I'm supresed this wasn't banned in Canada.
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thy_devilsadvocate — 18 years ago(April 23, 2007 09:43 AM)
I am one proud Canadian, an this movie rules.
No offense taken at all.
I do not see where you are seeing this. . .
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QMan000 — 18 years ago(June 07, 2007 10:24 AM)
The movie praises Canadians more than offending them. The movie more so pokes fun at over the top American patriotism and ignorance.
"Except for the summer of 1979 when I wanted to be Kermit the frog."
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sdifox — 18 years ago(July 04, 2007 09:08 AM)
Huh? who would ban a movie just for that? Maybe in the good old USSR, PRC or some African dictatorship, but I am pretty sure in the rest of the world you can say "___ sucks" without it being censored.
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jesseo12 — 18 years ago(July 22, 2007 05:14 PM)
Im a canadian and this movieis hilarious i watch it all the time!! Why would we care besides if you get the humour its not making fun of canada in the slightest.
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Bince_19 — 18 years ago(August 03, 2007 02:55 AM)
By that rationale, Alan Alda, who is an American, would not be playing the U.S. President in this film; It contradicts your thought.
"I can only wait for the final amnesia, the one that can erase an entire life." - Luis Buuel -
Ant_Lan — 18 years ago(August 19, 2007 10:05 PM)
Micheal Moore really has a thing for Canada. Many of the comparisons the movie advocates in favor Canada show up in Moore's subsequent films.
-Canadians don't feel the need to lock their doors
-Better and more accessible health care and education
-Cities are cleaner (wellthat's what he thinks)
-People are more polite (again)
-Canadians aren't much into guns
Plus, I really didn't feel Moore was taking potshots at Canadians, but at US and how most Americans see Canada
-Mounties ride on horses and wear the red uniform (they actually) drive cars and dress like normal police officers)
-Snow covers the country 11 months a year (In the east, we get snow from November to early April, while on the west coast they get RAIN during winter)
-There's little to no crime (We've had our share of school shootings, serial killers, organized crime, drug trafficing and much more)
-We actually LIKE the metric system (trust me, we don't)
-Ann Murray is the biggest music star (Bryan Adams, Barenaked Ladies, Our Lady Peace, Leonard Cohen, Ashley MacIsaac, RushAny of those ring a bell?)
And he took some jabs at US politics quite openly, and dare I say presciently
-The government organizes an attack on its own soil to raise patriotic values and sentiments
I'm a French Canadian, and I probably laughed the hardest at the Dan Akroyd scene ("you know, pea-soup-eaters")
So I honestly don't see why it should've been banned. At least not here. I'm a little surprised it wasn't banned in US; They're a little more sensible as movie goers
Koss qu't'as chang pour ces gars-la, un jackstrap plein d'marde?
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Bince_19 — 18 years ago(August 20, 2007 08:00 PM)
"I'm a little surprised it wasn't banned in US; They're a little more sensible as movie goers" - So it would've been more sensible to ban the film? To me that is the antithesis of sensibility.
"I can only wait for the final amnesia, the one that can erase an entire life." - Luis Buuel -
5thHobbit — 17 years ago(November 27, 2008 09:26 PM)
We actually LIKE the metric system (trust me, we don't)
I know this is over a year old, but I had to comment. I don't believe I've ever met a fellow Canadian who didn't like the metric system. It's a
heck
of a lot smarter than the imperial system.
And the RCMP does still dress in red and ride on horses. Not all the time, of course, but sometimes.
(This isn't meant as an attack on your post, by the way. Just saying.)
And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
