Anyone else just dying...dying...DYING to see this film? I just have the trailer on repeat. It's so fantastic. This is like the film I see in my dreams.
I mean seriously. Go to the website and watch the trailer and the clips (Clip 3 is my favorite. Wow.):
Huh. I went and watched the trailer, 'cause I love terry Gilliam, but I have to say, this doesn't look that good to me. Mainly because that little girl could not be more annoying. I hate her fake southern accent. It's just bad. Bummer, 'cause Brazil and The Fisher King are two of my all time favorite movies...
OMG, her southern accent was driving me up the wall. No southern talks like that, unless they are over 100 years old and from countryside, Georgia. I don't know if I can sit through 2 hours of that.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
No. As soon as she started talking I exited out. Again, NO southerner I have ever heard (and I live in the south so I hear the accents everyday) talks like that. But, I may suck it up and watch the rest later.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
Why don't they even give an ACTUAL southerner these southern roles? They are usually northeners, british, or canadian. I have wondered this for a long time.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
I was thinking the same thing as spidey. Like they couldn't have done a casting search and found a talented Southern kid? And that's exactly why I'm not giving her a break; she's Canadian. (I'm only half kidding about that...the outsourcing of acting jobs is actually a real problem...)
And I understand about it being a FANTASY - did you not read my post about loving Brazil and Fisher King? - which is why I'm giving her a pass on her laughable British accent (I watched Clip 3, and obviously it's her own voice as the voice of that British doll's head) but I don't think that excuses her completely awful Southern accent if her character is supposed to be from the South. Now, if it turns out that her character is actually from Connecticut and just imagines she's from the South, I'll humbly eat my words.
I'm glad you're looking forward to the film, and I hope it does well at the box office. I was just shocked by how bad Jodelle's accent (and acting) was. In my opinion.
Interestingly enough, I looked her up on IMDB and discovered she's the girl who was in Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital, and I remember thinking how awful the little girl was in that, too. I guess her style just rubs me completely the wrong way.
And the reason why this film was shot and produced in Canada is because most American studios are deathly afraid of Terry Gilliam.
Sadly, that's our loss.
And I think you're right (re: Silent Hill). I think she keeps getting cast purely because of her look. Very creepy, sad eyes... But she really bugs me.
Oh, and for what it's worth, I saw Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in the theater, and quite liked it.
