Donald Sutherlands accent?
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quisition — 20 years ago(November 11, 2005 05:47 PM)
Are we sure that accent was meant to be Irish? I thought it was meant to be an increadibly bad Scottish, or Possibly New England accent. Why didn't he just stick to saying "Yarrrrr!" or "Avast!" or other suitable nautical things?
Do you think he was doing an Ahab? Like George Cluney in 'Perfect Storm?' -
Droopster — 20 years ago(November 12, 2005 05:30 AM)
Yeah, I thought it was supposed to be Irish. He kept saying "bloody hell" which is not really an American phrase.
It was crap, watched it last night on BBC1 truly a terrible movie. and why on earth did it have an 18 certificate?
Milk was a bad choice! -
BloodyNora — 20 years ago(December 30, 2005 05:39 AM)
Newfoundland?
I must watch The Shipping News some time.
(Didn't think this movie was that bad, but being drunk as a lord might have helped.)
Things either exist or they don't. I am very clear about that. I have medicine. -
aeroplanner — 20 years ago(December 30, 2005 09:46 AM)
I am watching Virus now just because someone on imdb said it is "impressively, abysmally bad" and it is but still better than the trash on Bottom 100. You must check that stuff out!
Oh, by the way, DS's accent goes from American to fake British to fake Irish.
And the Shipping News is really good, esp. the first time you watch it! -
farahnozzle — 20 years ago(February 22, 2006 01:39 PM)
I just saw Virus today, and there's a scene where the Donald Sutherland character is sitting in his quarters and there's a Union Jack on his wall, so I'm assuming the character is from somewhere in the British Isles.
As for his accent constantly going back and forth, it's realistic when you consider that he's a sailor who's probably been in constant transit for the last several decades of his life. When an English speaker moves around that much, his accent can pretty quickly evolve into a muddled 'mid-Atlantic' accent.