I went to see Defiance yesterday. It was really good! Daniel Craig? What's not to like? I suggest you all go watch it! Not only cuz I think Daniel Craig is mad sexy (more on that under the cut) but because the accents are amazing. I mean, I'm no linguist, but man. Everyone sounded like they should have. Germans spoke German (and looked German). Polish (or Belarus at the time) spoke Polish (I'm guessing. The subtitles were in Spanish, so I dunno *sigh*) and Russians spoke Russian! (Also, even though I know Coral doesn't read my LJ; I wiki'd it and Belarus is still a country. As of 1991. Take that!)
When they spoke English, they sounded like it wasn't their first language, which is the whole point of a war movie, isn't it? After watching Valkyrie and listening to Tom Cruise's (short, but very obvious) German, I was so pleased to hear all the actors speaking these beautiful European languages! There were literally times where it took me a second to notice that they were talking English (like when they mumbled after speaking Polish. They'd also curse in it sometimes, which I thought was great) Overrall, the foreign languages didn't feel tacked on, but instead it balanced perfectly with the accented-English. Actually, it's more like the foreign languages were the main focus as it should be.
( It's about to get really fangirly up in here. (picspam, ohoho) )( I put it behind a cut because I care more about my layout than having his lovely eyes staring at me, oh wai-- )
When they spoke English, they sounded like it wasn't their first language, which is the whole point of a war movie, isn't it? After watching Valkyrie and listening to Tom Cruise's (short, but very obvious) German, I was so pleased to hear all the actors speaking these beautiful European languages! There were literally times where it took me a second to notice that they were talking English (like when they mumbled after speaking Polish. They'd also curse in it sometimes, which I thought was great) Overrall, the foreign languages didn't feel tacked on, but instead it balanced perfectly with the accented-English. Actually, it's more like the foreign languages were the main focus as it should be.
( It's about to get really fangirly up in here. (picspam, ohoho) )( I put it behind a cut because I care more about my layout than having his lovely eyes staring at me, oh wai-- )
