Comments on: Excel Movie Reviews

By: Yordan

Yordan — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:23:00 +0000

Randy Harmelink and David - you're wrong. I'm Bulgarian myself.

In Bulgaria we have 3 names - first, second and last. Second name is what we call "father's name" and it indicates which son am I. Last name is Family name - it indicates to which House I belong. So in case my name was Ivaylo Dimitrov Ivanov that means:

1. My name is Ivaylo.
2. I am son of Dimiter
3. I am from Ivanov's family.

And there is no rule that Family name MUST end with V... A lots of family names in Bulgaria ending with -ski also.

By: David

David — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:39:00 +0000

You should watch a Football World Cup. There you might learn about typical last names (like XXXXson in Sweden, McXXXXX in Scotland, Van XXXX in Netherlands, XXXXez in Spain and XXXXov in almost any slavian country like Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine, etc). In USA, an inmigrants' country (like Argentina, my country) there's a mix of all of them, and therefore no such a homogeneity
All those cases means "son of", of course.

By: Randy Harmelink

Randy Harmelink — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:10:00 +0000

Nothing so strange about it. Think of it this way:

Antonov = "Son of" Anton

If you were watching a Scandinavian location film, would you be surprised that so many names end in "son" (Johnson, Anderson, etc).? Also, I believe the "ova" is the feminine form. You'll notice there were quite a few of those as well -- "a" was your other spike.

By: J-Walk

J-Walk — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:47:00 +0000

That's a lot of Vs!

The IMDB says it was filmed in Bulgaria, Spokane, and Washington DC. It appears that they hired the locals in Bulgaria.