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The spear in Africa (Score:1)
Well, it might be in Lisbon, but I had never heard it before, neither had include [perl.org], and even the guy who told me that admitted that "Um tiro no escuro" ("A shot in the dark"), which *is* a typical Portuguese expression, would've been a better choice of words.
Bored to tears (Score:2)
I was also very confused by the shifting timeline. It was hard to tell that we had not only changed locations, but times as well. There were no visual clues. At least "Pulp Fiction" had clear scene breaks. But again, movies that jump around in time are "been there, done that".
Overall, I