tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post115402528329870912..comments2024-03-27T22:25:42.129-05:00Comments on Reading the Past: Historical film newsSarah Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1154088708186143252006-07-28T07:11:00.000-05:002006-07-28T07:11:00.000-05:00Carla - yes, I've heard that some regions of the U...Carla - yes, I've heard that some regions of the US preserve an accent that's closer to Elizabethan English than to BBC English, and that the Elizabethans pronounced their r's more like modern Americans do... I haven't studied this extensively, though.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1154087516109899502006-07-28T06:51:00.000-05:002006-07-28T06:51:00.000-05:00I think Emily Mortimer would make a fine Anne! Ah,...I think Emily Mortimer would make a fine Anne! Ah, well.Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1154073826134969162006-07-28T03:03:00.000-05:002006-07-28T03:03:00.000-05:00Accents don't bother me as long as their owners ca...Accents don't bother me as long as their owners can act. I have a feeling that a modern British accent may not be much closer to an authentic Elizabethan accent than a modern American one. Isn't there a theory that the New England accent preserves some 16th- and 17th-century forms that came over with the Pilgrim Fathers and have been lost in Britain?Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1154060013514066172006-07-27T23:13:00.000-05:002006-07-27T23:13:00.000-05:00I have to admit, I was never fond of Portman for A...I have to admit, I was never fond of Portman for Anne from the start. I don't know if it the lack of British ancestory or what, but I haven't been fond of the choice since the beginning...Kailanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136262232046813471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1154051348750616272006-07-27T20:49:00.000-05:002006-07-27T20:49:00.000-05:00Stephanie, I tend to agree with you on Portman, an...Stephanie, I tend to agree with you on Portman, and I don't think she's the best fit for Anne... although she may look the part.<BR/><BR/>I looked up Emily Mortimer on the IMDB since I'm not that familiar with her. I saw she starred in the dramatized version of Rosamunde Pilcher's <I>Coming Home</I>, which I would like to see one day. I loved the book.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1154049861654136702006-07-27T20:24:00.000-05:002006-07-27T20:24:00.000-05:00I would like to see Emily Mortimer as Anne Bolyen,...I would like to see Emily Mortimer as Anne Bolyen, and Kate Winslet as Mary Boleyn.<BR/><BR/>Not sure about Henry...Margaret Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202290659191790984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1154043080854155822006-07-27T18:31:00.000-05:002006-07-27T18:31:00.000-05:00Actually my first criteria would be GOOD actors. T...Actually my first criteria would be GOOD actors. Then I would like an accent appropriate to the place and time period. Nothing cheeses me out more than an crappily done accent. So if you have to get British actors in order to get an authentic accent then that's the way to go. Personally I think Portman is beautiful but a very wooden actress.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04549433838794370673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1154039377386927112006-07-27T17:29:00.000-05:002006-07-27T17:29:00.000-05:00Tom Cruise just seems way too obnoxious to me, in ...Tom Cruise just seems way too obnoxious to me, in general.<BR/><BR/>I understand they're filming in London with a British crew, so someone would likely notice if their accents weren't up to par...Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1154036086361307892006-07-27T16:34:00.000-05:002006-07-27T16:34:00.000-05:00I'm with you about Tom Cruise, Gabriele! Never und...I'm with you about Tom Cruise, Gabriele! Never understood the appeal. <BR/><BR/>American actions are fine with me as long as they can do decent British accents (and it has to be a pretty poor accent for me to notice).Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1154032683330181832006-07-27T15:38:00.000-05:002006-07-27T15:38:00.000-05:00I don't care where the actors come from as long as...I don't care where the actors come from as long as they're hot. Ioan Gruffyd, Sean Bean - droooool - or Clive Owen would have done as well as Eric Bana for me, though I don't seen Ioan as Henry VIII exactly. The one I don't want to see in <I>any</I> movie is Tom Cruise; can't stand the man.<BR/><BR/>Don't know about actresses, I don't tend to look at them. :)Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.com