Thursday, April 16, 2009

Phrases That Should Never Begin Movie Synopses, Part III

A man (Ray Liotta) injects memory-ladened brain fluid...

--Unforgettable

I guess I'm nit-picking here, but when space is at a premium--as it always is with these descriptive capsules--why would you go to "ladened"? It doesn't even sound like English! Well, maybe Olde English, as a rhyme for "maidenhead".
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  1. reader_iamApril 17, 2009 at 2:34 PM

    It seems to me that "memory-soaked" would be more in keeping with the overall imagery of the sentence.

    But what do I know.

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  2. blakeApril 17, 2009 at 2:39 PM

    Ah, but can a liquid be soaked?

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  3. reader_iamApril 17, 2009 at 2:45 PM

    With an "up" it can.

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  4. blakeApril 17, 2009 at 2:51 PM

    Hmmm. This sounding more like a "Bounty" ad....

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