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So I saw an ad for Madagascar 3 tonight. I hate most Dreamworks animated movies. Shrek movies were terrible, self aware, pop culture name dropping trash.
Anyways, back to Madagascar. They're just piss poor, crass commercial garbage in my opinion. And as an example of what's wrong with them and why they stink, every time Chris Rock is interviewed and the subject comes up he apparently thinks it's hilarious to say with a big grin on his face: "Yeah, I just go in a booth, do a little voice and then they give me seven million dollars! Little kids walk up to me and BEG me to do Crackalackin.' So I'll go 'Crackalackin....' (blaise who gives a crap tone of voice) and they're all like OOOHHHHHHH!!!! WOW!!!!" It's like he's a walking, vocal advertisement for people who keep funding these sub-par crappy CGI cartoons.
This year at the Oscars he did his "I go into a sound booth, do some voice and get handed seven million dollars" schtick AGAIN while presenting the award for best animated film and I literally wanted to space warp through my TV screen and punch him in the face. Most big budget animated movies should stick to no more than two big name celebrity roles in my opinion. King Fu Panda (haven't seen the sequel) is a great example. Ok Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, cool. But then they waste millions of extra dollars giving the rest of the budget to Jolie, Chan, and Cross, ect who barely put any energy into their supporting parts and phone it in when there's actual voice actors who could use the work. Obviously Pixar uses a lot of celebs for their characters but they seem to do it with so much more class and better direction (can't speak for Cars though).
I did really enjoy Dispicable Me though. I thought Steve Carell, Russell Brand (who I was floored to learn later did Dr. Nefario), and Jason Segal all did a fantastic job in their roles and really seemed to enjoy themselves and poured tons of character into their voices.
OK fellow animation fans, feel free to use this thread to sound off on what you hate about modern big budget animated flicks and what works, what doesn't and what could be improved.
Anyways, back to Madagascar. They're just piss poor, crass commercial garbage in my opinion. And as an example of what's wrong with them and why they stink, every time Chris Rock is interviewed and the subject comes up he apparently thinks it's hilarious to say with a big grin on his face: "Yeah, I just go in a booth, do a little voice and then they give me seven million dollars! Little kids walk up to me and BEG me to do Crackalackin.' So I'll go 'Crackalackin....' (blaise who gives a crap tone of voice) and they're all like OOOHHHHHHH!!!! WOW!!!!" It's like he's a walking, vocal advertisement for people who keep funding these sub-par crappy CGI cartoons.
This year at the Oscars he did his "I go into a sound booth, do some voice and get handed seven million dollars" schtick AGAIN while presenting the award for best animated film and I literally wanted to space warp through my TV screen and punch him in the face. Most big budget animated movies should stick to no more than two big name celebrity roles in my opinion. King Fu Panda (haven't seen the sequel) is a great example. Ok Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, cool. But then they waste millions of extra dollars giving the rest of the budget to Jolie, Chan, and Cross, ect who barely put any energy into their supporting parts and phone it in when there's actual voice actors who could use the work. Obviously Pixar uses a lot of celebs for their characters but they seem to do it with so much more class and better direction (can't speak for Cars though).
I did really enjoy Dispicable Me though. I thought Steve Carell, Russell Brand (who I was floored to learn later did Dr. Nefario), and Jason Segal all did a fantastic job in their roles and really seemed to enjoy themselves and poured tons of character into their voices.
OK fellow animation fans, feel free to use this thread to sound off on what you hate about modern big budget animated flicks and what works, what doesn't and what could be improved.