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[alakaholic]

I'm not sure where to even start on what is wrong with this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHPAn8TRJbw&feature=player_embedded

I think I just threw up a little bit in my mouth!

Comments

[necaris]

How nice to see 19th century values in a 21st century film. It depresses me rather that Amy Adams chose such a role, she's seemed such sensible actress so far.

[alakaholic]

Indeed. And that's not even going into Matthew Goode's atrocious 'Oirish' accent, or the whole roadtrip from 'Cardiff, Wales' to 'Dublin, Ireland' (they're major cities, people, with like, airports and stuff).

[necaris]

Oh, I was just going to ignore that as - well - typical Americanisms.

We'll ignore the fact that there's at least a half-dozen other airports of significant size in Ireland and the UK that would be more sensible to divert to than Cardiff. Shannon, for instance, is the standard airport-of-last/first-resort-when-crossing-the-Atlantic for most airlines. Belfast is significantly closer to a great-circle route between Boston / New York / wherever in America they start and Dublin. Hell, on a great-circle route, *London* is very nearly the same distance off course as Cardiff...

[alakaholic]

Indeed. But it's not just the geographical nonsense, there's also the insinuation that Ireland is made up entirely of maybe 2 pubs, 5 old men and some cows. :P

[necaris]

Well, the geographical nonsense pisses me off because IIRC one of the nearest medium-sized towns to Shannon Airport is Limerick, which has the advantage of a recognizable (even to Americans) name and a fairly bucolic setting!!

But then I could go on about the racism inherent in portraying Ireland as a big picturesque farm so it's probably best you don't get me started ;-)

[alakaholic]

Quite, my sentiments exactly!