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Old 03-06-2010, 10:24 AM
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Hold up guys - I know who's getting the oscar for best picture

It's this film.

Obvious when you think about it.
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Old 03-06-2010, 10:44 AM
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That's hysterical.
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Old 03-06-2010, 11:08 AM
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That's wonderful.
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Old 03-06-2010, 11:26 AM
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[Witty comment]
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Old 03-06-2010, 11:48 AM
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[praise to prove I watched the link]
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Old 03-06-2010, 12:40 PM
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Ho ho, friendly black optimistic advice.
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Old 03-06-2010, 12:54 PM
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Statement approving of its originality and hyperbole about the true comedic value.
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Old 03-06-2010, 12:59 PM
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The young lab guy from CSI as a retard and the stalker chick from Flight of the Conchords in a lesbian kissing scene - I'd see this in IMAX.
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Old 03-06-2010, 01:36 PM
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[comment about the effective potential of good editing]
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Old 03-06-2010, 02:11 PM
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Use of samples from preexisting high-quality motion picture score to create a positive aesthetic impression, and gloss over any problems with the footage itself!

The [nobility] is stupid and bad, and at best is out of touch with the [peasants]! Note that [nobility] may include the audience itself by implication!
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Old 03-06-2010, 02:48 PM
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[comment showing that I'm jumping on the bandwagon of acclaim for this film early]
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Old 03-06-2010, 03:09 PM
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[glowing five-word quote from a critic you never heard of, probably just saying"Catch Phrase - You'll Love It!"]
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Old 03-06-2010, 04:53 PM
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Obligatory thumbs up!
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Old 03-06-2010, 06:08 PM
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[Adequate Amount of Foreplay]
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Old 03-06-2010, 06:51 PM
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Looks like a rip-off of [cult favorite film that wasn't nominated last year]
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Old 03-06-2010, 07:55 PM
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Sneering contempt for popular movie and mention of obscure film to display my hipness.
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Old 03-06-2010, 08:01 PM
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Sneering contempt for popular movie and mention of obscure film to display my hipness.
I was also into [Obscure Film] before it's style became mainstream.
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Old 03-06-2010, 11:20 PM
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[decries amount of violence and irresponsible sex displayed in film]
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Old 03-06-2010, 11:28 PM
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[points out that the violence was ironic and the sex was a feminist political statement]
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Old 03-06-2010, 11:39 PM
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I haven't seen it yet but I have a snobby and snarky opinion of it.
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Old 03-06-2010, 11:51 PM
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[Condescending attempt to tear the plot apart because it's not an Indie film shown at Sundance. ]

[Scorn, scorn, scorn.]
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Old 03-07-2010, 01:07 AM
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[near-tearful rebuttal about how movies are fun, and if I wanted "real life" I'd stay at home]
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Old 03-07-2010, 01:43 AM
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[...Nothing of substance, I just wanna write something in brackets]

Brackets for everyone!
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Old 03-07-2010, 01:51 AM
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[shows disdain for the popularity of this production]
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Old 03-07-2010, 04:26 AM
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[standard Yakov Smirnov reversal joke]
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Old 03-07-2010, 04:43 AM
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[Bracketed* comment]

*[Brackets are way cooled than parentheses.]
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Old 03-07-2010, 07:25 AM
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[Dismissive admission of a lack of amusement after four minutes]
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Old 03-07-2010, 07:44 AM
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[Hitler reference]
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Old 03-07-2010, 08:05 AM
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[Post mentioning Godwinning]
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Old 03-07-2010, 08:28 AM
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Catchphrase!
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Old 03-07-2010, 08:34 AM
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Catchphrase!
[Laughter with a hint of pathos at underlying tragedy of the situation]
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Old 03-07-2010, 09:01 AM
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[Sarcastic comment]
SPOILER:
[Predicting how the movie ends based on footage shown in trailer]

[A smiley stating the poster is rolling his eyes in a sarcastic manner]
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Old 03-07-2010, 09:19 AM
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[Obnoxious insertion of thread-shitting, non-sequitur, political jab]

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Old 03-07-2010, 09:28 AM
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Catchphrase!
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Old 03-07-2010, 10:33 AM
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[Query about whether a perfectly-suited song appears on the soundtrack, though I could have looked it up for myself on IMDB.]
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Old 03-07-2010, 11:19 AM
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[Mildly snarky post in tone of superiority about seeing this on Fark earlier than the OP.]
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Old 03-07-2010, 11:26 AM
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[Link to YouTube parody]
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Old 03-07-2010, 11:30 AM
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[Post that contributes nothing to thread, quoting previous post and "This."]
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Old 03-07-2010, 11:48 AM
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Absolutely accurate!
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Old 03-07-2010, 12:24 PM
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[post saying "what, nobody's mentioned ... before" when, in fact, it was mentioned in the OP]

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Old 03-07-2010, 12:26 PM
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[Patronizing comment pointing out that previous comment was already mentioned in the OP]
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Old 03-07-2010, 12:28 PM
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Old 03-07-2010, 01:13 PM
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[Monty Python quote that uses one word similar to 'Catch Phrase']
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Old 03-07-2010, 03:04 PM
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[guy who accidentally posted in wrong thread]
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Old 03-07-2010, 04:47 PM
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Post sneering that I saw this years ago, when it was called [Film That Won Academy Award]
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Old 03-07-2010, 06:04 PM
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[Post about how I probably won't see this film because I don't like Acadamy Award actor's political views and how he was a jerk on [Talk show with host] and how he was bad to [friend of my secons cousins's dogwalkers sisters friend] one time]
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Old 03-07-2010, 06:35 PM
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[Post I find somewhat witty that I look forward to maybe getting a reply to, but most likely becomes the last post of the thread]
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Old 03-07-2010, 07:23 PM
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[post responding to previous poster 2 years after thread had died]
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Old 03-07-2010, 09:16 PM
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[Naive criticism, misquote, forced pun, cynical dismissal, subtle evidence of complete misapprehension of theme]

ETA: [Wait, I was thinking of [similar film released ten years ago]]
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Old 03-08-2010, 04:29 AM
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[Post criticizing the movie for something that shows that I wasn't paying attention because it was, in fact, explained in the film]
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