I liked what they said abou Renee Zellweger's accent from Bridget Jones' - especially in regards to scenes with her friends.
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
Book ,'Serenity'
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sumi - Jan 18, 2012 5:57:16 pm PST #17623 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Amy - Jan 18, 2012 5:59:14 pm PST #17624 of 30000
Because books.
The hardest movie for me to understand was probably Quadrophenia, years ago. I couldn't tell what anyone was saying. I do usually have a problem with Guy Ritchie movies, though. Snatch was really hard to understand.
My problem lately is the conflict between soundtrack and dialogue. The music is usually too loud to hear the dialogue right, somehow.
Burrell - Jan 18, 2012 6:05:27 pm PST #17625 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I want the shoes!
Sue - Jan 18, 2012 6:12:50 pm PST #17626 of 30000
hip deep in pie
I want the Shoes & Tim Roth. Who, BTW, was tweeting all kinds of backstage pics from the rehearsal & show.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 18, 2012 6:37:06 pm PST #17627 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I recall watching a British indie gay comedy a few years ago that really needed subtitles for American English speakers. The Irish leads might as well have been speaking Gaelic for all I could tell, and I don't normally have trouble following Irish accents.
§ ita § - Jan 18, 2012 6:43:33 pm PST #17628 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Northern Ireland Irish?
§ ita § - Jan 18, 2012 8:23:45 pm PST #17629 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I"m not very good with accents--cf mine own. So it's perfectly possible Downey was in my sweet spot of ni America ni Britain, but whatever he was, I could hear the words. I think it's two things, neither of which applied to me watching.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 19, 2012 6:09:42 am PST #17630 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Northern Ireland Irish?
I don't know, but I'd hear about one distinct consonant for every couple minutes of talking. It sounded like someone communicating while gargling. Or John Mayer singing.
§ ita § - Jan 19, 2012 6:54:22 am PST #17631 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Just wondering about a British movie with Irish leads. Not that it can't happen, but it seems to open it up for more accent shenanigans.
Fred Pete - Jan 19, 2012 7:34:42 am PST #17632 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Not all of the leads were Irish, but the main character of The Crying Game was. And I could understand everyone in that movie.