As somebody who has been a Vietnamese for roughly 20 years I think the Vietnamese spoken in this movie is actually accurate, considering the tone, the grammar, and the pronunciation. Many of the actors in this show are native Vietnamese as well so I don't think it'd sound fake by any chance. Yes, the main character doesn't seem to be a local and sounded the most unnatural but I could tell what he's saying all the time with relative ease. I have only seen episode 1 tho and not being that much of a history buff so I don't know how accurate some of the historical aspects are represented in the show, but as far as the language goes they pretty much nailed it.
and that's not to say that the dialogue is 100% natural in a casual, conversational way. I don't think we exactly talk like this, maybe we word stuff a bit more casually and the some of the shouting/loud insults sound kinda corny, but in a movie/tv show context I'm not bothered by it at all
Don't show this to your professor lol. Thanks for the thoughts on this being very LA, sounds like it's not for me.
As somebody who has been a Vietnamese for roughly 20 years I think the Vietnamese spoken in this movie is actually accurate, considering the tone, the grammar, and the pronunciation. Many of the actors in this show are native Vietnamese as well so I don't think it'd sound fake by any chance. Yes, the main character doesn't seem to be a local and sounded the most unnatural but I could tell what he's saying all the time with relative ease. I have only seen episode 1 tho and not being that much of a history buff so I don't know how accurate some of the historical aspects are represented in the show, but as far as the language goes they pretty much nailed it.
and that's not to say that the dialogue is 100% natural in a casual, conversational way. I don't think we exactly talk like this, maybe we word stuff a bit more casually and the some of the shouting/loud insults sound kinda corny, but in a movie/tv show context I'm not bothered by it at all