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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

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WriterofAllWrongs:

--- Quote from: Surgoshan on 28 May 2008, 15:04 ---What I can recall of my impressions of LWW was that the actors weren't very good.  Since they were supposed to be children cast from the death throes of Victorian England into a fantastical countryside, it made some sense.  They're out of their element, awkward, and uncomfortable. 

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I can't stand the kids.  The kid who played Peter has a huge problem with yelling (See: Daniel Radcliffe), and he ends up sounding like he's trying to rally his troops through a mouth full of tuna salad.  He's reasonable good at playing the snotty ass Peter tends to be, but he's a god damned teenager.  That's like casting Samuel L. Jackson as a black man who yells a lot.  Oh wait.  I mean, Jesus.  The small girl was the worst though.  She looked like she should've been cast in a "My Pretty Pony" commercial, but her agent called up and said "Hey, want to play the exact same character, except make a million dollars?" 

Eddie Izzard was fucking ace, though.

singeivoire:
K, don't hate me, but I think Eddie Izzard had the same problem a lot of actors/comedians who take a shake at voice acting have. He's just not as interesting when you're only listening to him voice a character. I love him, but yeah, I kinda wish they'd gotten an actual voice actor to do the job. So much of the charm of a performer like Eddie Izzard is in watching him. His performance as Reepicheep was okay, of course, but I don't think it was better than most shmoes off the street could do in a pinch.

Not that that hamstringed the movie, by any means. I just think that too often, good voice actors are passed over in hollywood these days in favor of stars with bigger names, and it's often to the detriment of the films they are in. This is one of the many reasons Pixar films (which typically use more voice actors) are so superior to Dreamworks films (which always go for big names).

But that's neither here nor there. Basically, Eddie Izzard in this film = meh.

Orbert:
For what it's worth, one of the guys I was with thought Reepicheep was hilarious and whoever did his voice was great.  I said "You do realize it's Eddie Izzard, right?" and he had no idea.  We're both big fans, he just never recognized the voice or heard about it beforehand.  To him, it was just Reepicheep's voice.

So chalk up one non-meh for Eddie by someone who didn't even know it was him.

Boro_Bandito:
I thought the voice had sounded familiar in theaters, and went home and IMDB'd it. I had wanted to say it was Eddie Izzard, but I wasn't sure, and didn't want to look like an ass in front of my friend who I went to it with. Turns out I was right, damnit. Also I'm pretty sure his name wasn't in the credits for some reason, and I was looking hard.

Orbert:
It was there.  Not everyone caught that the mouse's name was Reepicheep, so you may have missed it that way, but I do remember seeing Eddie's name in the credits.

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