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Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video

A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.

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Nutty - Oct 12, 2005 8:49:24 am PDT #7844 of 10002

"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

I loved the NPR interview where he explained he did Batman Begins junkets in an American accent, so it wouldn't be distracting.

I noticed that he did that, but didn't know why. Knowing he was British, I found it kind of creepy, as if he were doing all his interviews in-character.

Okay, enough with the good accents (despite our not yet mentioning Sophie's Choice or the feat of Robert DeNiro speaking all but one of his lines in Italian in The Godfather part 2). Now it is time to list favorite BAD accents.

I'll start. I think Kevin Costner trying to do British was pretty effing funny.

Jessica - Oct 12, 2005 8:51:06 am PDT #7845 of 10002

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

where he explained he did Batman Begins junkets in an American accent, so it wouldn't be distracting.

The funny part is that when I saw him speak, it was at a BAFTA screening, and since we were all there because of our connection to the British film/tv industry and knew perfectly well what he was supposed to sound like, his American accent (which he explained) was really confusing.

§ ita § - Oct 12, 2005 8:51:22 am PDT #7846 of 10002

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I found it kind of creepy, as if he were doing all his interviews in-character.

Given how many people are sure, for instance, that Bond has to be British, and how few Americans were on that set ... I can see him not wanting to draw Immigration attention.

Sean K - Oct 12, 2005 8:52:52 am PDT #7847 of 10002

You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I heard Elizabethtown got a crappy reception at Toronto Film Festival. (Granted, it was apparently the longer, unedited version.) I've heard it described as one over-long song-fic.

It looks like it's just a rehash of frelling Jerry Maguire. So I guess it's Jerry Maguire/Almost Famous.

Damien Lewis as Lt. Winters in Band of Brothers.

Yes, yes, yes. Amazing facility. And to me, his accent in BofB sounds convincingly Pennsylvanian.

Jessica - Oct 12, 2005 8:54:50 am PDT #7848 of 10002

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

It looks like it's just a rehash of frelling Jerry Maguire. So I guess it's Jerry Maguire/Almost Famous.

DH tried to explain the plot to me, and it hurt. To me, it sounds like Crowe is tired of people thinking his endings come out of nowhere, and so decided to just make the whole damn movie come out of nowhere this time.

Aims - Oct 12, 2005 8:56:00 am PDT #7849 of 10002

Shit's all sorts of different now.

Never saw Mullholand Drive did he?

Sean K - Oct 12, 2005 8:56:15 am PDT #7850 of 10002

You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Now it is time to list favorite BAD accents.

Walter Koenig speaking in his normal voice sounds like Pavel Chekov trying desperately to hide his Russian accent and doing a very bad job of it.

He's from Chicago.

Jessica - Oct 12, 2005 8:57:31 am PDT #7851 of 10002

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Never saw Mullholand Drive did he?

Cameron Crowe, or DH?

(Mulholland Drive is one of E's favorite movies.)

Volans - Oct 12, 2005 8:59:25 am PDT #7852 of 10002

move out and draw fire

Worst accents include "Far and Away" fer sure.

Damien Lewis as Lt. Winters in Band of Brothers

wonders idly if there's Winters/Nix slashfic out there.

Scrappy - Oct 12, 2005 8:59:51 am PDT #7853 of 10002

Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Hugh Laurie in HOuse.

Tiny bit iffy at first. Perfect now.

I know Renee Zellweger got props from the British press for her Bridget Jones accent.

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