preposterous movie-accents

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inspired of course, b/c i'm watching Andaconda...

Andaconda, Jon Voight- i'm not even sure what this is supposed to be...Cuban?

The Devil's Own, Brad Pitt-Irish. terrible, horrible, and yet, so unfair b/c all chix moisten for this dude regardless of anything that comes out of his mouth...

Scarface & Carlito's Way, Al Pacino- i'm guessing i'll catch heat for this, hell i'm a huge fan of Pacino's myself, but lets call a /images/graemlins/spade.gif a /images/graemlins/spade.gif; his accent is ridiculous...

others?

[benfranklin]

Let me be the first to say: Teddy KGB

[fnord_too]

DiCaprio in Gangs of New York (Pick any of the many accents he used)
Marlon Brando's "English" Accent (he broke this out in a few roles)

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and how could i forget...

Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, Kevin Costner- he just gave up 1/2-way through...

[fnord_too]

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and how could i forget...

Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, Kevin Costner- he just gave up 1/2-way through...

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Funny, I think I did too with that movie /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[DerryABU]

Tom Cruise in Far and Away- Stereotypical "Tap of tha marnin" Irish accent. God awful.

[ThaSaltCracka]

Elijah Wood and Sean Austin for the horid psuedo English accents in LOTR. Plus they both come across as total fags in the movie.

[jakethebake]

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Elijah Wood and Sean Austin for the horid psuedo English accents in LOTR. Plus they both come across as total fags in the movie.

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Elijiah Wood isnt a [censored]? He comes across that way in every movie, not to moention interviews, etc. I just assumed... /images/graemlins/blush.gif

I figured he and old Ian McKeller were sharing atrailer on set.

[oljumpstart]

Everyone in "Mystic River" and just about every other movie that took place in Boston.

[jakethebake]

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Everyone in "Mystic River" and just about every other movie that took place in Boston.

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Agreed. They never come near sounding as obnoxious as that accent truly is. /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[SomethingClever]

Keanu Reeves, Much Ado About Nothing. Must be heard to be believed.

Nice call on Voight heading your list, BTW.

[partygirluk]

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Elijah Wood and Sean Austin for the horid psuedo English accents in LOTR. Plus they both come across as total fags in the movie.

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Those were two of the best movie accents ever. I had no idea Astin was American until I IMDBed him after watching ROTK. Wood was the weak link in the series, but his accent was extremely convincing. Do you think all English people speak like the Queen?

[brassnuts]

Jason Statham (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005458/) in The One. The only thing worse than the movie itself was Statham's attempt at an American accent.

[private joker]

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The Devil's Own, Brad Pitt-Irish. terrible, horrible, and yet, so unfair b/c all chix moisten for this dude regardless of anything that comes out of his mouth...



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Brad Pitt topped this with an even more outlandish Irish accent in SNATCH (which, by the way, is such an awesome movie). His gypsy mumble -- you couldn't understand a third of what he said -- is so hilarious that it makes up for that stupud DEVIL'S OWN crap.

[brassnuts]

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The Devil's Own, Brad Pitt-Irish. terrible, horrible, and yet, so unfair b/c all chix moisten for this dude regardless of anything that comes out of his mouth...

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Brad Pitt topped this with an even more outlandish Irish accent in SNATCH (which, by the way, is such an awesome movie). His gypsy mumble -- you couldn't understand a third of what he said -- is so hilarious that it makes up for that stupud DEVIL'S OWN crap.

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Funny, I heard from an Irish person that his Gypsy accent in Snatch was quite good. Of course, he was Irish, not Enligh/Scottish, but I placed more validity on his opinion than mine for this subject.

[Rushmore]

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Brad Pitt topped this with an even more outlandish Irish accent in SNATCH (which, by the way, is such an awesome movie). His gypsy mumble -- you couldn't understand a third of what he said -- is so hilarious that it makes up for that stupud DEVIL'S OWN crap.

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Excellent, hilarious accent in an excellent movie, more than makes up for any other transgression.

[cnfuzzd]

Dammit, i cant remember his name. But Cpt. Picards in SNG. He was supposed to be french, and certainly had a slightly british accent.

Anything sean connery does.

peace

john nickle

[stabn]

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Do you think all English people speak like the Queen?


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I've never heard the queen speak. Does she?

[partygirluk]

Yeah. At the beginning of the parliamentary year, in November she goes into the House of Commons and outlines the government's plans for the next year.

"My government will introduce a bill intended to place a ban on the practice of hunting with hounds" etc.

There is also her televised Christmas message, on @ 15:00PM on the BBC. It lasts about 10 minutes. This year she talked about the need to respect different faiths. Muslims liked this. Channel 4 broadcast an "Alternative Christmas speech" every year. A couple of years ago it was Ali G. This year it was Marge Simpson.

[Inthacup]

I just saw about 5 minutes of Charlies Angels: Full Throttle and some skinny guy with a lot of tattoos had a terrible accent.

And then there was Drew Barrymore trying to sound smart and tough, which was completely unnatural.

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

Rob Morrow's hideous attempt at a Boston accent in "Quiz Show"

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heh. Lucy Liu, in Shanghai Knights anyways, tries to fake a Chinese accent! it sounds like a person making fun of a waiter in a chinese restaurant ...

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

That's not a put-on accent. Patrick Stewart is a Brit and is just speaking in his own voice.

[cnfuzzd]

thats why i thought it was preposterous. He clearly is british. Yet the character is french. Not good.

Much like sean connery. Same accent everytime. Preposterous.

peace

john nickle

[Sooga]

Karen Duffy's god-knows-what kinda accent in 'Dumb & Dumber'

[Graham]

I assumed, before reading, that this thread was inspired by Colin Farrell in that alexander movie just out. Horrendous; so is jolie's accent.

[Sarge85]

Well it sucks that I have to admit I saw this movie, but it's the definate winner.

Meg Ryan in Against the Ropes

I think thats the title.

Holy [censored] it was THE WORST excuse for a Ney York, or New Jersey or where ever the f*ck she was supposed to be from.

Awful, just awful

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[Lazymeatball]

I just saw Tom Hanks in The Terminal. His pseudo-russian/Elbonian accent is pretty bad, as it's meant to be.

[ClaytonN]

From personal experience, Keanu Reeves in the Devil's advocate

I mean, wow. Way to butcher a southern accent there, fella

[Inthacup]

Yeah. That was terrible.

[balkii]

Scarface & Carlito's Way, Al Pacino- i'm guessing i'll catch heat for this, hell i'm a huge fan of Pacino's myself, but lets call a a ; his accent is ridiculous...

joo don' like the way he talks, mang?

[LondonBroil]

Don Cheatle (sp?) in Ocean's Eleven.

[EliteNinja]

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That's not a put-on accent. Patrick Stewart is a Brit and is just speaking in his own voice.

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Yeah, but he's supposed to be French in the show.
I guess the Brits took France over sometime in the next 400 years.

[mosta]

I feel like I should be able to list 20, or 50, since it's so common an offense. But I can at least name the movie I saw last night (actually, as forgettable as it was I had to ask a friend in the room who didn't even see it...): Owen Wilson in Life Aqauatic. the "kentucky" accent that comes and goes and is never really there.

[Rockatansky]

I second the previous Keanu mentions and I'll throw in his accent in Dangerous Liasons. It has to be heard to be believed. Also, even though it's probably his real accent, when he says "I...AM AN FBI...AGENT" in Point Blank it just makes me feel sorry for him.

[private joker]

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I second the previous Keanu mentions and I'll throw in his accent in Dangerous Liasons. It has to be heard to be believed. Also, even though it's probably his real accent, when he says "I...AM AN FBI...AGENT" in Point Blank it just makes me feel sorry for him.

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He wasn't in Point Blank. That was Lee Marvin. You must mean Point Break.

Lee Marvin > Keanu Reeves.

[nothumb]

Or, even better, how about every Southern accent ever attempted in any Hollywood movie? God, they are just awful.

The one exception was in Bull Durham, Sarandon did okay with that.

NT

[Cyrus]

Don Cheadle's cockney accent in Ocean's 11. (I heard it's on Ocean's 12 too but I have not seen it.)

[BusterStacks]

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Let me be the first to say: Teddy KGB

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This accent was actually very accurate.

[gaming_mouse]

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Don Cheatle (sp?) in Ocean's Eleven.

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And 12.

This is worse than any other example mentioned, and it's not even close.

[Toro]

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Everyone in "Mystic River" and just about every other movie that took place in Boston.

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Agreed. They never come near sounding as obnoxious as that accent truly is. /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

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Yup, they were pretty bad in Mystic River. The accent while obnoxious to many just can not be mimicked.

[Toro]

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Let me be the first to say: Teddy KGB

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Why? I loved that character.

[jakethebake]

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Yup, they were pretty bad in Mystic River. The accent while obnoxious to many just can not be mimicked.

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What is in that Boston accent anyway? It's obviously mostly Irish, but I've tried to figure out what the other strong influences are?

[Toro]

I'm not sure that it's because of Irish influence or not. I would tend to say no, but don't have any other theories either.

[jakethebake]

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Andaconda, Jon Voight- i'm not even sure what this is supposed to be...Cuban?

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It's funny you say this. Everytime we watch it, we say that exact thing. WTF is he from?

[sfer]

Cary Grant. But I love it all the same.

[jakethebake]

Richard Gere - The Jackal

[PhatTBoll]

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and how could i forget...

Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, Kevin Costner- he just gave up 1/2-way through...

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Matthew Broderick kind of does the same thing with his Boston accent in Glory. Still a great movie though.

[nicky g]

The king of stupid accents is well known to be Dick van Dyke's attempt at cockney in Mary Poppin's.

Don Cheadle in Ocean's 11 deserved to be shot.

[jdl22]

This last week The Hunt for Red October was on tv. The movie is interesting because they really made little effort with the accents. Sean Connery is the main Russian character and he speaks in what I believe to be his natural accent. It's quite strange. They speak in English all the time but when they first see Americans they are asked if they speak English. To cap it off there is one seen where Jack Ryan is immitating Sean Connery's accent. Bizarre that they would emphasize that the dude from Romania or whatever has a Scottish accent.

[elwoodblues]

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It's quite strange. They speak in English all the time but when they first see Americans they are asked if they speak English

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Perhaps you missed the part where they zoom in on his lips as he is speaking Russian and changes to English. That is the film's way of saying "He is still speaking russian, but we won't demand that you read subtitles throughout the movie."


The answer to the question has already been given. It is any accent that Keanu Reeves tries to pull off. No matter what it is, it still contains his natural accent of "dude."