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Loved it, but there's one annoying flaw

posted 12 years ago by matisoff
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There was one obvious mistake that I thought that CEO made in the film. Why did he not hire a Somalian translator? It would have been extremely valuable during the negotation phone calls, and even while listening to the tapes of the negotiations after-hours. I'm sure there would have been some interesting information, and found it to be an uncharacteriscally bad move by the CEO.

Otherwise, I really enjoyed the film. Extremely tense - my theater was silent the entire way through!

[–] RepublicofE 10 years ago

I think it was a psychological thing. English is the language of the powerful. English is the language that the people who hold the keys conduct business in. And it also helps resolve the issue of deciding whether to speak Somali or Danish.

Beyond that, the makers probably figured it would make American viewers happy to have at least some significant portions of the film in their language.