Cultural references of Aston Villa

[pauliewalnuts]

2hours 9m into Le Mans '66, lad watching his dad race on tv is wearing a 1961 home shirt.

In real life "his dad" was born in Sutton. Went to Bishop Vesey. Was purportedly a Villa  fan.

I thought Christian Bale, in that film, gave the best portrayal of a Brummie accent I've seen on screen from anyone not from Birmingham.

He seemed to realise that the mistake most people make is they try too hard, they make it too extreme, whereas the vast majority of people in the West Midlands have a sort of soft, slightly inflected, stretch vowelled accent.

Actors always seem to think the best way to do it is to go for Carl Chinn.

[edgysatsuma89]

2hours 9m into Le Mans '66, lad watching his dad race on tv is wearing a 1961 home shirt.

In real life "his dad" was born in Sutton. Went to Bishop Vesey. Was purportedly a Villa  fan.

I thought Christian Bale, in that film, gave the best portrayal of a Brummie accent I've seen on screen from anyone not from Birmingham.

He seemed to realise that the mistake most people make is they try too hard, they make it too extreme, whereas the vast majority of people in the West Midlands have a sort of soft, slightly inflected, stretch vowelled accent.

Actors always seem to think the best way to do it is to go for Carl Chinn.

How do the Peaky Blinders get on? I've never seen it.

[Somniloquism]

Mostly miss, or at least in the first few seasons. I didn't watch it later on.

[edgysatsuma89]

Mostly miss, or at least in the first few seasons. I didn't watch it later on.

That's a shame, people do really seem to struggle with the accent without making it a caricature.

[Percy McCarthy]

Mostly miss, or at least in the first few seasons. I didn't watch it later on.

That's a shame, people do really seem to struggle with the accent without making it a caricature.

Cillian Murphy was okay at the end.

[Rory]

Mostly miss, or at least in the first few seasons. I didn't watch it later on.

That's a shame, people do really seem to struggle with the accent without making it a caricature.

Cillian Murphy was okay at the end.

Yeah, from the bits I've seen, Murphy does okay. Not perfect, but he doesn't ham it up.

[Mister E]

Actors always seem to think the best way to do it is to go for Carl Chinn.

How do the Peaky Blinders get on? I've never seen it.

Murphy was okay. Arthur - his brother - was definitely going for the 'full Midlander' and ended up being a bit yam-yam.

[Neil Hawkes]

The Strain - Season 1 Episode 10.

Villa tea cosy.

[Bad English]

The Strain - Season 1 Episode 10.

Villa tea cosy.

Strain. How apt!

[RamboandBruno]

Actors always seem to think the best way to do it is to go for Carl Chinn.

How do the Peaky Blinders get on? I've never seen it.

Murphy was okay. Arthur - his brother - was definitely going for the 'full Midlander' and ended up being a bit yam-yam.

I thought the bloke playing Arthur did an ok job tbh and Cillian Murphy did well as it went on. They didn’t make the mistake of going semi Black Country which is what so many non brummies trying to do the accent do. Brummie is deeper and quicker than the Black Country accent. Far less draaaawwwn ooout like we’ve had a lonotomy, than we see in most TV/film

[Brazilian Villain]

Watching 'Ireland with Simon Reeve', there was a fella in Villa tracksuit top climbing Croagh Patrick.

[Deano's Mullet]

Watching Get Carter for the umpteenth time and just noticed in the scene where Michael Caine visits a badly beaten up Alun Armstrong there are football stickers and assorted pictures behind the bed - one of them is an Aston Villa sticker.

[AlexAlexCropley]

Watching 'Ireland with Simon Reeve', there was a fella in Villa tracksuit top climbing Croagh Patrick.

Ah,I saw that too! Fine fellow well met!

[The Edge]

Watching Get Carter for the umpteenth time and just noticed in the scene where Michael Caine visits a badly beaten up Alun Armstrong there are football stickers and assorted pictures behind the bed - one of them is an Aston Villa sticker.

Funnily enough I recently watched Get Carter properly for the first time. Thought it was crap last time which was probably 30 years ago and I was pleasantly surprised that it's a much better film than I thought. Far more gritty than I remember and shockingly violent. Its a fantastic time capsule movie for the Geordies too. I did spot the Villa sticker on the wall.

[Exeter 77]

Watching Get Carter with County Durham-born Mrs Exeter for the first time was an education. I got to know which buildings were still standing, who lived in some of those buildings still standing and that the cuts

between some of the locations in the final section were impossible due to being several miles apart. She even pointed out Jimmy Nail as an extra in the early part of the scene in the club which apparently is always referred to as the 'Oxford' as it was originally the Oxford Ballroom.