... internationally?
It's something which also annoyed me in "Bait". Australian scenery, recognisable Australian actors, American accents.
It'd be like watching a movie set in New York where everyone inexplicably speaks in an Irish accent ... totally distracting.
It's too bad because I otherwise really enjoyed Triangle.
This has come up before and it clearly upsets some Americans.
However, for the rest of us there are quite a few variations of what we might call an American accent, and those in Triangle are fairly neutral and so do work well from an international perspective.
To be fair, the American idea of what a British accent sounds like is often grossly exaggerated, tending to use stereo-typical accents and mannerisms to depict ordinary British folk.
Thankfully this is happening less these days (because I agree that it's annoying) and at least it wasn't overdone in Triangle - ye ha wild west cowboy stylee!
When Melissa George was like "Your fadda was an az-ole!" towards the end of the film, it added a comic element to scene which definitely shouldn't have been funny.
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shareHaving spent time in Britain -- rural Shropshire and Wales, I'm pretty certain most American ideas of British accents aren't really exaggerated at all. I mean its not " 'ello, guvnor" cockney, but sitting in a pub in Church Stretton, it's very much like most stereotypes.
The people with the least amount of British accent seem to be the most urban and "international" of Britons, and I'm guessing this is partly a function of consuming American media. But all the rank-and-file British I talked to were very much an accent.
I don't really understand why Triangle was done with American accents unless there was something about the situation and behavior that wasn't seen as Australian.
Yes, it's something extra to watch for.
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Except, this film wasn't set in Australia.
Although the scenery looked nothing like America's (the houses, the trees - very distinctively Aussie).
To reiterate what others have said here, while the geography of the land and houses look distinctively Australian, the majority of the film is set on a boat that could very much be anywhere; aside from that, the film is set off the coast of Florida, in the Bermuda Triangle.
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