Bad Language

[whiskeryron]

Why oh why do film makers think that we all want the F word in most movies these days,it's as though each new release has got to get more expletives in than the last one or the one before. I can remember films made in the '40s & '50s which were exciting & glamourous & there was never a bad word spoken, all the Bogart / Greenstreet, James Cagney, James Stewart etc. If modern movie makers can make films like the Harry Potter series, Lord of The Rings, Avatar etc. Which have proved to be box office winners,we can do without the effing & blinding thank you very much.Ron.

[boxtops]

You are so right. I watched a wartime submarine film the other day - not a sweary word in it. Unrealistic, but much more pleasant viewing. When I was a child I never heard any sweary words at all. I'd never heard most of them until I was adult!

[quizzywig]

I'm with you wiskeryron. I can't watch a film if there's swearing all the time. I can get that just walking down the high street!

[NOX]

I must admit I like realism in films ( assuming of course they're supposed to be realistic) so if the character would swear if they were a real person then that's fine with me, in fact it'd make the film unrealistc if they didn't. I see no point in gratuitous swearing though just to score street points for whose film is the most shocking, that's equally pointless.

[mike11111]

When 'Till Death Us Do Part' was first aired the scriptwriters were told that they could have no more than four 'bloodys' per episode. Nothing stronger of course.

[dotty.]

The only swearing I can tolerate is in Shaun of the dead or stuff like that, I just bought black books too on dvdvd it's brilliant

[lavenderblue]

Totally agree, the swearing ruins a film, with the exception of 'The Kings Speech'

[DTCwordfan]

IMO its context related - middle of a sub I would expect it, seeing women cussing at Aintree (as today) it is uncouth

[dotty.]

link DT

[Prudie]

must admit I've got a bit desensitized to all the effing in films but is anyone watching Martina Cole's The Runaway? the language in that is really really shocking.

[Philtaz]

It all has to be taken in context. Some films require it, some don't.

The one film I'd say absolutely must have all the expletives used in it is the utterly brilliant Glengarry Glen Ross.

[hc4361]

Prudie, Martina Cole's books are even worse than the tv dramatisations.

[starone]

Those who have to resort to using bad language have a distinct lack of vocabulary.

[hc4361]

Starbuckone, can't agree there. Stephen Fry positively revels in using bad language.

[starone]

I know, hc, so apparently do Martina Cole and many other writers of the same type - I am assuming that writers have access to a vast amount of words. I was merely chucking that observation in to see what reaction I would get. Still think there is no need to swear and that there are many, many other words that can be used instead of objectionable ones.

[arrymong]

stop your whinging you **************** bunch of ***** or i'll come round and insert a **** in your *****
ha ha only joking

or am i?

[Tizzi24]

I agree Ron - the worst film I've seen in the last six months was 44 1/2" chest with Ray Winstone. Every 3rd word was the f or c word - totally unnecessary.

[andy-hughes]

It's not the langaue that I found offputting, its the aggression with which it is delivered.

All swear words are harsh - that's the point, you can spit them out with force, but that simply means that in film or drama, a lot of caharcters are angry and talk to each other with hostility, which is frankly rather wearing, and loses impact after a while.

[craft1948]

Just stop watching Match of the Day Ron.................

[Old_Geezer]

Added gratuitously, I would agree you have a point. But my experience is that many folk seem to make too much fuss over what is not bad in itself, but merely words. I guess film makers create whatever they believe sells.