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Looking for a good date movie?  I'm just kidding but this list of “Films That Most Frequently Use The Word 'Fuck'” does remind me of a funny anecdote from my youth. 

A friend had introduced me to “Reservoir Dogs” soon after it came out on video and I quickly became a Tarantino junkie.  When I found out that “True Romance“, a movie he'd written but not directed was coming out, I was pretty pumped to go see it. 

The release of this movie happened to coincide with me being introduced to a rather nice young woman by mutual friends.  As these things go, I asked her to a movie but somewhat selfishly, decided that I really wanted to see “True Romance” so I suggested that this be the movie we go see.  She hadn't heard of the film or Tarantino or “Reservoir Dogs” so agreed.  I mean, to her the title had “Romance” in it and it started Christian Slater who'd been in “The Legend of Billie Jean” and “Young Guns II” – how bad could it be? 

I picked her up and while waiting for her to get ready, checked out her movie collection.  She had a VHS copy of every Disney movie ever released and really, not much else.  “Oh-oh” I remember thinking.   But I was *really* excited to see the Tarantino film and the thought of doing a quick switch to a different film didn't even cross my mind.

Well, you can imagine how things went.  The film about a young couple (one a comic store loser, one a hooker who his boss hires for him as a birthday present) who accidentally end up in possession of a suitcase full of cocaine.  It contains all the elements of the best (you may choose to put that word in quotes, depending on your personal taste – I know she would've) elements of a Tarantino movie – violence, dark humour, pop culture references, a wicked soundtrack.  One scene where a mobster ends up beating the hooker (who'd been left in the room while her boyfriend goes to get ice cream! ) was so disturbing that I was cringing in my seat (and not just because I was on a first date with a Disney chick sitting beside me!)

The movie ended, I took her home and we parted ways.  Believe it or not, I think we may have seen each other a few more times after that although honestly, I think the magic was gone about two minutes into the movie where it became clear that this movie wasn't anywhere near “The Lady and The Tramp” but would be a really intense version of “The Loser and The Tramp”. 

TL;DR: For a first date, I took a huge Disney Fangirl to a Movie That Ranks Near The Top of “Films That Most Frequently Use The Word 'Fuck'” right up there with “Eddie Murphy: Raw” and “The Departed”. 

Oh, and the movie also features perhaps the greatest scene of dialogue in the history of film between Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper…