How accurately did this film portray Texas?

How accurately did this film portray Texas?

Never been anywhere in the States besides New York so I wouldn't know

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so you're the asshole tried to order trout back in 87

It's pretty accurate to small town west Texas

Texas sucks balls

>Never been anywhere in the States besides New York
It's fucked how many people this is the case with, and they end up thinking that all of the US is a shithole full of retards like NYC.

Texas is pretty huge. And there's a giant difference between west texas and east texas.

The only thing that wasn't Texan was Jeff Bridges stupid accent.

Texas Rising is accurate East Texas (which is like Oklahoma and a lot of the midwest)
Hell or High Water is more like West Texas (or rural areas of the country like northern New Mexico, Montana, unincorporated Colorado)

Texas is big, the rural parts are broken into 4 categories, the third being like rural Norhtern Mexico (along the Rio Grande), and the 4th being the big cities (Austin, Dallas, Houston), which are liberal shitholes

Do texans really have strong accents or is it just overdone for the movie?

It's easily the most true-to-life depiction of west Texas I've ever seen on film

However, one thing a lot of non-Texans, even non-Texan Americans, tend to overlook about the state is how distinct the regions are, so to say that HoHW is a good depiction of Texas as a whole isn't really accurate bc the movie mostly takes place in west Texas

t. Texan

You have no idea what you are talking about. East Texas is a giant pine forest. Some of it quite hilly, other parts flat. Northern Texas is a plain like Oklahoma but it also has a giant canyon. The hill country is thousands of little hills and tons of rivers, caused by the llano uplift. The border is a mountainous desert in some places and a tropical plain in others. There's also swamps around Houston.

depends on where you are, but for the most part, the stereotypical dumb hillbilly accent that often gets attributed to Texas isn't as common as is often depicted. Around large metropolitan areas like DFW and Houston, it can be almost non-existent

dude lets make a film set in West Texas
>Jew producers yeah bro shoot it in New Mexico we need those tax breaks

Texans will tell you it represents Texas perfectly because they like to imagine themselves as tough, gritty frontiersmen despite the vast majority of them living in metropolitan areas and not being significantly different than any other American aside from a manufactured faux-identity that does not really exist anymore.

People from outside of Texas who have been there and are a little more objective will tell you that it represents rural Western/Southwestern America more than it represents any one state.

that's how west texas is out in the country, basically everywhere aside from el paso.

Texas is a big state user, it's basically its own country. I lived in Texas for 27 years and I couldn't even tell you what it's like in West Texas because I've never had a reason to go there

It was a decent attempt 2bh, better than most actors who just use their normal voice with a slight southern drawl here and there

>dat mr pibb joke

I live in texas and that bit killed

Texanons, as a non texan american who loves the accent and knows shit about accents at all, how do I "learn it", and what's a realistic portrayal of it in a movie?

I was talking about the people, not what it looks like

t. grew up outside of Dallas, (Frisco area), went to school at Tech (Lubbock), spent many a summers at Buffalo Trails (Midland/Odessa)

>and not being significantly different than any other American
There may not be much difference between Texans and other southerners anymore, but it's night and day comparing them to rude West Coast and Northerner faggots who have no sense of hospitality.

Texans are just normal faggots going about their day who occasionally order a Starbucks and watch porn. Listen to Bowling for Soup if you want to listen to what an average Texan sounds like.

If you want some east-cost city faggot's idea of what Texas is like, expect brooding characters who brood a lot.

Not a movie, but Don S. Davis' Texan accent in Stargate SG-1 is pretty spot on

It’s oretty accurate for the more rural parts of my little own home state.

Tommy Lee Jones in No Country for Old Men is one of my favorites

Probably helps that he grew up in Texas so the accent comes naturally

Thanks anons, I'll check those out. No Country for Old Men is usually a pleasant rewatch too, so two birds and all that.

>Never been anywhere in the States besides New York
We apologize

On this note I wonder, how realistic are the accents in Killer Joe?

there's no "texas" accent, there is East Texas and West Texas accents, which are like Southern US and Southwest accents with a little overlap both ways.

the biggest thing is to learn to let the R's drop at the end of a word, and then basically talk "lazy", most of the accent comes from the mouth not opening very much. finally, there is a dipthong with the backward curling tongue (like you get with indian languages). there's plenty of tutorials and speech coaches who would help you learn it, or just listen to Matthew McCona(whever)

>talking about idiots who live in metropolis

you DFW faggots are the worst

i've never been to texas so i'd say around 33/100 accuracy. jeff bridges lives in LA so that knocks off 70 points already

Thanks user, you seem to know what you're talking about. What's the most commonly depicted accent in media then, the "famous" one, eastern or western?

No Country for Old Men and The Last Picture Show are far more accurate representations of Texas and Texans.

>Tfw born and raised and lived my life (shy 4 years in college Station at tamu) in the largest county and city (Tarrant and Fort Worth) that is still red in the USA.

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Based where the west begins poster

Hail brother.

"So pack by bags and take me back to fort worth..."

Texas is easily the best state

>t. Illinoisanon staying here for spring break

I grew up in Texas, but I don't have a Texas accent.

Somewhat true for me. I don't normally have an accent but when I'm upset it comes out

The "R" drop is known as de-rhoticization and is ironically common in the Southie accent of Boston and many New England and New York dialects.

t. Linguisticsfag

>born in Western Massachusetts
>everyone I've met always asks me why I don't talk like I "pahk my cah in Hahvahd yahd"
>mfw

Not all of us come from Boston you twats.

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I've been in NYC, Philly, and DC. I absolutely love DC, what a comfy place.

Cleveland and the Midwest are p comfy.

Older ones do, younger ones have regional words but not the thick accent. We still talk a little slower though.

A lot of my friends online say I sound the same as people from Ohio

If someday I have enough time and money, I would like to make a three month travel across the US in a car. I don't care that much about the cities, but the little towns and the country side are so vast and different. The northwest and the Mississippi are my soft spot.

Texas is full of immigrants and red necks, nothing like the movie desu

I don't think I have an accent but some people can spot it. Especially when I drop a "y'all". apparently when I get black out drunk I turn into a texan stereotype.

/out/ will help you out with that. You can camp for free in so much of the USA if you just know how. Texas might be the worst place for free camping but I lived for 6 months in a national forest there.

Tell me more, mr supertramp

you're getting a t-bone steak

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What's wrong with El Paso? too many spics?