tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542254453206136875.post475614451597131511..comments2024-03-19T07:27:27.530-06:00Comments on A Slice of Movie Zen: Review: AmeliaJoe Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290373919018115443noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542254453206136875.post-51337213045180496572011-04-27T16:13:53.396-06:002011-04-27T16:13:53.396-06:00I can't claim any definitive knowledge, but ne...I can't claim any definitive knowledge, but neither the film's closing credits, nor its IMDB page, list a dialogue coach for Mr. Eccleston, whereas the other primary actors (Swank and McGregor) had personal coaches listed. I suppose this decide the issue, but I inferred that poor Chris Eccleston was left to struggle on his own.Joe Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08290373919018115443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542254453206136875.post-64514194980671343412011-04-27T16:01:36.957-06:002011-04-27T16:01:36.957-06:00I'm curious -- are you sure that Eccleston did...I'm curious -- are you sure that Eccleston didn't have a dialect coach? I work with accents professionally myself (though I don't actually coach actors), and so I could hear that Eccleston was making a serious effort and doing many things right -- and yet I wondered, "Why didn't his coach help him with this, and this, and this...?" If he didn't have one, it would explain a lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542254453206136875.post-67092376405227898562009-12-06T10:42:00.347-07:002009-12-06T10:42:00.347-07:00See, G.I. Joe gets a higher rating because its int...See, G.I. Joe gets a higher rating because its intention was to be a big, dumb action movie, and it succeeded to some degree. I can't give it anything higher than it has, because it didn't even succeed completely on its own terms, and its intentions aren't good enough to warrant more consideration, but it's still head and shoulders over Amelia. Amelia royally screwed up everything it tried to do, and didn't even do it in an entertaining or interesting way. In other words, at least G.I. Joe was bad in a fun way, while Amelia wasn't.Joe Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08290373919018115443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542254453206136875.post-15625232956750737572009-12-05T19:07:08.480-07:002009-12-05T19:07:08.480-07:00I love how you rated G.I. Joe, the movie with unde...I love how you rated G.I. Joe, the movie with underwater flames and sinking ice, above this. Though they definitely have something in common - Christopher Eccleston's bad accent. Poor guy can't seem to escape that northern English clip, can he? I'm glad he held his own, though. I like him quite a lot, and he seems like he'd play a damn good alcoholic. Not that I'll ever see him play one, at least not in this movie. Anything worse than G.I. Joe doesn't deserve to be watched.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com