Why is it that items that are only available online still get charged tax if there is a store location in state? If you can only get it online, then why do you have to pay taxes for it? Seems unfair.
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Why is it that items that are only available online still get charged tax if there is a store location in state? If you can only get it online, then why do you have to pay taxes for it? Seems unfair.
The state has to get that tax no matter what; unless it is one of the states without sales taxes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Animeniax
They need to rethink that rule. If the only way I can get a product is online, then I shouldn't have to pay local sales taxes on that product. That would only be fair.Quote:
Originally Posted by rockmanj
What I don't get is, why do people seem to think poorly of Tim Tebow's football skills? I haven't seen him play much, but watching him in today's game, he's pretty good.
He is not great in the pocket, and his throwing arm is pretty bad; but he is indeed doing well this game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Animeniax
He's young, learning how to play in the pocket will take time, but he's always a threat to run when the pocket collapses. I think people are hating because of the displays of his religiousness.Quote:
Originally Posted by rockmanj
Well, he is good at winning games, but the main criticism has been his throwing. It can be quite wobbly for a professional-level QB. I guess as long as the Broncos play good defense and he keeps pulling wins out is ass, things will go well. I don't care too much about all the god stuff. My main beef has always been with his arm.Quote:
Originally Posted by Animeniax
He threw 3 touchdowns today :p But he's still young, and still thinking of running too much. He needs better field vision and to work on his passing. His completion percentage is atrocious.
I don`t get the hate for the group Nickelback, i mean i`m not the biggest fan or anything, i heard about 3 songs from them and i enjoy them, but i don`t get why they deserve so much internet bashing, it`s as if i woke up someday and hating them was the "IN" thing, wtf is up with that?
I'm with you. I like some of their songs, they seem like a decent rock band. I think the internet masses just pick someone/something to hate on to direct their energies and give them something to do.
The reason for hate is well deserved and well documented. Not only do all their songs sound the same in general, some of them actually are mostly the same components with different lyrics.
Aerosmith's songs sound so much alike they did a parody of it on SNL, but no one hates them as much as they hate Nickelback. Haters gonna hate I guess.
When was that SNL skit?
Yes, lots of bands have songs that all sound the same. Same for pop princesses and R&B music. It's been happening for decades. The reason Nickleback got all the hate is because they hit the Top 40 at the wrong time. The accessibility of Internet and later the popularity of Youtube made it easy for the comparisons to be made and spread quickly.
Nickelback sucking is really a shame. I kind of liked them when they released Silver Side Up and the single "How You Remind Me", but then future singles kind of turned me off. A couple of years later, my brother (who's a fan) had me listen to a bunch of their songs and I was actually blown away by their versatility. They managed to do good pop songs, good ballads, and even good songs with raw savagery. I decided to give them a chance. Then I started hearing a number of songs that were essentially the same as other songs, and that annoyed me to no end. Nickelback is one of those bands that I'll just have to listen to on a song by song case, because I really like some of their songs, but I cannot purchase their albums.
I loved How You Remind Me when I heard it on the radio back in 2001, so when I got their CD I was so disappointed with the entire thing that I couldn't ever take them seriously again. Especially this part from the very first song on the album:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCgjFsHvoPc#t=2m36s
"Kickin yer ass would be a pleasure"
No other song showcases the childish false bravado of their frontman/lyricist. "She's just a woman"?? Really?
What I don't get is Actors wanting to be Rappers and there being documentaries about it. What the hell are they that bored?
Can you name some for reference? It still can't be as bad as rappers who want to be actors. The only one who has really made a mildly successful move to acting is Ludacris, which is funny because he's a terrible rapper.Quote:
Originally Posted by dragonrage
Queen Latifah, Mark Wahlberg, Mos Def, Ice Cube,Quote:
Originally Posted by Animeniax
Ice Tdon't ring any bells?
Queen Latifah, you got me there, but the others? Marky Mark was not a legit rapper. Mos Def and Cube aren't legit actors. Plus you could take Mark Wahlberg out of almost all of his movies and those movies would have been better for it.
Donald Glover from Community fame. He's "Childish Gambino"
Also, Omar Epps and the late Heavy D (Dwight Myers). I have yet to name any actors gone rapper.
Edit: Common, LL Cool J, Will Smith, RZA...
joaquin phoenix wants to be a rapper, there is a documentary movie about it. Worst thing ever, had to stop watching it, wanted to kill myself if it continued.
there are a few but not many documented, good publicist
I don't know if this makes me a horrible person, but I read this: http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily....ures-in-korea/ and it bored the shit out of me. I feel like I should empathize with this woman, but I don't. Those are not adventures; they are "boring episodes in her life".
They weren't exactly mentally taxing episodes of life, so I'm with you here rockman. I'm currently being taught that empathy is a skill, not an emotional synchronisation. I don't have to feel what she's thinking. I just have to know, accept and acknowledge it.
The first thing my new roommate asked me upon moving in was "would you be willing to move out?"
>.>
LOL!! Sounds like the beginning of an awesome sitcom. She probably just had some friends in mind she hoped to live with.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sapphire
She did.
I said "maybe" because I was too surprised and needed to process the request later. Obviously, it's a no. -_-
To be fair, I don't think she knew I'd been living in this room for a better part of a year. Though it certainly looks lived in.
Clear up the response as soon as possible. If you mean no, say no. That "maybe" will allow you to be troubled by her for some time to come, as well as waste her effort in organising her friend over in anticipation for this "possible" scenario. (if you want to be somewhat considerate and think about the other person. Personally I just don't care about the second half)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sapphire
Also, maybe I am biased, but I did actually have adventures there, and am currently writing about them. Her writing skill just isn't up to snuff, IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
That's rather interesting. My first reaction would have certainly been a no in such a situation, unless I had seriously considered moving to a better or otherwise more suitable place. What psychological condition would prompt you to say maybe? Was she two meters tall, full of muscles, carrying a bloody mace, and with barbarian face paintings, or something?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sapphire
In the rare event that someone ambushes me with an important-yet-completely-unexpected question, I'll answer neutrally and process the question later.
If I think about it, I am neutral on ALL issues unless I get a chance to actively think about it. Biggest example is politics, I was the neutralest person you could imagine until after Obama got elected. I just absorbed what everyone was saying and let it stew until I finally figured out it was all a sham. I think I described myself as "moderate slightly liberal but I get where the right is coming from" until then.
Another example is friends. I'm neutral towards everyone and see them as a potential friend unless something happens to fuck it up.
After I think whatever issue through, I usually stand by it because I've thought it through in my head. It may be why I naturally dislike people who talk out of their ass (and argue for the sake of arguing even if they're wrong).
I'll try to remember to pause and think things out more and give a concrete answer to an absurd request if something like that happens again.
Wow, the NFL has some pretty draconian rules over broadcasting its content. Since I don't have a TV and wanted to get some work done, I tried to find an internet radio feed of the NFL playoffs. There does not seem to be one. That seems kind of crazy to me that something like that is not easy to find.
edit: I found one, but it was not that easy.
Sapphi is a chicken, or the girl looked like Orochimaru hence the maybe.
Some more Nickelback hate from tosh.0's blog with the caption: [cheap anti-theft device]Quote:
Originally Posted by Uchiha Barles
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My glorious new roommate went to the RA because my desk is messy. Even my RA knows it's an agenda to get her other friend into the room.
Should I a) pretend nothing is wrong and continue to be friendly or b) ignore the bitch?
Either way I'm writing a pre-emptive letter about her harassment to the head of housing.
Hopefully you're cool with the RA and that you're keeping notes of what's been going on. I don't think referring to your forum posts will be a good way to make your case if it goes to arbitration.
Maybe it's a sign you should move to an apartment or find some other living situation? The universe works in mysterious ways.
Wow, that bitch really is on a serious mission. I vote (a) since ignoring her could be interpreted as a form of hostility and could be used against you....but don't be too nice. Say "hello" but don't ask her how she is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sapphire
What's really sad is that if she and her friend do end up living together in such close quarters, they'll most likely end up hating each other.
Get the bitch kicked out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sapphire
If not possible, leave.
It's like getting served shitty food. Get it changed or leave. Don't punish yourself by putting up with it.
I'm reporting everything to the head of housing. She's barely in the room anyway (and I'm out of the room a lot) so I don't care. Bitch ain't gunna push me around, though. I have WAY more important shit to worry about.
I told my dad, he's like "WTF ignore her, we got other things to worry about".
He's not the one getting harassed, or at risk of being harassed though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sapphire
"Other things to worry about" means there are other things more worthy of your attention/time.. but it doesn't mean that the current matter must be ignored. You're expressed concerns of escalation regarding the way she's bitching. It'll get onto your nerve sooner or later, affecting your emotions/time/energy on these "other matters".
The fact that she's only new and already causing trouble works towards your advantage, along with the RA's bad impression of her. Letting her settle in makes it harder to kick her out later.
Are you bigger than her, Sapphy?
Yes, I am. Why ask?
I'm with buff on this. Don't ever, EVER ignore someone who seems determined to fuck with you. She might find an effective way to do so. Definitely document her behavior as regards her harassment of you. As long as she keeps fucking around, contact your RA on a semi-regular basis about it, enough to make sure she's in the loop, but not enough to make a nuisance out of yourself. Writing to the head of housing is good, but if you have the RA backing you, it's better. And don't write to the head of housing often, make it look like you tried to work with the RA first. It'll make that bitch look extra shifty that you had to go through "such lengths" to deal with her.
tl:dr CRUSH her.
My roommate came with her friends while I was trying to take a nap and started screaming (to god knows who outside the room) and moving furniture. After about 20 minutes of talking unrealistically loudly I asked them to whisper but they yelled at me "OMG WE NEED TO CLEAN THIS ROOM". O_o.
Chronicled to my RA.
Sigh.
I was in the kitchen cooking kimchi, tuna and rice when I noticed my roommate carting her luggage off to somewhere. Fingers crossed!
I never liked that food combo! ughQuote:
Originally Posted by Sapphire
Why not?
Those tastes just don't jibe with me. I know plenty of people that like it, but not me. It reminds me of cat food.
Huh? She doesn't want to play anymore? lol, wonder if the RA had words with her.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sapphire
I get a unique, "highly disturbed" feeling after reading a very good book.
Does anyone else?
I can't say, since I haven't read what I would consider "a really good book" in a while. I've been reading classics and I have a hard time seeing why they are classics, though they may have appealed to people at a certain time and place in history that no longer resembles our own... kind of like the Constitution.
I did thoroughly enjoy "Catch 22", but wasn't disturbed by it.
Sapphi needs to describe the feeling more before we can compare. I understand emotional, but not disturbed.
I imagine it's like after reading 1984 by George Orwell. That book left me quite disturbed for our future.
Other books like Fahrenheit 451 or Brave New World are also supposed to be shocking and a forewarning, but the stories in both leave you with a ray of hope at the end (sorry if spoilers). But not 1984. That book leaves you with a definite feeling of mental disquiet.
I would understand that feeling, yeah. For me though, that relates more to subject matter.
Harry Potter is arguably good (or LOTR for something of a higher literary level), yet their disturbance is largely absent. I was left wondering if Sapphi got weird reactions from anything well written.
What if, in movies, every time someone ordered someone else to "get down!", that second person broke into a spirited dance?
What was it about Crysis 2 specifically that made it such a big disappointment? I just got it and have played through maybe 1/10th of it... so far it's a cool game. Kind of easy on normal difficulty since you can take a lot of damage before dying. But with the HD texture pack and DX11 update, it looks amazing. Not sure why so many people speak poorly of it.
You are an internet service provider and a customer has just logged a fault. They are complaining that their internet connectivity is experiencing issues. On your form you requested that they provide you with a contact phone number, and they have provided their mobile number in response.
Let me remind you again that the customer is experiencing internet connectivity issues.
Why the hell do you send them instructions via email? (and ask them to call you back after they've completed it?)
If a customer can fill a form in the internets, it tells the ISP immediately the customer can also read their emails from the internets. Quite simple, really. The customer should call their problem report line in the first place and talk to the robot until they are connected to the technical assistance.
Ah. Yet the ability to access the internet to lodge a fault doesn't translate to having timely or regular access for notifications.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
The first thing I did was ring up the helpdesk with my home phone. The crackles made everything incomprehensible.
The next thing I did was ring up the helpdesk on my mobile. It told me that I was 12th in line. I had $6 credit left on my phone.
Then I submitted the form painstakingly on my slow mobile internet.
Note: the favourite thing they like to do to test for line integrity is to do a "line test" by asking you to disconnect all appliances that may be connected to the phone sockets. In a previous fault that I launched with them, they asked me to unplug everything so they can perform this test. I waited hours for them to contact me after the test. They had sent me an email relatively soon after the previous phone call that they had completed the test, made adjustments and that I should monitor the line.
It's certainly not an isolated incident where the operator or system tried to follow your above logic Kraco.
Well, yeah, which brings us to the second truth of the matter: If the ISP had enough employees to actually call you back instead of someone spending 10 seconds to send you an email, they should according to the modern business logic lay off some of their staff to be able to pay higher dividends to the shareholders.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
Either way, you as a customer are screwed.
Finished Crysis 2 on PC. Still not sure why so many people hated on this game. It got good reviews on gamespot and pcgamer but all I ever hear is criticism and hate for the game. I think it was well worth the $10.
I've got facebook notifications on, so they send me an email whenever a new machine uses my account, or when an authorised machine has to renew its permission. I got the email for logging in at home, and the email shows the IP and location.
In fact, the email tracked me down to my suburb with just the IP. I thought IPs don't even remotely tell you that much..
T-mobile is changing the image of the tart that hawks their service. Now she wears motorcycle leathers and rides a crotch rocket in the commercials. Does anyone else doubt that she can handle the power of the bike she's riding, much less even ride a motorcycle?
google image doesn't do the trick...
what are you talking about?
This is the first commercial where they compare their cell service to a hotrod motorcycle:Quote:
Originally Posted by Death BOO Z
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8KdcO7rlT0
Now they're revamping her image from a cutesy girl to a tough girl:
http://www.droiddog.com/android-blog...g-motorcycles/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5OIWfmjnJPs
putting the two commercials side by side, you can see how much she grew as an actress, she's got confidence and style now.
I liked the part in which she's going through her wardrobe. not trying to sound like a chauvinist pig or something, but she looks like she feels right doing that.
I can't really tell what bike she's supposed to be riding, but it might be something relatively small, like a CBR-200.
*vroom. vroom!*
I don't think 200cc bikes are street legal in the US. Not enough power to keep up with traffic.
I wonder if she could ride before they tried to advertise her as a rider, of if they taught her how to ride to match the image they were trying to sell (ie typical hollywood bs).
It's a commercial. It's supposed to be full of bs. So, I don't think it really matters. It was probably a real driver doing the driving anyway (as a stuntwoman), not this model - assuming she hadn't already got decent driving skills to begin with, of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by Animeniax
Clearly a stuntwoman.
@Ani
49cc scooters are allowed on roads (and the sub-50cc engine means you don't need a motorcycle license), they just have to move to the side like any bicycle so they can be easily and safely overtaken. It's not the engine size, it's the lack of lights, turn signals, mirrors, speedometer, and mufflers. Those are the differences between a 200cc dirt-bike and dual-sport.
You see dual-sports on US highways/interstates all the time.
It's actually a series of commercials featuring this girl, as T-mobile attempts to create an identity for itself through creating an identity for this spokesgirl. The tagline for the newest commercial with her supposedly riding the motorcycle is, "setting the record straight," which makes me think people questioned her authenticity.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
I was just being a smartass about lower-powered bikes. I live in a college town so there are plenty of mopeds and scooters on the roads, and some dual-sports too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryllharu
Yet it still doesn't mean anything as long as they don't use her at exhibitions and such as a booth babe presenting live driving. And since it's a telecommunications company, not any physical traffic/vehicle related one, I don't really see why they would go all out like that with irrelevant stuff. But then again, I've read there's a definite difference between what kind of commercials are most effective over here compared to some other countries, so in the end I could be clueless.Quote:
Originally Posted by Animeniax
She is currently the only established recognizable spokesperson for a major telecom company, so her persona matters for advertising. Of course I realize that most advertising is bs, I was just wondering how much bs was being put into creating this image for her as something more than a vacuous tart.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
I like her way better than Catherine Zeta-Jones before her.
Isn't the whole point of this new campaign to imply T-Mobile's network speed? It's not so much about remaking her image as that is an excuse for the making the marketing connection that, "Dur...motorcycles are fast, our network is fast."
They were getting shit from AT&T, who constantly claims they have the fastest GSM network (edit: which is true, but they also have the least stable network in the US these days), implying T-Mobile's is much slower. "Test drive our network, it's not slow."
I actually found a 40-something Catherine ZJ more attractive and appealing than this chick.
The point of the campaign was indeed to compare their network speed to a hotrod motorcycle compared to AT&T's service (the suit on the mini bike in the first commercial). But with the second motorcycle commercial, it's apparent they're working on the girl's image as a metaphor for the company's image. So should we believe in T-mobile's advertising about the legitimacy of the girl or their service? Or can we say both suck and are fake?
Honestly, whatever works to keep those AT&T assholes from buying T-Mobile is fine by me. They're trying to buy their way out of their overburdened network and steal more spectrum than they deserve rather than building new towers or coming up with a better way to utilize their chosen protocol.
Secondly, I don't really care what T-Mobile ultimately does because I use Verizon, and my phone is more than 5 years old.
Knowing only Conversational English, how does suspense work in languages that are structured different (syntax)?
By that, I mean that English sentences work pretty simply: subject -- verb -- direct object.
The killer was [identified as]...the butler!
But other languages either have a different syntax, or no require syntax. Some place the verb last (pardon my clumsy example):
The killer the bulter was identified as
For others (romance languages, etc.), the syntax is defined by the suffixes so order doesn't matter:
The butler[direct object] killer[subject] was identified as[verb]
So dear gotwoot members of multiple languages, how does dramatic suspense work when word order does not matter, or the direct object isn't (or isn't required to be) the last word spoken? It makes less impact to pause before revealing the verb.
[...and apologies for the double post.]
It's exactly the same in Dutch and German, and I think in french as well.
Filipino usually has the reverse syntax from English.
"Ang mayordomo ang pumatay."
Mayordomo = Butler, Pumatay = Killer (well not exactly, but it means that in this sentence)
But it can be reversed, and is usually done so by younger people who are adept at English, which is the second language in the Philippines.
"Ang pumatay ay ang mayordomo."
This form is considered awkward grammar, but it can be used for suspense or comedic purposes where the twist or punchline needs to be said last.
Due to the numerous suffixes you can shuffle the word order to your heart's content in Finnish. Some word orders will sound awkward but the message generally stays the same.
In polish it is done in the same way:
"Morderca to... lokaj!'
The verb comes last in Japanese too. It's subject, direct object, verb.
For descriptors, it's subject, verb, such as "I am fat" would be "[I] fat am" where the [I] is not spoken but understood.
Lately I've been seeing this a lot even on here. I really don't get why people have to shorten everything into an acronym, is it really that hard to type out a few extra letters or use a phase that would help people better understand what you're trying to say? Do they think it makes them look cool or are they just lazy? Maybe it is just me.
p.s. most of the commercials now are retarded. One that particularly annoys me is the new Geico commercial where they have a taste test for car insurance, how much more unrelated and asinine can you get.
It depends on the community and the context of the subject. In the Yugioh Trading Card Game (YGO TCG), we definitely see a shit load of acronyms in almost every post, but it's universally understood because it's the language of the game. Most posters will often assume that the audience knows what they're talking about - sometimes forgetting that not all of the audience is from their particular country or even continent.Quote:
Originally Posted by dragonrage
I agree with you that it definitely gets annoying, but people get used to it - I mean, remember "LOL"? Yeah, that shit is easy to remember now and is pretty universal on the net after being repeated to nearly infinity. Now you have shit like "IKR", "AFAIK", "OP", etc. and it definitely gets annoying because it's new, ambiguous and shouldn't even be considered as an acronym, but times change. In contrast, readers should also spend the 10 seconds to type it up on Google to see what the phrase means as well.
I'm not talking about "Lol", or other Aol; Aim counterparts. I'm talking about very obscure acronyms that can have multiple meaning or it doesn't exists when you google it (I have and it doesn't just take ten seconds). The only person who knows what it means is the person using it. My solutions; consider their opinion void, until they can communicate in a social setting.
Have you got any examples just so we can see how obscure these acronyms are?Quote:
Originally Posted by dragonrage
Sure I do. But I rather end this discussions here, because anytime I reply to your comments I have this undying urge to insult you. Which can be quite tedious and counterproductive, so for the sake of civility I choose to leave things as is because it's just an observation, further discussion doesn't change anything and because it is not worth the time and effort.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
Wow that is crazy extreme. Buff has made many good anime posts or some shit. God I can't even keep this up I don't read the anime forum.
That's a strategy for getting his attention. By claiming to not want to elaborate, he'll make Buff want it more. Then Buff will do anything to get him to talk. Anything.
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If you don't want to be civil we don't have to be. Just because a thread was deleted doesn't mean the opinions, stance and outlook disappeared. Did you not believe me what I said I lost all respect for you and I believe you're a Pedophile, Buff?
Kraco:
What's the point of Private messages or taking it to the Pit? Do you want things to become down right vindictive? The closest you can get to being civil is a mutual understanding of avoidance. My opinion of him is not going to change and I don't believe he is either.
Do you want me to create a thread just so I can "personal attack" him?
What I don't get is that people can't understand General Discussion threads aren't meant for personal attacks.Quote:
Originally Posted by dragonrage
Take it to the Pit or private messages.
Edit: Since there was apparently something left ambiguous, let me rephrase it: The topic is not open to discussion in this thread.
Kraco, Buffalobiian's champion and voice, who knew......
Enjoy,
Laters.
p.s. delete my posts as much as you like, doesn't make them any less true.
"birds of a feather....."
edit:
sigh* this is pointless.
To all those that use this thread for the intended purposes my apologies for it going off topic, which means I'm done and I'll try to keep my disdain for the "censored word" to a minimum.
Please pardon the intrusion.
What I don't get is the message behind the last few posts..can some one explain?
Did paypal just raise/add to the fees for currency conversions and such, or did they just spell it out more clearly?
They were the best way to pay in foreign currency by far. Now I'm not so sure.
I've also noticed merchants charging extra for paypal now like how restaurants charge for Amex.
I always thought that PayPal were profiting from their own currency conversion system that differ from banks or places where you can convert different currencies.
Hmm, not sure if this can help you, but this is the fee for paying customers:
https://www.paypal.com/ca/cgi-bin/ma...side&nav=0.0.5
As for merchants:
https://cms.paypal.com/ca/cgi-bin/ma.../merchant_fees
I'd say that you might be seeing a higher fee in your transactions because merchants are required to pay a fee for the transaction. Merchants will always say that they'll have to pass this fee along to their customers to pay for. In fact, I'm not too sure about Amex, but retailers and businesses lose a ton of money (100 times more than debit) when their customers use a premium credit card here in Canada. It wouldn't be surprising to see merchants passing the hefty credit card costs to their customers to make up for the loss because people aren't usually subjected to price discrimination via method of payment.
That's definitely the case. It's not like they snuck in or anything. The merchants will specify the surcharge for the payment option when it's time to choose on the site. It's just that I hadn't noticed them charging it before and simply swallowed the cost - and therefore wondered if paypal overall is jacking up their fees.Quote:
Originally Posted by Enkoujin
I did a personal transfer not too long ago on there and it also charged me a slight fee that did not used to exist.
Yeah, as much as I don't like it, it's up to the business how they wish to operate. What really puts me off a bit is how some smaller places don't even take debit cards. It's almost as inconvenient as going to a toilet without toilet paper (a norm in some countries, but not in mine).Quote:
It wouldn't be surprising to see merchants passing the hefty credit card costs to their customers to make up for the loss because people aren't usually subjected to price discrimination via method of payment.
Just watch True Grit from 2010. I don't get why this movie was rated so highly and critically acclaimed and all that. Boring movie from what I saw (I was playing Diablo 3 at the same time). It's a remake of what is supposed to be a classic, but it looked like a crappy western complete with stilted acting and corny lines.
It's all subjective. I actually enjoyed the 2010 version a lot more than the original.
Do you like any western movies?
I love westerns, or at least I did when I was younger, especially Clint Eastwood's movies. I think the last western I enjoyed was 3:10 to Yuma.Quote:
Originally Posted by fahoumh
The acting in True Grit was wooden, particularly the lead actress. And none of the characters were memorable or endearing. I'm surprised it garnered so much praise and dozens of awards. My only interest in it was that a classmate was an extra playing one of the townsfolk. I didn't pay enough attention to the movie to ever notice him in any scenes.
With you 100% Ani. I love westerns and the original True Grit was one of my favorite movies. I was really looking forward to the remake, especially since the remake of 3:10 to Yuma was so good, but True Grit was terrible. Jeff Bridges just did not capture what John Wayne was and whoever that actress was she was terrible.
true grit was a terrible movie....