Ryanb741 From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2002, 3219 posts, RR: 17 Posted (12 years 1 month 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 3101 times:
I have often wondered why in many films the British are either portrayed as the bad guys, or play the roles of the baddies themselves. For example, the baddies in films such as Die Hard, Leon, Hannibal/Silence of the Lambs, Braveheart etc are either British or played by British actors. Is it the accent, is it the fact that the Brits enjoy being evil? What are your thoughts?
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L-188 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 29350 posts, RR: 62 Reply 1, posted (12 years 1 month 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 3039 times:
I dunno but I really wanted to go out and "joing the revolution" after watching the Patriot.
That being said there have been many movies where the Brits have been the heros. The Great Escape, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Battle of Britain and the movie I just got ZULU, for example.
Not Gen Montgomery needs to be protrayed as anything but the moron that he was.
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Ikarus From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 3524 posts, RR: 2 Reply 2, posted (12 years 1 month 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 3029 times:
It's Hollywood's hobby to have the bad guys either European or Arab or Russian or Chinese.
Bad Boys - French
Terminator - German
The Ptriot - British
Lethal Weapon 4 - Chinese
"""""" 2 - South Africans
Deep Blue Sea - British
Mission Impossible 2 - British
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Hollywood just casts us as Bad Guys, cause we aren't Americans....
Capt.Picard From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (12 years 1 month 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 3020 times:
.....Anthea Turner
Dale Winton
Phil Reeves (newspaper columnist)
Spice Bloody Girls
Robin Cook
All Football Yobs
All actors or presenters in the following programmes: DIY/Gardening/Soaps/Docu-Soaps/Game-shows/
They're all evil...
Respect:
Jeremy Paxman
Lord Brittan
Patrick Stewart (aka Capt.Picard )
Jasper Carrot (comedian)
Evil imports from the US:
Jerry Bloody Springer (booooring.....)
Any Buffy/Beverly Hills 768433 or whatever it's called/America's "funniest" videos/WWF/Friends/general crap spewed from their side.
Respected US imports
"60 Minutes"
Frasier (only because Frasier reminds me of my Dad)
Discovery Channel
History Channel
WN boy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (12 years 1 month 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 3002 times:
Beyond the roles actually assigned to the British is the fact that non-British villians often have English accents. For example, in every movie in which the Romans are the bad guys, for some reason the Romans always have British accents (e.g., The Robe, Sparticus, Ben Hur, Gladiator). In addition, numerous evil space aliens for some reason speak the King's English (e.g., the Emperor in Star Wars).
I don't happen to know what a Roman, or a space alien, actually sounds like, but I am pretty sure that they did/do not have English accents.
Lima From Argentina, joined May 1999, 1122 posts, RR: 16 Reply 6, posted (12 years 1 month 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 2992 times:
I would not put all the British, but but some English are indeed a bit evil. If not take a look on their complex idyosincracy. For example, sometimes they like to ridiculize people with ironic humour and even enjoy doing that.
Eg777er From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2000, 1829 posts, RR: 13 Reply 7, posted (12 years 1 month 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 2992 times:
It's coz we're all
BASTARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But seriously, if you look at the average villain (in a decent movie) they are intelligent and sophisticated - like Hannibal Lector.
Apparently, Americans think that any proper British (Home counties, not estuary English) accent is far more sophisticated than their own accents so naturally we get more parts...
JetService From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 4798 posts, RR: 13 Reply 8, posted (12 years 1 month 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 2984 times:
International criminals give the crime a feel of a very complicated caper that was planned and perhaps rehearsed by some demented mastermind. It probably makes the plot of the movie more attractive, because it puts the police in an 'underdog' situation, and Americans love rooting for the underdog.
Western727 From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 579 posts, RR: 4 Reply 14, posted (12 years 1 month 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 2963 times:
Well, I was going to mention something about the British Leaders in the 1770's, but I'll refrain.
DE727UPS From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 814 posts, RR: 15 Reply 15, posted (12 years 1 month 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 2956 times:
My favorite movie...Monty Python's in search of the Holy Grail....is British. It's not evil....except for the white bunny. "That's no ordinary rabbit".....
Western727 From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 579 posts, RR: 4 Reply 16, posted (12 years 1 month 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 2955 times:
I love Monty Python. "It's not the real grail?" and "Camelot! Camelot! Camelot!..... It's only a model." Now that is what I would call funny.
MEGAPTERA From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2001, 119 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (12 years 1 month 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 2941 times:
At the risk of causing offence, I would say that the reason that Brits are often cast as villains is because they are actors rather than film stars. There is a big difference.
L-188 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 29350 posts, RR: 62 Reply 20, posted (12 years 1 month 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 2930 times:
The rabbit bit from the Holy Grail is pretty good. But I think John Cleese's bit teaching sex-ed to those boarding school boys in The Meaning of Life was just...just...wrong...
Very Very funny but wrong
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Scotty From UK - Scotland, joined Dec 1999, 1875 posts, RR: 3 Reply 23, posted (12 years 1 month 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2915 times:
Oi
What you mean we're "no fun" sometimes. We are ALL fun so nae messin or we will all come over there and mess up your towns
We luv fun. We have loads of all the time. We have an election coming up and that will be fun. Aye right so it will. We can have fun ANYWHERE - the dentists for example. So much fun we give OURSELVES the drills
25 Capt.Picard: Englandair, This is your new home in Washington, I'm sure you will find the local neighbourhood most agreable: CP, British Ambassador to Argentina
26 N766AS: The Patriot was named. Yes, The Patriot portrays the Brits as the evil villans. Why? Simply because they were. Very good movie, by the way. It wasn't
27 Samurai 777: The movie Patriot is supposed to be pretty good movie, but my mom (who is English, BTW) told me that while the American critics gave the movie two thu
28 Capt.Picard: Hi Samurai, That's because *apparently* (stressed because I haven't seen the film), and according to the Brits over here, there are some "historical i
30 EGGD: The Patriot is a good film! I wanna go and kill some brits now...
31 CstarU: perhaps it's because of these two great actors... Christopher Lee Peter Cushing
32 Samurai 777: Picard, I'd agree with your POV pretty much so. No, I haven't even seen the movie, either! Patriot was a US-made movie, so it's not surprising as to w
33 An-225: Patriot was another America rules type of movie. Plain and simple.
34 CPDC10-30: My father seems to think so...he spent the first 20 years of his life there. The thing he confesses that motivated him to immigrate first to the US an
35 N766AS: >Patriot was another America rules type of movie. Plain and simple Wrong. It was a very patriotic movie (something you usually don't see in Hollywood)
36 Bove: N766AS, even by your admittedly low standards that last comment was absolutely ridiculous. Enough with the chest-thumping and blaring of trumpets alre
37 Aloha 737-200: HA! YOU KNOW WHY THE BRITISH ARE EVIL?????? It's because they have the best accent for the part!!! Hell, just listen to Sean Connery!!! Is that not a
38 N766AS: >not follow some trite Hooloywood script as gospel. I don't follow any leftist Hollywood script as gospel. Quite the opposite. I did state, however, t
39 Ikarus: So... an American group of terrorists robbing and slaughtering British travellers as much as they can makes you feel patriotic? Just because they call
41 EGGD: Well, if you think about it. I think British actors' accents are more likely to be taken seriously (no offense to Americans), it has that weird I dema
42 Jaspike: I'm British. I'm not evil! Anne Robinson is....Goodbye!
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