Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: About a boy

An average movie I daresay, I didn't appreciate the plot so much because it
gave me the impression (and the chills) I had already seen it... but on the
other hand I watched also the special contents of the dvd and I found a
funny trailer of a movie called "the guru" (About a boy was worth the while
then).
Has anyone watched it yet? 
I'd like to know whether that's a good bargain or it's acknowledged as the
worst flick on earth, I'd pay it only Ł5.99 and if you know anything you
consider better than "the guru" remember your point of view would is
welcome :)
Consider also I watched two movies with English actors (except Julia
Roberts) and I'd like to make a comparison between different kinds of
accents.
thanks =)
-- 
Yeah, whatever...

 worst flick on earth, I'd pay it only £5.99 and if you know anything you


I didn't watch it, but I read the novel last month (translated) and I must
confess... I liked it :-))))

thanks =)
I've seen The Guru, I thought it was alright, then again I thought
About a Boy was alright. What kind of film genre do you like?

 accents.
You wanna accents? Braveheart, Billy Elliot (paura!), Pulp Fiction, Snatch
(do you like dags?), Mad Max (the *original* Australian soundtrack), "Oh
Brother where Art Thou", "The Lord of the Rings", "8 Mile", and so on.
Attento però. Se fai troppa fatica a capire quello che dicono ti devi
appoggiare pesantemente ai sottotitoli e fai meno esercizio. Meglio
alternare film "puliti", di facile comprensione.
Ora, se non hai mai sentito la *vera* voce di Sean Connery, cerca di
sentirla. Trovo molto bella anche la voce di Clooney. Ah, cerca di sentire
anche la voce di Tom Hanks, molto particolare. Magari potresti spararti la
commediola "You've got mail". Io *adoro* la voce di Kiefer Sutherland,
soprattutto in "24", ma è una serie tv.
Devi vedere per la prima volta The Godfather come andrebbe visto.
Spettacolare De Niro. Al Pacino. Any Give Sunday.
Devi vedere Shrek in inglese. La voce di Cameron Diaz è bellissima. Anche
Cameron Diaz è bellissima. Mi è piaciuta moltissimo in Things You Can Tell
Just by Looking at Her.
E Friends. Ah, Friends. Joey che dice "how YOU doin'?". Chandler che dice
"Could I BE anymore...". Monica, ah, Monica che urla "I know" in falsetto.
E così via.
Sebastiano
-- 
Agent Jack Bristow : Your mother was sent to the United States to steal
secrets from a ranking officer of the C.I.A. How she and I happened to
meet, how she supposedly fell in love, I thought it was all true. But it
was just a set-up. 

 E così via.
utilissimo come sempre =)
grazie Sebba =)

 on".
Perfect, but I'd like to try the above mentioned movies first :)

That's the one. I thought the title was "the indian guru".
Absolutely hilarious, but they speak with an indian accent most of the time.


 Anche Cameron Diaz è bellissima.
Davvero? Ricordo solo la voce...
Le mie voci preferite: John Gielgud, Anthony Hopkins, Stephen Fry, Julie
Andrews, Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave (molto suadente). Americani: Robin
Williams, Kevin Kline.
Se ricordo bene, Russell Crowe ha una bella voce.
Ciao, FB
-- 
"What meaning of this, Mitter Twain?". "I will tell you, Mr Wang, if you
can tell me why a man who possesses one of the most brilliant minds of this
century can't say his prepositions or articles".
(Murder by Death)

 That's american, though. Very funny and I raccomend watching it.
"Recommend". Cambia amiche! (faccina sorridente) A meno che ne valga la
pena, sempre ai fini linguistici, per cosě dire.


 Se ricordo bene, Russell Crowe ha una bella voce.
Sì. Me lo ricordo in Gladiator, ad esempio.
Sebastiano
-- 
[While inspecting a suspicious mole on the Janitor's penis]
J.D. : Hmm... it looks benign.
Janitor : Yeah, 'bout nine, nine and half. 

 grazie Sebba =)
Preggo. No, meglio dire prego.
Sebastiano
-- 
Jack Bauer : George, as crazy as this may sound, you're going to have to
trust me. 

 Bull, Once Upon a Time in America, Godfellas, ecc.
Ah, Goodfellas: splendido.
Grande la voce di Ray Liotta: "Ever since I can rememeber I've always 
wanted to be a gangster. To me, being a gangster was better than being 
president of the United States...."
Very funny l'accento italoamericano di Joe Pesci.
Un grande film con un grande cast, un po' monocorde though (il cast)
di: Martin SCORSESE
con: Robert DE NIRO
      Ray LIOTTA
      Joe PESCI
      Paul SORVINO
      and so on....
:-)
Massimo



Ottimo film. "What do you mean I'm funny?" scena classica!