Comments on: Trailer Watch: Viggo Mortensen is ‘Good’

By: Jackie

Jackie — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:25:30 +0000

I can’t wait for this movie to come out. Viggo chooses his movie roles very carefully. He’s never made a movie that I did nt enjoy from beginning to end. Unlike some actors that are in it for the $$$$. Viggo’s choices (in my opinion) reflects how he wants to grow as an actor. Unlike some actors who play the same character in every movie.

By: jack2jack

jack2jack — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:25:00 +0000

By: Mariana

Mariana — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:04:57 +0000

I agree with what someone said before – perhaps the movie is in English so more “known” faces could be casted; I agree that when the movie is in the native tongue it gets much better, but sometimes it’s hard to do it (well, sometimes it backfires, like “Memoirs of a Geisha”; the dialogues sucked because they had to adapt it for all the Asian actresses who couldn’t speak it very well). Since I’m not American, I wouldn’t know if this choice was made regarding the preference of the US audiences for dubbed/English-spoken movies (I hate it when they’re dubbed, though).

I’m probably the only one who’s more excited about “Good” because it features Jason Isaacs than Viggo Mortensen. Jason doesn’t get enough attention from the media, in my opinion.

By: Mariana

Mariana — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:04:00 +0000

I’m probably the only one who’s more excited about “Good” because it features Jason Isaacs than Viggo Mortensen. Jason doesn’t get enough attention from the media, in my opinion.

By: Robin Ruinsky

Robin Ruinsky — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:06:58 +0000

It sounded like they were using what I would call a British stage dialect. I know that British dialects are very varied.
I’ve seen this done before.

By: Robin Ruinsky

Robin Ruinsky — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:06:00 +0000

It sounded like they were using what I would call a British stage dialect. I know that British dialects are very varied.
I’ve seen this done before.

By: Robert Fure

Robert Fure — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:53:12 +0000

Well, I don’t mind listening to movies in English, even when we’re talking to Italians and Germans, etc. No big deal. When Mel Gibson filmed 2 different films in their native and real languages, everyone made fun of him.

Filming in a foreign language limits casting – Viggo doesn’t speak German and probably couldn’t learn enough German in time to make the film and act at the same level he does in English.

By: Robert Fure

Robert Fure — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:53:00 +0000

Filming in a foreign language limits casting – Viggo doesn’t speak German and probably couldn’t learn enough German in time to make the film and act at the same level he does in English.

By: Nevernude

Nevernude — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:26:28 +0000

:@ Robin Ruinsky

no no im not questioning the “british” accent (did anybody detect a british accent?) “, there is no freaking such thing! Im British and the accents here are broken down into regions, generally, there are a wide array of accents in Britain therefore i can quite understand this generalisation of the accents here. )

anyway, my point is i really wish native dialects would be used in movies which center on foreign lands. example; the Benicio Del Toro movie, Che, where the native language is spoken. For me, it adds to the authenticy. I don’t mind reading subtitles and i dont think any filmgoer should either.

By: Nevernude

Nevernude — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:26:00 +0000

:@ Robin Ruinsky

By: Robin Ruinsky

Robin Ruinsky — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:00:32 +0000

It’s not a foreign language film. The actors wouldn’t be speaking German.
But I’m assuming what you’re really asking is why the actors used a British dialect.
A British dialect is sometimes used as a “neutral” dialect.
May sound odd but it’s treated that way sometimes.
Obviously a choice was made not to use a German dialect.

By: Robin Ruinsky

Robin Ruinsky — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:00:00 +0000

By: Aleric

Aleric — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:39:38 +0000

Because it is made for an American audiance and most don’t like to read subtitles. I personally think it is more authentic to have them speaking the native language, but popular rules out.

By: Aleric

Aleric — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:39:00 +0000

Because it is made for an American audiance and most don’t like to read subtitles. I personally think it is more authentic to have them speaking the native language, but popular rules out.

By: Nevernude

Nevernude — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:52:17 +0000

wait a minute…
this is a film set in Germany with supposedly German persons everywhere so why the f**k is everyone speaking English?!

By: Nevernude

Nevernude — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:52:00 +0000

wait a minute…
this is a film set in Germany with supposedly German persons everywhere so why the f**k is everyone speaking English?!

By: Robert Fure

Robert Fure — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:31:00 +0000

Does this movie look good or what?

By: Robert Fure

Robert Fure — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:31:00 +0000

Does this movie look good or what?