Blown Away (1994) - Kino Studio Classics - July 2015

[movieman1979]

Originally Posted by Ill_Be_Back

I just remember how bad Tommy lee Jones' Irish accent was. It was a good action film nonetheless, will definitely pick it up.

Any worse than Jeff Bridges "BAHston" accent was?? I'll take Tommy Lee Jones' "Har-ta-tee" Lucky Charms act over Bridges' dropping his Rs like they were on fire.

[Member-222782]

I'm not bothering preordering any of these titles since they're all overpriced at this point. When they hit $17.99 I'll go for it.

[movieman1979]

I saw this announcement and my first thought was "I'm sure it's the Jeff Bridges/Tommy Lee Jones movie, but wouldn't it be funny if it were the Corey Haim/Nicole Eggert skin flick from the mid 90s? Pretty sure I spilled more seed than a bird owner with Parkinson's when I watched that back in the day.

[Sukie]

I'm just waiting for it to be available on the Canadian site. Sometimes titles take forever to get here... don't know why?

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by movieman1979

Any worse than Jeff Bridges "BAHston" accent was?? I'll take Tommy Lee Jones' "Har-ta-tee" Lucky Charms act over Bridges' dropping his Rs like they were on fire.

That's what I was thinking, all the damned accents are diabolical in that film.

And thanks for the "seed" gag above, it's a good job I'd set my can of Diet Coke down before reading that because it would've been spat all over my computer. Brilliant

[saprano]

Review-

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Blown...Blu-ray/30605/

[musicfann]

NEVER understood this film, and NEVER will.

That they redubbed the entire film dialogue, didn't help either, and it was an exercise of Futility, to everyone in this project.

I hope they got paid double for it.

[MichaelR]

Originally Posted by movieman1979

Any worse than Jeff Bridges "BAHston" accent was?? I'll take Tommy Lee Jones' "Har-ta-tee" Lucky Charms act over Bridges' dropping his Rs like they were on fire.

Originally Posted by Geoff D

That's what I was thinking, all the damned accents are diabolical in that film.

I'd love to see "Blown Away" with its original dialogue track, before the accents got watered down into something fake but intelligible to the average American ear.

[Richard Graham]

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Originally Posted by movieman1979

I saw this announcement and my first thought was "I'm sure it's the Jeff Bridges/Tommy Lee Jones movie, but wouldn't it be funny if it were the Corey Haim/Nicole Eggert skin flick from the mid 90s? Pretty sure I spilled more seed than a bird owner with Parkinson's when I watched that back in the day.

That movie is just creepy. It's clear the producers are feeding the cast tons of drugs just to see how far they'll go.

There's not a top 10 "bad accent" list in history that Blown Away '94 hasn't appeared on.

[mja345]

I can't watch this movie without laughing. The accents are so absurd. Try watching this clip with a straight face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA7ZJB0thHc

[slimdude]

Originally Posted by movieman1979

Any worse than Jeff Bridges "BAHston" accent was?? I'll take Tommy Lee Jones' "Har-ta-tee" Lucky Charms act over Bridges' dropping his Rs like they were on fire.

Tom Cruise didn't have a German accent at all, when he allegedly portrayed a German Army Officer in Valkyrie. Basically he was just being Tom Cruise dressed in a German Officer uniform. In regards to Tommy Lee Jones he's an American actor, not a real Irishman. So therefore his imitated accent were not expected to sound authentic, nor convincing. Blown Away is a Hollywood movie.

[Richard Graham]

Originally Posted by mja345

I can't watch this movie without laughing. The accents are so absurd. Try watching this clip with a straight face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA7ZJB0thHc

The squeek toy makes that impossible.

[laidbacklarkin]

Originally Posted by mja345

I can't watch this movie without laughing. The accents are so absurd. Try watching this clip with a straight face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA7ZJB0thHc

Hahaha...absolutely a hoot...I couldn't get ANYTHING of what TLJ says. Staying away from this one. thanks for the laugh

[mikesncc1701]

Wow, I didn't realize this movie had so much hate on it. I've been a fan since I first saw it on laserdisc. Bought the DVD years ago as I got tired of waiting on the blu. Granted I'm not a huge enough fan to upgrade based on the price but I think it's a pretty fun flick considering some of the bad stuff.

[OI8T12]

Amazon has dropped the price down to $13.49.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Blown...Blu-ray/30605/

[JoeKryten]

Originally Posted by slimdude

Tom Cruise didn't have a German accent at all, when he allegedly portrayed a German Army Officer in Valkyrie. Basically he was just being Tom Cruise dressed in a German Officer uniform. In regards to Tommy Lee Jones he's an American actor, not a real Irishman. So therefore his imitated accent were not expected to sound authentic, nor convincing. Blown Away is a Hollywood movie.

Of course, the difference is that in Blown Away the characters are speaking roughly the same language we speak in America. Many viewers (including myself at times) do make a point of judging the validity of regional English accents. For example, many people made fun of Kyra Sedgwick's southern accent in the TV show "The Closer" Although I have met southerners who do speak like that (they are a minority, but they do exist).

Foreign language representation in film has moved all over the place through the years, but it is very "old school" to represent them by speaking English in an exaggerated foreign accent. These days it seems that it's deemed best to either adopt no specific accent or have the actors speak the actual language (whether subtitled or not).

Blown Away and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (among others) get ridiculed for actors that try to adopt the regional accents and fail horribly. Other than re-casting the roles, I don't know what those films could have done to alleviate the situation. And you know that those films weren't going to dump Tommy Lee Jones or Kevin Costner who were big box office draws at the time.

I think Rob Reiner had the right answer. When Wallace Shawn couldn't do a convincing Italian accent, Reiner told him to not try it and that his "Sicilian" character just happened to have a Brooklyn accent.

[gettodamoofies]

Originally Posted by OI8T12

Amazon has dropped the price down to $13.49.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Blown...Blu-ray/30605/

And that's good enough for me. In with an order!

[moparbob]

Originally Posted by OI8T12

Amazon has dropped the price down to $13.49.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Blown...Blu-ray/30605/

Yeah 3 weeks after

[SleazyForWeasley]

I’m surprised no one has mentioned that some of the music has been replaced. Songs originally in the movie by The Sundays and October Project have been replaced with cover versions by someone far less talented vocally.

[slimdude]

Originally Posted by SleazyForWeasley

I’m surprised no one has mentioned that some of the music has been replaced. Songs originally in the movie by The Sundays and October Project have been replaced with cover versions by someone far less talented vocally.

Probably because of copyright issues with the original recording. It's cheaper to use a cover version than to buy the copyrights to the original. Also it determines how much of the song is used rather if its a portion, or the entire length.