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Honestly Charlie Day as Luigi is wayyy more jarring than Chris Pratt as Mario.

I like how they at least explained the voice change and gave Charles Martinet a cameo as Jumpman. Still would have preferred him but Chris Pratt got wayy too much hate. I can barely recognize it as his voice.

Also like how it reminds me of the original Mario movie with them just being normal dudes.

By far the most jarring to me was Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong. I think it's about time actors voicing characters in animated movies be forced to actually voice act.
For every brilliant casting like Gilbert Godfried as Iago, there is about a dozen of Seth Rogens voicing Pumbas or Donkey Kongs. Absolutely awful casting and zero effort to actually portray a character. Donkey Kong and Pumba shouldn't be interchangeable.

TheSavageDragon posted...

By far the most jarring to me was Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong. I think it's about time actors voicing characters in animated movies be forced to actually voice act.
For every brilliant casting like Gilbert Godfried as Iago, there is about a dozen of Seth Rogens voicing Pumbas or Donkey Kongs. Absolutely awful casting and zero effort to actually portray a character. Donkey Kong and Pumba shouldn't be interchangeable.

I haven't gotten to DK yet but I can't imagine Rogen doing shit to alter his voice.

Keegan Michael Key is killing it though.

BettyWhite posted...

Keegan Michael Key is killing it though.

Easily the standout performance. The man deserves a bunch of awards for the effort he puts in. You can rarely tell it's him when he does voice work.

TheSavageDragon posted...

Easily the standout performance. The man deserves a bunch of awards for the effort he puts in. You can rarely tell it's him when he does voice work.

I had forgot who did the voice and had to look it up. Like damn Key you just gotta kill it in everything you do.

And I have never seen so much fan service in a movie. My inner child is screaming.

Charlie Day's natural tone is probably most similar to his character... But that's kinda the problem. He doesn't have to change his voice, but when I hear him I expect him to go rat bashing in the sewers instead of jumping on goombas.

Seth Rogen actually did change his voice... But god it doesn't fit DK at all. He went with a higher pitch for some reason? I dunno. Didn't like Cranky either.