I am the only one who found Carlos annoying?
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Ribur1980 — 15 years ago(May 10, 2010 10:51 PM)
I don't remember now what Carlos said, but it didn't seem forced to me. I read in an interview that the American director was the one who asked Noriega to put some Spanish in the dialogue, not the Spanish producers. It wasn't about emphasizing Spain per se, but the article doesn't seem to be online anymore so I can't give direct quotes about why. I think the character was just supposed to seem a bit more exotic to Jessie than her small-town Iowa husband was.
As for your last question, "Would you really keep talking to a guy that is constantly inserting phrases into the conversation in a language that you don't understand?" Yes. Makes things interesting. He just used a few simple words and phrases that a lot of people already understand anyway, either from school Spanish or from context. -
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FairlyTwisted — 15 years ago(September 19, 2010 01:48 PM)
To me it wasn't his Spanish that sounded annoying, but his English. He sounded really retarded while trying to speak English.
And I really respect Noriega. But he should stick to Spanish, English reduces his acting skills and his hotness.
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gioconda — 15 years ago(November 07, 2010 05:55 AM)
Mr. Noriega tried to flesh out a very one-dimensional character with few lines of interest by inserting phrases of Spanish into the dialogue which is supposed to make him more intriguing. His character ate, drank and had a bag of Chinese dolls. He hints that he's a bad boy and as soon as they are alone, tries to get into Jessie's pants in a church in the wilderness, although he knows she's married. That's all we really know until after
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he is killed. Only after Noriega's Carlos is out of the movie is it revealed to the audience he was a drug
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Kuato_and_George — 14 years ago(August 24, 2011 06:51 PM)
You thought he was annoying..because he had an accent?
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ThatNoodleLizard — 10 years ago(July 22, 2015 12:20 AM)
but in my opinion, this was just the Spanish producers attempting to emphasize Spain and its culture.
Yeah, if that were the case I don't think they'd make the only Spanish character a drug-smuggling rapist.