Mad Max: Fury Road - Part 2

[Schlosser85]

A South African accent is odd. To me, it's like a cross between Australian and Dutch.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

With New Zealanders, a lot of the time their accents get REALLY exaggerated in Australia, I assume it's like the "Eeey" thing that Americans for Canadians lol

That makes sense. Though I do hear a lot of New Zealanders because I watch my fair share of rugby.

A South African accent is odd. To me, it's like a cross between Australian and Dutch.

I can hear that.

 

[chamber-music]

Like for example, Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman I can tell are Australian, but I used to think Geoffrey Rush was English.

Aussie actors like Guy Pearce, Sam Worthington and Naomi Watts all emigrated to Australia as kids.

Geoffrey Rush plays a lot of English characters throughout his career. I think I've only heard him speak in an Australian accent when he is in Australian films and the king's speech in which he was playing a guy who was Australian so kept his own accent.

Australian comedian Adam Hills does a great skit on Australian accents. He jokes about the upward inflection at the end of sentences that some Australians do makes it sound like they are asking a question.

Australian accents do sound really different of British accents to us Brits. American and Canadian accents sound similar or almost the same to us.

 

[chamber-music]

A South African accent is odd. To me, it's like a cross between Australian and Dutch.

Lots of Dutch people settled in South Africa in the colonial past.

South African accent broken down in two and a half minutes.
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[DarthSkywalker]

Aussie actors like Guy Pearce, Sam Worthington and Naomi Watts all emigrated to Australia as kids.

Geoffrey Rush plays a lot of English characters throughout his career. I think I've only heard him speak in an Australian accent when he is in Australian films and the king's speech in which he was playing a guy who was Australian so kept his own accent.

Australian comedian Adam Hills does a great skit on Australian accents. He jokes about the upward inflection at the end of sentences that some Australians do makes it sound like they are asking a question.

Australian accents do sound really different of British accents to us Brits. American and Canadian accents sound similar or almost the same to us.

Yep, and the same applies to Cate Blanchett. As a kid, I thought that she was English because of her roles. I wonder how many know that Saoirse Ronan is Irish considering she almost never uses her real accent on film.

And I must find that Adam Hills skit. That sounds spot on.

 

[Heisenberg]

I don't think Tom's doing Aussie at all is he? I mean, it's entirely his own accent in the "Citadel" clip, only a scale lower. I've had the impression since the 3rd trailer that he's just speaking in his own accent only "rougher", like he's been in an arid wasteland for too long.

And there is a 19 minute B-roll out there that obviously contains clips of footage that further spoil some pieces of the film, but if you don't mind that sort of thing, I highly recommend checking it out. Great look at the stunt-work and how much of this is being done in-camera.

edit: B-roll - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hatTUJT0Kxg

 

[chamber-music]

Yep, and the same applies to Cate Blanchett. As a kid, I thought that she was English because of her roles. I wonder how many know that Saoirse Ronan is Irish considering she almost never uses her real accent on film.

And I must find that Adam Hills skit. That sounds spot on.

Cate Blanchett's big breakthrough international role was Elizabeth and she lived in Brighton, England for almost a decade so I can see why people would think she is English.

Saoirse Ronan has the most Irish sounding name of any Irish actress I know of.

 

[Schlosser85]

I don't think Tom's doing Aussie at all is he? I mean, it's entirely his own accent in the "Citadel" clip, only a scale lower. I've had the impression since the 3rd trailer that he's just speaking in his own accent only "rougher", like he's been in an arid wasteland for too long.

And there is a 19 minute B-roll out there that obviously contains clips of footage that further spoil some pieces of the film, but if you don't mind that sort of thing, I highly recommend checking it out. Great look at the stunt-work and how much of this is being done in-camera.

edit: B-roll - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hatTUJT0Kxg

I'm not sure if Hardy's going for Australian or not (can anyone from UK or Australia weigh in?).

If you see Hardy speaking completely natural in interviews, he sounds different as Max.

Also, I watched that B-roll yesterday. Fascinating.

 

[Heisenberg]

I'm not sure if Hardy's going for Australian or not (can anyone from UK or Australia weigh in?).

I'm from England, I feel he's over-pronouncing certain words, but I think that comes from him speaking so slowly. It's like every word is deliberated. Don't hear an Aussie accent in the clips or newer footage, but what is strange is that the Comic-Con first look he's definitely doing an Aussie accent for the "my world is fire and blood" line.

 

[Schlosser85]

I'm from England, I feel he's over-pronouncing certain words, but I think that comes from him speaking so slowly. It's like every word is deliberated. Don't hear an Aussie accent in the clips or newer footage, but what is strange is that the Comic-Con first look he's definitely doing an Aussie accent for the "my world is fire and blood" line.

Supposedly Hardy's character in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was supposed to be Australian but Hardy found the accent difficult and just ended up doing his own voice. Maybe he did an Australian accent for that first voiceover line way back when, but found it hard to maintain so he gave it up for the actual movie?

 

[Roose Bolton]

I can hear traces of it, though it's muddled. It's kind of like he's slipping in and out. "As the world fell," for instance, he rolls the "urrl" sound in an Aussie manner. But every now and then he puts in an American pronunciation like with "Crazy". It's like a patchwork of accents lol

 

[chamber-music]

I'm from England, I feel he's over-pronouncing certain words, but I think that comes from him speaking so slowly. It's like every word is deliberated. Don't hear an Aussie accent in the clips or newer footage, but what is strange is that the Comic-Con first look he's definitely doing an Aussie accent for the "my world is fire and blood" line.

Yep, that line certainly sounded the most Australian so far.

 

[terry78]

Cate Blanchett's big breakthrough international role was Elizabeth and she lived in Brighton, England for almost a decade so I can see why people would think she is English.

Saoirse Ronan has the most Irish sounding name of any Irish actress I know of.

She may as well be a ****ing banshee with that moniker.

 

[green]

I'm not watching those clips. I don't want any more trailers, pictures or clips, I want this movie now!!!!

 

[Anita18]

Article in the NYTimes about Tom Hardy: (the first part I quoted here goes into what Schlosser referred to as "campiness")

Some people talk in circles: Mr. Hardy talks in fractals; his spoken thoughts wind about, organically linked, with many twists and turns along the way. A question about the apparent ease with which he slips into very dark places with his characters yielded a minutes-long answer that included references to “Sesame Street,” Kermit the Frog, the Swedish Chef, his tendency to be “drawn to that which is a little bit odd” and to eschew making judgments about people, and his feeling that he was, at heart, “a face puller.”

“In my job, I think it would be wrong for me to not push an extra little bit to see what’s behind certain walls,” he said between draws on an e-cigarette. “When I’m putting together a character, I kind of blend them with lots of things, part advertising, you know, the branding that you’ve seen before, so people are, ‘Oh, I kind of recognize that person, but I don’t know what it is.’ ”




Mr. Hardy acknowledges that stepping into the role of Max is not without its risks, but he’s firmly relegated any such worries to the category of “designer problem.”

“I’m lucky to be an actor,” he said. “There’s no life or death here, just humiliation. All right, that’s the worst thing that could happen.” He added: “It’s just the first day of school, isn’t it? If you get beaten up on the playground, you still have to go back to school.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/03/movies/tom-hardy-on-life-as-the-new-mad-max.html?_r=1

 

[Octoberist]

The New Zealand accent makes them sound like they're asking questions constantly. Like the inflections always end on a high note.

 

[Lencho01]

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[Schlosser85]

For some reason Charlize Theron's look in this movie makes me think of Carol from The Walking Dead.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Hardy has better get a damned Oscar nom this year. I doubt they'll give Max any attention for anything other than special effects and sound editing maybe, but if Legend is as good as it looks, I can't see the Academy ignoring him again.

 

[Schlosser85]

Bronson was absolutely nomination worthy.

 

[chamber-music]

Locke was award worthy. Locke was a one man acting master class. I can't think of many actors today who could star in a feature length movie set entirely inside a car and still hold the audience attention throughout.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Locke was probably my favorite performance of '13. Great, great film.

 

[Schlosser85]

I remember the LA and Toronto film critics associations voted Hardy Best Actor for Locke, and some called for an Oscar nomination, but...nothing.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Hardy is the kind of guy who is going to sail through a great career, and not get real recognition until his later years. He is too indie for the Oscars.

 

[Schlosser85]

I have real hopes that Legend will get him more recognition. I mean, he's simultaneously playing two characters in the same movie and the same scenes.

But if a performance as tour de force as Bronson can be completely ignored by the Academy (which half the time nominates **** that isn't half as good), then I won't hold my breath.