22 Responses for "2009 Profanity Reel"

1. Paul Outlaw February 21st, 2009 at 10:20 am 1

   Define profanity.

2. Ryan Adams February 21st, 2009 at 11:06 am 2

   “Milk wins by a long way, not just because of the profanity but because it looks like the best film of the five when chopped up like this.”

   There are a dozen ways to slice and dice these films and have Milk emerge looking like the best of the five.

   Not to be mean — because I do love Slumdog — but the editing in this clip isn’t a lot different from Slumdog’s editing in the theater.

3. Say NO To Ben Button! February 21st, 2009 at 11:07 am 3

   Why is the word “homosexual” or “gay” profanity? That is kind of…off putting. This reel was actually quite interesting. It made me realize

   1. I hate Ben Button even more than I thought I did.
   2. I liked The Reader more than I thought I did.
   3. Frost/Nixon is a lot better and more interesting than I remembered (that was the second movie in a row I had seen that day. Maybe that wasn’t fair).
   4. I am 100% comfortable with asserting that Slumdog is clearly the best of these 5.

4. Haifa February 21st, 2009 at 11:28 am 4

   That was……sort of stupid.

5. Paul Outlaw February 21st, 2009 at 11:39 am 5

   Haifa, do you mean the video or comment #3?

6. glimmer February 21st, 2009 at 11:39 am 6

   Paul Outlaw

   Define profanity

   profanity, is what you do when your fave loses on oscar night/or doesn’t get a nom.

7. glimmer February 21st, 2009 at 11:43 am 7

   the idea of this reel is further proof that in bruges should have been up for best picture.

8. Paul Outlaw February 21st, 2009 at 11:47 am 8

   @ Glimmer:
   “profanity, is what you do when your fave loses on oscar night/or doesn’t get a nom.”

   According to these clips I guess that means you would run around puking and yelling “Homosexuality!”
   

9. glimmer February 21st, 2009 at 11:50 am 9

   ah, the secret code revealed/thanks paul !!!

10. ML February 21st, 2009 at 12:29 pm 10

    Reminded me how deserving Sean Penn is for Best Actor

11. eegah February 21st, 2009 at 12:29 pm 11

    Milk and The Reader rock so much.

12. Noah February 21st, 2009 at 12:50 pm 12

    Ugh, that Ben Button F bomb is even more cringe-worthy and forced the second time around.

13. Jake February 21st, 2009 at 2:01 pm 13

    Haha. Milk was the funniest.

14. jennybee February 21st, 2009 at 2:02 pm 14

    The profanity chosen here is all about context; the terms “gay” and “homosexual” were considered pretty much dirty words in that time (much the way they are still in certain demographics). I do not think the creator of this video intended to slur homosexuality in the Milk clips any more than he or she intended to slur children in the Reader clips where Kate Winslet repeatedly says, “Kid” and makes it sound dirty.

    Milk is the best of these, profanity or no. I haven’t seen Frost/Nixon, but I enjoyed all of the others. But Milk is the best of the bunch.

    Though WALL-E and The Dark Knight still own them all. (I’d be curious to see a profanity reel for WALL-E, lol, all bleeps and Eve explosions.)

15. Sasha Stone February 21st, 2009 at 2:03 pm 15

    Why is the word “homosexual” or “gay” profanity?

    Yeah, I know, I thought of that. I don’t know why it is here other than to think of it being used as a slur, eg ‘faggot.’ But I agree with your questioning it.

16. Zach February 21st, 2009 at 2:11 pm 16

    BEELZEBUB!

17. Cinnamon Life February 21st, 2009 at 2:22 pm 17

    “Let the motherfuckers choke” is definitely my “I drink your milkshake” for 2008.

18. Ryan Adams February 21st, 2009 at 2:28 pm 18

    In the strictest fundamentalist sense, profane is anything irreligious, “unholy heathen” as the dictionary defines it. Profanity as an obscenity is only the #3 definition of profane.

    Obviously whoever put this together and titled it had his tongue in cheek when including “kid” as a profanity.

    I like glimmer’s definition and Paul’s elaboration.
    As for some of the descriptive nouns in Milk, one person’s profanity is another person’s hobby.

19. Sasha Stone February 21st, 2009 at 2:47 pm 19

    “Let the motherfuckers choke”

    It never really caught on but it was among my favorite moments of the year.

20. Ryan Adams February 21st, 2009 at 2:54 pm 20

    “Let the motherfuckers choke”
    It never really caught on but it was among my favorite moments of the year.

    One of the few moments in the film that felt to me like any genuine Charles Foster Kane meglomania. That’s Nixon as I’ve always imagined him. Not the prissy, dependent, weepy old softie we saw in 80% of the rest of the movie.

21. jwright40 February 21st, 2009 at 3:15 pm 21

    Funny that they used “beelzebub”, “kid”, “odd”, and “God”, as well as “gay” & all the rest they chose in ‘Milk’. I have not seen ‘Frost/Nixon’ because given that it will go home empty-handed tomorrow, it can wait for Netflix: but just to say that it’s interesting how so many of the scenes caught here took place in a dark room. Who hangs out in dark rooms all the time? Of course I’m being facetious; with Ron Howard at the helm, anything is possible.

    As other have said, this, IMO, is a serviceable reminder that ‘Milk’ is far & away the best film of the bunch. Even 30 seconds of ‘Button’ made my eyelids droop.

22. glimmer February 21st, 2009 at 3:26 pm 22

    thanks ryan !

    and this will get me killed/but do you want to party like a fireman ? (or whatever the exact quote was) from the wrestler was a big moment for me.

    each year the award season should produce a phrase that could be a potential pick up line/ as we learned from milk you’ve got to give them hope .