Subject: Worst Movie Accent?
Posted by: suntzu
Date: Mar 25 11
Who gains the crown for the worst Movie Accent?
Having just watched Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood and listened to the funky accents going on in there; I thought it was time to ask who does Dick Van Dyke pass his crown onto?
Keanu Reeves in Dracula still gets my vote. That was shockingly bad!
Posted by: suntzu
Date: Mar 25 11
Who gains the crown for the worst Movie Accent?
Having just watched Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood and listened to the funky accents going on in there; I thought it was time to ask who does Dick Van Dyke pass his crown onto?
Keanu Reeves in Dracula still gets my vote. That was shockingly bad!
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mountaingoat
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Thats it. Great movie just the same. Yul Bryner really had screen presence to burn. Reply #41. Oct 10 11, 7:07 PM |
johnnycat777 
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I am going to say Kevin Costner's feeble attempt at a southern accent in JFK is the worst, but then just about everything this guy does is bad. Also, Brad Pitt in The Devil's Own as an Irishman was pitiful. It was so obvious how hard he was trying too. Pitt also tried to pass as an Italian in Inglorious Bastards but in that case he didn't even attempt an accent. Reply #42. Oct 13 11, 9:02 AM |
TheCharmedOnes
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I'm not really a movie buff, so I'll add my vote for Dick Van Dyke. That was truly an awful cockney accent. Reply #43. Oct 13 11, 9:36 AM |
| callie_ross
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I thought that Brad did a pretty good Irish accent! If you want to hear an absolutely horrible Irish accent, watch "The Jackal" & listen to Richard Gere's! LOL! XD Reply #44. Oct 18 11, 2:26 AM |
boxjaw
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Tony never uttered those words. It was supposed to have been said in the film "The Black Shield of Falworth" The film is famous for an apocryphal line, rendered as "Yonda stands da castle of my fodda" or similar. The plot details above show that this would not fit the story: there is no "castle of my father". The line is said to have come from a remark made by Debbie Reynolds on television. This chestnut used to be quoted in Radio Times whenever the film was on BBC television, and found its way into a 2007 study of Tony Curtis's work by Clive James. It clearly derives from American snobbery about Curtis's origins, and has crossed the Atlantic unchecked by film writers actually viewing the movie.[2] Curtis has denied ever saying that line, but he did actually say a similar line in the movie Son of Ali Baba, released in 1952, that reads, "This is the palace of my father, and yonder lies the Valley of the Sun", and he did deliver it in a markedly New York accent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Shield_of_Falworth Reply #45. Oct 18 11, 9:09 AM |
turbotude
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Considering that Mary Poppins was a fantasy story, and the characters were caricatures, is it possible Dick Van Dyke's horrible attempt at the Cockney accent was deliberate? Reply #46. Oct 18 11, 1:17 PM |
trojan11
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How much should we expect from *top* actors? Personally, I believe that if an actor can't get an accent right, then he/she should be sacked from the project. They are highly paid for doing a relatively simple and easy job. If sports persons were to give the same level of quality that some actors do, they would be verbally flayed, dragged off and replaced. Russel Crowe's dismal attempt at an north country English accent, veering between, Scots, Irish, Northern Irish, all in the one sentence, is a perfect example. Reply #47. Oct 18 11, 2:43 PM |
Skyflyerjen
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Jessica Alba in “Machete.” Because “machete” is not pronounced “mah-chah-tay.” Reply #48. Oct 25 11, 9:08 PM |
rustic_les
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@ 44, Richard Gere's accent goes through every county in Ireland. Sean Connery's accent 'Yeesh, I am the captain of a Schoviet schubmarine' LOLZ Reply #49. Dec 25 11, 11:46 AM |
SisterSeagull
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Sean Connery's character in 'Highlander' was supposed to be a spaniard, but he delivered his lines, as he does in all his films, with his own distinctive soft brogue... He made no attempt to sound even remotely spanish! I served for 15 years in a scottish infantry regiment that recruited from the Glasgow area... I am quite familiar with the accent from that region, thank you very much!! lol Reply #50. Dec 25 11, 4:15 PM |
Trigger7
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All of the actors/actresses in "Fargo" with their hard and harsh Minnesota/North Dakota accents. I sat through it once, and never understood how the movie or any actors won any type of award - very amateurish. Reply #51. Dec 25 11, 5:54 PM |
izzy50
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has to be mel gibson in braveheart ,, Reply #52. Dec 26 11, 10:22 AM |
jokes_2500
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Sacha Baron Cohen as the former Formula One driver in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. Reply #53. Mar 12 12, 9:31 AM |
lola0177
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Kevin Costner in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Sean Connery playing a Spaniard (!) in The Highlander (!!), partially, and very photographically, set in Scotland (!!!) Reply #54. Apr 05 12, 7:21 PM |
weissmarc
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In the movie Caddyshack the actress who plays Maggie O'Hooligan adds to the overall humor factor with her unintentionally terrible accent. She's probably banned from entering the UK. I think Brad Pitt was purposely messing with everyone with his character's voice in Inglorious Bastards; he was a bit over the top in that one anyway. Reply #55. Apr 25 12, 9:50 PM |
| squidgybop
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District 9. How the main character has this really weird Afrikaans accent. Reply #56. Jun 13 12, 10:03 AM |
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