One Question I Had...???

I saw this movie off Showtime the other day, and while I wasn't all that terribly excited to see it, I was surprised how much I enjoyed this. Newcomer Brenton Thwaites (did I get that right?) stars in this futuristic drama about a utopian society where everyone is forced into a pattern of "sameness". Feelings have been shut down by a drug everyone takes, and all differences have been done away with in order to prevent jealousy, wars, etc.. The movie starts off in black and white, and then does the "Pleasantville" technique of turning into color gradually as our main character begins to feel things he's never experienced.

I've read that this was somewhat of a pet project for Jeff Bridges (producer), who plays the titular role in this, and that he had originally (twenty years ago) planned on his old man, Lloyd Bridges, playing that role. Three-time (I think-??) Oscar winner, Meryl Streep, plays I guess what you could call the "villainess" role in this. And Alexander Skarsgard and Katie Holmes play our lead character's pseudo- parents. My only issue with this piece was- everything is going along fine, then it has to sorta evolve into this action-adventure movie. Why can't for once a sci-fi film just take the route of your serio-drama instead of always having to go for that "Logan's Run"/"Soylent Green" routine-?? But other than that, overall I liked this movie; I liked it's style, and the performances of it's stars. But one question I had- what accent exactly was Bridges going for-?? LOL

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