Like most modern films, and especially those from Britain, this film desparately needed either subtitles or captions. British accents are horrible! Aussie can be somewhat difficult too, and American films often have sloppy pronunciation too. Besides benefitting the deaf, everyone could benefit from subtitles with all recorded entertainment. This film was nearly 50% uncomprehensible due to that lack of printed equivalents.
shareI'm not a native English speaker, and I had no problems with it.
shareWhere did you see the film? Loads of environmental sound? As a non-native I didn't have trouble in a cinema.
sharei feel u...I have trouble understanding Brits in films also and need subtitles. I jus started this movie, doesnt look very intersting anyway
shareHow rude! I am English and I take great offence to your wording "British accents are horrible!" I think you should rephrase that comment unless you really meant to offend a whole country. So we all have opinions on various accents,but that comment was a personal insult to British people and completely uncalled for in the context it was written.
shareI'm an American and I too was offended by that ridiculous comment about the British. That idiot obviously doesn't understand that nobody forced him to watch this movie. If he needs caption and subtitles for this, then perhaps he should be watching kiddie movies. I'm quite sure he can understand those.
shareurgh ! yes unfortunately for you most decent films and bad films too use the english language !! so thats fine by me (being english) , it is the most widely used language in cinema and easily comprehensible , get over it !
shareAn accent and "sloppy pronunciation" are not the same thing. It's perfectly possible to have an identifiable accent and speak very precisely and clearly. The BBC uses a lot of Scottish and Welsh presenters for this reason. And the range of accents across Britain is remarkably wide for such a small country: cockney, West country, Brummie, Geordie, Manchester, Oxford posh, Welsh, Scottish Borders, Edinburgh posh, Glasgow, Highland, Orkney etc etc. Some I like, some I don't, some are clear, some are not. There's no such thing as a single British accent. Nor is there a single American accent, and non-American viewers of American films have to get used to the rich variety (Boston, New Jersey, Southern states, Inner city Baltimore, Texas drawl, Mountain state cowboy, valley girl, Alaskan fisherman etc.) You don't find us complaining about it.
shareFunny you should mention that... I turned on the Amazon closed-captions about 10 minutes into the film because I felt I was missing too much of the dialogue. Glad I did because I found I really had been missing nearly everything verbal, partly because I'm American and the students were "uni". I may use closed-captioning more often in the future; it brought the movie to life.
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