I have to say, as a very proud Irish national, I would like to congratulate orlando for making such a good job of our beautiful accent. I cant think of any other film where a brit or american has made such a good job. I not a great Orlano fan, but he pulled this one off. Shame about Heath's effort!!!!
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Diddo to Orlando for doing a great job in doing the Irish accent. It isn't the easiest language to impersionate and being almost all Irish again I have to applaud.
shareI loved it! Plus I love Orlando's British Accent:)
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Mr. Hyde: So your the great Van Helsing!
Van Helsing: And your a derranged Physcopath!
I was proud of Orlando overall. This is his best performance. He's never been particularly bad in his other movies, but this one was just so well acted. I think it's because it wasn't a big blockbuster that he got to focus more on acting. His Irish dialect was flawless and Irish is a hard dialect to pull off if you're not Irish. He did a fantastic job.
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Totally agree. I loved this movie, it quickly went onto my favorites list, that's for sure. It's such a great story about some incredible men and so sad in some parts, mostly the end of course. And Orlando was great! The way he did the accent!!!! I'm about half Irish myself and am a complete sucker for the accent. I learned how to do it about a year ago and was quite proud of myself. I can't do it as well lately though so I'll have to work at it again. But yeah, Orlando's was just flawless. I was completely blown away by it. And, to be quite honest, I start drooling at the month everytime I watch it :)
shareIt's always nice to see sexy actors with talent. So refreshing.
Now, I want someone to do another Romeo and Juliet movie and make Orlando Bloom Romeo. He'd be perfect...
Actually I think if they made another Romeo & Juliet movie it could be perfect with anyone except Leonardo Di Caprio - or at least someone who can cry without everyone laughing...;)
Going back a bit, I do agree with Hakujin in the fact the accent shouldn't have been clean Irish - it required a mix of Australian and Irish, BUT saying that, keep in mind Australia had only been around for approximately 100 years, and there was still a lot of migration to the area - so unlike nowadays where we Australian's have a distinct accent, back then it wasn't quite so developed. I must say though Heath Ledger did the mix quite well - there was that touch of Australian which added to it's (the movie's) depth...
I must say though I have always wondered what it would've been like had the train been derailed, had Currnow never escaped, would we still be looking at an Australian Legend/Hero/Icon or a disillusioned young man who murdered masses of police in the derailment...
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Rookie ROX I agree with you. Heath did a faboulas job with the mix. To me Heath had the accent down pat. Of course Heath is Astralian so he didn't have to practise the accent AND when he played in Roar he had the Irish accent there. So I don't think he really had to learn the accents that much.
Orlando did do a faboulas job too but I think he needs to stick to his British accent. I'm not a big Orlando fan but he did great in this movie.
I just watched this movie - and I think out of the cast, Orlando does have the must visible accent. And I applauded him too. But I'm American, so I'm not as qualified. but this is off topic. I was watching him and i guess for the first time -- it really hit - Orlando bloom is a very pretty man. And I like it. I would never call him hot or sexy. But he's so pretty. He's adorable...and i felt like sharing it...
Thieves and beggers, never shall we die.
Obey Saget
I think I'm adorable -- Dean Winchester
Definitely Orlando's best performance was in this film. Everything else (except LOTR where he's only given short doses of screentime) has been subpar.
shareI thought he did quite nicely in Kingdom of heaven...
Thieves and beggers, never shall we die.
Obey Saget
I think I'm adorable -- Dean Winchester
I just watched this movie on tv. I was surprised when Orlando spoke Cantonese. It was kind of funny but I was able to understand a bit. Did his character in real life speak it or was it just movie embellishing?
shareYes, Joe Byrne could speak Cantonese. He was friends with Chinese miners, apparently.
shareDon't forget Ned Kelly never went to Ireland, he was born in Australia. So I think the accent was fine..and I believed it for sure.
I only saw this film two days ago and this week I'm roadtripping to Sydney. Going to stop in Glenrowan and I'm excited. Done the drive heaps of times but never really stopped.
True story? I couldn't swear to every detail but it's certinally true it is a stroy.
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Glenrowan is LAME!!! Good for a laugh though...
True story? I couldn't swear to every detail but it's certinally true it is a stroy.