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was anyone actually Scottish?!

posted 20 years ago by lynn_uk_89
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heey

while watching this pathetic excuse for a movie i realised that NONE of the actors were scottish! even the "locals" had american accents and the police man was sooo Australian! every last word of each sentence was australian! it was just pathetic, aaaah it annoyed me so much! and when that other guy, the one that went to kill it or something, he put on his blue face paint and his kilt! and he barely said anything but "aye". lol...people actually think we wear kilts?

[–] BijouBob8mm 20 years ago

Seems like the closest thing to a Scottish actor was Irishman Patrick Bergin. I felt kind of sorry for Lysette Anthony being in this. I can only hope the script read better than it filmed. Not sure what the whole riff on BRAVEHEART was, with the guy painting his face blue....

[–] lynn_uk_89 20 years ago

I know the Braveheart thing was stupid too, the whole film was a waste..I wasnt really expecting it to be good, me and my friends rented it as a joke, but we didnt think it would be THAT bad

[–] BijouBob8mm 20 years ago

What has always amazed me is that there IS so much story potential to be found in the subject of Loch Ness, and yet nearly every feature film to use Ness as its basis ends up being a total waste of film. The upcoming INCIDENT AT LOCH NESS (which many say takes the basic concept of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT and relocates it to Loch Ness) doesn't sound any more promising, in spite of the location work. (Werner Herzog and Jeff Goldblum appear.) The less said about 1981's THE LOCH NESS HORROR the better. So far, an early sound film called THE SECRET OF THE LOCH (using a large iguana lizard as Nessie) and the Joely Richardson/Ted Danson LOCH NESS seem to be the best of the bunch. Too bad Hammer Films never got to go ahead with NESSIE, a mid-1970s film they were going to make in conjunction with Toho Studios...at least THEY would have used an appropriate cast, and not a dab of blue facepaint in sight!

[–] lynn_uk_89 20 years ago

haha I know! *throws blue face paint away*

I think if a good director came along, it could be a good movie, until then..we'll have to wait lol

[–] BijouBob8mm 20 years ago

Hopefully someone finds a good director before someone finds Nessie, herself!

[–] lynn_uk_89 20 years ago

haha I know! It would be a good film if it was done right..unfortunately it never has :P

[–] nephihaha 11 years ago

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes includes a Nessie subplot and is tolerable.

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[–] Rdavemcd 19 years ago

why, why, why was this awful film made!!! Did the makers actually do ANY research at all? This film was just so bad!!!!!!!!

[–] DrLecterIPresume 18 years ago

This film was Uwe Boll bad, but without a budget. And no, Dr. Boll, I'm not bashing you just because you think it's trendy to do so, I've seen several of your films.

[–] junk-monkey 10 years ago

Oh but they did! One of the highlights of the hyperactive 'Making of' is the moment when the costume designer (who glories in the name of True Cross) says with a dead straight face: "We did a lot of research, on the internet, and we talked to everyone we knew who was Scottish... I rented Braveheart."

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[–] nephihaha 11 years ago

Lysette Anthony is the token Brit.

"people actually think we wear kilts? "

We do....

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[–] aloep 8 years ago

We do....

I don't. Never have, never will. They are insulting and embarrassing.