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Being British is a 'flaw'?!


In what world? I've never met a woman who thought being British was a turn-off! Everything about Tom Hardy was ridiculously sexy - ESPECIALLY his British accent. Really odd of them to throw that in there.

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It's not a flaw, but there's nothing like an American guy.

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well would you want to be British, of course not.

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it was merely a joke, folks, people are taking it too seriously.

like i said before, british men are joked about being gay, so thats where reese was going with that. a very unpleasant joke, but a joke. it was even flattering towards tom, because in the end it meant he had no flaws actually, but at first glance it can offend people.



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EXACTLY!! Biggest *beep* in this movie! Followed by her choosing the american guy just because he's american. :( Very very stupid ending, hated it!

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It's a dumb stereotype perpetuated by Hollywood movies. Oh he's English, therefore he is emotionally and sexually cold/repressed.

Take these lines from the movie Dracula: Dead and Loving It.

Jonathan Harker: Oh yes, my dear. The Opera is astonishing. The music is fraught with love, hate, sensuality, and unbridled passion... all the things in my life that I've managed to suppress.


Being English, like Tuck or Jonathan Harker (or British, as the Americans like to say) means he's lousy in bed and a robot.

What about the evil Eastern European communist/terrorist types in this movie? Another annoying stereotype.

Chris Pine and Tom Hardy may be hot and Reese Witherspoon is cute but it's not enough to save this movie.

Don't let anyone ever make you feel like you don't deserve what you want.

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I know, right? Being British is like a big PLUS for me lol

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There are hundreds of british accents. Many are sexy. Most are not. There's a big accent difference between Tom Hardy and a yorkshireman. There's a big accent difference between Tom Hardy and those prancing twits what pronounce all Ws Rs Ls and most other letters of the alphabet like "W".

Being British is a flaw DESPITE the accent. It implies poor dental hygiene, rare showers and rarer hair washes, and shagging times under 1 minute that they're very proud of. Flaws, flaws, flaws.

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British are flawed as they are now mostly atheist and hold no real moral convictions. I think she was referring to that.

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