Giant Movies That You Never Hear About Anymore (3 Viewers)

[guidomerkinsrules]

Speaking of Costner and accents- Have any of yall ever seen a movie called Thirteen Days? Holy Christ, Costner’s Boston accent was absolutely atrocious.. like, I’m no expert on Boston accents, but just watch the first 2 or 3 scenes he’s in, i have never seen anything like it.. i mean, he makes Quaid’s NOLA accent in Big Easy, and Cruise’s Irish “brogue” in Far and Away seem like they are dead -on perfect... I coulnt tell you how good or bad Thirteen Days is as a movie, since i literally had to turn it off about a third of the way in due to Costner’s butchering of the accent.. and i actually think he’s a decent actor, i like a lot of his work.. but wow, if he has any self-awareness whatsoever , he must cringe when he’s reminded of this role.

it's telling that Quaid's accent is not on any 'worst' lists that i saw - truly horrendous

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but accents are a tough call - they're more akin to singing than developing character
my guess is that bad accents, singing (dancing, et al) are the result of producers making casting choices - "this movie is not getting financed unless Renee Zellweger is Roxie Hart" ..."but she can't dance" ..."you'll think of something")

 

[rajncajn]

Saving Private Ryan...

FWIW, never got all the hype around it. The opening was incredibly powerful though. I felt Band of Brothers was better overall by a significant margin.

Well, considering BoB was a series & not a movie like SPR I'd say your take is extremely flawed from the start.