Why why why why why do American companies keep turning out rubbish like this and trying to pass it off as British. Please check out the movie's website and witness for yourselves just how shocking some of these 'British' accents are. To me, that renders a film unwatchable and squanders any integrity it might have had. Judging from the clips on the site, this had none to squander in the first place. Come on people, PLEASE!
shareI know DAZ personally and he does have a thick Brittish accent as he actually is Brittish. I don't know about any of the other actors, as I haven't seen it, but you are coming off a little judgemental. Surely there is more to a movie than the accents.
shareOh there is, but I wasn't just talking about the accents. This looks shocking.
shareBy the way - British only has one 't'.
shareGo figure, you brits always have something to whine about.
I'd rather see NO british accents EVER, it's an ugly sounding lingual deviation.
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"Go figure, you brits always have something to whine about.
I'd rather see NO british accents EVER, it's an ugly sounding lingual deviation." - lulligvoorje
As opposed to the butching you yanks do when speaking the English language.
Whenever an American actor speaks with a British accent they sound either extremly posh or talk like a cockney. It must be so hard to speak properly!
And I know I'm whining but I dont care because I had to reply to this idiotic comment.
This is no different than a British actor attempting an American accent. Some of them are capable while some are not. Katie, to assume the British version of English is the "proper" one is arrogant misguided *beep*
The origins of English are mainly Germanic amongst other languages. All languages evolve over time and borrow from others. American English is proper to Americans. Just as British English is proper to Great Brittain.
Do me a favor spare us your misguided delusions of grandeur. To me American Southerners sound like slow retards. Are they??? NO! I love the Irish accent and think the British sound like smug pricks. Are they? Not all of them LOL.
Anyway, I find your culture intriguing, just don't play into the typical british stereotype thinking you are better than the world. You squat to take a dump like the rest of us.
-D-
I think by 'British' you mean southern England, I don't talk like that.
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" I'd rather see NO british accents EVER, it's an ugly sounding lingual deviation." - lulligvoorje
As opposed to the butching you yanks do when speaking the English language. "
You yanks? His/her username is dutch, I dont suppose she/he is aswell.
geez m8's .....don't you all know, Australian!!!! is the only REAL english...Dam "septic Tanks" (Yanks) & "Poms" (Poms lol) hee hee.
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these kinds of discussions always make me laugh...
being italian i guess i'm lucky as i won't notice any difference and enjoy the film - if it's a good one, of course.
what should i say, if i had to comment on all the fake italians in the films?
however i believe that, in case, it's American which is a deviation, as Great Britain existed before the 13 colonies' declaration of independence.
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It is likely that the Southern U.S. accent is the closest to what even the British sounded like hundreds of years ago.
The British accents actually changed more in the last few hundred years than the American accents.
http://www.linguistlist.org/ask-ling/accent.html
Really? From what I read it seemed that midwestern English is the closest to what English used to sound like. Either way, I find it interesting that the British used to speak more like Americans, considering that every movie you see that takes place before the last two centuries, most actors have heavy British accents. I just can't imagine Henry VIII speaking like someone from Michigan!
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Digger, you need to get out more.
About half the actors in this film are British and the rest spoke decent enough British accents, where required.
On the other hand, have you been in London lately as only about 25% of the people there are actually British anyway.
It's good to hear different British accents, isn't that what's called multi-culturism?
Having said that, this films nothing more than a light hearted romp.
I totally agree.... I just saw this turkey of a film tonight, and it seems to feature some british actors and some american actors attempting to sound british and coming off very fake. The movie pretty much sucked. Too bad, but save your money. When it comes on TV, you can sleep more comfortably through it.
shareNo kidding. This 'film' starred a series of American AND British actors. It was, however, as deeply bad as a significant majority of British television sitcoms. The Americans attempting British accents were pretty bad, but the script, cinematography and general direction of the film were bad-ITV sitcom British to the core. Horrible. While I love seeing Calum on screen, and Mina's got a mean torso, this film was truly awful as a whole.
What's funny to me, is that we Brits make so much out of Americans hashing our accent, but Americans don't really complain about the typical American drawl that many British actors attempt when doing an American part. Maybe that's because we're insecure. Hmmm.
Why why why why why do American companies keep turning out rubbish like this and trying to pass it off as British. Please check out the movie's website and witness for yourselves just how shocking some of these 'British' accents are. To me, that renders a film unwatchable and squanders any integrity it might have had. Judging from the clips on the site, this had none to squander in the first place. Come on people, PLEASE!
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(Copied from my post above, easier to find than in the middle of a thread.)
It is likely that the Southern U.S. accent is the closest to what even the British sounded like hundreds of years ago.
Most British accents actually changed more in the last few hundred years than most American accents.
http://www.linguistlist.org/ask-ling/accent.html
(I copied mine as well- idk why, but I want people to read these comments because most people have no idea that the British used to sound American, so when the american revolution happened, the accents were closer to American, not British.)
From what I read it seemed that midwestern English is the closest to what English used to sound like. Either way, I find it interesting that the British used to speak more like Americans, considering that every movie you see that takes place before the last two centuries, most actors have heavy British accents. I just can't imagine Henry VIII speaking like someone from Michigan!