the fact that so few actors enunciate well enough for me to understand what they're saying
This particular foreigner has no real problem understanding 98% of what actors say. How much are you not getting?
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§ ita § - Jan 24, 2007 8:42:34 am PST #7155 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Scrappy - Jan 24, 2007 8:44:15 am PST #7156 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I had a question about that, too. Are you speaking about American actors?
Ailleann - Jan 24, 2007 8:45:27 am PST #7157 of 10001
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I never understand what Benecio del Toro is saying.
eta: He may not qualify as an American actor?
Laga - Jan 24, 2007 8:46:57 am PST #7158 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
cannot control their speech well enough to drop an inappropriate accent
this. Although the example I was going to give was Cary Elwes in Poison Ivy so perhaps I am asking too much of that particular film. Still I wonder why they didn't just make the character british.
DavidS - Jan 24, 2007 8:52:42 am PST #7159 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I never understand what Benecio del Toro is saying.
Have you just been watching him in Usual Suspects? Because that's what he was supposed to do there.
§ ita § - Jan 24, 2007 8:53:12 am PST #7160 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He's often a bit of a mumblemouth, though.
Nutty - Jan 24, 2007 8:54:07 am PST #7161 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Benicio Del Toro is from, like, Pennsylvania. His mushmouth is pure personality.
I don't actually sit there completely lost as to what's going on, but I mishear words on TV all the time -- a T that might be a D, or G/K, or a couple other consonant switches -- that can change meanings. I get jerked out of the story, when I find myself relying on context to understand meaning rather than relying on hearing the word right the first time. I find most Texas accents mildly mushy, e.g., and the vowel-confusion of anybody from Chicago will usually get me asking, "Wait, what?"
Ailleann - Jan 24, 2007 8:57:05 am PST #7162 of 10001
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Have you just been watching him in Usual Suspects?
That was the first movie I thought of, but I also had some issues with Sin City.
Laga - Jan 24, 2007 8:57:36 am PST #7163 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
And Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
DavidS - Jan 24, 2007 8:58:53 am PST #7164 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That was the first movie I thought of, but I also had some issues with Sin City.
Maybe it was because he was decapitated.
And Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Maybe it was because he was on drugs.