Usually in a drama like Gone Girl or American Sniper it didn't seem out of place to me because they were going through anguish or it was part of their daily lifestyle. I know when I came home after spending a year in Korea, I caught myself almost dropping the F word a few times at my parents.
What bothers me is the modern day comedies, take Seth Rogen comedies for example, or most anyone of the newer comedies. Every sentence has the F word. Go back and watch Airplane, Animal House, Raising Arizona, Caddy Shack to name a few. Some of my favorite comedies and you can count the F words on one hand. One exception was the Big Labowski, that was funny and maybe Jeff Bridges and John Goodman could of dialed it back a little, but it all seems to fit in that movie. In defense, O Brother and Napolean Dynamite are fairly new and had very little profanity and I liked them both.
In Birdman, when Michael Keaton is thrashing his dressing room and cussing up a storm, the couple in front of us got up and walked out, the theater was packed and everyone stayed. I thought a short time later, the final hour made that film and I regret that couple missed that and probably think the movie stunk. Imitation Game was very good, I think the time period and the characters background dictated the language should remain proper and the film worked.
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