I haven't finished the movie yet and I mostly like it so far, but one thing that immediately takes me out of the 80s setting of the story is how fast the kids talk. We didn't speak that way back then. It's more of a modern, Generation Z thing. Anyone else notice that?
shareLol got to say I didn't notice this but I am maybe not as old as you.
Loved the movie though! xx
I thought Eddie and Richie were the only fast talkers there, and the dialogue between them was priceless: "How do you amputate a waist?" :D It was basically Motormouth & Trashmouth!
Yeah, as I've watched more, you're probably right that it's really those two who stand out the most and the way they talk just screams Gen Z to me. The girl who plays Beverly is a great actress, but she almost has the opposite problem. They're supposed to be in junior high/middle school, right? Beverly acts older than her age. But that's much less of a problem than the immersion-breaking fast-talkers.
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Not trying to be mean, but if that's your complaint, you should take into consideration whatever your own age is and your own hearing is like ;)
If you're young, be vaguely offended/amused, if older, I might be the only jerk to point it to you you (but hopefully helpful, I'm nice, just blunt ;) )
Sounds like you may just have read the thread title and not my post. My hearing is just fine. My issue is that these are supposed to be kids in the late 80s and I can tell you from experience we didn't speak that fast back then. But, as I told Foebane72 above, he's right that it's mostly Eddie and Richie who sound out of place.
shareNo, I read the whole thing, but of course you know yourself best :)
I was born in 85, so I can't really remember enough of the 80s to have a clear view on your statement. Odd in a way, but makes sense in another, language evolves, and maybe it's evolved partly along with technology?
Oh yeah, I would say language has definitely evolved even in our lifetime. I'm not sure technology alone was the cause, but life in the 21st century certainly moves at a faster pace and there's more going on than in the 80s and 90s. So it makes sense to me that kids today would have adapted by speaking faster.
This article makes that case, but for people today in general, not just the kids:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/how-technology-is-turning-us-into-faster-talkers-1.1111667