Hello again fellow movie geeks and film conasewers. While thumbing through the rummage on the web, I came across this article on Cinematical displaying a list of films having an excessively high usage of everyone’s favorite four letter word. You all know that word, the one that starts with the letter “F” and ends with a “UCK”. You got it; it’s “Firetruck”. But seriously, there are many many films that have plethoras of vulgarity and personally I don’t have a problem with that. When the word fuck is used tastefully it can really set the tone. Whether it’s being said by a mob boss or a lusty large breasted vixen, fuck is fun for the whole family.
This particular article is referring to a recently updated page on Wikipedia called the Fuckometer. The Fuckometer ranks a list of movies by the number of times fuck is used -pretty interesting huh-.
After reading through them all I was very surprised in their analysis. For example, Rob Zombie’s latest film The Devil’s Rejects -a better movie than you would think, give it a try- spits out fuck 560 times. Which calculates to a use of the word 5.13 times every minute, a total of one whole minute of the word fuck.
The Wikipedia page has a few other interesting tools. Such as the Fuck Record Holders, Resources and a ranked table displaying the top 56 movies that use the word fuck the most. A couple of the movies which rank high on the list are as follows:
- 3. Casino
- 11. The Big Lebowski
- 17. Jarhead
- 20. Goodfellas
- 37. Bad Santa
- 56. Trainspotting
Just to name a few. All by the way being great fucking movies in my opinion.
Give it a look see and let us know your thoughts. And while you are doing that, think of some other films that didn’t make the list.
graphic provided by: The F-Word
I am? *winks* I suppose there’s a point where you just have to agree to disagree.
Oy Brad, been a while eh? The few topics you decide to open is a hot topic for me, how cute is that! LOL
Simone, you’re such a trooper. No worries, I know how it feels, people disagree with me all the time. Shit; look at the lashing I got for that Johnny Knoxville thing, and another pretty bad one not to long ago.
Oops did I swear? Sorry.
Dont worry, I am still fun, and I am still here for a laugh and a smile. ;-) Hey this last post of yours really made me smile Crackerjack!!!
Right, stop getting all mushy now Simone! LOLOLOLOL
Oh I understand Simone, I don’t really care much either way I was just noticing you being serious when you are always fun, one of the only people we can count on for a laugh or at least a smile.
I know. It is actually.
I didnt mean to spoil everybody’s fun but since this is a movie opinions site, why not voice mine even if its in the minority, you understand that dont you Crackerjack? *winks*
Wow Simone I don’t think I have read a post from you so serious, this a hot topic for you?
Be it used as a curse word or for what it really means, I dont like it mentioned in a film. I just dont see the point, I have seen films that have not mentioned the F word and it is so refreshing.
Not using it in a film will make real life seem unrealistic? So you’d rather get young kids & teenagers, after coming out from a film laden with F words left right and center, thinking its so kewl to use it for everyday language, will use this word every time they get a chance to & you would rather have that as acceptable because its realistic than tell them its wrong to use it? Oh boy.
Anyone noticed how awful all those so called classic movies made before 1970 are? There is never any strong use of profanity in any of them!
It’s interesting as it’s now become a part of everyday language and is becoming more and more acceptable. It’s even in the English Cambridge Dictionary for various meanings including to have sex and as a swear word.
In context all language makes a movie sound more realistic. Sure in a kids movie it would be out of place, but in the middle of Die Hard it sounds right – the dubbed version was pathetic and sounded all wrong.
If it’s used in real life then there’s no big deal using it in the movies. Otherwise the movies will portray a sugary sweet idyllic world that doesn’t actually exist. Reality makes the more adult movies better I say.
Used in context, profanities, can add to the message. It doesn’t matter what “WORD” it is, but rather the emotion behind it that counts.
You could cuss by saying fridge with a really nasty snear on your face and people would understand your intentions. Granted, some existing cuss words are understand by many and have history behind them, but a lot of those exisitng words are used out of context and make for annoyance.
Ask any stand up comedian who’s show is going nowhere why they insist on cranking up the swear-o-meter in an attempt to gain laughs. it don’t work, cept that they get empathy instead.
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHA. I love the word Fuck
I have no problem with the word fuck, bitch, whore or any other cuss word. There is only one word I hate. The “C” word. I hate even spelling it.
Donna A.
I dont think that he is kidding crackerjack because I also do not like the sound and the use of the F word when I am watching a movie, a tv show or even when people around me use it. I cringe when I hear it. I remember watching some movie that seemed appealing at first but within the first 5 minutes the F word has been used like more than 5 times, I switched it off. Not everybody appreciates profanity.
Stephen is kidding right, please tell me he’s kidding.
I don’t think that the f-word makes a movie any better at all.
In fact i just think it makes it worse and is not “fun for the whole family”
It just show that society and hollywood have no class.
to pendragon (above comment)…LOL!
Brad, connoisseur…not conasewer.
I think The Big Lebowski (or some other movie I can’t remember now) has a “fuck” counter as an option on the DVD which puts a counter on the bottome of the screen that counts the number of uses of the word as they are spoken.
How can our favourite four letter word be firetruck
I like the word fuck.
Devil’s Rejects, however, is probably the worst fucking movie I have ever seen in theatres, and probably on the top ten of my least favorite of all time. Hmm.
Fun list though.
Now this is a pretty fuckin’ good analysis. And most of those fuckin’ films are on my all time favorite fuckin’ movie list.