Why all the script F bombs in movies?

Knight said:
More annoying to me is the addition of music that drowns out the dialog. I don't know how often I've muttered WTF at the TV.
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Murrmurr said:
The post-production people are supposed to tone down stuff like background music, screeching tires, shoot 'em-ups, etc, and sort of level out all the sound effects, but it's apparent some of them aren't very good at that.
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If I'm watching some drama / action type movie that was made in recent years I frequently have to turn on the Closed Captioning, as I just can't make out the words.
Some time ago I made inquiries about modern movie sound issues, apparently movie sound engineers are shooting for the high end audio mark, so if you're like me and have crappy built-in speakers with your TV, you'll need some kind of aid to follow the dialogue.
 

Nathan said:
If I'm watching some drama / action type movie that was made in recent years I frequently have to turn on the Closed Captioning, as I just can't make out the words.
Some time ago I made inquiries about modern movie sound issues, apparently movie sound engineers are shooting for the high end audio mark, so if you're like me and have crappy built-in speakers with your TV, you'll need some kind of aid to follow the dialogue.
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And I do indeed have crappy TV speakers, so I always turn on captions.

It's kind of a drag, really.
 
horseless carriage said:
It was certainly around in the English speaking world at the turn of the 15th century. It is often claimed to be contrived in that the word is an acronym. The words, fornication and carnal knowledge were the language of the courts. Adultery was, back then, a criminal offence. If you stood in the dock and the court brought a guilty verdict, passing sentence, the judge would say that you had been. Found Under Carnal Knowledge.
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To @Gary O' 's point, though, it wasn't over-used in the 1800s, especially not as an adjective or adverb.
 

If the background music or effects in a film are overwhelmingly loud to the point that I can hear the dialogue, I stop watching. I'm not going to jump through hoops I shouldn't have to jump through to watch a film that's probably mediocre at best.

The same applies to film content or language; if I find it offensive, adios. I find extreme violence, blood, decapitation, and flying body parts infinitely more offensive than the F-word.
 
Nathan said:
In real life or in the movies sometimes there is a 'right' occasion where a well enunciated F-bomb seems appropriate. But it seems more and more that modern dramas / action movies just pepper every scene with some kind of F dialogue. Why? Are the writers running out of words? Are the writers gearing the dialogue to a younger set that they 'think' talks this way? I mean, I have known people that can't complete an entire sentence without busing loose with the F bomb, but most of those people were prison inmates. That is not to say that all prison inmates talk that way, there are a few that don't , and some that don't even have tattoos(rare).
Anyway, as much as I'd like to complain, let my dissatisfaction be known, I doubt seriously if my grievances would be heard or acknowledged.
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I agree with you. I think movies that use the F-bomb insult our intelligence.
 
Four out of five agree that poor scripts are enhanced by words and phrases that create shock
 
Bella said:
If the background music or effects in a film are overwhelmingly loud to the point that I can hear the dialogue, I stop watching. I'm not going to jump through hoops I shouldn't have to jump through to watch a film that's probably mediocre at best.

The same applies to film content or language; if I find it offensive, adios. I find extreme violence, blood, decapitation, and flying body parts infinitely more offensive than the F-word.
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Just the other night I did this. I really don’t understand what these productions think they’re accomplishing by annoying infuriating me/us. A quality soundtrack can really accentuate a movie.

For swearing, there’s a time and place for everything.
 
davey said:
Isn't cursing and cursing constantly language of the devil ; the cursed ; the lost and lonely ; the unsaved ones??
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Cursing, I was told, at the catholic school that I went to, was a pass straight to hell. There again, most things about catholic doctrine are a pass straight to hell. We didn't dare speak against it, catholic schools were brutal.

Thinking it through, profanities have a $exual connotation, it's crude, but is it swearing? My interpretation of swearing is blasphemy, in other words, taking the Lord's name in vain.
 
The F bomb used at the right time is perfect, in my opinion but used more than that takes away from the movie. I don’t like vulgar mentality but it does seem to be getting more popular. The F bomb is even in a lot of songs that are on public radio. Some broadcasters block them out but many don’t. The word has become like a verb in todays society.
 
I guess they are all on strike now and that's not such a bad thing. There's time to go back and watch some good oldies and remember what movies should be like!
 

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