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Things I learned from Blown Away

posted 13 years ago by Mccadoo
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Even good actors (Tommy Lee Jones, Jeff Bridges) can turn in just horrible performances from time to time.

People from Boston talk funny (this came as a particular surprise because I'm from Boston and no one I know, or have ever met, talks that way!)

Suzy Amis and Lauren Holley used to look exactely alike, Suzy married better though...

Movie companies hire technical experts, but they don't listen to them

Apparently not everything in a plot needs to make sense, or even show continuety

Forrest Whitaker's character is a hot shot bomb disposal guy although, no one seems to know why

Having your Dad in a movie with you is not always a good idea

It's not at all unusual for someone to leave a rusting old freighter just lying around in a major seaport like Boston Harbor

Some movies that have good casts and look promising turn out just awful, for all sorts of reasons

RIP Caitlin Clarke

[–] puzzled-daily 12 years ago

Where in Boston do you live? I'm guessing you're one of those people "from Boston," from 45 miles away. That or you're extremely sheltered, that you've never heard the accents (not that I'm saying the movie does the accent justice, of course.)

[–] spudjustice 12 years ago

Boomer knows where bouncing betties are.
You pledge allegiance with your right hand.
You only have to cut the string.
Don't put your hands in a sack of crabs.
The name Anthony has 3 syllables.
It's easier to dodge bullets than bombs.
Don't sneak up on a man when he's fishing.
You go to the restroom to choke the old snake.
U2 is an Irish band.
Beware of big dogs.

Did you just throw a burrito out your window?

[–] Daverat 12 years ago

I leanred that:
Tommy Lee Jones can play a mean version of the Lucky Charms Leprechaun who whilst on LSD likes to blow things & people up instead of searching for magically delicious cereal.

[–] shantytown1212 12 years ago

There are more dialects spoken in the Boston Bomb Squad than in the United Nations.

Derelict ships always have ready source of electricity.

If you don't know which wire to cut in a bomb just take a guess and you'll be correct all the time.

Running towards a bombsite yelling "NOOOOO!!" at the top of your lungs will not cause anyone to stop what they are doing.

"Crab theater" is the best way to calm down a nervous mother and her child.

U2 cassettes cost a dollar.

Hot dog vendors at Fenway Park have information on international terrorists.

In Northern Ireland in the 70's everything was in black and white.

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[–] spookyrat1 11 years ago

I learned that:
Escaped Irish terrorists are able to find handy abandoned, electrically-powered freighters in Boston to hang out in, whereas local homeless Bostonians can't.

Police janitor pay in Boston must be really good, as it allowed Ryan to purchase unlimited supplies of C4, motion sensors, detonators etc. without obviously worrying too much about background security checks.

Boston police security checks on their cleaning staff have to be somewhat lax.

Irish terrorists with leg injuries are able to move (assumedly) unconscious victims out of pub toilets, into the open and rig them with extremely complicated layers of explosives without assistance and being seen by any one.

[–] Angel_Of_My_Heart 9 years ago

Its perfectly acceptable to let your little girl wander around unsupervised on the beach after finding out there's a psychopathic bomber stalking your family.

[–] HowYaLikeDemApplesWill 9 years ago

"People from Boston talk funny (this came as a particular surprise because I'm from Boston and no one I know, or have ever met, talks that way!)"

And people with a house reeking of cat piss, don't smell it either....

Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?

[–] Bullingdon 9 years ago

When teaching a class on bomb diffusal, coaxing idiot students to step on a bouncing Betty paint bomb is totally cool. Gets laughs and high fives instead of fired.