I have no idea what was going on with Matthew Goode and his (intentionally?) prissy wandering accent.
According to an interview it was deliberate. Goode: The conceit that Alan Moore [co-creator of the "Watchmen" graphic novel] set up was that anyone who’s of German heritage is guilty because of what happened to the Jews, and Americans don’t seem themselves as guilty for dropping the bomb on Hiroshima … So I was interested in [having that duality] and I gave him a public and private persona, with a German and American accent … (http://www.examiner.com/x-3767-Celebrity-QA-Examiner~y2009m3d3-Billy-Crudup-and-Matthew-Goode-reveal-secrets-of-Watchmen-mystery-men)
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According to an interview it was deliberate.
Goode: The conceit that Alan Moore [co-creator of the "Watchmen" graphic novel] set up was that anyone who’s of German heritage is guilty because of what happened to the Jews, and Americans don’t seem themselves as guilty for dropping the bomb on Hiroshima … So I was interested in [having that duality] and I gave him a public and private persona, with a German and American accent … (http://www.examiner.com/x-3767-Celebrity-QA-Examiner~y2009m3d3-Billy-Crudup-and-Matthew-Goode-reveal-secrets-of-Watchmen-mystery-men)