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So much bloody British b*llocks.

posted 9 years ago by neil_j_harper
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The overuse of "British slang" and references got really annoying. I'm British and it's both jarring and insulting for a movie to keep dropping in "local colour" the way they did.

Beyond the use of British terms like "mobile" and "quid" by American characters and the Mary Poppins way some of the "londoners" talked are the blatant "insert British thing here" parts of the script

For example "our first car was a rover that smelled like fish n chips"

FFS

[–] mjb301086 8 years ago

Lol yeh I couldn't agree more

[–] speling_errer 8 years ago

It sounded so wrong, I live in England myself. Spoit the film for me but still had fun watching Costner.

[–] anna_saurusrex 8 years ago

The most laughable was when he stole that van from those guys outside the take away...

'He's taking our van!'
'What? That's bang out of order.'
'That's bang out of order, mate.'

I lolled so hard. As if that's what you'd say if someone was going to steal your car.

[–] djkynky1 8 years ago

It was only after the guy got smacked in the face, the real dialogue came out, i think there was a c-bomb in there...

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[–] soldier_one_2 8 years ago

Must admit... i laughed out loud when that scene flopped up :D
You Tube Friends episodes, were they take the piss out of english accents.
The director of this movie should've took heed from them episodes.

[–] mariariley-ward 8 years ago

It depends where you come from though, doesn't it? Just because YOU don't say it doesn't mean others don't.

[–] weavermovies 8 years ago

And here I think what's actually the most laughable is someone, who is supposed to be speaking English, typing "I lolled so hard."

[–] chelseagirl74 8 years ago

Have to agree.It was quite over the top.

[–] tjc_2005 8 years ago

Doesn't help that the film was utter *beep* too. So ridiculous.

[–] oneleggoalie 8 years ago

you think you have it bad...we in Hong Kong are always portrayed as...Lambo Driving...Money Grubbing...Money Laundering...unscrupulous...unethical...Fund Managers...who would sell their Grandmothers to Science Labs for "experiments." ...ok it's actually true...but

what's a little Mary Poppins man 😐

...bar is closed people stagger out
the pretty, the crippled, and the proud.

[–] nigel-733-708639 8 years ago

what's a little Mary Poppins man 😐

Probably a reference to Dick Van Dyke's excruciating cockney accent in that film.

[–] oneleggoalie 8 years ago

5 year olds don't mind exotic accents...well Jewish children have built-in aversion to German accents...but you can't blame them.

...bar is closed people stagger out
the pretty, the crippled, and the proud.

[–] cpheonix 8 years ago

Yeah but I found it more amusing than annoying. Another thing, although not slang, was when the chippie owner said something like "not worth the kerfuffle"!

[–] gtbarker 8 years ago

I agree - the van scene was particularly ludicrous Costner: 'I'm taking your van' 1st man
'What did he say?' 2nd man 'he said he's taking our van' 1st man 'that's out of order' 2nd man 'yeah mate that's out of order'. Ha ha yeah like that's how it would go down. I think was just the Americans making another nation's people look soft. The film was absolutely toss.

'Well I've got two words for you - STFU'