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Americans+ Irish accents= 0

posted 18 years ago by Throb3214
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Richard Gere is not that bad in this but it still is pretty ropey his effort.
Brad Pitt is *beep* doing it in Devil's Own and Snatch.
Tommy Lee Jones was atrocious in that *beep* film.
Tom Cruise in Far and Away. Ha!
Michael J. Fox in Back To The Future 3. Terrible!

Leave the Irish accents to the Irish or if you want spot-on impersonations a Brit. I;e; Albert Finney,James Mason,Pete Postlethwaite, Daniel Day Lewis, Sean Bean, John Hurt,Robert Carlyle, David Thewlis, Ian Hart, Paul McGann, Iain Glen, Rufus Seweel, etc,etc,etc.

[–] SharkmanSIX 18 years ago

Isnt Daniel Day Lewis an Irish citizen?

I tend to agree, though Im Canadian so I can't really complain, but Brad Pitt's in Devils Own was noticably bad, but Snatch was good, you werent suppose to understand him, and I didn't so its all good. Tommy Lee Jones was horrible in Blown away. I didnt mind Gere, didnt sound over done.

[–] plexisaldome 17 years ago

jones' accent in " blown away " wasnt too bad i thought? then again jones' performance in that movie compensated for any deficiencies he may have exhibited in the accent itself ?

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[–] mal karma 18 years ago

a) Pitt's accent in Snatch was suppossed to be like it was, and he was a gypsy not an irish
b) Back to the Future? you shouldn't take it serious

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[–] pbirney 16 years ago

Brad Pitt played an Irish gypsy in Snatch. IMO he did a pretty good job with the accent.

[–] pedrohsilva 12 years ago

Brad Pitts accent was supposed to be irish mixed with everything else, i dont know much about the irish part but in the everything else he sure did a good job

[–] josephking1964 12 years ago

I was disappointed he didn't do enough "top o de mornin'" and "Begorrah" and "Be jaysus" as we say to each other all day, every day.

[–] slimypants 18 years ago

It's not just the Irish accent that was bad, how truly abysmal were those attempts at Russian accents?!

[–] tszyinglesley 18 years ago

The attempts at Russian accents is better, I'm studing russian language. But sometimes it sounds like Italian accents.

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[–] intrepidjournalist 17 years ago

What are you kidding me? Gere's accent in this movie was awful. I kept expecting him to say "Aye! They're always after me Lucky Charms!"

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[–] rdllewelyn 17 years ago

But on the other hand, Irish Actors have a very good track record with American and British accents.

I have to agree with that in the case of Colin Farrell, so I do :P

His American accents always seem genuine, especially compared to his very Irish self in In Bruges!

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[–] james-hobbs 17 years ago

Gere's was average, but what was Mathilda May's Spanish accent about?! Atrocious. Slipped in and out all the time. Easily the most notably bad accent.

[–] brundon 12 years ago

I think Collin Farrel has a good accent although I liked his Sonny Crockett voice better

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[–] Hancock_the_Superb 16 years ago

Robert Mitchum did a pretty good job in Ryan's Daughter, I thought.

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[–] Miura88 15 years ago

Orson Welles in "The Lady From Shanghai" anyone?

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[–] Sinister_Kid 14 years ago

Seriously? The accents in The Boondock Saints were atrocious, didn't sound at all believable.

[–] dain_bramaged_926 13 years ago

Richard Gere's Irish accent made me cringe! But it wasn't half as bad as the "Canadian" accents throughout the movie. What in the hell was that about? Laughable.

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