Ever turn from films due to foul language?

I spewed a few f bombs this morning working on my kitchen drain pipes so I'm not prude.but I was listening to one of my favorite comedians and it seemed like every other word was the f bomb. he used to cuss some which it was never so bad. but this time it took away his comedy that I enjoyed.the people in the theater seemed to enjoy it.
 

Remy said:
A film, probably not. I hate hearing it in public. Someone in a store and it's f-ing everything.

Probably close to 20 years ago, I went to see Eddie Izzard in San Francisco. I thought he'd swear a lot but he didn't. Maybe 3-5, f-bombs the entire show, but they were very effective. He was also very funny.
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now don't you be calling ''her'' He... the Woke brigade won't like it
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Eddie Izzard has clarified her preferred name and pronouns months after formally announcing the change.

The comedian confirmed that she was still additionally going by the name Suzy, which she says she “wanted” to be called since she was 10.


She wrote on Twitter on Thursday (1 June): “As people may now well know, I have added the name ‘Suzy’ to my names. So going forward I am preferring Suzy but I don’t mind Eddie.


“And I prefer she/her but I don’t mind he/him. So no one can really get it wrong unless they call me Kenneth or Sabrina.
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I never watch current movies due to the language issue and the violence. That is why I spend my good money buying TV series that were popular in the 50s - 90s from Amazon. Our society is corrupt and sick today but watching any current film certainly explains to me why this is so. What goes around comes around. If you love violence in the movies you should not be surprised to see it in your neighbourhood.
 
Remember when the singular use of the word “d*mn” was considered shocking in the movie Gone With The Wind? We’ve certainly devolved and become desensitized in our tolerance for what used to be called “gutter language” since then, which has not only crawled out from the gutter but become mainstream. When I was a kid in elementary school, a kid who said “d*mn” under his breath was considered rather hard core, and use of the F-word usually brought a hushed in drawing of breath, and if heard by an adult a swift trip to the principal’s office….



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Depends on the context but, if it was just a continuous stream of swearing then I'd find something else to watch, not because I am particularly offended but more likely becaused I'd get bored. I am more likely to switch off because of gratuitous violence rather than swearing.
 
Absolutely....with very few exceptions. I don't know why writers these days think they have to add vulgarity in such volume to today's scripts! And I guess they keep doing it because not enough people object and keep going to see these films. But IMO it detracts from the film (or TV show) rather than enhances them. In some cases, a curse word here or there is understandable though. I hate the proliferation of F bombs and MF bombs are even worse.
 
C50 said:
I remember how disappointed I was with the movie Goodfellows because of the language. I'm certainly no innocent but when foul language is so over the top that it dominates all the dialog I lose interest and will shut a movie off.
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Now, that's interesting. "Goodfellas" is one of my favorite movies and I always stop and watch a few scenes and I never even noticed it. Yet I couldn't watch "Deadwood," at all because of the F-bombs. I think the difference is if it seems organic. I know enough linguistics, to know that word wasn't used in the old west, they were more likely to say something like "blast." But I expect mafia guys really use the F-word all the time, in fact I think of them as inventing the trick of putting it in the middle of a word, like "un-effing-believable."
 
Only rarely. A few Quentin Tarantino films are ones I will never see again thanks to content. On the other hand, I was surprised that I actually enjoyed most parts of Kill Bill I & II, but even with those, I have to fast forward through the worst scenes. Or change the channel if they are being shown on cable. I mostly like them because a strong female lead playing the hero and saving her OWN life is so rare in Hollywood storytelling.

Language doesn't bother me as much as gratuitous violence. All Quiet on the Western Front had a critically acclaimed remake recently but I couldn't watch it. So much killing and blood. Not going to trouble myself with more of that at my age. I follow the news. I get enough killing and bloodshed in the news.
 
Fyrefox said:
How about you? Do you find that foul language is excessive in many of today’s films while adding nothing?
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Yeah
Doesn't bother me much, since I've been around it most my life

A good lot of my renegade friends seem to think the ef word is a great adjective and adverb and should be used at least once in every sentence

I do get sick of hearing it, however

Seems foul language is usually coupled with lots of violence, killing and such
I don't need any more of that in my life

It's a reason I mostly watch the classics
 
Swear like a trooper? I'm told that some of the American's embedded with the British and Australian SAS in Iraq 20 odd years ago shocked their colleagues when they returned to their units.
Some of us embrace DILLIGAFF.
 
Too much is too much - like Diehard. But some of us grew up with 4 letter words as a good way of expressing ourselves. As offensive as it might be, the use of profanity in GoodFellows was pretty realistic for the time/people and place. I would like to think that most of us that grew up with that as the "norm" have grown out of it.
 
Pulp Fiction is the only film I can remember walking out of. Of course we had 3 little kids with us, not having a clue what we were in for at the time.
 
Remy said:
A film, probably not. I hate hearing it in public. Someone in a store and it's f-ing everything.

Probably close to 20 years ago, I went to see Eddie Izzard in San Francisco. I thought he'd swear a lot but he didn't. Maybe 3-5, f-bombs the entire show, but they were very effective. He was also very funny.
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I feel pretty much the same way. I cringe when I hear it while out shopping or in other public places where I don't expect to hear it. Back when I used to go to sports bars I just accepted it though because it is part of that environment.

But the use in movies doesn't bother me too much. When I watch a Tarantino or a Scorsese film I know what I am walking into . And I feel much more immersed when watching a movie such as "Saving Private Ryan" because I am guessing that the soldiers didn't use the words "gosh darn" or "fudge" while in actual combat.
 
Fyrefox said:
Call me an old coot or a Puritan if you will, but I’m repelled by films that seem to overdose on foul language. I’m not talking about an occasional expletive, but rather film dialogue that seems to feel like the F-bomb must be dropped in every sentence. I turned off a movie on Netflix the other night for exactly that reason. And to think, my mother was dragging me to wash my mouth out with soap when I brought the word cr*p home from school!

How about you? Do you find that foul language is excessive in many of today’s films while adding nothing?

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Yes and I am the same way with the books I read. I got a hold of one recently that the F word was in every other sentence.
 
its just the English language evolving,,the f_ck word is not used in a vulgar way any more,,as in who gives a f_ck









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I cannot stand the "F" word or violence, anywhere, anytime. As a writer, we were told to not repeat ourselves. People get bored of the same words. In the case of "F" bombs in books and movies, I think writers who use these repeatedly are insulting the public's intelligence.
 
Worst one for swearing to me was 'Raging Bull' made it through about 1/3 of the movie before I turned it off. I do have limits.
 
Instead of repetitive and ponderous vulgarity, we should learn the art of taunting creatively as does the Frenchman in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Dismissive gestures as shown may also add enhancement, as may the use of an outrageous accent.

”Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time!” This is SO much better than the F-bomb used incessantly! 😸

 

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