The Bad Accent Indicator
- From: Agent Smith <agent-smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:02:03 GMT
In the past, I've found a very reliable indicator of whether a movie is
crap to be if an a-list star or stars are hired to do accents without
proper voice training. This seems to be accurate for Natalie Portman's
latest film, in which she is completely miscast as a Texas poker shark, but
carries the accent off miserably. I wouldn't watch that movie if you held
a gun to my head *and* offered to pay me big money. ;)
However, Charlie Wilson's War is my first exception to this rule. I just
watched it, where Tom Hanks' accent is terrible, and was clearly attempted
without the assistance of a professional voice coach. The film was
excellent nonetheless, being both energetic and fascinating, with
excellently crafted characters. There were occasional moments of laugh out
loud humor, and lots of cute girls for eye candy. I especially liked the
way Wilson's four, hot Congressional aides were called "Charlie's Angels,"
in the closing credits.
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