Jim is never specified as being from Ireland, but keeps Cillian Murphy's Irish accent.
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wielderofspoons — 11 years ago(November 06, 2014 06:01 PM)
If the character was actually Irish, realistically someone else would've commented on or asked about it at some point. Foreign accents stand out. Also, Ewan McGregor was apparently considered for the part and he's Scottish, so an exact nationality seems not to have been set in stone.
I did enjoy this movie, but it would've been better if they'd gotten the accents right. -
nsd4 — 9 years ago(August 11, 2016 05:12 AM)
are you guys serious??? do you not remember his parents (dad in particular) were also Irish, surely that explains his accent. Not only that, but why does his accent need explaining at all, London has (probably) someone from every nation on the planet. So what, an irishman survived the end of days, whats the big deal with that? Given the make up of London, surely the focus here should be that out of all the survivors in London, theres three white men, two women (one who's black) and not a single asian - SHOCKING!
The soldiers, being based in manchester again is feasible, soldiers come from all areas, and are based in all areas. The main soldier, ricky hartnett, was a cockney, chris ecclstone was northern posh, the sargeant was a scotsman, whats that got to do with anything? Are you suggesting that the army can only recruit and deploy people from the same areas with the same accent? if thats the case lets just recruit millwall and chelsea fans and send them into syria, that'd shut the isis brigade up.
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wielderofspoons — 9 years ago(September 22, 2016 12:41 AM)
do you not remember his parents (dad in particular) were also Irish, surely that explains his accent.
I don't remember his parents speaking in the film, or their nationalities being made clear. IIRC their bodies are found at their house and Jim or one of the others reads out a brief note they left behind for him, then the film moves on and nothing more about them is said. So almost no specific information about them.
Not only that, but why does his accent need explaining at all, London has (probably) someone from every nation on the planet. So what, an irishman survived the end of days, whats the big deal with that?
If a film was set in Moscow and the main character had a French accent, wouldn't you find that a bit odd?
And Jim is never specified as an Irishman, he just has an Irish accent which is never explained in any way.
The soldiers, being based in manchester again is feasible, soldiers come from all areas, and are based in all areas. The main soldier, ricky hartnett, was a cockney, chris ecclstone was northern posh, the sargeant was a scotsman, whats that got to do with anything? Are you suggesting that the army can only recruit and deploy people from the same areas with the same accent?
I thought it was odd that soldiers would have accents from other places and not the place they were actually in. -
lorddeano — 9 years ago(November 11, 2016 10:20 PM)
Actually you are wrong there.
When he is in his house he is watching a video tape of his parents, just before an infected hears the noise and crashes through the window.
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Kuato_and_George — 9 years ago(May 19, 2016 08:57 AM)
Don't people in the UK move around?
Maybe Jim is Irish and moved to London for a job opportunity.
I legitimately laughed out loud at that.
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liverpool26 — 11 years ago(January 03, 2015 01:11 PM)
Only about 40% of people living in London were actually born in london. As for the army, units are not put together by the soldiers city of birth you could have one unit with people from dozens of different cities from Wales, Scotland, England, northern Ireland or any commonwealth country.
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wielderofspoons — 11 years ago(January 04, 2015 09:59 AM)
Only about 40% of people living in London were actually born in london.
Largely due to immigration from outside Britain, not people moving there from elsewhere in the country.
As for the army, units are not put together by the soldiers city of birth you could have one unit with people from dozens of different cities from Wales, Scotland, England, northern Ireland or any commonwealth country.
I just find it odd that a group so far north nearly all sound so southern. -
Jefbecco-1 — 11 years ago(January 30, 2015 08:40 AM)
I spent fourteen years in the U.S. Army. My last duty station ,before I separated in 2000, was at Fort Drum (home of the 10th Mountain Division) which is way up in northern New York state. In my unit on any given day you would have found soldiers from U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, all fifty states, Canada (yes foreign nationals can serve in the U.S. military), Guatemala, Germany and South Korea (and those were just the ones that I knew personally). I whole bunch of different accents to say the least.
I now live in a moderate sized city in southwestern Idaho. Here you will find folks from the southeastern United States (typically referred to as "The South", Australia, Hawaii, Alaska, Massachusetts (in particular the Boston area), New Jersey, Malaysia, Mexico, India, Vietnam, Canada, Ireland so on and so forth. And we're considered a backwater of the United States by many.
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fightthemachine — 9 years ago(December 21, 2016 04:31 PM)
Largely due to immigration from outside Britain, not people moving there from elsewhere in the country.
This is false, more people come to London from else where in the UK than they do from overseas. It's a close run thing but internal migration is the majority.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/davehillblog/2013/oct/27/london-population-changes-june-2012 -
lunchboxattacks — 9 years ago(January 29, 2017 06:51 AM)
It's a lot more realistic that this was never explained, and perfectly reasonable to think that he grew up in Ireland and moved back to the UK at a later time. All kinds of possibilities. Really quite glad, in fact, that the film didn't waste time explaining this because it had little to no relevance to the plot. As I once heard a TV writer once put it, it's better to be in the dark about something than have every little detail spelled out to you. Real life doesn't always offer explanations, and a film shouldn't always either if it wants to seem natural.
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wielderofspoons — 9 years ago(February 08, 2017 08:04 AM)
It's a lot more realistic that this was never explained
If it had been explained, I wouldn't have made this topic.
perfectly reasonable to think that he grew up in Ireland and moved
back
to the UK at a later time
What makes you think he was from the United Kingdom originally?
Really quite glad, in fact, that the film didn't waste time explaining this because it had little to no relevance to the plot.
If it had no relevance, why include it to begin with?
As I once heard a TV writer once put it, it's better to be in the dark about something than have every little detail spelled out to you.
I just find that confusing.