of ourselves and laugh at ourselves. This movie actually got the Canadian style of humour spot on, though I doubt Michael Moore intended that.
Why do you think Canadians like Dan Aykroyd and John Candy agreed to do this movie anyway?
On a side note, Canadians in this movie are depicted as being generally polite and nice people who live in a clean and peaceful nation. This movie actually makes the most fun of Americans as it depicts them as stupid, gun toting war mongers. In a way, Canada plays the foil to the United States. -
d.rust — 18 years ago(March 03, 2008 05:34 AM)
I'm surprised this movie wasn't just plain banned on planet Earth for being stupid, irrelevant and unfunny.
The dialogue is mostly inane, the situations preposterous and the characterisations are cardboard cutouts at best.
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fingerpaint_the_sky — 17 years ago(July 24, 2008 01:25 PM)
Canadians love a good dig at ourselves, its part of the beauty of our culture. We are not easily offended, and enjoy a hearty laugh at our own expense. Besides, there's a lot more to the humour of this movie - look a bit deeper.
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SofaOnWheels — 15 years ago(January 21, 2011 04:05 PM)
I share the same opinions as a few others on here, I've never been offended about how we've been portrayed in movies. I like a dig at Canada just as much as Americans do, and all the more so because Canadians tend to take it in stride and shrug it off, "not the end of the world" sort of thing. If anyone slanders Americans in movies, they're up in arms and start freedom rallies and how America is the best and anyone that makes fun of them are terrorists.
Like I've said in another thread on here, when that happens, I just go to the doctor's because my tummy hurts, free of charge.