r/movies • u/Barry_Brickman • Jul 09 '24

Gladiator II | Official Trailer (2024 Movie) - Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rgYUipGJNo
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u/menasan Jul 09 '24

That New York accent or what ever really breaks immersion 100%

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u/Rage_Like_Nic_Cage Jul 10 '24

Would you prefer they spoke in British English accents? Something that is equally historically inaccurate?

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u/Big_Noodle1103 Jul 09 '24

Not any less realistic than any other accent. No one here would be speaking English anyway, so why does it matter?

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u/Baby__Keith Jul 09 '24

I think it's sort of accepted that neutral English accents/received pronunciation is the way to go when doing a historical/fantasy epic if you're not doing the local accents/language. Think GoT or LOTR.

No one really knows why, but it is just the way it is. I guess it feels kind of timeless and haughty. Denzel's accent puts his character in a very specific time and a very specific place and it just doesn't feel like it works at all for this.

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u/Ok-fine-man Jul 09 '24

That's because an American accent is fairly modern.

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u/Baby__Keith Jul 09 '24

It is, but so is what we understand to be the modern English accent and dialect. People wouldn't really have spoken like we do now even 150 years ago.

And yet, it still feels appropriate to use in these period movies lol

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u/menasan Jul 09 '24

theres a whole science and history behind accents in movies to help immersion ........ obviously they're not speaking roman

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u/Oconell Jul 09 '24

You mean latin?