Alright, I couldn't resist.
But really, that somewhat egregious quote (splattered over all of the trailers to boot) is part of what was wrong with the movie. That Cruise's outrageously exaggerated Irish accent is claimed to be authentic may be the case -- however much I'm an Irish-Catholic Bostonian, I don't pretend to having heard many 19th century Irishmen speak. But as one exasperated science fiction author stated, defending his use of metres and feet as measurements, he knows full well that a thousand years in the future people will have whacky units of measurement, but he's writing stories for 21st century English-speaking readers.
In like fashion, Ron Howard was making a movie for 20th century viewers, and a bit less of a laughable accent would have made for a better movie. Then again, this reasonably nice flick would have been a lot better if it hadn't borne quite the weight of expectation: Cruise! Kidman! Howard! Done with less of a notion of creating a blockbuster with A-list actors, I would have been happier with it.
6/10.
But really, that somewhat egregious quote (splattered over all of the trailers to boot) is part of what was wrong with the movie. That Cruise's outrageously exaggerated Irish accent is claimed to be authentic may be the case -- however much I'm an Irish-Catholic Bostonian, I don't pretend to having heard many 19th century Irishmen speak. But as one exasperated science fiction author stated, defending his use of metres and feet as measurements, he knows full well that a thousand years in the future people will have whacky units of measurement, but he's writing stories for 21st century English-speaking readers.
In like fashion, Ron Howard was making a movie for 20th century viewers, and a bit less of a laughable accent would have made for a better movie. Then again, this reasonably nice flick would have been a lot better if it hadn't borne quite the weight of expectation: Cruise! Kidman! Howard! Done with less of a notion of creating a blockbuster with A-list actors, I would have been happier with it.
6/10.