10.05.09 AWESOME: FOREIGN DVD SYNOPSIS FAIL
When you buy bootleg DVDs in foreign countries (or in New York, for that matter), you never really know what you’re going to get. Especially when it comes to things like subtitles, synopses, and DVD jacket copy. Bootleggers pretty much grab whatever they have access to, and when they don’t speak English… well, this happens. It’s from the back of a Year One DVD that a friend of mine who’s stationed in Iraq recently bought. Here’s the text:
Jack Black and Michael Cera playing themselves, yeah, where was that even considered funny? Now I absolutely adore these actors, Michael was a great choice in Superbad and Juno and Jack Black has proved he can do great comedy like Tropic Thunder and a good dramatic role like King Kong, even a more calm character like he played in The Holiday. But the main problem? They have no chemistry! You have this wild outgoing maniac who is eating poop(eeeew!) and the calm awkward overly shy nerd who pees on himself(eeew!) and what do you have? Every elementary school joke that could be put into a movie, Year One could have been written by a five year old and proves that top list actors will do anything for those millions that they make.
That’s right, the copy they used to sell a movie not only came from an IMDB user review, but an extremely negative one that rated it a 1 out of 10. It was written by “kristinedrama14″, who I’m guessing is in high school. And they left out some of the best parts of the review. The last sentence:
Stay as far away from this trash as you can, this film should be used only to torture possible terrorists into telling the US where they hide their nuclear weapons.
And considering who ended up buying it, who knows, it may come in handy in that regard.
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AWESOME: FOREIGN DVD SYNOPSIS FAIL
urkel salutes kristinedrama14
I can’t believe they put the poop eating spoiler in the synopsis.
My bootleg copy of “The Hangover” has a synopsis in the back that reads:
“Dude. Fuckin’ awesome, bro.”
I’m still pissed about that poop eating spoiler….
George W. Bush wants to use this film to find out where terrorists hide their nucular weapons.
Maybe, Jack Black’s shit eating grin would have been a foresight to the poop eating…
Kristinedrama14 is a little to old for Roman Polanski.
My synopsis for this movie would be as followed:
“It’s like Superbad and Nacho Libre fucked.”
I notice this synopsis did not keep your friend from buying the DVD.
No, he bought it because of the synopsis.
I don’t really think it’s fair for them to generalize so quickly in this synopsis. There are a lot of things to consider (diet, excercise, age, medical history, presence of jelly fish) before determine the “Eww!” factor that’s derived from pooping or peeing on one’s self.
hehe
*splooge*
Damn, I knew soldiers were awesome for more than just defending us lazy assholes back home.
With all the elementary school jokes in it, this would be a perfect date movie for me.
How much is shipping from Iraq???
Dor sho gha! All of the sudden black vans and SUVs pulled up…guy’cha!, some of these dudes have guns!!! The Mighty Feklahr wonders who the poor bastard is that is…
I knew a Kristinedrama14 once. She turned me onto a place where I could meet other tall singles, then stole my identity and force-fed me saltwater.
I’d buy this DVD just to make my High School Musical DVDs think I’d gone batshit crazy.
In
MyanmarBurma, they take IMDB reviews of ‘Saw’ and slap them on DVD covers for ‘Rambo’.In Thailand, ‘Bangkok Dangerous’ is known as ‘Nic Cage Fucks up Downtown’.
Kristinedrama14 is what Roman Polanski calls that chick he used to date.
Son of a bitch. I hate you Chino. I’m half awake. I think I stepped on your joke. That’s what I get for not reading the comments.
America not immune to this; apparently nobody got that Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon was very big joke.
Every elementary school joke in one movie huh? I no remember seeing any of my countrymen holding a Coke in that movie.
I once buy copy of ‘It’s Noon Here’ in Shanghai. What’s wrong with Owen Wilson’s nose?
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