What's with the accents in this movie?

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#monsterdon Elvis clone has impressive hair for someone that just left a sea storm

Gorillas on horseback. I feel like that’s what’s missing. #Monsterdon

again.

WHAT

IS THIS ACCENT

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The birds were an interesting effect.
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@amyfou TL;DR four Union soldiers escaped from a Confederate prison in Richmond and took along one Confederate who was stuck in the basket unconscious when they took off

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Hey, we can actually see our cast! Wonder if that was intentional. #Monsterdon

Ooh matte paintings

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Woof, that bluescreen(?) effect with the seagulls is pretty rough.

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#Monsterdon Is this just Enemy Mine with more people?

watch out for the polar bear team

shit's about to get weird

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Land ho! We have an island filled with mystery! And palm trees. A deserted paradise.
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Plot twist. Tropical island.
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I wonder what the isla—

ope, just in time, here it is

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yasss drag them #monsterdon

"...look, it's pixelated seagulls!"

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That balloon adrift shot was very cool. But these people are so dumb that I don't care if they live or die.

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hey, we are 20 minutes and one crash landing into this film, and the black guy is still alive, i'm actually kind of impressed. #monsterdon

Good news, everybody, we've landed on Love Island #monsterdon

@north Maybe they can't let go *emotionally*.

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Amazing timing. Just amazing. #Monsterdon

They didn't have to drag the actors through the sand. But I bet it was fun. #Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

are they finally at the island?

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These are pretty decent practical effects of real big gushes of water. #monsterdon

"Quick, see if you can make a catamaran out of the parts of the balloon!"

-- crewman Guy

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#monsterdon The balloon looks like a Godzilla monster... it seems determined and directed. LOL.

Dudes, once you’ve made it to land, you can let go of the ropes. #Monsterdon

@Taweret they already tossed all the food, they'll be thinning out

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Yess, drag his ass #Monsterdon

Special effects highlights:

- Growly noises

- Looking through a cardboard tube

- Pink

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Yeah, just drag the actors across the sand face first! It'll totally be worth it, it's gonna look great on film!!

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Looks like Hudson River water. Keep your mouths closed, boys. #monsterdon

This reminds me of the time I farted in a bubble bath, and the one lighter-than-air bubble drifted across the bathtub, fleeing before the gale of my laughter. #monsterdon
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Oh all the splashing reminds me I need to get my laundry started

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You've heard of "building the car while driving it" design methodology but get ready for "dismantling the balloon while crashing it"

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Movie. I'm begging you. I'm. Here. For. The. Chicken. Monster.

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Guys, you're being drug on land. You can let go now.

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#monsterdon Is this kite surfing?

#Monsterdon ngl, balloon surfing looks fun

You know something is going to happen when the loud music stops then the music starts up again to keep you entertained until the next thing happens #Monsterdon

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Into the briny with them all I guess!

im fine with thinning out the cast a bit here tbh

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@SnoopJ i think it's rear projection with hot stage lights that don't match the background or light source #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon They’ve been up there so long the Civil War is already over.

@CactuarJoe Cid wasn't driving, it was bound to be a disaster. #monsterdon

who gives a shit if the actions of the characters have literally no effect on what the balloon is going to do, let's keep screaming and pouring gasoline on the orchestra #monsterdon

#monsterdon This copy of Mysterious Island has spanish subtitles with English overlaid. This could be a great way to teach a foreign language.

OH SHIT WE'RE FLYING INTO A WILD VIOLON AND BRASS SECTION WE'RE ALL DOOOOOOOMED

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I dunno, throwing the confederate off would save more weight still #monsterdon
(too bloody of me?)

THIS is why you never get on the airship. #Monsterdon

Quit panicking, hot air balloon got this. I'm dropping you on a... mysterious island.....

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Are we there yet?

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Bernard Herrmann, the film's composer, sure knew how to write an exciting hook #monsterdon

#monsterdon Update: New fear amplified

#monsterdon “We tried everything! Did you paint it with Thermite and fill it with Hydrogen gas? NO? Well! You'll never be the next Hindenburg with that sort of thinking.

Now there's another big storm.

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first they wanted to go up, then they wanted to go down, then they didn't want to go down, then they wanted to go down

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#Monsterdon That Good old Boy sounds like a Boston Brahmin trying to talk like a country man.

Damn, rookie soldier is really just 160 pounds of useless, isn't he?

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It's a good thing OSHA hadn't been invented yet.

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@morganmay Maybe the giant chickens

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Admittedly, the balloon seems to know how to fly itself better than that so-called 'hot air balloon pilot' with all his years of training in the craft.

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We didn't already get rid of all the ballast in their first frantic bailout

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We weigh almost a thousand pounds collectively as male humans, but sure, let's throw out the bread to save weight.

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why are they confederate soldiers tho I guess we missed important context

My feed is still stuck on slow mode and I might as well be carving this toot into stone by candlelight #monsterdon #mysteriousisland1961

"I suppose you'll want us to volunteer to go over the side next?"

Oooooh son do not tempt me. #Monsterdon

Stupid Dixie balloons

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This #Monsterdon has the most dramatic in-flight music EVAR!

Oh look, the balloon did it for you. Fuckin' amazing. The balloon needed to deus ex machina you down there.

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@Taweret I was expecting big bugs and stuff
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Probably TMI, but this is what happened. I was sitting in my car and all of a sudden, I felt this warm sensation all over my rear end. I thought to myself, "Oh holy G*d, I know I'm old, but I've never been incontinent!"
Turns out, I accidentally hit the button on my seat warmer.

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@berniethewordsmith you can sit in the corner of the basket with me, I could use someone to huddle in terror with me. #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon Even the movies didn't like flyover states.

Man you know that balloon basket's gotta smell like a frat house by now. #Monsterdon

I'm feeling genuine suspense at some of these scenes. Fun! #Monsterdon

NOPE BALLOON NOT INVULNERABLE. #monsterdon
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That balloon tearing sounded suspiciously like gaff tape.

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just get to the island already

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Now he's in a well-appointed mansion.

Based on 2001, expecting a space baby next.

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"You broke the valve, we can't get down anymore."

That balloon envelope is invulnerable? I didn't know the confederates had such advanced technology.

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The music of urgency blares, but they had the London Philharmonic Orchestra or whatever, so they used it to its full effect during that moment of hot air balloon desperation.

"You closed it permanent! We can't get down anymore! This was the only control we had!"

Sorry, got distracted. It's a farkin' ballon! You were JUST UP THERE You can cut that shit.

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18 minutes of establishing shot so far

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“We’re going down too fast! We’re going to hit the water! […] Dammit, Captain! Now, we can’t go down at all!”

Make up your mind, Southern traitor!

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They’re trying to make a balloon ride tense, but not doing a great job of it. These scenes could have been an email. #monsterdon

Crap forgot all about #Monsterdon

See, that's why you have epaulets on the uniform. Gives you something to haul people up by when they fall out of your war balloon. #monsterdon

#Monsterdon So...they went...west...on the storm? West? Uh...huh. #MovieMeteorology

"this was the only control we had"
sir, nothing in this movie so far has been in control.
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Just listening to this music, even without the visuals, would make my blood pressure go up. #Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

I understand that this is what most balloon trips are still like to this day

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that accent is BAFFLING

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so this is basically incompetent green screen yeah?

oh no, not a guy almost falling out of the balloon a 2nd time

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#Monsterdon Calm down, Herbert.

This guy just WILL NOT stop falling out of the balloon, I assume it's the same guy I can't tell them apart

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"Turn that valve, captain!"

I'm DOING it, JESUS, hold your HORSES #Monsterdon

Maybe it's chroma key with some additional rotoscoping? A lot of halo going on in this descent

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OMG we're up and running the balloon is crashing OH NO

... and now the narrator chimes in.

They're out over the ocean now - I can't imagine them fighting the winds westward across all of North America, so it's gotta be the Atlantic.

No comment about being aloft in a "hot air" balloon for four days with no fuel.

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