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den2k88 wrote: It is like Vogon Poetry declaimed by Wookies!
I have the same problem with "X Factor" 
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Same here, same here.
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So X-Fuctor isn't Vogon Poetry? Who knew?
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It does explain a lot about Simon Cowell...
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You mean Prostetnic Cowell?
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Thy micturations are to me, as plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lurgid bee.
I'm sure he said that last week, when one of his acts was finished ruining whatever song they were miming to?
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More Vogon poetry then!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Can you give me an example of a good and bad Italian comedy(romantic or not doesn't matter), I am exploring cinema and need some recommendations 
EDIT: La vita e bella is the only one I have seen and it's comedy/drama. I did like that one.
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Good comedy:
- "Amici miei", of director Mario Monicelli
- "L'armata brancaleone", of director Mario Monicelli
I'm actively looking for something more to put in Good Comedy.
Bad Comedy:
- "Scusa ma ti chiamo amore", Federico Moccia
- "Notte prima degli esami", Fausto Brizzi
- "Selvaggi", of Carlo Vanzina (Vanzina brothers are [in]famous for the poor quality of their work to the point that the word "Vanziniano" has become an insult)
- "Natale sul Nilo", "Natale in India", "Natale a Miami", "A Natale mi sposo" and others of Neri Parenti (As famous as Vanzina for their works).
ANSWER TO YOUR EDIT:
"La vita è bella" is actually a good movie but I don't like Roberto Benigni at all.
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Thank you very much
I only saw Roberto Benigni in Pinocchio after I watched La vita è bella and I didn't like it either.
Speaking of which did you see La tigre e la neve ? I think I have this one and haven't watched it yet.
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No, never saw it - I tend to avoid Italian movies due to the reasons I stated some posts above!
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RUs123 wrote: bad Italian comedy
Two words - Silvio Berlusconi
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Oh Yes He Is!
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His colleagues aren't any better.
Beppe Grillo was actually a comedician, and he still makes us laugh - but he's serious.
The left wing died a lot of time ago, they passed several chairmen in a row and it's really too long to point out each and any - they're simply corrupt or plainly dumb.
The right wing is monopolized by the international Silvio Berlusconi and his crew.
At the center we have Casini (that translates directly to "Troubles" or "Brothels"), that owes his position to Berlusconi.
This is the real life and not just fantasy
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den2k88 wrote: It is like Vogon Poetry declaimed by Wookies
That's a metaphor that's at the border of being imaginable. 
den2k88 wrote: histerically screaming or criminally undervoice
I thought that was simply Italian.
Joke aside, as a student I was living with some Italians (and some Indian, British and French as well), and I would never use hysteric as a description.
Easily excitable is quite fitting though. 
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I found the same with Greeks when I shared a flat at uni.
One second, all is peace and love, then next all hell breaks loose: screaming, shouting, hands / knives waving, throwing objects. Then suddenly it's over, and it's like it never happened.
Strange.
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And the speed of talking, like it's a competition.
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In Italy speaking IS a competition 
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In Germany too, but they use volume instead of speed.
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We use both! I went twice in London with my GF and I noticed that we Italians are LOUD. Extremely loud! And we move a lot while talking, it's quite funny to notice... I wonder what other cultures think of us
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Actually quite normal compared to some others. Your oddities are (mostly) visible on the outside.
And I can assure you that most foreigners had more wtf moments about Sweden and Swedes than each others.
But then again, learning to live in a country is completely different to visiting.
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Mandatory upvote for h2g2 reference.
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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den2k88 wrote: Italian actors really can't recitate, there are only two speech-tones: histerically screaming or criminally undervoice
Surely you mean hysterically waving their hands about or criminally moving their hands about?
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No, that's normal speech pattern in Italy
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