Anyone see Terry Gilliam's "Tideland"?

[thedelihaus]

Originally Posted by deaner33

About the accents - Deli, I see you are in the Boston area. There are plenty of movies with "Boston" accents. I can't tell what is a real Boston accent & what is exaggerated or fake (they all sound exaggerated to me), but I bet you can instantly.

To me, Good Will Hunting seemed to exaggerate it a bit. A bit. The boys were real Boston fellas anyhoo. Just seemed to slightly go overboard, over -the-top...

The departed seemed to get it better. More local boys in that 'un.



But I gotta face it, to me, sadly, Bostonians have the worst accents of all the states.

And I'm born and bred here.

[deaner33]

Originally Posted by thedelihaus

I got the impression this was sort of an "awakening" for him.

I like Gilliam's work, but I'd rather he slept in.

I got that impression too from his introduction, but what was his "awakening" specifically? I certainly couldn't tell from the movie. I guess it is my puny mind not grasping it (it can't be the confusing mess of the movie since it is perfect). Overall, I would give it a C-. Definitely not an F - there is way too much talent there & the movie is not incompetent. It is the worst movie I've seen by him, but I haven't watched the Brothers Grimm yet...

[deaner33]

Originally Posted by thedelihaus

To me, Good Will Hunting seemed to exaggerate it a bit. A bit. The boys were real Boston fellas anyhoo. Just seemed to slightly go overboard, over -the-top...

The departed seemed to get it better. More local boys in that 'un.



But I gotta face it, to me, sadly, Bostonians have the worst accents of all the states.

And I'm born and bred here.

I just find them amusing - they're so over the top. One thing about my southern accent though, I can go up north & have the girls falling all over me (or at least I could 15 years ago).

[thedelihaus]

Originally Posted by deaner33

I just find them amusing - they're so over the top. One thing about my southern accent though, I can go up north & have the girls falling all over me (or at least I could 15 years ago).

Sothern charm with words like "Recon", "ma'am", and "howdy", vs northern brashness with "Wicked", "pissa", and "ya dude".

[deaner33]

The only thing interesting I remember is that he said that women "get" the movie more than men do. I kinda doubt that - not sure if there are any female AK'ers that will weigh in on this. My wife was at work when I watched it & she has no interest in watching it on her own. Oh well.