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Coffeecustard Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Making too much sense for someone

1font00Guys, remember in Father of the Bride, when George was visiting his future in-laws with Nina and John said they shouldn't say whether the kids were rushing things, George said, "Suddenly he was making too much sense for me". What does that mean? That 1) what John said was nonsense to George, or that 2) George felt trapped because John's 00word00 conveyed a lot of sense?02font02br
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01font00I thought it would be number (1) but I need to be sure now because I'm subtitling the movie. Thanks a million!02font0-
  

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0 Could you re-post it with John's exact words so we can get the real context? 0-

— Nona the brit

  • 0 Could you re-post it with John's exact words so we can get the real context?
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0 Could you re-post it with John's exact words so we can get the real context? 0-
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0Sure. Here it is (you'll find it toward the end of the dialogue below)... And thanks! (Uh...just ignore the spelling mistakes in the script).02br
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00How did you...uh...take the news, George?02br
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00Me? Uh, truthfully, I was a little surprised.02br
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00This guy 01font01i00was talking too much about feelings02i02font00 for me. Suddenly, my shirt 02br
00collar felt like it was starting to strangle me.02br
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00"Father of the bride". Nice movie :-)02br
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0"This guy was making a little too much sense for me."02br
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00In the context of this scene, I'd say that George knows that John is correct but doesn't want to admit it to himself. 02br
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00John has cornered him with a statement that he'd rather not answer. He's in denial.02br
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00So yes, I think he's feeling trapped, hence the
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0 Yes, I'd agree with that interpretation. 0-
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