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Just when you thought Hollywood couldn't do a worse Irish accent...

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    #2
    Phoole
    Registered Users Posts: 375 ✭✭Phoole


    Oh dear!!! A far cry from

    "THIS.... IS.... SPARTAAAAA!!!"


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    #3
    SuperSean11
    Registered Users Posts: 1,555 ✭✭✭SuperSean11


    Why Why Why:(


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    #4
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users Posts: 14,974 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    Oh dear god they are bad. He doesn't just have the one accent!


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    #5
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    *covers ears*


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    #6
    Múinteoir
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,184 ✭✭✭Múinteoir


    Phoole wrote: »

    "THIS.... IS.... SPARTAAAAA!!!"

    ...so it is.


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    #7
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    We did this one a few weeks back.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055153545&highlight=Gerard+Butler

    Mike.


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    tvnutz
    Registered Users Posts: 4,787 ✭✭✭tvnutz


    Soooo bad! But what else is new. Not a film,but the new season of Heroes has had a few Oirish characters trying to put on accents. *shudder*


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    #9
    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    Yeah i saw those heroes episodes. Sounds like they learned their accents from ads for lucky charms


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    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,812 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    mike65 wrote: »
    We did this one a few weeks back.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055153545&highlight=Gerard+Butler

    Mike.
    Yep, that thread is hilarious though.. what was a single opening post about the film quickly descended into..

    "Atrocious accent!"
    "Kill me now..!"
    "Tom Cruise in 'Far And Away' - all is forgiven!" etc.

    .. for about 3 pages! :D


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    #11
    ryanairzer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 149 ✭✭ryanairzer


    Why is Hilary Swank starring in this crap?

    I lolled at the end though, I'm gonna go see this mess.


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    ~Rebel~
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    I dont get this like. I honestly dont.

    We'll take the heroes example. Some guy's going for a part to play someone from Cork. This is for Heroes. this could be the big break this guys hoping for. Does he bother his hole doing a bit of research to see what cork people sound like? Not on your nelly sunshine, he just lashes out a bit of "diddly idle, toe te tee where's me Shilaley Seamus". And gets the part!

    What the hell like?!

    Gerard Butler. For Shame. For Shame. He should know better being a Scot.


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    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    ~Rebel~ wrote: »
    We'll take the heroes example. Some guy's going for a part to play someone from Cork. This is for Heroes. this could be the big break this guys hoping for. Does he bother his hole doing a bit of research to see what cork people sound like? Not on your nelly sunshine, he just lashes out a bit of "diddly idle, toe te tee where's me Shilaley Seamus". And gets the part!

    Heroes is an American show made primarily for an American audience... They're hardly going to have proper Corkian accents on it, the target audience wouldn't know what to think... ("like bai!")


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    madrab
    Registered Users Posts: 3,892 ✭✭✭madrab


    if this series of heroes doesnt mention "langer" i will be very upset! :)


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    #15
    The guy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭The guy


    Spartans, tonight we dine in Ireland.


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    Pigman II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,921 ✭✭✭✭Pigman II


    His Spartan accent wasn't very accurate either come to think of it.


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    #17
    mike65
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    TBH I'm not sure why being a Scot would help anymore than being French, say.

    Mike.


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    Múinteoir
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,184 ✭✭✭Múinteoir


    mike65 wrote: »
    TBH I'm not sure why being a Scot would help anymore than being French, say.

    Mike.

    There is a large Irish emigrant population in Scotland.


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    #19
    MisterAnarchy
    Registered Users Posts: 14,603 ✭✭✭✭MisterAnarchy


    Pigman II wrote: »
    His Spartan accent wasn't very accurate either come to think of it.

    To be honest he is a crap actor and his accent is pretty much the same in every film he has been in.


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    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    ~Rebel~ wrote: »
    I dont get this like. I honestly dont.

    We'll take the heroes example. Some guy's going for a part to play someone from Cork. This is for Heroes. this could be the big break this guys hoping for. Does he bother his hole doing a bit of research to see what cork people sound like? Not on your nelly sunshine, he just lashes out a bit of "diddly idle, toe te tee where's me Shilaley Seamus". And gets the part!

    What the hell like?!

    Gerard Butler. For Shame. For Shame. He should know better being a Scot.
    in fairness, i'd rather hear a leprechaun's accent than a cork accent :D


    as tman says, if they spoke with actual irish accents, the americans would have no idea where they were pretending to be from


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    shane86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,584 ✭✭✭shane86


    Pigman II wrote: »
    His Spartan accent wasn't very accurate either come to think of it.

    300 itself was one of the most shockingly bad films Ive ever watched.


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    tvnutz
    Registered Users Posts: 4,787 ✭✭✭tvnutz


    shane86 wrote: »
    300 itself was one of the most shockingly bad films Ive ever watched.

    Now now,lets not be saying crazy things like that!


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    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,812 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Have to agree with shane86.. '300' was utter muck!


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    #24
    Gauge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,818 ✭✭✭Gauge


    shane86 wrote: »
    300 itself was one of the most shockingly bad films Ive ever watched.

    I take delight in telling people who say this that the people who brought you Epic Movie are releasing a parody of 300. Yes, a feature length parody. I believe it will take 'shockingly bad' to new, previously unheard of levels.


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    Dudess
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    madrab wrote: »
    if this series of heroes doesnt mention "langer" i will be very upset! :)
    +1


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    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    basquille wrote: »
    Have to agree with shane86.. '300' was utter muck!

    you sir, are utter muck.


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    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,812 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Now, now Mordeth.. we talked about this - use your words!

    Seriously, great cinematography and direction is one thing.. and the film is visually stunning. I want to make that clear!

    But the film was a bore. And the acting and dialogue (which range from "Spartans blah blah Fight!" to "Spartans blah blah Attack!") contributed to the washout of a film.

    I have tried to watch it again since but couldn't even make it through it the second time.

    Most people who like '300' are the same people who loved 'Gladiator' when it first released but now tear into it. Same thing will be done in a few years time when people look back at '300' and see exactly empty it is as a film experience. It's pretty - but that's it!


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    Karl Hungus
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    basquille wrote: »
    Most people who like '300' are the same people who loved 'Gladiator' when it first released but now tear into it. Same thing will be done in a few years time when people look back at '300' and see exactly empty it is as a film experience. It's pretty - but that's it!

    Hmm... I loved both Gladiator and 300, where do I sit? :confused:


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    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,812 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Karl Hungus wrote: »
    Hmm... I loved both Gladiator and 300, where do I sit? :confused:
    In the corner while i stare at you appalled! ;)


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    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    I liked gladiator the first time I saw it.. but never watched it again. 300 I watched three or four times the week I got it



    and I still don't like heroes.


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    Guy:Incognito
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    basquille wrote: »

    But the film was a bore. And the acting and dialogue (which range from "Spartans blah blah Fight!" to "Spartans blah blah Attack!") contributed to the washout of a film.


    It's a film about a fight. What exactly are you looking for?


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