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12-24-2009, 11:50 AM
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My biggest one so far:
In The Day After Tomorrow, the lead characters go to the "tallest building" in Manhattan to save themselves, yet end up at the NY Public Library. Umm... its 5 floors. My apartment building has more floors.
I love how the good portion of the country is freezing, yet Mexico is just fine.
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12-24-2009, 01:43 PM
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Pittsburgh based movies where NO ONE has a Pittsburgh accent. Maybe if you get far enough out in the burbs where they flog you if you say "nebby" but if you're anywhere close to the heart of the city, just not the truth.
Oh, and the mountains in The Deer Hunter. The Appalachians haven't looked like that since the dinosaurs were around.
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12-24-2009, 02:20 PM
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Most movies filmed in Seattle make it seem like all of our cliched landmarks are within walking distance of each other. Or at least right next to each other. Sleepless in Seattle is filled with this, as is Say Anything, which is surprising for Cameron Crowe since he lives here.
The other thing that really irritates some people in Seattle now is all these movies that supposedly take place in Seattle/Washington are really filmed (at least in part) in Vancouver because it's cheaper to film there. Movies that do this: the Twilight series, Love Happens, Fear, practically every Lifetime movie these days, and other movies that slip my mind. A TON of American TV shows are filmed in Vancouver, too. It's seriously a mini Hollywood at this point.
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12-24-2009, 02:35 PM
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Way too many movies set in the contemporary Deep South assume that everybody talks like they just stepped out of Gone with the Wind. Julia Roberts, for example, had the worst movie-character Southern accent ever in Steel Magnolias—and she's from Atlanta, for God's sake!
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12-24-2009, 02:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LXA SE285
Way too many movies set in the contemporary Deep South assume that everybody talks like they just stepped out of Gone with the Wind. Julia Roberts, for example, had the worst movie-character Southern accent ever in Steel Magnolias—and she's from Atlanta, for God's sake!
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No kidding... I cringe when I hear her speak in that movie, but I still LOVE Steal Magnolias!
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Pittsburgh, Philly, and "Bawlmer" accents fascinate me because they sound vaguely Southern.
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Baltimore's accent is a little southern. I say my "O"s like they do so I have had more than one person ask if I'm from Baltimore since I've lived here. I laugh then say a few more things until they hear the southern accent and realize their mistake. There are many accents here, though. Check out the Baltimore "Hon". It's priceless!
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12-24-2009, 06:26 PM
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Baltimore's accent is a little southern. I say my "O"s like they do so I have had more than one person ask if I'm from Baltimore since I've lived here. I laugh then say a few more things until they hear the southern accent and realize their mistake. There are many accents here, though. Check out the Baltimore "Hon". It's priceless!
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