So Gyllenhaal is playing a persian; did he spend a few summers in modern-day England in his youth or something?
I hear a very lazy, very distinct english accent from him, at least in the commercials...
Since when would they speak English at all? It's understood that the movie is basically translating for us. Accents are thus immaterial. How long have you been watching movies? Not long because that's super common in movies with a foreign setting.
shareI just had to applaud the single sane comment on this thread - who cares about accents when Persians didn't speak English lol
sharehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheQueensLatin
It's an easy and very, very, VERY common bit of film shorthand that tells viewers that (a) this is set in ancient times, (b) these people are foreign/exotic, and/or (c) these people are upper class.
Since when do Persians speak ENGLISH?? *beep* TWAT
shareWell they speak English because we should be able to understand it, and we are all tired of the American accent...
shareAnd since when there are daggers filled with the sand that rewinds time? Dude, it's an action/adventure movie, not a damn reality show :D
shareI thought Jakes accent was good. Thank god they didn't use an American accent.
Something about American accents set in the past just doesn't work.
Having one sole American accent in a film makes it stand out far more than a lone British or other accent does. I think it stems from the fact America didn't exist during these times so having a yank there seems out of place more than having a Brit.
There is a flip side to this. Experts say in the wild west or more likely during the us civil war most accents would have been British and European so for accuracy having it populated by American ones is wrong.
but this is Hollywood and when have they ever cared about historical accuracy.
Since this was made for an English-speaking audience. In Schindlers List, German people all appear to speak English fluently, what's the deal with that? And what's with all the French people speaking English in their private lives in Hugo? How are we supposed to take this stuff seriously?
shareit's obvious you didn't play the game. In the game the prince has an English accent. You should ask this question to Ubisoft. By the way Jake Gyllenhaal is the perfect choice for Prince Dastan. He really looks like him and he did a great job playing the prince.
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Acting is always best when done with English accents.
You could say this about a lot of movie characters. Since when does Jesus have an English accent?
I think this goes back to the early film making days where Jews, Islams and Hindus were often shown prejudice and so to portray a person from a far away land or The East an English accent was used in American Film making to give the foreign country feel. And since we have not strayed from that.
Personally I prefer the English accent. It gives dialog a more rhythmic cadence and is more interesting to the ear.
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On another note, if the majority of actors speak with English accents it is logical for continuity sake to have all actors speak with the same accent to express they are from the same land.
I once watched that movie JESUS with Jeremy Sisto and all the characters had different accents... Jesus(Sisto)has American Accent, Mother Mary, English accent, Joseph had a Brooklyn Jew accent, John the Baptist had a Scottish accent. It was very confusing!... I would have made sense to have them all with Jewish accents but they just let the actors speak in their country's accent. It really was a poor choice of the director to allow this.
So with that said I am sure the Director of Prince of Persia, chose English as the accent throughout! A good choice IMO.
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