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Bad Voice Acting

posted 14 years ago by felixmaybe
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Steve Carell put on a terrible, silly Russian accent which sounded like an intentionally bad impression of a Russian or Eastern European accent. It wasn't good voice acting. It wasn't cartoony, animated, funny or energetic. Just a bad and flat voice. There are so many people out there who can do a huge amount better than that. It's a real shame that they sell more tickets for what is, in truth, a worse final product. But hey, it's about the money I guess.

Not to mention Mr. Brand...

Obviously there has been an influx of famous actors doing voice acting in recent years. The thing is, it's not all bad. Some do a wonderful job. I feel that Carell's attempt, in this film, is grating and weak. Any takers?

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[–] MrPyroGuy 11 years ago

What? He was GREAT!

You can knock on Ed Wood but it won't do you no good 'cause all of my heroes are dead in Hollywood

[–] contra98 11 years ago

You are totally wrong about Steve Carrel! He was hilarious! Russel Brand, though, I can understand didn't seem to fit the character very well

[–] Furrerd 11 years ago

Only one I agree on is Amanda Cosgrove. Her voice sounded too old for Margo who appeared to be 8 or 9 and pre-puberty.

Esther: My name was in the Bible!
Fred: Yeah, Samson slew the Philistines with your jaw-bone!

[–] antoniorochira 11 years ago

Wow...I thought I was the only one who HATED that pratt talentless *beep* Russell Bland.

I hated the character before I even realized who it was!!! Awful...truly awful.

I liked Gru though.

[–] BR-3 11 years ago

Very clever of the producers. Give the villain a vile Russian accent to impress on young viewers how bad the nasty Russians are. You wonder if the CIA had a hand in the message of this movie.

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