To put it in perspective, while Reeves' hypothetical British accent was pretty bad, it got lost amidst Anthony Hopkins' fits of maniacal laughter, Gary Oldman's facial transformations, and Sadie Frost sailing about trailing yards of cloth like one of the martial artists in Hero.
Whereas in a move that had flying merry-go-round horses, kids jumping into chalk paintings, and Julie Andrews smacking down her nanny competition with a wind tunnel, people would overlook all the fantastical scenes to wince and say "Wow, is that accent BAD!"
I watched
A Tale of Two Sisters
last night. It's a Korean horror/psychological thriller. It was intriguing (is that right?). I liked it much better than
Ringu
or
Ju-On
(then again, I didn't really care for either of those). I thought this one was better because there was an actual story, and an interesting one at that.
Tsk. They don't mention one of my Best Accents of All Time: Miranda Richardson in The Prophet. She is indistinguishable from a Louisiana girl.
I think one of the better accents from someone whom you would not expect it is in Tomorrow Is Forever, where Natalie Wood, in her first credited film role, does an excellent Austrian accent at the age of eight.
Saw Sin City the other night and I enjoyed it, but it was a good deal darker than my tastes normally run. While it would have been worse if the violence hadn't been stylized, I still have an active enough imagination that certain scenes still turned my stomach.
I do have to wonder what is up with Frank Miller and guys getting
shot/stabbed/etc in the crotch
though, because it seemed to happen every five minutes.
And I actually kind of liked Marv, despite him being responsible for most
of the really grotesque stuff.
The sheer pulpiness of it all got to be a bit too much after a while, and the Bruce Willis segment had me going "eww! She was friggin' 11 years-old when you last saw her, you perv!
But
he had a whole big reservation about that! He resisted her because he knew she was way too young for him, and only gave in (to the extent that he did) because she insisted.
I think it's natural to love the only person who gives a damn about you, and the relationship would not have become physical without her impetus. So I don't think it's fair to hang the Dirty Old Man tag on Bruce.
Well, not his character maybe.
Well, not his character maybe.
So you're saying - Bruce and Demi: Birds of a Feather Breed Together?