tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post3361337380547204929..comments2023-07-18T03:44:33.021-07:00Comments on The Bit Maelstrom: Ride of Die Walküreblakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-54202386082070806292008-12-31T17:51:00.000-08:002008-12-31T17:51:00.000-08:00I don't know about Costner but Cruise clearly coul...I don't know about Costner but Cruise clearly <I>could've</I> done the accent. <BR/><BR/>I'm hearing a lot from people who weren't bugged by this at all, so I might simply have been in a mood when I saw this. (The Boy was not bothered, e.g.)<BR/><BR/>Yeah, knox, I think there have been movies where the bad guys have English accents. I'm sure I've made that observation before, recently. It might have been another WWII movie, too, where the Americans were American and the English played the Nazis.<BR/><BR/>Star Wars, of course, has that issue because of all the shooting in England, except for the American leads--but then there's Alec Guiness and C3PO (Brit) and James Earl Jones (American).blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-27602804406357226562008-12-31T16:28:00.000-08:002008-12-31T16:28:00.000-08:00The accents are all over the place. Cruise stays A...<I>The accents are all over the place. Cruise stays American but most of the rest of the cast is English.</I><BR/><BR/>I wondered how they were going to work with that accent. Shades of Kevin Costner in Robin Hood: huge movie star can't be bothered to figure out accent. I mean, if he could do it, he would, wouldn't he? It'd be a feather in his cap of acting credibility. Even if he could only do an English accent, that would be better. (Aren't there movies where all the bad guys have English accents and the good guys have American accents? Or maybe I'm just thinking of Star Wars, where The Empire seemed loaded with snooty accents.)knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-52043663358747197952008-12-28T22:41:00.000-08:002008-12-28T22:41:00.000-08:00Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz make a great double...<I>Shaun of the Dead</I> and <I>Hot Fuzz</I> make a great double-feature.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-38395942352945951912008-12-28T18:00:00.000-08:002008-12-28T18:00:00.000-08:00I haven't seen Hot Fuzz. Thanks for telling me.I m...I haven't seen <I>Hot Fuzz</I>. Thanks for telling me.<BR/><BR/>I missed a lot of those types of movies because I was always at the kiddie movies for a while. I can finally sneak out and hang with adults. ;-)Darcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642443487136176511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-3764250867474464732008-12-28T16:23:00.000-08:002008-12-28T16:23:00.000-08:00Bill Nighy has a small but hilarious bit part in H...Bill Nighy has a small but hilarious bit part in <I>Hot Fuzz</I>, too.<BR/><BR/>All the famous people just distracted the hell outta me.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-86579919066190425422008-12-28T16:20:00.000-08:002008-12-28T16:20:00.000-08:00Oh, no doubt, cl.It's just that "HH" made a lastin...Oh, no doubt, cl.<BR/><BR/>It's just that "HH" made a lasting impression of Nazis as lovable lunkheads.<BR/><BR/>The menace has become camp.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-67214683763084564182008-12-28T15:40:00.000-08:002008-12-28T15:40:00.000-08:00And btw, blake, I really like Bill Nighy. He total...And btw, blake, I really like Bill Nighy. He totally cracked me up in <I>Love, Actually</I>, and I really liked him in the <I>Underworld</I> I saw him in. I was thrilled when I found out he was going to be in <I>Pirates</I>.Darcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642443487136176511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-81742963061789910242008-12-28T15:36:00.000-08:002008-12-28T15:36:00.000-08:00Really, chickenlittle? Fascinating!I actually love...Really, chickenlittle? Fascinating!<BR/><BR/>I actually love the German accent. I told a friend of mine who is German this, and he was pretty surprised. I guess it's not up there on the list of sexy accents.Darcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642443487136176511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-78880637893729150762008-12-28T15:32:00.000-08:002008-12-28T15:32:00.000-08:00My theory is that "Hogan Heroes" killed the German...<I>My theory is that "Hogan Heroes" killed the German accent for Nazis</I><BR/><BR/>My first German teacher told us to speak and practice with a <I>Hogan's Heroes</I> German accent. I took it to heart. Years later, when lived in Germany for a time, the natives always complimented me on my flawless pronunciation. I kid you not.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-30652305660704212472008-12-28T15:29:00.000-08:002008-12-28T15:29:00.000-08:00Cruise did a serviceable German accent in the open...Cruise did a serviceable German accent in the opening, actually speaking German, but then they phased it out.<BR/><BR/>A lot has to do with audience expectations as well. There was a similar confusing accent problem with Redford in <I>Out of Africa</I>. But Jane Seymour insisted that Redford (whom she had tutored) had mastered an appropriate English accent.<BR/><BR/>Ultimately they decided Redford just couldn't have an English accent.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-38146122043260416692008-12-28T15:17:00.000-08:002008-12-28T15:17:00.000-08:00LOL, blake. True.But really...I do expect actors t...LOL, blake. True.<BR/><BR/>But really...I do expect actors to try to get the accent right. Look at all of the Aussies and Brits, and I think many other heavily accented actors that perform roles with an American accent, and you can't tell.Darcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642443487136176511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-30099922207451776842008-12-28T15:06:00.000-08:002008-12-28T15:06:00.000-08:00My theory is that "Hogan Heroes" killed the German...My theory is that "Hogan Heroes" killed the German accent for Nazis. <BR/><BR/>Who doesn't think of Sergeant Schulz?<BR/><BR/>"I see nusssink!"blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-21178708543978014962008-12-28T14:57:00.000-08:002008-12-28T14:57:00.000-08:00Interesting. I was just discussing Tom Cruise and ...Interesting. I was just discussing Tom Cruise and this movie with a friend. I said that I don't really like him, or what I know of him, but I always enjoy his movies, and thought this one looked like it was going to be good.<BR/><BR/>I think I would have been distracted by the accents, too. If you're going to play a German, I think you should have a German accent. Is that asking too much?Darcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642443487136176511noreply@blogger.com