What Are You Watching Right Now?

windsock · 01-15-2019, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Dharma & Greg

This movie is righteous but I'm having some problems understanding the ****ing British people when they're in casual conversations in low tones.

That reminds me- what the **** is up with everybody mumbling in movies now? I was watching that ****house Constantine the other day and could not understand a single thing either Keanu Reeves or Shia LaBeouf was saying if they weren't yelling. I know the Mid-Atlantic accent is a thing of the past but at least they enunciated back then goddammit.

**Frownland** · 01-15-2019, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by windsock

That reminds me- what the **** is up with everybody mumbling in movies now? I was watching that ****house Constantine the other day and could not understand a single thing either Keanu Reeves or Shia LaBeouf was saying if they weren't yelling. I know the Mid-Atlantic accent is a thing of the past but at least they enunciated back then goddammit.

Non-****ty examples?

Also Tim Burton is keeping the *transatlantic accent alive and well.

windsock · 01-15-2019, 08:36 PM

Primer had the problem for me if I recall correctly, which is a shame because the movie's heaps of expository dialogue. It's a noticeable trend that's had an uptick in the past decade or so. The degree to which it affects you is case-by-case but I've found it with a lot of films in the past few years, and so have others.

Also 'Mid-Atlantic' is more common but the terms are synonymous.

**Frownland** · 01-15-2019, 08:38 PM

Oh you mean realistic acting? I guess.

windsock · 01-15-2019, 08:39 PM

I don't tend to mumble when I speak nor when I act. Maybe that's just a product of the culture in which I live.

**Frownland** · 01-15-2019, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by windsock

I don't tend to mumble when I speak nor when I act. Maybe that's just a product of the culture in which I live.

Mumbled actions, you say?

Congratulations on not mumbling, Mord. I don't suck dick but there seem to be a lot of people willing to do the job. Maybe that's just a product of the culture in which I live in.

windsock · 01-15-2019, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Mumbled actions, you say?

I tend to think of myself as fairly light on my feet.

Zhanteimi · 01-15-2019, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Mumbled actions, you say?

Congratulations on not mumbling, Mord. I don't suck dick but there seem to be a lot of people willing to do the job. Maybe that's just a product of the culture in which I live in.

tf?

**Frownland** · 01-15-2019, 08:51 PM

I thought you changed your avatar, my bad.

Zhanteimi · 01-15-2019, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by windsock

I don't tend to mumble when I speak nor when I act. Maybe that's just a product of the culture in which I live.

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I thought you changed your avatar, my bad.

Eh. I guess it kinda reads like me. Fairly pompous.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	I thought you changed your avatar, my bad. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x