Thanks to the 'Fesser's mom's taste for films about those she terms "the criminal element," the cinetrix caught a bit of Goodfellas on AMC last night. She still stands by the infamous "Goodfellas? Good movie!" assessment, but the experience left her more determined than ever to put the flick into semi-retirement and use Children of Men to talk to the kiddies about long takes this fall.
It also got her to thinking about motherfuckin' curse words because, you see, AMC slices them out of the audio track. Sometimes you can still watch a character's mouth form the word "fuck" like some at-bat baseball player who's just been drilled by an "errant" pitch. But with a voiceover-heavy flick like Goodfellas a lot of stuff also just... disappears.* I'm having a difficult time deciding whether it's an improvement over obvious f-word dubs like "frick" or "freak" [which, said together, make you sound like you've got a speech impediment and a costume on].
What do you think? Have a favorite ADR moment? Or candidates for movies rendered unwatchable in network television or basic cable versions? Filthy mouths and bad attitudes emphatically welcome in the comments.
*The day Henry gets busted also seemed to whiz by faster than usual. Maybe AMC gets the special "these aren't even my pants" version to cut down on the running time?
