Accents in movies etc. have always been a source of irritation for me. I
hated Audrey Hepburn's attempt at being a Cockney in My Fair Lady, but then
few actors really get it right :( Yes, I have to add my vote for Sean
Connery and Al Rickman too, they could eat crackers in my bed anytime :)
Back to accents. I'm a long time fan of audio books, can't sleep without
one, and if the book was good the audio is a must.:) I've only ever come
across one book where the reader did a gruesome job. That was Susanna York
reading a Heinlein book where the heroine was supposed to have a Southern
accent and SY read it with a very proper English accent. Disaster. One of
my favourite readers was James Mason, I also fell madly in love with him
when I was a child and he played Captain Nemo :) Most book tapes nowadays
are read by top actors. There have been a few read by the authors, notably
James Herriot (complete with dogs barking in the background), Isaac
Asimov..both horrible readers, but loved the accents... Douglas Adams was
great, and the best author reader, John le Carre. I think one of the
reasons I was disappointed with the HP movies was because the script was so
obviously written by an American, the rhthym was all wrong for the accent,
and the kids just didn't get it. Sharon on dull rainy Vancouver Island
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