And he didn't do a great job hiding it. This guy (Nicholas Hault I think) played Marcus in "About a Boy," which was actually a good movie.
Why, oh why, would they choose him for this role if he can't even hide his accent?
Well he hid it from me. I didn't know he was British.
He's taking the knife out of the Cheese!
Do you think he wants some cheese?
so what if he has an accent what's the big deal ? Do british accents piss you off or something ?!
shareI didn't notice it either. But then, I'm not an anal retentive nit picker.
shareIt's not nit picking. It's not anal, either.
Both the son & Caine have British accents and its jarring since there is no reference as to how they may have gotten them (in the story).
And, I really like this movie, especially the first 2/3's.
It manages to be very funny & very dark at the same time.
But the accents did bother me. Worse than the dad is the son. The dad (Caine) you can imagine he may have come to the U.S. as a young adult and so, maybe, would have retained his native accent.
But he son...
You can tell that the actor playing the son was trying to mask his accent, but he kept slipping.
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That doesn't change anything. It's still a British accent.
What causes pip in poultry?
>That doesn't change anything. It's still a British accent.
I can see where you are coming from. He has 'a' british accent, not 'the' british accent. No one is saying there is only one british accent. I have a british accent (Geordie) and my wife has some stupid thick sounding british accent (Cockney). She says thing like 'fink' for think, and 'lav' for love. Stupid cow loses socks faster than I can buy them aswell.
What puzzled me most was where Michael Caine got his West Country accent.
What causes pip in poultry?
dude
its 9 a.m. in my world
ive been up all night
and i read this
and i almost fell off my chair laughing
a bit non sequitor but worth it ! hilarious ! did u make that up
or were u really just randomly bitching about your wife ?
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It's all true! It's relevant too...
edit: Ok, maybe the sock bit isn't.
Oi ' NovocastrianUK' - watch it with the cockney slurs you coal eating northern savage. She probably chucks your socks out coz they are fetid stinking coz you northern (especially north eastern) peasants still have toilets outside in the yard & don't even know what a bathroom is yet .
As for YOUR accent , that geordie doin the voice overs on 'big brother' sounds like he's been in a car crash with head injuries & not quite come out of the coma yet.
London is the engine - you lot just shovel s hit to feed it . mha muha muhahaha
That which does not Kill me makes me Stranger . . .
You're an ignorant old cow Richmorton. You know I could say that everyone knows London is the cesspool of humanity with people fuelled only by greed and disgust and have a habit of throwing themselves in-front of trains every 5 seconds ...but I'd rather critique appropriately rather than resorting to petty mudslinging. Cockneys DO say 'FINK' instead of 'think' and 'LAV' instead of 'love'. It's just true, I've experienced it and have family who are Cockneys. Novo was particularly scathing in his comment, I didn't like the way he came off either but that's no reason to put on a full on attack about where he's from and hating on the people who are from there (from which it is obvious you have no knowledge of whatsoever).
I'm a Southerner but you just simply cannot disagree that the North has a lot going for it. More than we give it credit for because none of us care to visit ...when you do you get a wonderful surprise ...it's actually pretty brilliant and clean in most places. NorthEastern people are, by majority, kind, friendly and dare I say it ....educated. No one has toilets outside anymore so don't be silly ...remember the South had that kind of thing as well many moons ago. You're massively discriminating against someone because of where they're from. Bet you wouldn't make the same cracks at a Muslim person(but if you did ...that would be 'proper' discrimination ...because that's how our country works ...for minorities instead of for equality across the board). You have completely just discriminated and prejudged a whole area of England and its people because of their accent you small minded (and most likely small-everything-else) little man.
Your caveman opinions have no relevance in the 20th century never mind the 21st ...you should FINK before you speak.
My god - you actually took that seriously ??? Wow ! Thick as s hit is what you are mate .
That which does not Kill me makes me Stranger . . .
Being familiar with the son from the British show Skins and About a Boy, I found it odd he was pretending to be American. And you can't really get more British than Michael Caine. They were odd choices.
shareim watching it on bbc right now and it sounds like his voice has been dubbed as i know how nicholas hoult says certain things through watching things he is in and the voice doesnt seem to match certain movements of his lips
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I thought both their performances were good, despite the accents, which I thought fine. Thank goodness the makers chose decent actors, rather than those that simply sound right.
There are hundreds of British actors in American movies/TV and if you didn't know they were, you wouldn't know.
yeah 'danil' i just finished watchin it too - interesting theory about N Hoult lip sync but if you think about it he always looks dubbed !
I'm off to start a thread about how i think this is either trying to be a French film or , more likely , a rippoff of one.
That which does not Kill me makes me Stranger . . .
I think there should have been a back story too.
Michael Caine i can accept having an accent. Maybe he emigrated to AMerica. But the son having the British accent was weird, given it wasn't explained.
I picked the bad accents up immediately. And I'm British myself.
Well maybe David`s wife was banging some British dude as soon as the marriage fell apart, and henceforth came the influence of Great Britain into the lives of the young American chap.
Smashing.
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I thaught Nicholas's accent wasn't that bad, Michael Caine's attempt at an American accent was awful.
shareAgree'd Nick Hoult does accents better than the Cainer.
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground, try this sig with spinach!
caine obviously has such a terrible american accent cuz he rarely gets asked to have one in the hollywood films he's in. as bruce wayne's butler he just has his british accent. i mean i bet even guys like john cleese would suck playing an american cuz they never portray americans. ben kingsley's american accent sucks too imo. only one i can think off right now with a flawless american accent is hugh laurie the guy who plays house.
shareAll I'll say is Dick Van Dyke and Mary Poppins.
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