The Castle
Mr. Cranky's rating:
The real world is filled with enough idiots. I don't need my cinematic worlds filled with them too.
This is a cheapo Australian film that looks like it was made with a video camera. It takes "quaint" to that sort of uncomfortable level where admiring the resiliency of a poor but proud family mutates into the desperate hope that any newfound wealth won't lead them into moving next to you.The title refers to the old saying "A man's home is his castle," an idea that the Kerrigans of Cooloroo, Australia, take way too far. Basically, they're a family of proud morons, which is apparently supposed to be endearing. Every aspect of life is something to behold. Thus patriarch Darryl (Michael Caton) revels in his wife's (Anne Tenney) mediocre cooking, son Steve's (Anthony Simcoe) bargain-hunting, and whatever else can distract him from the realization he's dumber than a bag of hair.
They live right next to an airport, and Darryl couldn't figure out when he bought the place why it was such a bargain, because no one sat him down and explained that huge zoomzooms = noise. This is what's supposed to be endearing about him. He's a blithering idiot with tremendous pride in his stupidity, which means you can bet that he and his dullard wife are as fertile as roaches. Naturally, when the airport wants to expand and uses the law to force the Kerrigans out, Darryl won't budge. Not for any amount of money. Hell, he's too busy breedin'.
The limited scope of the Kerrigans' lives is supposed to be funny, but it's really just kind of depressing. They are creatures of habit, and as a result, much of the film's humor relies on how many times somebody can repeat a particular phrase. Darryl asks Steve how much somebody wants for something, then responds, "He's dreamin'." This happens about a dozen times with about a dozen different phrases -- by which time I really wanted to beat the lot of them to death with a thesaurus. The real world is filled with enough idiots. I don't need my cinematic worlds filled with them too.
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a big pile of shit JohnBoy19
You're Dreamin The_Editor
Ya Ever Notice? Death-Card
Public Apology to Jessalyn Leyra Karen_G
ADDRESS OF THE CASTLE (STOOPID)
THE CASTLE (STOOPID)
The Castle kicks ass!!!!! (Roxy_babe)
its supposed to look amatuer you moron (doris_day)
Cranky, those who live in glass houses shouldn't call the kettle black. (namatjere)
Out of respect, I am posting up here--my prayers are with him as well. <NT> (CreepFreakLoser)
My 19 year old son has to have a mastectomy... (mendo)
Reposting in a new thread...something from a friend of mine... (Wulfgar010)
Well! (Bureaucrat)
Loved "The Castle"-hate this forum (frisky)
DAN STEELY'S ENCORE (Chuck_Daniels)
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....yeah. (AtOmIc_HiPpIe)
Aussie on Aussie. (Pillgrin)
Hmmm (Ken_Kaminski)
Try walking a mile before ranting about Welfare (Metanoia)
One more time (X-MAN)
Re: Try walking a mile before ranting about Welfare (Metanoia)
More (X-MAN)
the "indigenous people" were savages (X-MAN)
Define savages......... (Metanoia)
Do you have any idea (Tick)
Actually its all objective (X-MAN)
Wulfgar soars to brilliant new levels on the Offend-O-Meter (speaker4dead)
whoah, slander-o-meter just went off the scales! (Masterless)
oops! I meant X-man! (speaker4dead)
Scalping (Zorro)
Zorro (Junk_Yard_Dog)
Korean war was not pointless! Without it we wouldn't have MASH! N/T (Aussiejim)
Re: Try walking a mile before ranting about Welfare (mendo)
Thanks Tom; you's all right! <nt> (Metanoia)
X-ie, just so's you know... (Metanoia)
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I forgot all about the 'Native' Americans! (Slim_Shady)
Savages (Tinkerbell)
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Clearing up a few things, part deux (Richard_B_Bernstein)
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Historical revisionism (Darkly_Wet)
Speaker4dead's Historical revisionism (Darkly_Wet)
Accidentaly leave out two words and your entire argument crumbles... (speaker4dead)
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Where some of my exasperation comes from (Tick)
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My 2 cents... (Bureaucrat)
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Richard's ommission (Tinkerbell)
speaker4dead... (Wulfgar010)
Welfare is really just a legal form of theft... (grundle)
Welfare CAUSES poverty... (grundle)
Many politicians would prefer poeple to be on welfare instead of working... (grundle)
Here's what Franklin D. Roosevelt said about welfare... (grundle)
grundel's post requires a rebuttal (Nicky)
Tinkerbell and grundle (Richard_B_Bernstein)
Nicky... (grundle)
Richard... (grundle)
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I am also against CORPORATE welfare... (grundle)
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A few things (speaker4dead)
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speaker... (Wulfgar010)
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Judge Judy (Slim_Shady)
W-2, Thompson the assface, and cultural evil (Bickle)
Agreed, O Bickle... (Wulfgar010)
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Tinkerbell, Richard... (Nicky)
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JYD (Shakesmear)
Re: Where some of my exasperation comes (Sweetness_and_Light)
Richard, Slim Shady, and Bickle... (grundle)
Judge Judy and homeless people (Tick)
And, BTW (Tick)
After my first year or so in the D.C. Metro Area... (Wulfgar010)
Re: Judge Judy and homeless people (Sweetness_and_Light)
Don't bet me (Tick)
Wellllll....I dunno about blow-jobs... (Wulfgar010)
Now, Wulfgar... (Tick)
Oh, that's better, I could HANDLE that... (Wulfgar010)
$2.50, same as in town (Sweetness_and_Light)
Well.... (Tick)
Well-l-l-l-l...(dubiously) (Wulfgar010)
At some point in this latest bit of the thread... (Bureaucrat)
Oh, and... (Bureaucrat)
Death by Fellatio... (Wulfgar010)
Re: Try walking a mile before ranting about Welfare (Slugba)
Re: FDR..the New Deal mentality.. (hahahohiney)
I AM OUTTA HERE! (Dan_Steely)
Everything about this movie makes me cringe (Tinkerbell)
Belated birthday wish (The_Redundant_One)
My shocking true story. (Bort)
CASTLE....why americans even bother (wetfires)
THEY CUt OUT THE GOOD Bits? (wetfires)
AO : Australians only (wetfires)
This movie will suck for americans!!! (wetfires)
Gotta real job........um, sort of. (Metanoia)
Another poll (Ken_Kaminski)
A bad idea for a Crankyland poll (Ken_Kaminski)
What do you think of this quote from a welfare recipient? (grundle)
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This is why (Junk_Yard_Dog)
There will always be those (Discord)
"There will always be those..." (Richard_B_Bernstein)
Oh grundle... I have a present for you... (Earth_First)
RBB, did I say that? (skilly)
Richard, two things (Junk_Yard_Dog)
Yeah? Well, I'm sick of the human debris (Tick)
Here's what I think of the quote... (grundle)
I knew a girl (Discord)
Tick and grundle (skilly)
There are indeed some people who are incapable of caring for themselves... (grundle)
Welfare is being overhauled. (Jack-Em-Up_JACKAL)
various things (Richard_B_Bernstein)
Correct, Richard (convenor)
Thanks, convenor (Richard_B_Bernstein)
Yet another topic about which I know nothing (Ken_Kaminski)
Welfare (Siren)
Only four kids? (Sammy)
You know. (xyz)
Another thing, grundle. (xyz)
xyz (Siren)
Well... (Wulfgar010)
"Human debris..." (Nastenka)
Re: What do you think of this quote from a welfare recipient? (Skutter)
Re: What do you think of this quote from a welfare recipient? (Bort)
Just how serious can you take any party who... (Junk_Yard_Dog)
I think... (X-MAN)
And whatever you think of grundle.. (X-MAN)
see what happens... (timleary)
Lyndon LaRouche is NOT a Libetarian... (grundle)
Oops! I misspelled the word "Libertarian." (grundle)
X-MAN, I appreciate it when you're polite, but Richard is NOT a communist.. (grundle)
The idea about LaRouche (Junk_Yard_Dog)
xyz... (grundle)
A lot of people mock grundle's ideas (Discord)
grundle (Siren)
Re: What do you think of this quote from a welfare recipient? (Zorro)
Various things. (Richard_B_Bernstein)
Voluntary Welfare (Slim_Shady)
Sorry Slim (Discord)
If people don't want to part with their money, why make them? *nt* (Slim_Shady)
Slim (Zorro)
Slim.. (Siren)
Heck, we already sponsor charity... (Slim_Shady)
Siren... (grundle)
Each individual's rights are not absolute, grundle... (Wulfgar010)
Wulfgar010... (grundle)
Wrong answer... (Wulfgar010)
Grundle (Junk_Yard_Dog)
Oh, and grundle...? (Wulfgar010)
Wulfgar and JYD... (grundle)
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Well (Junk_Yard_Dog)
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Because, Richard (Junk_Yard_Dog)
Okay grundle... (Siren)
Wage controls (Tinkerbell)
Siren, here are my outrageous thoughts on education (Discord)
Discord... (Siren)
Siren (Richard_B_Bernstein)
Speaking of tobacco. (gnosticdogma)
Oh yeah... (gnosticdogma)
gnostic.... (Siren)
re: taxes on cigs & school vouchers... (mendo)
Student Bodies. (gnosticdogma)
I'm doing what my mommy told me not to do! (Discord)
Lets consider this... (Siren)
Yer right, Siren... (Wulfgar010)
Siren... (grundle)
Richard... (grundle)
oh, boy. (Richard_B_Bernstein)
re LaRouche and Libertarians' views of political action (Richard_B_Bernstein)
Well, thanks Siren (Discord)
JYD... (grundle)
Best idea yet. (gnosticdogma)
She WAS being sarcastic, I'm sure... (Wulfgar010)
Yeah, gnostic! (Discord)
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Discord in jail... (Wulfgar010)
Ha ha! (Discord)
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Teenagers (Tinkerbell)
When I heard the title... (Beast)
Mr. Cranky brings up an interesting point. (Nicky)
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What the fuck is "The Castle"? (Skim_Shaky)
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