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Posted by Jonesy1974
 - Sep 15, 2017, 08:00:39 AM
All the accent stuff aside and her accent was a little weird to me, the problem was some of her lines landed with an almighty thud. That's down to acting for me. She does all the characters in peril stuff pretty well but when it comes to emoting it fell flat for me and didn't feel real.

Dozens of films feature actors doing accents that aren't native to them and they have delivered terrific performances.

Although, as I have said before, she was given some pretty clunky lines to deliver, as did many of the cast.
Posted by SM
 - Sep 15, 2017, 05:03:57 AM
So English accents don't sound like Shaw then.
Posted by Scorpio
 - Sep 15, 2017, 03:48:57 AM
Quote from: SM on Sep 15, 2017, 03:00:53 AM
Fifield and Chance don't.

That's because England alone has many different accents.
Posted by SM
 - Sep 15, 2017, 03:23:03 AM
You're very welcome.
Posted by Olde
 - Sep 15, 2017, 03:21:31 AM
I see. Thank you, all-knowing and almighty SM.
Posted by SM
 - Sep 15, 2017, 03:20:42 AM
Then you have your answer.
Posted by Olde
 - Sep 15, 2017, 03:15:40 AM
Yes.
Posted by SM
 - Sep 15, 2017, 03:10:12 AM
Have you read the rest of the thread?
Posted by Olde
 - Sep 15, 2017, 03:04:48 AM
Quote from: SM on Sep 15, 2017, 02:41:42 AM
Try reading the rest of the thread.
K.

Quote from: Olde on Sep 15, 2017, 02:24:58 AM
What relevance is this to anything in the film?
Try answering my question.
Posted by kwisatz
 - Sep 15, 2017, 03:03:32 AM
Posted by SM
 - Sep 15, 2017, 03:00:53 AM
Fifield and Chance don't.
Posted by Scorpio
 - Sep 15, 2017, 02:49:47 AM
A problem for you, maybe.

There's also the fact that accents change over time, so maybe in 2089 people from England sound like Elizabeth Shaw.
Posted by SM
 - Sep 15, 2017, 02:41:42 AM
If it's not convincing acting - there's a problem.


Quote from: Olde on Sep 15, 2017, 02:24:58 AM
Quote from: SM on Jul 30, 2017, 11:02:58 PM
My only issue with Shaw was her accent of no fixed origin.
What relevance is this to anything in the film? Also, didn't she grow up partly in Africa or something? Didn't her father die from ebola? Maybe she adopted part of her accent from a non-European country.

Try reading the rest of the thread.
Posted by Scorpio
 - Sep 15, 2017, 02:38:53 AM
Quote from: SM on Sep 15, 2017, 02:22:14 AM
Then probably not the best plan to cast her as an English character.

It's called 'acting'.
Posted by Olde
 - Sep 15, 2017, 02:24:58 AM
Quote from: SM on Jul 30, 2017, 11:02:58 PM
My only issue with Shaw was her accent of no fixed origin.
What relevance is this to anything in the film? Also, didn't she grow up partly in Africa or something? Didn't her father die from ebola? Maybe she adopted part of her accent from a non-European country.
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