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Jim_Mcdonaugh wrote:The worst accent in movies is russian. When some american fella trying to sound like he's from Moscow, that's just killing me. "Comrads! For Motherland!" I especially love those WWII movies like Enemy At The Gates. The whole movie was ruined by those phony accents. And of course Red Heat...
Paul_Lewis wrote:I saw Elephant White recently too, Sam, and thought exactly the same.
Paul_Lewis wrote:This'll give you a chuckle or two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0ycNdtiT3Q
I recently watched Hell Ride and Vinnie Jones' American accent was also embarassingly bad for anyone watching.
I didn't like the spirituality way it went with Mai.
It sounds OK to me, probably because I am not used to the dialects etc but he hates it.
Tim_Rogerson wrote:Keanu Reeves in Dracula.
Don Cheadle in Oceans 11.
or Ralph Bates in I Don't Want to be Born.
No excuse for most of these as the characters could be any nationality.
Stephen_Campbell wrote:I think the worst accents I've ever heard were Keanu Reeves in Dracula, Tom Cruise/Nicole Kidman in Far and Away and Tommy Lee Jones in Blown Away ("Did ya see d'explooosion Liam?")
Russell Crowe playing Robin Hood as if he was from Drogheda was also interesting, and Antony Hopkins' attempts to do accents are usually ridiculous as well - in Legend of the Falls, he goes through about six!
I personally think when actors are doing a role with a strong accent, if they can't master it, they should take the Sean Connery Hunt for Red October route - just keep their own accent. He played a Russian sub captin and spoke with a thick Scottish brogue, but that's far far less distracting that, say, Mr. Reeves "I know where the baaaaastaaaaard sleeps, I brought him deaaaar, to Carrrfax Abbaaaay." Mickey Rourke did a good Irish accent in A Prayer for the Dying, and that's fine, that's great, if you can pull it off. But then take Leonardo DiCaptrio's South African accent in Blood Diamond, laughable, and totally takes you out of the movie. Connery in October though? For like, 60 seconds, it's "Oh look, there's a Russian with a Scottish accent", and then you forget about it and get on with the movie. Sadly, most actors don't take this route though. I mean, I personally found Crowe's weird Dublin-esque accent in Robin Hood far more distracting than Costner's American twang in Prince of Thieves.
James_Morton wrote:One of the worst accents has got to be Richard Gere's 'Irish' accent in THE JACKAL
Absolutely terrible but funny
Leigh_Riding wrote:Has nobody realised how rough Mel Gibson's accent is in Lethal Weapon, or is it just me?
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