Righteous wrote:
It is odd, but I think most australians have issues listening to aussie accents in films.
Its not the accent so much as the way its used. Australian film more often than not, seems to go for a "hyper" accent; that "Steve Erwin" lint. It just seems over done and terrible.
Rubbish once again. Are you telling me in movies like Lantana, Look Both Ways, Angel Baby, Shine and CrackerJack that people are putting on a forced Aussie accent? Sure, Steve Irwin's movie went over the top, but that was him, and the older classics, Their A Weird Mob springs to mind, certainly sound a bit over the top, but back then that was pretty much how people spoke.
Being the good pom that you are Nige, seems to force you to hate any thing Aussie. Give it a break. Considering the size and the funding of our film industry, we make some cracking movies. Then again, your love of 1920's German movies might mean you are one of those elite art house lovers of obscure crap that 99% of the population wouldn't piss on.
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Righteous wrote:
It is odd, but I think most australians have issues listening to aussie accents in films.
Its not the accent so much as the way its used. Australian film more often than not, seems to go for a "hyper" accent; that "Steve Erwin" lint. It just seems over done and terrible.
Rubbish once again. Are you telling me in movies like Lantana, Look Both Ways, Angel Baby, Shine and CrackerJack that people are putting on a forced Aussie accent? Sure, Steve Irwin's movie went over the top, but that was him, and the older classics, Their A Weird Mob springs to mind, certainly sound a bit over the top, but back then that was pretty much how people spoke.
Being the good pom that you are Nige, seems to force you to hate any thing Aussie. Give it a break. Considering the size and the funding of our film industry, we make some cracking movies. Then again, your love of 1920's German movies might mean you are one of those elite art house lovers of obscure crap that 99% of the population wouldn't piss on.
I did say "more often than not" and "seems too" rather than all Australian film have the "Erwin lint". And art is good.
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I guess the point of my original post was that US films and Foreign films often do much better in this country than Australian Films. I'm not saying they are better or worse they just don't do as well.Generally the only type of film that sees any sort of wide ranging success are the comedies where the Aussie accent is laid on thick. No sense in getting worked up about it Norbs, that's just the way it is..
kwijibo wrote:There was an article in the Adelaide paper today about how Aussie films just dont do as well at the box office as US films
I wonder if an explanation is that most Aussie talent heads for the money in the US, like our lot tend to. On DVD extras which include interviews with the production team, more than half of them seem to be either Aussies, NZers or Brits.
The Devil's Playground
Razorback
Gettin' Square
Walkabout
Umm...
Kind of ran out after that. I didn't really want to include Gallipoli or Breaker Morant because I think there have been better films on the subject.
I liked Dirty Deeds for a bit of prankery and The Castle and The Dish were both entertaining. Couldn't be bothered with stuff like Muriel's Wedding (despite the awesome performance by Jeanie Drynan). Anything by Baz Luhrmann bores me stupid.
Despite its trashy style, I was tempted to add The Cars that Ate Paris simply because to my mind, so many themes are echoed in the Mad Max series. Apart from that, I didn't like it that much. Trash only has some appeal to me (I know you like it Nige) and Razorback fulfils that quite well.
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E: seems Righty already mentioned that, and i can't work out how to delete a post from tapatalk... and the lappy is way the fuck over there. So here's the trailer.
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