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Worst Irish Accent in a fillum

  • 30-06-2008 6:55am
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,889 ✭✭✭


    Just watching the Jackal now. If people in the raa spoke like Richard Gere is right now, I dread to think how different Irish history may be today...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,909 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    The worst is easily the shitehawk in that 'P.S. I Love You' bollox.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,559 ✭✭✭DublinWriter


    obl wrote: »
    Just watching the Jackal now. If people in the raa spoke like Richard Gere is right now, I dread to think how different Irish history may be today...
    I saw this thread and that was the first filum that came to mind.

    What's-her-face in Micheal Collins comes a close second.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,533 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    Kevin Spacey in Ordinary Decent Criminal was pretty mixed up.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    I can't believe no one mentioned Tom "didly-dildy oi" O'Cruise in Far and Away. I had to turn it off half way through because it was really embarrassing.


  • Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭alkev


    Mick Jagger in Ned Kelly


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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,285 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    Natasha McElhowen (or however you spell her name).
    That "Oirish" accent when she played the IRA gangster in Paris in "Ronin"......
    It was cringeworthy........

    On a similar note- in "Heroes" the episodes that were supposedly in Cork- and the accents once again........ arrrrgghhhhhhhhhh


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,909 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    Oh actually, has anyone watched 'Burn Notice'? Great show but the accent your one Fiona had in the first few episodes was horrendous. Luckily they've now pretty much dropped it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,584 ✭✭✭c - 13


    The crowd in sin city were pretty bad. Not the worst i've ever heard mind you ...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    smccarrick wrote: »
    Natasha McElhowen (or however you spell her name).
    That "Oirish" accent when she played the IRA gangster in Paris in "Ronin"......
    It was cringeworthy........

    Hmm, I thought both herself and Jonathan Price did fairly well accent wise. Definitely not great, but nowhere near as bad as Tom Cruise or Gerard Butler.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,191 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    Colin Farrell in Alexander. :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,533 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    Irish accents should be done by Irish people in Irish films.
    Alexander was just wrong.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,191 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    kowloon wrote: »
    Alexander was just wrong.

    On every level.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭togster


    Xavi6 wrote: »
    Oh actually, has anyone watched 'Burn Notice'? Great show but the accent your one Fiona had in the first few episodes was horrendous. Luckily they've now pretty much dropped it.

    I was just going to post that. Good show though


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    Tom Cruise in Far and Away.
    Godawful accent in a godawful movie from a godawful gob****e.



    (Google: Did you mean: far and away tom cruise accident?)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    Heroes did a fair hatchet job last season.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    c - 13 wrote: »
    The crowd in sin city were pretty bad. Not the worst i've ever heard mind you ...
    Weren't they actually Irish actors as well?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭GAAman


    "The devils own" Bradley pitts "belfast" accent made it real hard to get into the film at all


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,584 ✭✭✭c - 13


    humanji wrote: »
    Weren't they actually Irish actors as well?

    Were they ? I never knew that. Maybe they were just overdoing it, plus the dialogue itself wouldn't have helped lend to the overall impression.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,711 ✭✭✭Hrududu


    Irish accents should be done by Irish people in Irish films.
    Have you heard Pierce Brosnan's accent in Evelyn? Holy sh!te "Wheres me dhaughther?"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 717 ✭✭✭Aspiration


    Sherifu wrote: »
    Heroes did a fair hatchet job last season.

    Ditto. Caitlin and Rocky in the Wandering Rock Pub in Cork... lol :rolleyes:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,432 ✭✭✭Steve_o


    Yea Tom Cruise's accent in 'Far Away Home' is god awful, also Julia Roberts' accent in 'Michael Collins' was pretty sh*te...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,432 ✭✭✭Steve_o


    Hrududu wrote: »
    Have you heard Pierce Brosnan's accent in Evelyn? Holy sh!te "Wheres me dhaughther?"

    Pierce Brosnan is a paradox, an Irish actor who has the worst Irish accent ever!!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭more tea vicar


    What about stereotyped phrases they use in films, like ... "top of the morning tee yee" and talking about stuff like leprechauns, banshees, shillelaghs and the like.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    My personal favourite is Tommy Lee Jones as Ryan Gerragggttthhyy in Blown away..hilarious



    It's in there about 2 mins in,for anyone not familiar


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,488 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    The ones in the current series of Heroes are pretty dire.


  • Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭JethroC


    How's about the girlfriend of Chevy Chase's caddy in Caddyshack...f**king dire! :eek:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭superfly


    Alun wrote: »
    The ones in the current series of Heroes are pretty dire.

    i think 'Caitlin' was in an episode of CSI:NY the other night and she was doing the same **** accent


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Sean Connery in Untouchables. He doesn't even try.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 717 ✭✭✭Aspiration


    superfly wrote: »
    i think 'Caitlin' was in an episode of CSI:NY the other night and she was doing the same **** accent

    Caitlin was dire but the "gardai" were worse!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 554 ✭✭✭barryfitz


    Sean Connery in Darby O'Gill and the little people. That was a real didly eye film anyway but his accent was terrible :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,141 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    biko wrote: »
    Sean Connery in Untouchables. He doesn't even try.

    He did a remarkable Spanish accent in Highlander, as in Scottish Spanish:p


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,095 ✭✭✭Wurly


    I'm going to second Colin Farrell in Alexander. :D:D The whole thing was so embarassing to watch. The water got muddied imo as to what accent he was trying to achieve. I don't think he even had a baldy.

    Yes, those cretins in PS I Love You. For f*ck sake. 'Waylans'.

    Shudder.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,273 ✭✭✭Morlar


    Linda fiorentino in 'ordinary decent criminal' -she was great in the last seduction and ok in dogma but ordinary decent criminal accent wise was total rubbish.


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,406 ✭✭✭Pompey Magnus


    Tri wrote: »
    I'm going to second Colin Farrell in Alexander. :D:D The whole thing was so embarassing to watch. The water got muddied imo as to what accent he was trying to achieve.

    The accents in that were awful, stereotypical Irish accents for Macedonian characters???

    Ahriiite there, Patroclus?

    Didn't Miley from Glenroe even make an appearance at the start?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 825 ✭✭✭CtrlSource


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    Originally Posted by biko
    Sean Connery in Untouchables. He doesn't even try.

    He did a remarkable Spanish accent in Highlander, as in Scottish Spanish:p

    i was just going to say! Connery never bothers with accents too much.

    But it's gotta be Cruise in Far & Away FTW! "Ahhh Shannon!"


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,095 ✭✭✭Wurly



    Ahriiite there, Patroclus?

    Ha ha, LMAO. Exactly. Pack of feckin eejits.:rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,257 ✭✭✭Love2love


    The irish mafia in Charlie's angels 2. I actually went red in the face when I saw that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭jcoote


    Love2love wrote: »
    The irish mafia in Charlie's angels 2. I actually went red in the face when I saw that.

    LMAO that was just awful

    the one's in shallow hal were dreadful too :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,323 ✭✭✭Hitchhiker's Guide to...


    KTRIC wrote: »
    I can't believe no one mentioned Tom "didly-dildy oi" O'Cruise in Far and Away. I had to turn it off half way through because it was really embarrassing.

    came in here to say this


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,099 ✭✭✭✭WhiteWashMan


    well, i dont know about fake irish accents, most of them i can live with, even if it does continue to feed the god awful world view of the stereotypical irish accent.

    however...

    i can never forgive colin farrell for his 'ride macedonians, ride' in Alexander.

    I mean seriously, i thought he was going to break out into the macedonian version of 'roide sally roide'.

    i cried the day i saw that.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,309 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Pherekydes wrote: »
    Colin Farrell in Alexander. :D
    You talking about how all the foreigners had dub accents?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,571 ✭✭✭The Don


    Sherifu wrote: »
    Heroes did a fair hatchet job last season.
    +1. As soon as I saw Cork come up on screen I knew it was going to be bad, but not that bad.

    Some episode of captain planet was really bad also when they went to the north to stop a nuke.:rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Aside from that ass clown, Tom Cruise, I would go with 'Seamus McFly' in BTTF III. Made me chuckle though. :)

    Seamus: Maggie! Fetch some water, we got a hurt man here!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,215 ✭✭✭witnessmenow


    The Don wrote: »

    Some episode of captain planet was really bad also when they went to the north to stop a nuke.:rolleyes:




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,148 ✭✭✭✭KnifeWRENCH




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,468 ✭✭✭✭Blazer



    apart from that fact that it's the usual irish drivel from hollywood there's nothing wrong with the accent..or maybe I'm missing something here...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,148 ✭✭✭✭KnifeWRENCH


    apart from that fact that it's the usual irish drivel from hollywood there's nothing wrong with the accent..or maybe I'm missing something here...

    There are worse accents in it, but that's the only youtube clip I could find! :) It's just so Oirish that all the accents sound ridiculous.
    The girl singing was ok though


  • Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭fermoyboy


    Heroes did a complete hatchet job on the whole Irishness thing.

    Worst accents I'd ever heard....

    Peter wanting his pounds back from the bookies...

    English reg taxi etc


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭Sinfonia


    JethroC wrote: »
    How's about the girlfriend of Chevy Chase's caddy in Caddyshack...f**king dire! :eek:
    Ha I thought that was hilarious! - just added to the brilliance of the film



    About 3 or 4 characters in The Boondock Saints were pretty terrible. Didn't think much of the film either, tbh - Karl Hungus, you haven't failed me on any recommendations bar that one :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 825 ✭✭✭CtrlSource



    The building Jessica is driven up to is the hotel that my brother and his wife had their wedding reception in. It's in Rathnew, Co Wicklow


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