»"You were laying right there..."«

I brought this up elsewhere, but I'd be interested in knowing how many people are irked by Smith's line, quoted above, from the final fight scene in "Revolutions"...it's amazing to me that apparently nobody involved in the movie pointed out the mistake....
(Just what was Neo "laying" right there?)

hugo weaving is foriegn, so maybe he just pronounced it that way...

he's british not turkish. i don't believe this word's a matter of pronounciation. me thinks they just made a small mistake.

It's in the original Matrix Revolutions script. So, it's not Hugo's mistake.

But what is the mistake? I can't understand
Can someone help me?

th3 p4th wrote:

But what is the mistake? I can't understand Can someone help me?

It should be lying. You are laying bricks; however, you are lying down...

I say it refers to Neo as the architect of peace. Smith saw that Neo was laying there the foundation of the new path of peace that was forthcoming, using the cement of brotherhood

Capt. you made a valiant effort to put a purpose to the error.

I believe that the arousal of this topic a merely another pithy attempt for haters to bash the sequels because they can't wrap their closed minds around them.

I hate Revolutions because:

A). The ending didn't make sense
B). My questions were unanswered
C).
...
Now, Z). The grammer was incorrectly used in a line.

Geez, lets use our time to nitpick, that will help us comprehend the meanings and applications.

Kozar

I certainly don't hate any of the films, and believe me, I do not pick nits. To confess, I'm an English teacher, and while I could never write a script that even approached the complexity, dramatic impact and relevance of M1-3, that's what makes this simple error seem all the more incongruous. This is the "Mistakes" board, is it not? I was simply interested in finding out if this usage was as grating to others as it was to me, and if it seemed unusual to anyone that apparently not one person involved with the project objected to it. To me, nitpicking would be pointing out how a character is looking one way in one shot, and in a different direction in the next, or objecting to Morpheus's recognizing the rogue Smith's code....things which have a perfectly reasonable, innocuous rationale.
PS. I resist the urge to correct your spelling.

dancur wrote:

PS. I resist the urge to correct your spelling.

Hahahahaha!

Niobe said, "ain't".

Oh, I didn't realize this was a "mistakes" forum. I just usually choose whatever is being discessed at the time. And needless to say I get annoyed when people bring up irrelvant stuff to bash my movies. I may have misunderstood your stance and for that I apologize.

dancur wrote:

PS. I resist the urge to correct your spelling.

Oh, please don't. If correcting others people's spelling and grammer is something that makes you happy then I will gladly misspell and use commas, incorrectly. I'm a great friend. I always the set-up guy when I'm wing-manning. You won't hurt my feelings and it will probably be entertaining for those that enjoy that sort of thing, so have at it.

th3 p4th wrote:

Hahahahaha!

Its no fun if you do it on purpose. ...See?

It's

And Niobe still said, "ain't."

Niobe's from the 'hood.

So you DO see..that was quicker than the others.

dancur wrote:

Niobe's from the 'hood. So you DO see..that was quicker than the others.

yo, b, it's from "da" hood biatch! ( if i ever talk like that again...feel free to shoot me...)

Oh, snap, my eboniscs be wack! I ain't even tryin' da hear that, G!

boi are u for reelz?

*(last time i promise)