Wadey Wilsoney Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 (edited) Even great actors can mangle an accent. Discuss the worst (or best) accents in movies. Which attempts were respectable and which bordered on parody? Edited April 14, 2013 by Wade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChD Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 (edited) Quentin Tarantino ... nuf said. Edited April 14, 2013 by ChFloppit 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 As a Scot I feel as if I should mention two of the most dire scottish accents from recent movies and they were Christopher Eccelston in the first GI Joe and Chris Hemsworth in the Snow White movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Quentin Tarantino ... nuf said. Still better than Shitto`s legendary Southern drek drawl in The Way We Used to Live. Granted it was a TV series not a movie but her accent in LOTR was horrible too. She couldn`t decide whether to prounce "r" as hard "rr" or soft "ah" so it changed within a single sentence. "they werrr unaaahmd they werrr not wawhned", "yoah wrrrrds ah poison" . :rofl: Quite a bunch of LOTR acents were dreadfully in and out. Viggo mostly spoke like an American but would occasionally slip into bad Queen. "lets hunt some Ohhk". LOL. Sean Astin couldn`t decide whether his boyfreind was Fro-do or Fraw-do or Fro-daw. Or whether he was Mister or Mista. Kevin Costner`s Queen`s English in Robin Hood is another legendary shitcent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wadey Wilsoney Posted April 14, 2013 Author Share Posted April 14, 2013 Cate Blanchett's Boris/Natasha accent in Indy 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Awful English Accents - Don Cheadle in the Oceans flicks, Anne Hathaway in One Day, Keanu in Dracula. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Can we have a special category for Sean Connery 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 *sigh* Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins. Someone had to mention it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 (edited) Can we have a special category for Sean Connery What, he ever tried an accent that isn`t Scottish? Orlando Bloom has a pretty bad English accent which is hilarious cause he`s English. How about a special a category for Madonna`s fake British accent while she was married to Guy Richie? :rofl: Michael Myers`s Dutch accent in Austin Powers In Goldmmeber was pretty bad. Dutch accent sounds like a parody anyway but he took it to the next level. Edited April 14, 2013 by fishnets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 (edited) Much as I liked Sam Neill and his character, they should've just let him go full-on Kiwi in Jurassic Park than try to fake being American Edited April 14, 2013 by tribefan695 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 (edited) Russell Crowe can`t do accents to save his life. Great actor though but his Aussie seeps through everything. Most Canadian actors and actresses don`t bother to sound American. I remember when I watched Lost and Kate was like "I`ll tell you about my life in Iowa" and I`m like "whaaaa, nobody in Iowa says about like a freakin Canuck. Get out." Edited April 14, 2013 by fishnets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ecstasy Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Russell Crowe can`t do accents to save his life. Great actor though but his Aussie seeps through everything. Most Canadian actors and actresses don`t bother to sound American. I remember when I watched Lost and Kate was like "I`ll tell you about my life in Iowa" and I`m like "whaaaa, nobody in Iowa says about like a freakin Canuck. Get out." It was sooooooooo bad in Body of Lies. I couldn't wait for him to shut up every time he opened his mouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Can we have a special category for Sean Connery Chicago cop? Scottish. Russian sub captain? Scottish. Fire-breathing dragon? Scottish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 lol but it works for me lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vc2002 Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Arnold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Gemma Arterton in Hansel and Gretel, hideous accent. Sam Worthington can never properly hide his aussie twang either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Costner, for not giving a fuck in ROBIN HOOD. Costner again, for his Baaaahstun accent in 13 DAYS (truly, it makes you wince every time he speaks). And who on God's green earth thought that Ray Stevenson was a good choice to play a Southern Bayou guy in GI JOE 2? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Costner as Robin Hood. But even with his shitty non-accent, I still enjoy that movie as a nostalgia piece from childhood. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Chicago cop? Scottish. Russian sub captain? Scottish. Fire-breathing dragon? Scottish. Spanish/Egyptian Highlander? Scottish 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
