Rate 88 MINUTES

[Miho]

My friend and I saw it last night. Besides two other people, we were the only ones in the theater. That was nice. The movie was alright. It was your typical "solve the murder mystery and find the real killer in a certain amount of time or you die" type of movie, but since it was starring Al Pacino, that made up for it. He hasn't made a movie in a hot minute. (get it? lols)

[Dorothy Wood]

I'm pretty sick of Al Pacino. His hair is ridiculous. and he's always shouting.

no thanks.

also, no, I don't get it. the hot minute.

[Videodrome]

haha

[Miho]

I'm pretty sick of Al Pacino. His hair is ridiculous. and he's always shouting.

no thanks.

also, no, I don't get it. the hot minute.

Hot minute, 88 Minutes. ...

[b i o n i c]

ooooohhhh.... now i (dont) get it

[Dorothy Wood]

yeah, but...a hot minute means not very long. "he hasn't made a movie in a short amount of time"...just, doesn't make sense, because in the context of what you were saying, your tone leads one to believe that you are really trying to say, "he's hasn't made a movie in awhile". but "a short amount of time" is the opposite of "awhile".


therefore, your association of "hot minute" and "88 minutes", is flawed.

[taquitos]

you kinda of look like a rat in your icon

[Dorothy Wood]

yeah! what of it?!


*puts dukes up*

[Miho]

yeah, but...a hot minute means not very long. "he hasn't made a movie in a short amount of time"...just, doesn't make sense, because in the context of what you were saying, your tone leads one to believe that you are really trying to say, "he's hasn't made a movie in awhile". but "a short amount of time" is the opposite of "awhile".


therefore, your association of "hot minute" and "88 minutes", is flawed.

I thought it meant "awhile". My bad.

[Videodrome]

I thought it meant "awhile" also. The Padster needs to clear this shit up.

[Lex Diamonds]

"Awhile" is not actually a word. "A while" is a noun meaning a length of time. Also, Dorothy is right, "a hot minute" means a very short amount of time. You can however say "he hasn't made a decent movie in a minute" to mean a greater length of time, however this usage has only recently entered the lexicon and may be misinterpreted by many.

OK BACK TO WORK KIDS

[Dorothy Wood]

awhile is a word! you just can't put a preposition in front of it!

it's an adverb, describing the action of making a movie. ha! I win!

[Lex Diamonds]

Well technically awhile is a corruption of "a + while" being made into a compound. I'm not sure about dictionary rules and definitions and shit. But over here in London, Europe we do things by the BOOK.

[abcdefz]

"Awhile" has made it in the dictionary; I'm almost positive. "Alot" hasn't.

[hpdrifter]

This film must be pretty bad if a thread dedicated to it has devolved into splitting hairs about grammar.

Not that I'm complaining, I appreciate the clarifications.