Anyone ever try watching a Kevin Smith movie with the swearing censored?
Chasing Amy was on TV tonight – but all the swear words were replaced with, I suppose, what the people who decide these things considered more genteel words. But Chasing Amy, like all the Kevin Smith movies, is all about the dialogue, of course. And censoring it just plain ruins it. As my friend’s bro, Richard, says, “The movie starts, they’re signing comic books. The movie ends, they’re signing comic books. But where’s the rest of the movie? Where’s the whole middle?”
I mean, try watching an entire scene where they debate the definition of the word “fuck” but they can’t actually say the word.
Same with Godfather and Goodfellas.