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The Darjeeling Limited

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Sep 14th 2009 04:50 film movie

I watched this film with my mum today, though not entirely.

The film is about three brothers that go to India. The trip was planned by the older one with the help of a bald man. He wants them all to start trusting each other, because they don’t, and to meet a person. He doesn’t tell them who they have to meet until the middle of the film.

I watched this film because a friend recommended it to me, and because it had four stars in the heat magazine. My mother and I, though, couldn’t continue watching it after the first 45 minutes. We didn’t understand what it was about, it didn’t have any sense!

Lately, my mother has had some problems and she thinks about them all the time. When I was so bored I couldn’t watch it any more and I moved it forward, she told me “I was paying such attention to understand this film that I forgot everything that has happened these days”.

Well, at least, watching an hour of that film wasn’t a lost of time for her.

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Sep 14th 2009 05:08 Jason S

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Japanese, French

I watched this film with my mum today, though not entirely.
I watched part of this film with my mum today. (Or: I watched this film with my mum today, though we didn't finish.) (Also, mum is British while mom would be American.)

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The film is about three brothers that go to India.
The film is about three brothers who go to India.

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The trip was planned by the older one with the help of a bald man.
The oldest brother, with the help of a bald man, planned the trip. (I changed this around because otherwise you can't tell that "he" in the next two sentences refers to the brother).

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He wants them all to start trusting each other, because they don’t, and to meet a person.
He wants them all to start trusting each other and to meet someone.

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He doesn’t tell them who they have to meet until the middle of the film.
He doesn’t tell them who they are going to meet until the middle of the film.

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I watched this film because a friend recommended it to me, and because it had four stars in the heat magazine.
I watched this film because a friend recommended it to me, and because it had four stars in Heat Magazine.

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We didn’t understand what it was about, it didn’t have any sense!
We didn’t understand what it was about. It didn’t make any sense!

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Lately, my mother has had some problems and she thinks about them all the time.
Lately, my mother has had some problems, and she thinks about them all the time.

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When I was so bored I couldn’t watch it any more and I moved it forward, she told me “I was paying such attention to understand this film that I forgot everything that has happened these days”.
When I was so bored I couldn’t watch it any more and I fast-forwarded it, she told me, “I was paying such attention to understand this film that I forgot everything that has happened these days”.

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Well, at least, watching an hour of that film wasn’t a lost of time for her.
Well, at least it wasn’t a waste of time for her.

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Sep 14th 2009 06:42 furrykef

English
Spanish, Japanese

When I was so bored I couldn’t watch it any more and I moved it forward, she told me “I was paying such attention to understand this film that I forgot everything that has happened these days”.
When I got so bored I couldn’t watch it any more and I fast-forwarded it, she told me, “I was paying so much attention trying to understand this film that I forgot everything that has happened lately”.

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I'm not sure why Jason changed "have to meet" to "going to meet", since I think it's fine either way.

Good job! Keep up the good work :)

- Kef