i'd like to thank the academy
for NOT giving joaquin phoenix an oscar for best actor when that guy couldn't speak-with-an-arkansas-accent his way out of a paper bag. ptthbbbb.
practically ruined the movie for me is what he did. stupid.
another notably sucky southern accent performance was given by ewan mcgregor (oh ewan, you are so cute though) in the movie "big fish."
the most painful part of all is that in "big fish" ewan mcgregor couldn't make southern talk, yet his character's older counterpart, albert finney, could. talk about killing the illusion.
then, in "walk the line", the careless cinematic developmental accent shift (as i would like to dub it) occured in reversed chronological order as the young j.r. cash could do southern while mr. phoenix, well, you know, pttthhbbb.
talk about having a hitch in yer giddy-up. it's as if johnnie cash fell and bumped his head and woke up with foreign accent syndrome, one language aphasia i wouldn't mind acquiring by the way.
posted by erin elizabeth king @ 8:32 AM
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Poor Ewan, he actually got mad at a reporter on the red carpet who slagged him for his pseudo-American accent in "The Island," which is very unusual for Ewan.
But, it is simply true that despite being a great actor, his accents are off. Given that his normal Scottish accent is lovely, lovely, lovely, they need to simply write that into every character he does on film.
Are you okay with Reese getting the Oscar for her portrayal of June? :)
i really love reese and i was happy to see her win. she did a good southern accent. but that's kind of not fair, because she's southern.
Who even thought of casting Joaquin Phoenix as Johny Cash anyway?
His late brother maybe. But Joaquin Phoenix??? As Johny Cash? We're talking THE Johny Cash here!
Sorry.
You know, I haven't even seen the movie so I guess I can't judge, right?
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