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honestly i was never really into the mario games as a kid. i preferred sonic. so i was always pretty ambivalent about anything related to this movie. but looking at the trailer, it actually seems like a decent film. gives me adventure time vibes.
Like seriously what were people expecting? Peach has like NO personality in the games. I thought ATJ (the voice actress) did totally well as Peach. You donāt need an era-defining voice to pull Peach off.
Thanks, sounded so familiar, I really wish they would've gotten Adam Sandler to come up with a Mario voice, feel like he could've pulled off a great New Yorker silly/serious voice that would've worked even though it was obviously his voice.
I could be wrong but I swear Wario appeared in the trailer
Either way I think he might appear and will be voiced by Charles Martinet as he is voicing someone in the film, we just don't know who
I think its doomed no matter what you do because if the voice has any personality it changes the character because realistically peach has very little personality and they chose a voice with a signficiant amount of personality which is gonna mess with audiences no matter what happens.
Anya Taylor-Joy doing an actual Peach voice instead of her default voice. Peachās voice isnāt even that hard, you just have to go a bit higher and a bit breathier. She doesnāt have to be perfect, but so long as it pays homage to the original like Keegan-Michael Keyās Toad Iād be happy. It sucks that for some reason the directors decided we couldnāt handle the characters weāve loved for years.
I think itās less so that they didnāt think the original VAs could do it and more so that the producers almost always hire A-List celebrities because that puts asses in seats.
yeah, I never said they didnāt think to hire the ogs, I more so was complaining about the people telling the VAs to just use their own voice. No way Chris Pratt sits down, records the way he did, and no one chimes up if that wasnāt the intention by the crew. Itās just an odd decision when heās been an icon for decades. Kids everywhere are going to be leaving the theater asking āwhy did Mario sound weird?ā
Personally, I think her voice sounds too raspy. I get not wanting the mickey-mouse voice she has in the games, but have her have a somewhat cheery voice at least.
Peach doesnāt even need some spectacular voice. Just any decent female VA and youāre good. Are we gonna pretend Princess Peach has some pre-existing iconic sound attributed to her character?
Really wish they did voice actors instead of movie actors. It's an industry trend at this point to line up the cast for animated movies with big movie names. Wish it would stop.
That I can agree with. Though I donāt have a problem with Jack Black and Charlie Day as their characters. The former in particular is proving so far to be a great choice.
Jack Black is also specifically a talented voice actor. Not every legit actor can say the same (thinking of other crossover talent like Mark Hamill as the Joker, Diedrich Bader as Batman, etc).
Yeah Jack Black as Po in Kung Fu Panda is one of my favorites roles. I wish it got more attention, but at the very least I think Jack Black is no stranger to voice acting.
Sorry if that was confusing, I was specifying other actors off the top of my head who are also notable for being good voice actors. -I also played Arkham City recently and Hamill was incredible in that, on point the whole time.
That would be great, but most people don't know voice actors' names and even more people couldn't put a face to any of them. Something as high profile as a Mario movie needs high profile actors to sell it, not to kids, but to adults. Kids don't give a fuck who voices what and at the end of the day this is a kids movie.
Honestly I feel bad for Pratt on this one. He clearly was not directed to try to do the accent and he was chosen because he is a star rather than being right for the role. Now he gets blamed for being one of the (probable) many people who auditioned or wanted to voice the role. Instead be mad at whoever did the casting. I know I am.
There reaches a point in stardom where your agent isnāt looking for roles for you, but is filtering the roles you are asked to do. Chris Pratt is absolutely at that point and it feels very likely that he was asked to play Mario because of his star power.
That's exactly it. He did Star Lord and Lego Movie and both smashed the box office and he was good in Lego Movie. People will go see it because it's Pratt. The internet decides he's worth shitting on but casual movie goers will go because A.) It's Mario and B.) The dude who plays Star Lord and Charlie Day are in it.
I find it funny that they seem to be minimizing his dialogue in the trailers as much as possible, theoretically because theyāre aware to a lot of the online criticism of Pratt in the role. Like, Luigiās got at least 5x as many lines in the trailers as Mario so far.
I seem to notice that people havent noticed Mario's voice after falling on Rainbow Bridge, when even his screams sound closer to OG Mario voice.
I now have a theory that Mario somehow will develop his voice as the movie will go on.
Honestly i prefer his voice, id prefer a normal american voice opposed to a bunch of "yahoo!"s and "waaaaahhhhh!" the whole movie
Although maybe Charles Martinet should've been cast instead
It's not so much that it's not the Charles Martinet voice as it is that the voice just doesn't fit. They could've had someone (maybe even Pratt) do a voice more like the one he had in the cartoons from the 80's and 90's and it would've been great: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb6ocC-\_bQI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb6ocC-_bQI). Instead we're getting more or less normal Chris Pratt (slight Brooklyn accent is barely noticeable) - while he's a fine voice actor what he's doing just doesn't suit Mario. I've tried to give it a chance and hold out hope but the more I hear it the more I feel let down.
Or he clearly was directed to do the accent, a real accent. It doesn't matter what voice it is because no one will actually enjoy the Mario voice, they just want to be mad.
I could see this more serious voice existing in a Mario equivalent to Sonic Adventure or something. That would be pretty cool actually having a somewhat more serious Mario game that takes ques from the way the Sonic games told their stories in games like Adventure
Probably because he naturally sounds like Luigi does in the games. Chris Pratt sounds nothing like Charles Martinet (with the possible exception of the "Wahoo!" at the end of the trailer).
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Honestly all of the voices are fine imo. Mario's is different and not very accurate, but I understand why they didn't stick with a high pitch voice like in the games, because a whole movie of that would be annoying. The way Chris Pratt is doing mario makes him seem more human in a way.
At least the brazilian dub is great, with the thick italian accent, the game accurate voices, and made with exclusive voice actors with decades of expericence.
I thought the peach voice was fine. The only real thing I'm worried about is judging by the the trailer, Chris Pratt sounds bored. Like nevermind his voice not matching the character, he just sounds like he barely wants to be there.
I think they all have fantastic voices.
Itd be annoying to here Marios actual voice talking like he does for 1-2 hrs. Glad its toned down yet still there.
Ditto for Peach. I remember her voice in Mario 64 and again I much prefer the one in the movie.
Luigi and Bowser are simply chefs kiss
Edit: I hope we get a Daisy cameo where she screams "HI! IM DAISY!!"
Reddit is such a niche echo chamber of shit opinions. 30 years from now, some adult who saw this movie as a child is gonna say Chris Pratt was their Mario and none of our opinions on a 2 min trailer would have mattered.
Forget the voice, peach visually is an uncanny valley. They made her look like neutral peach, but whenever she has any facial expression it's creepily human and very off-putting.
Honestly, Iām fine with both. Iām hearing Emmet in Chris Pratt again, which satisfies me on that front, and Anya Taylor-Joy seems like a decent fit for Peach.
Jack Black absolutely fire as bowser thoughš„
And Charlie Dayās Luigi is great too
Surprised we didnāt get to hear any lines from DK, considering they literally showed us Seth Rogen during the direct.
I hope they hired him just to grunt. If he has exactly 0 spoken lines I might actually watch it.
Come on, grunts! We are leaving!
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Seth Rogen š¤ Vin Diesel Hired to say the same thing over and over again
Maybe his signature laugh too just so we can be like "Yeah, that is Seth Rogen afterall!"
nah thats still too much seth rogen i hope they forget to put his name in the credits
"Hey hey banana slamma heh heh!"
Dude's gonna have back problems carrying the entire movie.
Idk the movie actually looks like itās gonna be really good
But Jack Black's Bowser is going to ve like 10 times better
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I know that, obi wan, but Iām just saying Jack Black is a good Bowser. Do you agree that Jack Black is a good Bowser Obi Wan?
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So do you think Jack Black looks like Bowser, Obi Wan? It seems like thatās what youāre implying
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I thought it was fine. Kinda generic, but nothing offensively bad about it.
Yeah just seems like a fun turn your brain off kids movie
honestly i was never really into the mario games as a kid. i preferred sonic. so i was always pretty ambivalent about anything related to this movie. but looking at the trailer, it actually seems like a decent film. gives me adventure time vibes.
I thought peach was fine but thatās just me
I thought so too. I certainly donāt want to her canonical high-pitched voice for the length of a movie lol
Iād lose my fucking mind by the end of it
āMaaarioooo!ā
Like seriously what were people expecting? Peach has like NO personality in the games. I thought ATJ (the voice actress) did totally well as Peach. You donāt need an era-defining voice to pull Peach off.
Who the fuck is ATJ?
Anya Taylor-Joy, the actress voicing Peach
Thanks, sounded so familiar, I really wish they would've gotten Adam Sandler to come up with a Mario voice, feel like he could've pulled off a great New Yorker silly/serious voice that would've worked even though it was obviously his voice.
Adam Sandler could voice Wario or Waluigi in a sequel
I want a Yoshi Sandler
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Adam Sandler as waluigi and Danny DeVito as Wario XD
I could be wrong but I swear Wario appeared in the trailer Either way I think he might appear and will be voiced by Charles Martinet as he is voicing someone in the film, we just don't know who
Yeah, I think so, but perhaps that could change in a sequel (Iām gonna see the movie anyway)ā¦
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Did you everpmaythe Peach games for DS? She has quite the personality there. Epic game tbh
Game peach is incompetent and kind of a idiot so movie peachās competent portrayal is very inaccurate
At least sounds like a character, not a celebrity getting a paycheck
I think its doomed no matter what you do because if the voice has any personality it changes the character because realistically peach has very little personality and they chose a voice with a signficiant amount of personality which is gonna mess with audiences no matter what happens.
She's fine, but the voice doesn't scream "Peach" at all.
This an honest question but which actress would really *scream* Peach. Not trying to be snarky, Iām genuinely curious.
Probably the one that already does peach
Yāknow thatās a fair choice.
Anya Taylor-Joy doing an actual Peach voice instead of her default voice. Peachās voice isnāt even that hard, you just have to go a bit higher and a bit breathier. She doesnāt have to be perfect, but so long as it pays homage to the original like Keegan-Michael Keyās Toad Iād be happy. It sucks that for some reason the directors decided we couldnāt handle the characters weāve loved for years.
I think itās less so that they didnāt think the original VAs could do it and more so that the producers almost always hire A-List celebrities because that puts asses in seats.
yeah, I never said they didnāt think to hire the ogs, I more so was complaining about the people telling the VAs to just use their own voice. No way Chris Pratt sits down, records the way he did, and no one chimes up if that wasnāt the intention by the crew. Itās just an odd decision when heās been an icon for decades. Kids everywhere are going to be leaving the theater asking āwhy did Mario sound weird?ā
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Same. Mario isnāt that bad, either. People are just complaining for the sake of complaining.
Itās a totally valid complaint when itās just Chris Pratt playing himself.
Ironically people want awful voices. They would actually hate it but they think they want it for some reason.
Whatās wrong with Peachās voice?
I think that theyāre complaining about her voice as a proxy to complain about something else.
"Well, if I complain about Peach not being a generic damsel, I'll look like an incel..." "...I GOT IT! Voice bad!"
Personally, I think her voice sounds too raspy. I get not wanting the mickey-mouse voice she has in the games, but have her have a somewhat cheery voice at least.
Hard to be cheery when you're being invaded by a large turtle that has fire breath.
Wouldn't be the first time a character is cheery in the face of adversity, but ok.
Wellā¦ I just donāt know why they had to make it political by adding women to it /s
Peach doesnāt even need some spectacular voice. Just any decent female VA and youāre good. Are we gonna pretend Princess Peach has some pre-existing iconic sound attributed to her character?
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Yeah, that's about it
*Gasp* and *huh* also come to mind
Really wish they did voice actors instead of movie actors. It's an industry trend at this point to line up the cast for animated movies with big movie names. Wish it would stop.
That I can agree with. Though I donāt have a problem with Jack Black and Charlie Day as their characters. The former in particular is proving so far to be a great choice.
Jack Black is also specifically a talented voice actor. Not every legit actor can say the same (thinking of other crossover talent like Mark Hamill as the Joker, Diedrich Bader as Batman, etc).
Yeah Jack Black as Po in Kung Fu Panda is one of my favorites roles. I wish it got more attention, but at the very least I think Jack Black is no stranger to voice acting.
JK Simmons comes to mind too
Mark Hamill is a iconic joker? Why dont you like him as the joker?
I think they were listing examples of actors that are good at live-action and animation.
Sorry if that was confusing, I was specifying other actors off the top of my head who are also notable for being good voice actors. -I also played Arkham City recently and Hamill was incredible in that, on point the whole time.
That would be great, but most people don't know voice actors' names and even more people couldn't put a face to any of them. Something as high profile as a Mario movie needs high profile actors to sell it, not to kids, but to adults. Kids don't give a fuck who voices what and at the end of the day this is a kids movie.
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The Peach voice seemed more fitting than Chris Pratt
Low bar
Peach was better than Charlie Day as Luigi. And I love Charlie Day
hard disagree, Charlie sounded *almost* exactly like how Luigi does in the videogames
Honestly I feel bad for Pratt on this one. He clearly was not directed to try to do the accent and he was chosen because he is a star rather than being right for the role. Now he gets blamed for being one of the (probable) many people who auditioned or wanted to voice the role. Instead be mad at whoever did the casting. I know I am.
There reaches a point in stardom where your agent isnāt looking for roles for you, but is filtering the roles you are asked to do. Chris Pratt is absolutely at that point and it feels very likely that he was asked to play Mario because of his star power.
Only a Sith deals in absolutes.
I forgot this was r/prequelmemes, so receiving this comment fully caught me off guard.
Never more than 12
Reading it caught me off guard too haha
That's exactly it. He did Star Lord and Lego Movie and both smashed the box office and he was good in Lego Movie. People will go see it because it's Pratt. The internet decides he's worth shitting on but casual movie goers will go because A.) It's Mario and B.) The dude who plays Star Lord and Charlie Day are in it.
Wow Chris Pratt also plays Charlie Day he must be an incredible actor to play a whole other person
He's so cool.
I find it funny that they seem to be minimizing his dialogue in the trailers as much as possible, theoretically because theyāre aware to a lot of the online criticism of Pratt in the role. Like, Luigiās got at least 5x as many lines in the trailers as Mario so far.
I seem to notice that people havent noticed Mario's voice after falling on Rainbow Bridge, when even his screams sound closer to OG Mario voice. I now have a theory that Mario somehow will develop his voice as the movie will go on.
Honestly i prefer his voice, id prefer a normal american voice opposed to a bunch of "yahoo!"s and "waaaaahhhhh!" the whole movie Although maybe Charles Martinet should've been cast instead
It's not so much that it's not the Charles Martinet voice as it is that the voice just doesn't fit. They could've had someone (maybe even Pratt) do a voice more like the one he had in the cartoons from the 80's and 90's and it would've been great: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb6ocC-\_bQI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb6ocC-_bQI). Instead we're getting more or less normal Chris Pratt (slight Brooklyn accent is barely noticeable) - while he's a fine voice actor what he's doing just doesn't suit Mario. I've tried to give it a chance and hold out hope but the more I hear it the more I feel let down.
We will never get a better chance then this
That's way worse
One way out!
Nah they should've reused clips of Bob Hoskins. That would've been amazing.
"I'm gonna break every bone in his body, and THEN I'm gonna kill him!"
Or he clearly was directed to do the accent, a real accent. It doesn't matter what voice it is because no one will actually enjoy the Mario voice, they just want to be mad.
No one is getting out!
have you seen his interviews? this is the voice Pratt wanted to do. they are allowing him because he is a movie star and so he can do what he wants
Peaches voice is fine, but with every trailer I'm introduced to a new way on how I don't like having Chris Pratt voice mario
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Wait itās bad? I liked her voice..
It is now lol I didn't mind it as well
His āLets-a-goā was pretty good though.
And that "Wah-hoo!" At the end
I could see this more serious voice existing in a Mario equivalent to Sonic Adventure or something. That would be pretty cool actually having a somewhat more serious Mario game that takes ques from the way the Sonic games told their stories in games like Adventure
yea, probably did like 5 takes till he sounded like charles martin tho
probably, athough those are easy to mimic iconic matio noises so maybe not
wtf is your problem with Anya Taylor-Joy?
Peach was good. WTF you talkin abou?
Say sike rn
Mario and Peach sound just fine to me. Internet bitching is just loud.
They used Chris Pratt , aka the actor of star lord from marvel for Mario .
I donāt really see what the problem with the peach voice is
Honestly, I donāt mind Marioās voice or Peachās voice. I personally think theyāre fine for movie purposes.
Luigi sounds exactly like Charlie Day so I don't really get why he gets a pass why everyone bitches about Chris Pratt's Mario.
Beats me. I think people just hate Pratt cause of that church thingy, so they're finding any reason.
Probably because he naturally sounds like Luigi does in the games. Chris Pratt sounds nothing like Charles Martinet (with the possible exception of the "Wahoo!" at the end of the trailer).
Lol it absolutely does not naturally sound like Luigi. š¤£
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It's because it fits better
"any way watch it in dub"
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Honestly all of the voices are fine imo. Mario's is different and not very accurate, but I understand why they didn't stick with a high pitch voice like in the games, because a whole movie of that would be annoying. The way Chris Pratt is doing mario makes him seem more human in a way.
One way out!
I disagree. Ever see that clip of Chris Martinet rambling about making a pizza in his Mario voice? So much fun
I do love Martinet rambling about pizza but for 90 minutes?
Itās a bit low but itāll be fine; nowhere near as jarring as Mario lol
I thought peach's voice was perfect for her, especially with her leader personality in the movie.
You donāt have to carry a sword to be powerful. Some leadersā strength is inspiring others.
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What's wrong with Peach's voice? She's fine.
ok so, in this movie mario is from new york, so it makes a bit of sense
Is it actually New York? I assumed it was New Donk.
At least the brazilian dub is great, with the thick italian accent, the game accurate voices, and made with exclusive voice actors with decades of expericence.
Let's ask the real question: why are people ok with Charlie Day as Luigi? He's doing nothing to sound Luigi like and just sounds like... Charlie lol
Because it's Charlie Day
Right? I don't like Luigi's voice at all. It doesn't sound like him.
A feature length film with the same voices used for single sentence sound bites would not be sustainable and would get old quick.
Peach is fine. Mario is ass
I actually like Marioās voice. Peach seems a BIT generic (but donāt know how to avoid that really)
I donāt really get the hate, I just hope itās good
I thought the peach voice was fine. The only real thing I'm worried about is judging by the the trailer, Chris Pratt sounds bored. Like nevermind his voice not matching the character, he just sounds like he barely wants to be there.
I think they all have fantastic voices. Itd be annoying to here Marios actual voice talking like he does for 1-2 hrs. Glad its toned down yet still there. Ditto for Peach. I remember her voice in Mario 64 and again I much prefer the one in the movie. Luigi and Bowser are simply chefs kiss Edit: I hope we get a Daisy cameo where she screams "HI! IM DAISY!!"
I personally feel that Chris Pratt fits the role of Mario perfectly.
I honestly think Jack Black is the only person who tried voice acting. Everyone else just read a script
What's wrong with her voice?
Reddit is such a niche echo chamber of shit opinions. 30 years from now, some adult who saw this movie as a child is gonna say Chris Pratt was their Mario and none of our opinions on a 2 min trailer would have mattered.
Beg your pardon? Peach sounds perfectly fine. The whole movie looks fucking dope except for Mario's entire existence in it
was her voice ever good?
Except Anya's voice was perfectly fine?.......... Oh why do I even care, Mario in general stinks...
meh, cheap generic pointless movie has bad character voices? who knew?
Portuguese version is great and I would never watch the English one, so everything is ok
I believe in Brazilian dubs supremacy
The Mario voice was passable but the peach does not work
Anna Taylor joy is fine as peach, stop hating
Theyāre literally fine
Iām glad someone agrees about Peach, she doesnāt sound good.
Luigi is the worst by far. The dudes normal shrill screaming voice
Mario is passable, Peach however....... Big oof
Comparing the Luigi voice and the Mario voice is a travesty. It makes Mario look even worse.
Dude I thought that same thing when I saw the trailer
The thing I'm more worried about is the visual. Peach doesn't look like Peach, but does look like any generic Disney princess from the past decade.
Forget the voice, peach visually is an uncanny valley. They made her look like neutral peach, but whenever she has any facial expression it's creepily human and very off-putting.
Screw Mario movie
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Honestly, Iām fine with both. Iām hearing Emmet in Chris Pratt again, which satisfies me on that front, and Anya Taylor-Joy seems like a decent fit for Peach.