Kruger's accent
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mycelo-338-14473 — 12 years ago(February 10, 2014 02:46 AM)
Are you sure you're talking about this movie? Because, you see, I think the movie where a south african villain who utters "diplomatic immunity" just after dying is called Lethal Weapon 2!!!
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bennyshambles78 — 11 years ago(June 20, 2014 09:13 AM)
Um, District 9? Sharlto Copely is South African/Afrikaaner so he's going to speak in an Afrikaans accent and use Afrikaans slang. Hell, he even sings an Afrikaans lullaby to the little girl with leukemia. He might be exaggerating some qualities of it considering he's playing a villain, but it's pretty much just how he speaks. I didn't think that Elysium was very good, but he was definitely the best part of the entire film accent included.
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francojules — 12 years ago(January 20, 2014 11:33 AM)
Well for a start, because it's not American, it strongly suggests that the character has for what ever reason, left his indigenous home place. Couple that with the actions of the character we see on screen, to me at least, indicates that he is always on the run from his violent actions, but he has found a home in LA where his past actions/crimes lend him an air of employability, which the higher members of Elysium have found desirable. And useful to their casue.
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whereisamber — 12 years ago(January 20, 2014 12:49 PM)
The entire film is very international in tone. Jodie Foster's character has a French accent, Matt Damon's character speak fluent Spanish but has an American accent, the President of Elysium is Indian, and Kruger and the other soldiers were all South African as evidenced by both their accents and the South African flag on their ship/plane/craft.
What I got out of all that was that international borders don't really exist anymore in this future. -
zwoopmugen — 12 years ago(February 13, 2014 09:17 AM)
You can also hear Spider say "Porra do caralho" when he's pissed, so you can add brazilian accent to the list.
I personally am not too fond of the afrikaans accent, but I felt it really added to the film. It saddens me to see the complex of superiority some americans display. They fail to realize that their accent is just as annoying for some people. -
bennyshambles78 — 11 years ago(June 20, 2014 09:19 AM)
Finally, an intelligent reply. You hit the nail on the head. I imagine these people would have the same reactions to Scottish (Edinburgh and Glaswegian specifically) and Welsh accents. Christ, we have a plethora of "annoying" accents in our own country.
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Bhaviq — 11 years ago(April 13, 2014 01:45 PM)
I'm South African and of course, I'm used to the 'Afrikaaner' accent and I understood whatever he said, like "boet" means, "my boy" and things like that.
I just don't like him as a villain, him + his accent didn't seem too convincing!
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