I didn't want to be the first to post something negative, and I didn't have the time either.
Now that Quarto was here to take the fire , I'd like to add some stuff:
- I like Gary Oldman, really, but I also thought his voice was a bit too weak there.
- I didn't mind the camerawork, but I rarely do, even when it is strange (looking at you, BSG!).
But... I kind of disliked the speech itself. It sounds really cheesy to me. Please excuse me that I say it that way, my american friends, but in Germany many people call that kind of speech a "typical american speech" and dislike it a lot.
I remember having a discussion back in the Saga days, when we talked about the voiceovers of one of the trailers.
Some team members didn't mind, but to me for example that trailer sounded so ridiculously over the top that it was cringe-worthy.
Tolwyn realized that especially europeans could dislike it, and toned it down quite a bit. The result looked pretty good IMO.
When talking about movies the same thing happens to me regularly.
Examples:
- "Independence Day"
- "Avatar"
- "Armageddon"
I am of course aware that many people don't mind at all.
In fact talking to people on the web and in person I noticed that a considerable number of people - most of them americans as far as I can tell - actually like that kind of speech.
The speech in that trailer is very close to being cringe-worthy. To me it sounds very cheesy.
No offence, but I just find it funny that one of the films you mention as an example of "American speech" was actually written by a German