Arnie's accent was so bad in this…

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nutsberryfarm — 14 years ago(January 26, 2012 09:26 PM)

he grimaces like a weirdo too.
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Petals121 — 12 years ago(March 31, 2014 10:12 PM)

The problem is though that his accent seems to be getting worse, not better with time. Maybe he thinks it's his gimmick or something so he accentuates it.

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milkminder2003 — 13 years ago(March 17, 2013 09:56 AM)

i dont understand how it can improve through the 80s and become acceptably good in some movies (considering how thick his accent was) to the dreadful accent he has today.
and compared to some movies before and after eraser is quite bad

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noofy311 — 11 years ago(September 01, 2014 11:25 AM)

I know, even as my Governator out here in "Gollyvouneeah"

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TVippy — 11 years ago(September 09, 2014 06:06 AM)

Him being a foreigner is simply not relevant here. What baffles me too is how his speaking ability got WORSE over the years and not better. This is the question here.
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preachcaleb — 11 years ago(October 07, 2014 02:07 PM)

ADR plays a role.
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TVippy — 11 years ago(October 08, 2014 09:11 AM)

What's that?
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preachcaleb — 11 years ago(October 08, 2014 11:05 AM)

Automated dialogue replacement.
It's when the actors go into the studio to re-record their lines that were either too mumbled or not clear or some background noise interfered with the audio.
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TVippy — 11 years ago(October 08, 2014 11:18 AM)

Then shouldn't his speech be clearer after the ADR?
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preachcaleb — 11 years ago(October 08, 2014 11:21 AM)

What I meant is it depends on the quality of the ADR and how meticulous the sound technicians and directors are.
Just like with any other movie effects, some are good and some aren't.
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Thenewnexus — 11 years ago(October 16, 2014 12:53 AM)

He sounded like himself to me
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jdhowes1138 — 11 years ago(February 27, 2015 10:55 PM)

In an article on Arnie in Australian Empire magazine (February 2013) there's an interview with screenwriter Steven E. de Souza (Commando) who tells how he and Arnie would go through his dialogue and replace anything that would be difficult for him to say properly, (I was worried about giving him a tongue-twister. So he'd say, "I vonder vere Villy vent on Vednesday," and I'd change it to "Frank was furious on Friday." Later nobody did this exercise with him. Suddenly there were reviews that said, "His English was getting better and now it's worse!") So it wasn't so much his accent getting worse as the dialogue not accomodating him in later movies.
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