Enough already.
is all but set to be among the highest-grossing films of 2023. We’ll be dealing with the MCU for decades to come. The film’s got a lot going for it—it delivers what Illumination Entertainment does better than most, creating harmless, gorgeous, candy-coated fun for the whole family. There are plenty of Easter eggs and references to keep video game devotees happy.The Super Mario Bros. Movie
and far too many other animated films seem to ignore is that voice acting is its own art. It’s so much more than just reading lines, which is what happens in this movie. In fact,perfectly portrays what happens when studios hire actors based on star power alone, instead of seeking out the best people to bring dimension to the characters on-screen.when Nintendo announced that Chris Pratt would play Mario. After seeing the movie, I knew that the internet was right to reject Pratt.
The same can be said of much of the rest of the cast. Other offenders include Anya Taylor-Joy’s Princess Peach and Charlie Day’s Luigi, as well as Fred Armisen’s Cranky Kong. And while I must respect whatever, to use his voice to beef up a thin character—the result sounds rather off-putting.
Toad, Luigi, and Cranky Kong are secondary characters, so their rough edges are easier to forgive. Pratt and Taylor-Joy’s varying forms of lifelessness, however, are huge distractions; the film rests on their shoulders, andcan’t make up for characters that sound like they’d rather be anywhere but the Mushroom Kingdom. Every time it seems that Pratt’s Mario is coming into his own, he drops a “Wahoo!” or “Let’s-a-go!” to remind us that each of his non-slogan lines are hollow.
The idea of hiring A-listers to star in animated movies is older than you may realize. Back in the ’60s, UPA, an animation studio founded because of
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