At 07:59 AM 7/19/01, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>Ronn Blankenship wrote:
> >
> > Blooper alert:
> >
> > Right after they discover the parasail, it sounded to me as
> > though T�a Leoni seems to get the names of her son and
> > her boyfriend mixed up. I wonder why they left that in
> > there, since it would seem to be something
> > they could have fixed in about five minutes in post by
> > redubbing the line.
> >
>Maybe because mixing names in a stressful situation *adds*
>realism to the movie. I've caught myself more than once
>calling my kids by two wrong names before I fix it.
>My grandmother always called me by my father's name,
>until I became old enough that she began calling me
>by my name [which was my grandfather's name, BTW]
I'm sure that's the explanation they'll give, but when you see it, you'll
notice that it seems more like a blooper than an attempt to be profound
(which, after all, would be totally out of keeping with the rest of the film).
-- Ronn! :)
who frequently calls his cats by each other's names, too . . .