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Chris Pratt Debuts Pitch-Perfect Mario Impression in Interview Just to Fuck With You
- Thread starter DrForester
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I mean yeah.
I was ready to forgive him before this so this is just "sounds good".
The box office money that'll rake it in will say otherwise. Your kids will enjoy the movie (if it's a solid movie in the first place) just fine. The idea that you can't give Link a voice, and therefore a personality, is just laughable. Like, what are you saying? Half Life gets greenlit. Internet fans outraged that so and so actor for Gordon Freeman has speaking lines!
But if they wanted someone to just do a generic voice with virtually no character they might as well have casted any number of actors who could have done it. Maybe that's what they did. Maybe they pulled Chris Pratt's name out of a hat that included Bradley Cooper, Paul Rudd, Sam Rockwell, Elijah Wood, Tobey McGuire, etc.
Chris Pratt's salary is basically part of the marketing budget. They probably had a list of A-List actors, maybe some lesser known ones too, did some calculations or put it into an all knowing algorithm, and it spit out his name where paying him X amount will guarantee Y amount for best investment. Just how movies are, especially animated ones.
I'm just very happy we have some amazing main cast choices in Charlie Day and Jack Black, plus Keegan-Michael sounds great. Even Seth Rogen might be a surprise hit, like I can't imagine anyone would have guessed him.
I'm just very happy we have some amazing main cast choices in Charlie Day and Jack Black, plus Keegan-Michael sounds great. Even Seth Rogen might be a surprise hit, like I can't imagine anyone would have guessed him.
Yeah, bingo.
You wouldn't have the cast showing up on as many talk shows etc as they have been if it wasn't a bunch of celebrities. There's a reason studios keep doing this.
Heck you wouldn't have that accapella thing going somewhat viral if it was Martinez and co.
We wouldn't have this thread! :P
Pasting clips from talk shows on social media is part of the marketing, after all.
Do what, sell movies based on an actor or go see a movie cause an actor is in it?
The answer is yes to both. People will go see something cause "oh this person was good in this other show or movie so I want to see more of him." Were you not aware of this?
Not really, no. I don't know anyone who sees so and so voices a character and it determines whether they want to watch the movie or not
Maybe for non-animated, but for animated movies? Star studded voice casts always felt like something an exec thought sold tickets but there hadn't really been anything proving it
And to cape for Chris Pratt of all people.
Gotta dunk on nerds on the internet lest I, a person posting on a video game forum to discuss a children's movie about a video game by vehemently shit talking a man who has done nothing but bring joy to others in his professional career, be perceived as one!
You could go all the way back to Aladdin putting Robin Williams front and center in the advertising. It's been a strategy that's been tried and true in high budget animation.
Charlie's Delivery of "10 minutes in, we know it's you" it's flawless.
Sure he's done voice work, but has he ever done any voice work where he wasn't just using his normal voice? Has he ever done any voice work using an accent? I'm not even sure he's done accent work in his live action career. These are honest questions because I do not know for sure, but I don't recall anything.
In my mind Pratt is a movie star like the Rock. He's not really acting like a different person or using different voices in his career as far as I can tell. But yes he can emote fine. Whether in live action or a voice over.
So when I say I wish they went with a professional voice actor, I guess more what I meant to say is they went with someone with more range and a better track record of embodying different characters, especially through their voice. I feel like actors that only do voice acting are much better at this because their lively-hood is based on being able to pull off many character with just their voice.
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Chris Pratt Debuts Pitch-Perfect Mario Impression in Interview Just to Fuck With You
Chris Pratt shocked Mario fans by debuting a pitch-perfect Mario impression just to fuck with you.hard-drive.net
Bitch, why didn't you at least try this instead? I was really annoyed by a line in the newest tv spot where he's clearly capable of a closer take but is just refusing to.
and if you had to something different, the Mario show voice is good.
It would be nails on a chalkboard bad if that video game Mario voice was used for actual dialogue
I doubt he's the one "refusing" to. The director and studio want him to sound like Chris Pratt.
That's probably true, can't lose that Illumination jank celebrity cast.
Right? Like out of all the people in the world to undermine Charles Martinet and just the art of voice acting in general for...
Fucking Chris Pratt?
I'm guessing they'll just say that's how he sounds when he's excited.
Still I'm sure Martinet could hold a movie if it's written for him and his take
Still I'm sure Martinet could hold a movie if it's written for him and his take
I'm completely fine with the idea of not fully doing The Mario Voice here, but you kind of need to scale back on the "wahoo"s and whatnot if you're going that route. Really strange. Kind of fascinated to see what it's like in the actual movie.
Stars barely sell movie these days let alone Chris Pratt selling a Mario movie. Mario is going to sell the Mario movie.
He probably grew up with it like most of us of from that generation (I'm a few years younger but largely in the ballpark). Mario was inescapable growing up, not that you'd want to escape.
Sure, of course it's Mario selling it at the end of the day. But there must be a reason you get (and presumably pay out the ass for) Pratt, Day, Black, etc, though. None of these people do this for a living. As much as I like Charlie Day, I could see any number of people playing Luigi just fine. He, like Black...and I suppose Pratt to the general public are the real-world draw until you get to opening night.
A voice actor a few hundred people know of isn't gonna pull numbers on Kimmel.
Let's be real, if Pratt did that for an entire movie, there'd be all kinds of complaints from Italian Americans and Mario/Nintendo themselves would be deleted. /s jic
THIS. Christ, I remember the complaints about them adding the voices to SM2, 3, and World.
LUCKY
It's probably already bordering on offensive anyway. I haven't heard any complaints from Italian Americans about the games but I wouldn't be shocked.
I mean I remember when Coppola did Godfather he insisted that they don't do the Chef Boyardee stereotype voice that's been mocking Italians in cinema forever. And here's Mario doing it a few decades later.
I don't see why Chris Pratt isn't the perfect for Mario, except if y'all wanted some American Italian caricature for 90 minutes. Like, let's be honest. The character of Mario is about as generic as can be. He's just an avatar jumping around that happens to have a fun design and be in fantastic games. So, the generic voice actor Chris Pratt is actually a perfect fit. And he's actually pretty good at that kinda thing. He's perfect in Lego.
Vinny from Giantbomb/Nextlander has complained about it a few times.
Vinny Thinks Luigi Might Be Racist Caricature
The other bombarderos think it's alright because he's Italian. Link To The Full Episode: Giant Bombcast 04-30-2013http://www.giantbomb.com/podcasts/giant-bom...
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If only Charlie Day or any of the Sunny folks were writing this movie.
Im ready for the nintendo cinematic universe.
Phase 1:
Super Mario Bros
Luigi's Mansion
Zelda
Donkey Kong
Super Mario Bros 2
Super Smash Bros
Phase 2:
Kirby
Zelda 2
Metroid
Donkey Kong 2
Super Mario Bros 3
Etcetera...
hire me. Ill be the kevin feige of this universe.
Phase 1:
Super Mario Bros
Luigi's Mansion
Zelda
Donkey Kong
Super Mario Bros 2
Super Smash Bros
Phase 2:
Kirby
Zelda 2
Metroid
Donkey Kong 2
Super Mario Bros 3
Etcetera...
hire me. Ill be the kevin feige of this universe.
What's really devastating is that we're not getting the Aunty Donna version of Mario:
youtu.be
Q&A with Mario the serial killer // Aunty Donna Podcast Highlight
Taken from Aunty Donna Podcast #212 - Marky's Big Movie Video Game Adventure Part 3https://open.spotify.com/episode/5o59Uzhx2ykxgeJopJ6k4X?si=fd68cff7c34044f4
youtu.be
We (along with along with millions of much less informed viewers) are only watching this clip because it's Chris Pratt on a talk show. And now we're all thinking and talking the Mario movie. That doesn't happen with voice actor who has no star power.
Eh
It's not the worst idea
(3DS) Mario Explains the Nintendo 3DS - How it work? Yes? Simples!
Confused about the 3DS? Nintendo's most famous mascot Mario explains all in a five minute tutorial. Simples!When not pouncing on Bowser's tail, cruising the ...
youtu.be
Eh
It's not the worst idea
Lotta people forgot this video, i think(3DS) Mario Explains the Nintendo 3DS - How it work? Yes? Simples!
Confused about the 3DS? Nintendo's most famous mascot Mario explains all in a five minute tutorial. Simples!When not pouncing on Bowser's tail, cruising the ...
This video was becoming annoying not even a minute in. The voice is just not good for anything more than a quick catch phrase. Sounds like a bad accent Dana Carvey Would do in Masters of Disguise.
I still say they should have cast Denzel as Mario. Guy could go full Training Day. Goombas start swarming: "oh you mothafuckas…"
Real talk though, just wait until the movie comes out. Then if you hate it, complain away. But everyone is complaining because a total of like 5 lines we've heard so far don't sound like a video game and ultimately that might not even matter. Just, be cool my babies. Be cool!
Real talk though, just wait until the movie comes out. Then if you hate it, complain away. But everyone is complaining because a total of like 5 lines we've heard so far don't sound like a video game and ultimately that might not even matter. Just, be cool my babies. Be cool!
Eh... it's still not great imo
anyway i'm glad for once i'll see the movie in french instead of original voices, lol (still gonna watch it in english with home release just for jack black and so on)
anyway i'm glad for once i'll see the movie in french instead of original voices, lol (still gonna watch it in english with home release just for jack black and so on)