The kid...
Did anyone else think the son was extremely annoying talking in a spanish accent? I would never let a nanny do that to my son. It was funny when he said SpongeRoberto though.
shareYes, I found him extremely annoying too. It's obvious the nanny/maid is raising the child.
shareI think that was the point. To emphasize that Dick and Jane were so busy, that the nanny was more of an influence than his parents. I personally thought it was funny, especially the line "What are you doing with the teleVision?" Hehe, cute kid.
shareI was hoping the kid would get hit by a car or something.
shareeverything you don´t like... you wanna kill it. who are you? bush?
the kid´s accent was the best thing in the movie. a great critic tou all you parents who are too busy working to buy that new cell phone with a vibrator and a capuccino machine in it.
the kid was hilarious.
shareI HATED the movie -- thought it was hopelessly lame and couldn't handle Jim Carrey's overacting -- but thought the kid's accent was the only funny thing in it! Showed how Dick and Jane were so caught up in their materialism that the Nanny was the biggest influence.
shareMaybe it would be good for a kid to learn a foreign language?
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He wasn't just learning the language, he was speaking with the Spanish accent ALL THE TIME, and that annoyed me to watch. If I were the kid's parent and i did nothing to stop this, after a while, the kid would start wearing a Sombrero(i don't know how that's spelled) and hanging out with illegal aliens, and as a father, that would upset me. I mean it would just irritate me that my son, at a young age, was convinced he was something he wasn't, just because he was spending too much time with my Spanish nanny. I have nothing wrong with Spanish people, they're a great race, and good hearted. The boy's character doing what he was doing kinda annoyed me a little. I also felt like the Dick and Jane shouldn't have been doing what they were doing. I mean, they had no choice at the end, but if i knew i could easily be arrested and spend the rest of my life in jail and i had an innocent child i left behind, the guilt would tear me apart. Only if i had no children, would me and my wife commit burglary and robbery.
"Imagination is the Figment"
Obviously if they were arrested the nanny would continue raising him. lol. I also enjoyed reading your subtle racism. "Wearing a sombrero and hanging out with illegal aliens" as a result of speaking in a "Spanish accent" lmao.
[/quote] I mean it would just irritate me that my son, at a young age, was convinced he was something he wasn't, just because he was spending too much time with my Spanish nanny. [/quote]
This is all hilarious to me lol, my step dad once said something along these lines, more like "just because your always around those white kids, you don't have to act like one"
LoL, for me though, it wasn't because I didn't hang around other black kids much, except my closest friend, who talked like me, it was because I actually payed attention in class, I can still remember my English teacher's green paper walled colored classroom, where I found my favorite candy, Smarties.
But yeah, in most situations, if your in that environment, you adapt, the kid did.
And of course he could never be Spanish, I could never be white, the thing is the whole idea shows how much skin color is irrelevant to who you are as a person, except for what your environment molds you into being.
And there's no such thing as being another race, it's illogical, I'm one of a kind, of course, I'm judged at Jrock concerts, at anime conventions, just about anything where there are only like two black guys and maybe more black girls, but if that's the price I have to pay for being me, then so be it.
spidysense: "I have nothing wrong with Spanish people"
spidysense 2 second earlier: "the kid would start wearing a sombrero and hanging out with illegal aliens"
I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you were an idiot 11 year old when you wrote that but that is still the dumbest and most racist thing I have ever had the misfortune to read.
so he's bush since he wants to destroy everything...
you want everything to conform to you...
who are you, chavez?
;)
When the thought police start on Bush, I always get a laugh.
A few years ago, I was assigned by our mayor to work on a project with the local Democrat and Republican Parties, and I quickly realized that Democrat "free speech" didn't extend past the slogans on their T-shirts (save the whales, save the rainforest, save the snail-darter).
At the GOP headquarters, anything and everything was discussed; folks disagreed, but with a sense of humor, and worked together well. Topics included candidates and campaigns, but also sports, grandkids, books, and restaurants. No one was offended, no apologies were necessary; the atmosphere was open and relaxed.
At the Democrat headquarters, conversations were guarded; folks were offended, apologies were necessary, and clarifications as to the "meaning" of statements were common. Many times it was necessary for a "neutral" party to negotiate a peace. It became bizarre over time.
The Republicans rarely spoke of Democrats, except for specifics, such as "The Dems will be supporting HB-123 because it affects public schools." However, the Dems talked about the Republicans non-stop, and used disgusting gutter gossip that implied ugly stuff, without regard for truth. Some Dems even made up lies about Republicans and called them “jokes” yet the Republicans never gossiped or said anything bad about the Democrats. [The exception was Bill Clinton; much was said about him, but that did not extend to anyone else.] The Democrats assumed that the Republicans were talking about them, when they were not. As a result, the atmosphere at the Democrat headquarters was poisonous, nasty, negative, suspicious, and very little was accomplished. Conversely, the atmosphere at the Republican headquarters was happy, cheerful, and productive.
As a result, it was easier to work with the Republicans; the Democrats were jealous of each other, suspicious of each other, and always at each other’s throats.
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Best comment ever.
Great movie as well. Pacing, style, plenty of humor, perfect Carrey vehicle and Tea is always a delight.
Really? Oh, my God, the part when Dick and Jane were taking the TV to the car, and the kid threw a fit in the accent? I wanted to kill him. If I, personally, was there, i would pick the kid up in the air, look him in the eye, and be like, "WOULD YOU STOP TALKING WITH THAT ACCENT, YOU ARE NOT SPANISHHHH!!!!!!"
"Imagination is the Figment"
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haha.
that is my favorite line in the movie.
YEA I HATED THE KID.
I WOULDA BEAT THE NANNY WIT A BROOMSTICK IF SHE DID THAT TO MY SON !
LOL JK
they were obviously trying to bring up an issue that has become big among rich families-- both parents work or the father works and the mother goes out shopping all day. they dump the kids at day care or leave them with a nanny who is basically raising the kid. wasn't he being home schooled by her too or something? i haven't seen the movie in a while.
plus they probably wanted to put that scene in with ICE in so much and having the kid know Spanish. remember when they called his house to confirm he was telling the truth and the kid answered the phone and was speaking spanish.lol...and it sounded like he was speaking with an accent because he was hit in the face...