Jodie Foster
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sErpEnt_v — 10 years ago(October 03, 2015 12:20 PM)
I have to agree. Her delivery was SO off.
I found myself wondering if it was intentional (i. e. the director wanted it that way). If so I cant understand why.
If it weren't for the even more unbearable Kruger character and his grating delivery/accent she'd easily have been the worst part of this - already mediocre - movie.
I don't know, Butchie, instead.
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jctennant55-892-30458 — 10 years ago(October 04, 2015 06:53 AM)
You would think the director of Elysium would have noticed how bad Kruger's accent was hurting the movie. Every time Kruger opened his mouth I could not help but cringe and laugh. Within the hour I turned the sound off and used subtitles so I did not have to hear his voice. Jodie Foster's acting was bad beyond belief. How could the director not know this?
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Stirchley — 10 years ago(January 04, 2016 02:06 PM)
When you say Kruger's accent hurt the movie, do you mean South African accents in general? I happen to like the S.A. accent, but it's so rare to hear it in America maybe that's why it can be hard to understand.
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thekuruptx — 10 years ago(January 06, 2016 03:24 AM)
She was off. True.
But was it intentional ? probably.
maybe that's how Jodie or the director wanted to portray the movie, to differentiate the normal Earth beings from the eternal living Elysium ones. which makes sense how no one on Elysium shows compassion or any emotion (apart from fear) for the earthlings. ergo the very robotic performance.
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huwdj — 9 years ago(April 10, 2016 01:26 PM)
I didn't think anyone was that good in this film. I'm inclined to blame the director. He's supposed to set the tone and rhythm of the film and everything felt pitched a bit too fast and over excited. Also, I wonder how much was chopped out in the editing - there are some well known faces in the cast list but I don't remember seeing any of them.
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OLD_ACCOUNT_skribb_Mk2 — 9 years ago(April 24, 2016 08:14 PM)
I think she was trying to sound English but it was so, so shoddy. Hard R's all over the place and sometimes it was like she forgot her lines (altho that particular bit should be blamed on the director for not doing more takes)
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storm-the-dog — 9 years ago(May 01, 2016 03:08 PM)
It was all about the accents. I too thought Foster was trying to affect an upper-class English accent but made a real horror show of it. The South African accent was far too strong - I couldn't make head-nor-tail of most of it. To be honest, I initially thought he was trying to be Australian, is was so garbled.
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OLD_ACCOUNT_skribb_Mk2 — 9 years ago(May 10, 2016 03:21 PM)
Who are you calling droog?
And how do you know she was attempting a transatlantic accent? That one should be easier than an English accent even!
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Starkart — 9 years ago(May 16, 2016 10:51 AM)
Jodie Foster was playing a french speaking woman, who speaks english, so her accent was deliberately weird and "bad". Kruger (Sharlto Copley) is from Johannesburg so his South African accent was natural.
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Starkart — 9 years ago(May 16, 2016 04:47 PM)
Jodie Foster was playing a french speaking woman, who speaks english, so her accent was deliberately weird and "bad". Kruger (Sharlto Copley) is from Johannesburg so his South African accent was natural.
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Starkart — 9 years ago(May 17, 2016 12:33 AM)
Jodie Foster was playing a french speaking woman, who speaks english, so her accent was deliberately weird and "bad". Kruger (Sharlto Copley) is from Johannesburg so his South African accent was natural.
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