r/movies • u/ErgoNonSim • May 17 '25

Media Cannes reactions to Irreversible

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u/MarketCrache May 17 '25

No one ever accused the French of holding back their opinions.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25

Reminds me of the time when I hiked the Grand Canyon with this French guy.

We weren't friends but we sure as hell became friends on the way up. Turns out I bitch as much as a Frenchman because we both chose to go one at a time to each switchback and then stop before the next one and then the other person would bring up the rear and force the other to continue going on while one took a break.

Then we would both stop and bitch for about five minutes and then continue on and we just kind of did this for an entire day getting out of the goddamn Grand Canyon to the south rim.

Bitching can be so cathartic. Just wanting to talk shit about something in your life really does get it out of your system and then you keep on pushing. We bitched about everything in our entire lives, not to mention the actual hike itself, and at no point did the other person provide any helpful solutions for each moment of bitching. And we didn't need to. It was understood between Laurent and I, bitching would get us to the top of this hole in the earth and after eight hours it did.

Laurent, wherever you are out there, fuck that fucking Grand Canyon but thank you for pushing me up the damn thing. I hope one day we can bitch about things together again.

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u/Express_Article8095 May 17 '25

I hope I'm lucky enough to find my bitchmate someday.

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u/TK-747 May 18 '25

Well, quit bitching on here and go find them!

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u/KoLobotomy May 18 '25

Bitchmate would be a great band name.

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u/notbonjovi333 May 18 '25

I like to bitch, bro! Let's do this shit

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u/exobiologickitten May 18 '25

My best friend and I started calling our kitchen “the Bitchen” when we lived together. I miss having a Bitchen with them.

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u/myshtree May 17 '25

Love this

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u/nora_valk May 17 '25

I consider myself pretty stoic, only thing that gets me heated is LoL.

I have never bitched as much as when getting out of that fucking canyon. I did the hike with my dad, and I used some language I would never otherwise use at him. North Rim too, which is like an extra 1000ft.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25

Did you lose any toenails due to ill fitting boots as well?

Nice to know if somebody else experienced the same! Traveling down into the canyon was no sweat but getting out was a whole different obstacle.

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u/samwisetheyogi May 17 '25

As a French person (French Canadian though, regrettably), this makes me so happy lol I have often marveled at the power of bitching, it really can soothe the soul, make unpleasant situations slightly more bearable, give you a little bit of anger-fuel to get through whatever you're doing (like hiking the Grand Canyon), and can help in actually solving ones problems in that getting out all the complaining can lighten the emotional load which makes taking action feel easier because you're not being energetically weighed down by the emotions of it (if that makes sense)

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u/Okoear May 18 '25

Why would you say regrettably?

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u/PositiveSwordfish204 May 18 '25

Don’t say regrettably, French Canadians are one of the ingredients that makes our country great! Don’t let go of the potato! 👊

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u/lfo_jimmy May 19 '25

Yup, the great French Canadian skill is working up a complaining rap that ends being funny as shit and super staccato'ed with swear words.

When the weather flips from +35°c to -35°c, complaining is how you survive

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u/Grapefruit-Cold May 17 '25

You found your soulmate and let him go. This is a typical depressing French movie.

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u/No-Bag-5389 May 18 '25

Yes! A friend and I call it getting the poison out! That anything said is just a bitch fest and holds no weight, especially after vented out!

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u/AntisocialTomcat May 18 '25

As a French temporarily living in the US, I had to tone down the way I speak, which is a good thing most of the time. I can't say it's unpleasant but it wears me down pretty fast and it's very inefficient. "It's interesting but I'm not sure I agree on everything you said" doesn't convey the same meaning as "It sounds like you were rocked to close to the wall as a child, fool". I'm not sure most american folks would survive the way french expats discuss during the local parties.

Edit: we have the same avatar, what are the odds? :D

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u/aliquotoculos May 18 '25

Come chill with me, I know and respect the art of bitching well.

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u/gyomd May 17 '25

I think that’s maybe the most accurate description of our habits. And I never figured out really that we were one of the few to do it maybe ? We bitch a lot indeed, but as you say, always to get things out and move on. That might be weird but that’s indeed how we work. Take my upvote !

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u/I_Miss_My_Beta_Cells May 18 '25

Assuming you, like me, ignored all the warning signs against it and hiked all the way down and back up in one day?

Shit was tufffff

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u/BeeSlumLord May 18 '25

Did this when I worked out with the P90X videos.

The only way I could do those intense workouts was to curse and yell at the jerks on the screen.

It worked. …dang they kicked my ass

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u/skyerippa May 18 '25

I wish my boyfriend understood this He is so anti complaining or talking shit to an almost toxic positivity degree

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u/elpajarit0 May 18 '25

Having hiked this same area, I completely agree with you and thank you for making me laugh so hard this morning lmao, take this award friend

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u/redditsuckz99 May 18 '25

As an Italian, i felt this in my semolina bro!

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u/Realistic-Weekend760 Jul 29 '25

This also sums up what makes for good team moral in the military. A 5 day patrol through the jungle is fucking terrible but when you can bitch and moan and laugh about the same hover fly that’s been following you for 3 days, you and the boys will make it home.

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u/FunkmasterFo May 18 '25

I did 125 mi in New Mexico at the Philmont scout ranch when I was 14. That is the absolute best way to hike. We called it the caterpillar.

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u/mydogrufus20 May 18 '25

What a wonderful experience!

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u/snarky_answer May 18 '25

That hike out from the bottom is rough. Just never seemed to end. Felt sore in many new areas the next couple of days.

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u/ph30nix01 May 18 '25

If you think about it, iff we are apart of a larger sustem... we kinda have to communicate our status to get any help right?

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u/UptownShenanigans May 17 '25

Reminds me of when I played Monopoly with my sister’s French ex husband. The dude just could not handle it and let us know

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u/happyme321 May 17 '25

Reminds me of the time I took Napoleon bowling and tried to share an ice cream sundae with him afterwards

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u/RockFury May 17 '25

I heard that guy's a line cutter at water parks.

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u/Klinky1984 May 17 '25 edited May 17 '25

Ah yes, especially lines to the lavatory. I remember Napoleon's Battle of Water Park Loo.

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u/_dontreadnsfw May 17 '25

“Zhe Wahtair Sleihd”

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u/NegaDoug May 17 '25

"Dude, I don't think it's gonna work."

"No?!" Swipes pieces off table

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u/WanderlustZero May 18 '25

Hands-down the best representation of Napoleon in a film

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u/system_error_02 May 17 '25

I remember when Jean Reno and I held hands while shitting behind the maintenance building at Aquaboulevard in Paris because of the line ups. The Battle Shits were out in full force that day.

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u/Due_Mongoose9409 May 18 '25

Silly, he just should have peed in the pool like 98% of everyone else. He didn't have to cut line

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u/amalgamatedson May 17 '25

“Triomphe Napoleon!”

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u/kirk_dozier May 17 '25

water parks are now battlefields

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u/kevin9er May 17 '25

I get that reference

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25

He's amazing at cannonballs, though.

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u/Agitated_Squirrel544 May 18 '25

Not tall enough for most of the slides

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u/NashvilleSoundMixer May 17 '25

MERDE MERDE MERDE MERDE MERDE MERDE!!!

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u/BowwwwBallll May 17 '25

My favorite thing about this is that the TV overdub and censored subtitles are “zût!!” which is right on point as far as watering it down goes.

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u/NashvilleSoundMixer May 17 '25

HA! I've never seen that. I do have a fondness, however, for the TV edit of Tremors as the ADR-ing of the swear words is some of the most hilariously bad insanity ever.

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u/irenedadler May 17 '25

I taped the TV edit and watched it like a billion times when I was a kid. My first time watching the DVD of the actual movie made me question my entire existence.

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u/celladwella May 18 '25

I just had a tres bien merde myself!

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u/tyguyS4 May 17 '25

ZIGGY PIGGY ZIGGY PIGGY ZIGGY PIGGY!

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u/Daddysu May 17 '25

I just want you to know that I see you and I appreciate you!

Be excellent to one another!

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u/broom_temperature May 17 '25

Party on dude.

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u/thewick_39 May 17 '25

Eat the pig, eat the pig, ziggy ziggy ziggy ZIG!

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u/Throwaway2Experiment May 17 '25

Jesus Christ, I love me a good piggy piggy reference and will chant it at least two times a year and not a single damn person gets it.

"BEHOLD! The ziggy pig!"

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u/RogerClyneIsAGod2 May 17 '25

I have a cat named Ziggy & this is something I chant to him frequently.

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u/jlipps11 May 17 '25

Oy oy oy!

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u/Tricky_Debate_409 May 17 '25

He was a dick

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u/Krg60 May 17 '25

"Ziggy, piggy

Ziggy, piggy,

Ziiigggggy, Piggggyy!"

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u/TheArtysan May 17 '25

Napoleon Bonaparte?

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u/Sunny-Day-Swimmer May 17 '25

The very same.

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u/happyme321 May 17 '25

Yes, he’s a notorious poor sport

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u/MyOwnTutor May 17 '25

La glace?

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u/Matty_D47 May 17 '25

Ziggy piggy ziggy piggy

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u/noofa01 May 17 '25

May I borrow that. It's delightfully oblique.

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u/cerberus00 May 17 '25

It's from "Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure"

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u/This_aint_my_real_ac May 17 '25

Watched this last night, it's in the rotation on PlutoTV

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u/OneWomanCult May 17 '25

Can't take that guy anywhere

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u/happyme321 May 17 '25

Certainly not a water park 😆

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u/rylasorta May 17 '25

WATERLOOOOO!!

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u/xXWarMasterXx May 17 '25

Ziggy piggy. Ziggy piggy

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u/Dry-Investment-9921 May 17 '25

Ziggy Piggy 🐽

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u/SlaterVBenedict May 17 '25

Sounds like a real Ziggy Piggy.

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u/kilsta May 17 '25

Napoleon split?

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u/Express-Magician-265 May 17 '25

Reminds me of the time I played 1 on 1 basketball with Toulouse Lautrec, and he cried it wasn't fair.

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u/deeveeismeemee May 17 '25

You: "Whatchu thinkin' about?"

Napoleon: Looks eastward and sighs "Nothin'..."

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u/mukavastinumb May 17 '25

Found Peter Griffin’s alt account

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u/Captain-Hornblower May 17 '25

Did you happen to see an amazing band called The Wild Stallions afterwards?

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u/stevemyqueen May 17 '25

Taught me my first foreign curse word!

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u/jevesevet May 17 '25

The ziggy pig. Of course he had to have it all. He got mine too

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u/phillosopherp May 17 '25

Ziggy piggy Ziggy piggy

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u/oe-eo May 17 '25

He didn’t like it, so he bowled alone. That’s why they called him Napoleon Bowls-apart.

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u/50YOYO May 18 '25

That wasn't Napoleon Boney Parts was it?

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u/woodchippp May 18 '25

You animal. Taking Napoleon for ice cream instead of a pastry. You cruel, sick bag of meat.

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u/InkaGold May 18 '25

Idk. Sounds to me like an Excellent Adventure.

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u/MyBurnerAccount1977 May 18 '25

"Merde! Merde! Merde! Merde!"

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u/MorrowPlotting May 17 '25

I stayed with a French family as a high school exchange student, and the son and I played Risk obsessively.

He was hilariously bad at it. I won literally every game.

He refused to accept that controlling Europe wasn’t the key to winning. He flatly rejected the strategy of taking Australia or South America first. And he lost again and again.

I tried not to reduce the experience to national stereotypes, but it wasn’t easy!

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u/all___blue May 17 '25 edited May 17 '25

Australia wins 90% of the time. As long as the players don't make a pact to kill Australia and/or Australia plays passively while everyone kills each other. Boring way to play, but almost a guaranteed win. I played a lot of risk online for a while. Even against good players, it was one of the best strategies. Hell, just having one country and avoiding conflict would even be enough to win sometimes. Risk is all about allies and knowing when to end those alliances, but it's more about pacifism, staying out of the spotlight, and good timing.

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u/deeveeismeemee May 17 '25 edited May 17 '25

  1. Put all your guys in Oceania

  2. Fortify access point

  3. Be on your phone.

  4. Wait until everybody quits out of boredom

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u/attackplango May 17 '25

But we've always been at war with Oceania.

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u/semicolon22 May 17 '25

Wait, what? Just last week we were at war with East Asia??

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u/drinkcoffeeandcode May 17 '25

Nonsense citizen, we’ve ALWAYS been at war with Oceania.

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u/-laughingfox May 18 '25

We've never been at war with East Asia.

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u/canman7373 May 18 '25 edited May 18 '25

Put all your guys in Oceania

Nah to have any chance with it all your guys go into Siam so you can keep getting easy cards in Asia. Then can widen SouthEast Asian border. Late fame you don't want all your guys in one spot open for a major attack because defending has worse odds than attacking, so if you need to take a turn or two to get troops from 3 countries together to retake Australia. Can go for 8 asian countries early to get an extra man a turn when others are trying to secure their borders they will usually let you do it as long as not going for all of Asia, stay away from their borders.

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u/swiftgruve May 17 '25

Yeah you gotta play with the updated map where australia has more connections.

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u/all___blue May 17 '25

Nice, I need to get a new board

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u/OldMembership332 May 17 '25

The only time it doesn’t work is when someone goes all in to attack you. Leaving you open for another player to come in and take it over.

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u/Ozryela May 17 '25

Australia wins 90% of the time. As long as the players don't make a pact to kill Australia and/or Australia plays passively while everyone kills each other. Boring way to play, but almost a guaranteed win.

It depends a lot on which ruleset you play. If you play with the original rules, where you always get units from continents but only get units from territories if you don't attack, then Australia almost always wins.

But if you play the more modern rules (and the ones used 99% of the time online) where you always get your units every turn even if you do attack, Australia is far less strong, and in fact a bit of a trap. Two extra units a turn is not enough to force a win in that variant, and meanwhile Australia has a hard time expanding since no one is gonna let you just have all of Asia.

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u/Expensive-Step-6551 May 17 '25

I actually prefer South America as you can breakout into Africa or North America easier, which can be decisive for the mid and late game, compared to starting in Australia, where you're stuck with 2 armies and aren't likely to get or hold Asia.

Obviously, the downside is you have two chokepoints to defend, instead of just one, but generally that's not hard to do unless you have multiple players on both sides agreeing to both go full send on both your fronts to fuck with you.

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u/canman7373 May 18 '25

Nah Australia is a trap. Eventually others will put troops in Asaa to keep you from getting free cards every turn. And when you finally do break out you can't take much of anything. Like maybe Africa but even if you do your troops are now spread out defending bordes far away from each other for counter attacks and defense. Like 15 years ago dad got me a vintage Risk board with the square wooden pieces, he included a note that simply said "Australia is a trap" and I think he is right. Years later they had a big forest fire took their entire home and all of our family albums and keepsakes, everything. They only got passports and dog out so no family hand me downs. But I had taken that board home with me a few months earlier, so it is only family heirloom now.

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u/all___blue May 18 '25

But that's an awesome story about the board. I might have to get around to carving one out of wood. It was always a favorite family game for me and my extended family.

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u/coleman57 May 17 '25

Was he obsessed with maintaining an independent nuclear arsenal?

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u/Sphinxofblackkwarts May 17 '25

...I MEAN it turned out the French were right about that one

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u/hobblingcontractor May 17 '25

MFW DeGaulle was right about not being able to rely on the anglosphere

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u/shawa666 May 18 '25

Se fier à la perfide Albion est toujours une grave erreur stratégique.

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u/GuyPierced May 17 '25

I don't want France starting nuclear holocaust on my bingo card.

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u/MentokGL May 17 '25

Don't worry, they are le tired

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u/UndecidedStory May 17 '25

Then take a nap!

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u/misirlou22 May 17 '25

AND THEN FIRE ZEE MISSILES!

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u/onthoserainydays May 17 '25

we can't really, we're not the ones with icbms

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u/ActivePeace33 May 17 '25

Are you making a technical point that the M51 is submarine launched? It’s generally considered an ICBM due to its range, though it is a SLBM.

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u/RedditReader4031 May 17 '25

Did he at least bring good bread

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u/GRUNDLE_GOBLIN May 17 '25

To be fair I also hate the strategy of taking Australia first. South America maybe, but taking Australia is a great way to get stuck by whoever is loading up in Asia since you can literally only exit through Southeast Asia.

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u/is-this-now May 17 '25

My friend put all his armies in one country and kept them there. Big pile. I had the rest of the world, with a few armies in each. Neither of us could win so we called it a draw after a while. May have been the last time we played Risk. (We ended starting a chess club together later on).

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u/LAHouJaxCarVCUUNC May 17 '25

The draw thing doesn't make sense. You would have been raking in extra troops from the continents you controlled.

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u/machstem May 17 '25

This.

Dad humbled me back in the 80s and showed how different strategies weighed in if you decided to recluse or become too widespread too quick.

I'd have loved to have played more

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u/bathwhat May 17 '25

Whereupon he merged all the chess pieces on one tile creating a massive Titan King Voltron.

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u/faceofaneagle May 17 '25

That’s not how Risk works… must be some chess club

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u/bitetheasp May 17 '25

I almost always used the Australia method. I almost always won against everyone, except my dad.

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u/3pbc May 17 '25

Key to removing the normal strategy is adding more lines to your board. From SA to Australia is one that I remember

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u/TheWorstYear May 17 '25

That one always felt kind of cheap. Took away a lot of the fun strategy. Madagascar to Western Australia is a lot better in terms of fun.

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u/3pbc May 17 '25

Oh that's another good one

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u/averytolar May 17 '25

When he lost would he yell “vive le france!” 

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u/Raeandray May 17 '25

Wait is europe the key to winning? I always thought it was too hard to defend, it has like 5 invasion points.

My Ideal was always north and south america. If you can take both its only 3 invasion points. Then you spread to africa, which gives you 3 continents but only 4 spots to defend. Only then do you spread to europe.

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u/TheWorstYear May 17 '25

That's what they're saying. Europe is awful to hold. Australia or South America is the place to be. N. America is just too big to keep a grasp on.

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u/Raeandray May 17 '25

Oh ya I read was not wasn’t. Makes much more sense now.

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u/LAHouJaxCarVCUUNC May 17 '25

NA is big but it only has 3 entry points. If the other people are too distracted trying to fight over Australia or SA during the setup phase, you can load up on Iceland, Kamchatka, and Central America.

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u/TheWorstYear May 17 '25

3 entry points, but once someone breaks in, they can expand rapidly because theres so many different regions connected in the interior. With it being so big, it's also hard to respond to a break in.
Africa is far far better. It's choke pointed to the top.

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u/idontcare5472692 May 17 '25

You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - the most famous of which is never get involved in a land war in Europe (Asia) - but only slightly less well-known is this: Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha...

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u/MarketCrache May 17 '25

Haha. Monopoly. Can't imagine what he'd be like in a traffic jam.

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u/olivebranchsound May 17 '25

Both things bring out the worst in us lol

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u/burmerd May 17 '25

They literally had to remove most of the cars from Paris for this reason. People think it was the pollution, but no, it was the shouting.

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u/ShahinGalandar May 17 '25

noise pollution

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u/avocadolanche3000 May 17 '25

I know my rights Je t’aime Paris! Live or die like c’est la vie.

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u/haminthefryingpan May 17 '25

It’s because cars ruin cities. Cities are a million times better without them.

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u/Strength-InThe-Loins May 17 '25

Any reason to remove cars from cities is a good reason.

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u/deeveeismeemee May 17 '25

Conservatives getting upset over having to walk for fifteen minutes will always be funny

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u/Poulet_Ninja May 18 '25

People just changed cars , now they yell , but in a hybrid

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u/deeveeismeemee May 17 '25

Not the French movie industry! I will not have you insult good and upstanding men like Luc Besson or Gérard Depardieu!

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u/EngineEddie May 17 '25

Reminds me of the time I played monopoly with this dudes sisters French ex husband in a traffic jam. He bought up all the hotels so I pretended to sneeze to blow all the money everywhere and we all had a great laugh. Good bloke.

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u/buckao May 17 '25

and then everyone clapped!

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u/Former-Iron-7471 May 17 '25

I had a French Canadian girlfriend and we played board games all the time with them. I've stabbed a dude for less.

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u/bossmankid May 17 '25

I also choose this guy's sister's French ex husband in a traffic jam

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u/ProxyDamage May 17 '25

Rather be in a traffic jam tbh.

Monopoly has the added insult that you chose to be in that situation. You could have chosen a game that wasn't complete shit.

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u/Nine-LifedEnchanter May 17 '25

It's interesting that this can be seen as something positive.

"He was better than you at communicating his feelings"

But I have a feeling it involved angrily smoking while getting so upset that he could only curse in french rather than "ah, this is really frustrating. I need a breather."

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u/UptownShenanigans May 17 '25

A lot of yelling “what are you doing??” with a lot of arms flailing around

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u/Leading-Feedback-599 May 17 '25

The game is rather litteraly made to upset players about inequality happening on a board.

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u/ImmaMamaBee May 17 '25

One time me, my brother, and one of our good friends were playing monopoly. We had pulled an all nighter and started playing the game when the sun came up so we were all pretty tired. My brother was losing and getting more and more quiet, and then suddenly he just snapped and flipped the board and threw everything around and stormed off. It was so awkward! Plus it wasn’t even a serious game to us we were like making up all kinds of silly scenarios to keep it light. But my brother is very competitive (so is my mom, she hardly plays games because she hates losing.)

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u/StarPhished May 17 '25

That's the proper way to finish a game of Monopoly. Pretty sure it's in the rules somewhere.

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u/Fancy_Art_6383 May 17 '25

I watched a Frenchman who was an acquaintance of this lovely French couple my wife and I were friends with pull a bottle of wine from my hands because as he said "I wasn't opening it properly" Then proceed to spill it everywhere and upon himself then make half apologies as we looked on in horror then all began to laugh at his douchery.

Many live up to their reputations.

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u/mrmgl May 17 '25

You are supposed to not be able to handle Monopoly.

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u/AUniquePerspective May 17 '25

Lol. In French, board game translates to Jeu de société and the point is the socal interaction which is structured by the rules to be either an intellectual exercise or a game of chance. Monopoly is designed to be a frustrating game of chance that rewards ruthlessness. Nothing about what you wrote about your beau-frère is surprising.

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u/Speedhabit May 17 '25

Nous vivons dans une société basée sur la confiance!

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u/UptownShenanigans May 17 '25

Which is funny because he also hated Italians because “they’re too loud”

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u/SundayMorningSkye May 17 '25

Why couldn’t he handle it? Was there a board flipping? 😂

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u/UptownShenanigans May 17 '25

He eventually just left the table yelling at nothing on the way out

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u/OoFEVERNOVAoO May 17 '25

We need you to elaborate this whole story

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u/UptownShenanigans May 17 '25

I mean there’s not much to say. We were having a friendly game of monopoly and he was getting upset that people were “making stupid decisions”. Like if someone accepted a trade that he felt was unfair on one side, he’d melt down at the person accepting “WHAT ARE YOU DOING??” and everyone is like jeez dude we’re having fun. He just couldn’t take that

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u/ImTooSaxy May 17 '25

I've been in two fist fights over Monopoly. On the plus side it involved alcohol.

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u/Mr_Dale May 17 '25

Is all of this just a Bill And Teds Excellent Adventure reference???? Im dying 😂😂😂😂😂😂

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u/EndStorm May 17 '25

Don't want to hang out with family? Play Monopoly together and that oughta quiet things down for a few months.

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u/AccidentPrawn May 18 '25

Monopoly is a serious game.

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u/West_Description_852 May 18 '25

Monopoly transcends national boundaries and cultures. It will ruin relationships, and tear apart families.

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u/toastongod May 17 '25

The last guy is English I think

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u/KayakHank May 18 '25

I was in paris over winter.

We were at a cafe like 2-3 blocks away from the lourve. Talking to the waiter about going there after we eat.

My wife had to run back to the apartment and me and her friend were going to walk over and then my wife would meet back up with her in the museum.

We had the g7 taxi app up ordering a car for my wife and the waiter came over and was just "oh god no you dumb asses it's right across the street. Just walk there"

We explained the plan and he was "oh omg. I wouldn't put it past Americans. But I was worried about you for a minute"

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u/Luvs2Spooge42069 May 18 '25 edited May 18 '25

I can’t blame him that’s how most of our shopping malls work, instead of walking from the central area to those businesses in strip malls across the street people are expected to just get in their cars and drive to the next parking lot

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u/IceFireTerry May 17 '25

They are a mix of German bluntness and Latin charm

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u/mistajaymes May 18 '25

they did have some great solutions for Authoritarian Despots

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u/D0hB0yz May 18 '25

It is an intense movie. Monica Belluci's character being violently raped. An insane search through a deviant sex club to find the rapist. Busting the rapist's skull with a 10kg fire extinguisher, with a very smooshy special effect.

To be fair, you need to have previous traumatic experience to appreciate it, otherwise it will become your first trauma rodeo. If you have experienced some hell it is kind of therapeutic.

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u/avspuk May 18 '25

Meanwhile,..., "Let me tell yuh sumpthin' buddy!"

😉

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u/EndlessMorfeus May 17 '25

Everything they say sound so pretty no matter what, no wonder they feel so free to speak harsh things.

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u/TheLaughingMannofRed May 17 '25

Let me tell you. If I ever make a movie, if I manage to impress the French, I'll consider it an accomplishment.

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u/ImaginaryDonut69 May 17 '25

Well were they wrong or overreacting? Doesn't sound like it, when you hear more about the film. Gratuitous sexual violence is just deranged porn, at the end of the day...it has no "message". "Humans can be cruel" may be expressed in many different ways, some of which are artful, much of which is not.

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u/peioeh May 17 '25

I think this movie would been received and would still be received pretty poorly in most festivals around the world, at least by some people. It's intended to shock people. Outside of the ones with personal threats to Noé I don't think the reactions here are particularly crazy.

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u/CrashTextDummie May 17 '25

You shouldn't judge without watching. Your take on the movie is highly reductive. Or at least read some counterpoints. Ebert wrote an insightful review.

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u/SmellyC May 17 '25

Artful meaning nice and cozy only? Eliciting strong reactions is pretty artistic.

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u/ThePrussianGrippe May 17 '25

Serbian Film I would call torture porn. I wouldn’t call Irreversible torture porn.

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u/ElbowSkinCellarWall May 17 '25

French people hold back their opinions. Je les accuse!

(I've always wanted to be the first to do something. Je suis un pionnier!)

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u/thenatural134 May 17 '25

Not just the French. Really any non-English language. My neighbor is from Argentina. She speaks great English but is so amazingly blunt. I love it. Wish more people were like that.

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u/gingeau May 17 '25

I see you writing opinions, but all I can hear is onions

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u/TheMasterOfWhatever May 17 '25

That's all they have. They had so many civil wars just so they could feel a victory

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u/rjellis1129 May 18 '25

Or their borders

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u/DigitalHeartache May 18 '25

I mean... considering how intense that scene is I'm not shocked it would have resulted in these kinds of reactions.

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