Everything You Always Hated In X-Men

Though on paper Halle Berry seemed like a fine casting choice for Storm, her performance in the first X-Men film in particular was divisively received by the fanbase, and even in the sequels she was largely deemed a disappointment.

The single most staggering issue with Berry's portrayal is her infamously shifting accent. In the first film, Berry plays Storm with an apparently Kenyan accent, yet it's so wildly inconsistent and difficult to parse that you couldn't be blamed for failing to notice.

For whatever reason the decision was made, probably sensibly, to more-or-less ditch the accent entirely for the sequels, where Berry basically speaks with her own natural American accent.

While you can appreciate the desire to respect Storm's Kenyan roots in the movie, Berry's inability to nail the accent ultimately proved more distracting than anything.