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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:11 am Post subject: gone big-screen |
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| It was anything but an ordinary cartoon gone big-screen movie. |
I took the quote from a movie review of 'Trnasformers' which was made by a high school student in Avondale, Arizona. The bold part, 'gone big-screen movie' might be incorrect, and instead 'gone to big-screen movie' can be correct. But I'm not sure. Could you tell me if my opinion is right or wrong with some explanations?
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CP
Joined: 12 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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It's right as is. When something is "gone" something else, it has become that thing, or tried to emulate that thing.
She's gone Hollywood = She is acting as though she is a movie star in Hollywood.
It's not just a cartoon gone big-screen movie = It's not just a cartoon that has become / is trying to be a big-screen movie.
He is a president gone dictator = He has only the powers of a president but he is abusing them as though he were the dictator of the U.S.A.
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