Sentences with phrase «than the voice actors»

Like the majority of animation made today, Disney traditionally records the voices and animates to it, rather than the voice actors having to perform to picture, which made the process more difficult even for a cast that is full of previous animated stars.

Not exact matches

He gives voice to the philosophical problem of evil perhaps more clearly and cogently than any other speaker or actor, any other philosopher or theologian, in the whole of world literature.

Multi-lingual American, voice actor, writer, two Masters degrees, world traveler to more than forty countries, toned and in shape, seeks slim, intelligent, well - read, independent lady for future adventures.

Tim Robbins ranks among contemporary cinema's most acclaimed and provocative voices; a multifaceted talent, he has proved so adept at wearing the various hats of actor, writer, and director that no less a figure than the legendary filmmaker Robert Altman declared him the second coming of Orson Welles.

the voice acting sucks while the voice actors from the show are there the lines they recorded sound like they are emotionless.Overall simpsons skateboarding doesn't live up to be a good tony hawk clone good simpsons game or a good game for that matter awkward and unresponsive controls near impossible challenges and the presentation which makes it seem farther from a simpsons game than its supposed to be.

Malick's two years in post-production, (the actors said they spent more time doing voice recordings than in front of the camera) are where he creates a film (if you can call it that) out of the footage.

He even manages most of the material better than Michael Clarke Duncan («The Green Mile,» «The Whole Nine Yards») who is just too much of an actor to deliver the cheesy dialogue with the right mix of sincerity and irony, and Peter Facinelli («Can't Hardly Wait,» «The Big Kahuna»), whose thin - voiced delivery doesn't convey the necessary petulant malevolence.

While the scenery is good and the animation has a consistent, unique style, the movie leaves something to be desired in the facial department; emotions are left to the actors» voices more than anything.

Jon Polito, the prolific and raspy - voiced character actor whose more than 200 credits ranged from «Homicide: Life on the Street» and «Modern Family» to the Coen Brother films «Barton Fink» and «The Big Lebowski,» has died.

The first act, originally released on PC more than a year ago, was a success among critics for its story and characters, brought to life by the voices of actors including Elijah Wood, Jack Black, Wil Wheaton, and Jennifer Hale.

If Cooper, who showed he's a great voice actor with The Guardians of the Galaxy, joins the cast, his involvement would mean this is probably more than another talking dog movie, as he usually picks smart projects.

Though it's been opined elsewhere with more eloquence, one of the reasons that American animation is so far behind the sophistication and maturity of Japanese animation is the belief that professional voice actors are less important than «names» like, I suppose, Cary Elwes, Billy Crudup (Princess Mononoke's English - language lead), and Courtney Thorne - Smith.

Although the irony is unmistakable that Green, who in recent years has done more as a voice actor than a live actor (on «Family Guy» and his own creation «Robot Chicken»), goes unheard here and receives top billing for what amounts to not that much more than what reference actors essentially did sans credit in the olden days of animation.

When the team decided Rafiki should be far more wacky than wise, actor Robert Guillaume spent an entire day trying to figure out the character's voice and laugh.

The documentary devotes plenty of time to both the figures and the animated series, gathering insight from many pertinent parties, from original sculptor Steve Varner to more than a half - dozen leading voice actors (including late «Fresh Prince» uncle James Avery, the voice of Shredder).

At the film's recent press day, del Toro and Gutierrez spoke about the genesis of the project, Gutierrez's unusual pitch that convinced del Toro to produce the movie, Gutierrez's vision using authentic folk art characters, the film's humanistic tone, casting a talented and eclectic international group of actors to voice the larger than life characters, choosing Reel FX to tackle the complicated animation design, gaining the support of Fox's Jim Gianopulos, how Zoe Saldana and Diego Luna learned to sing, the film's amazing music, and del Toro's upcoming projects including «Crimson Peak,» «The Strain,» «Pacific Rim 2,» the «Pan's Labyrinth» Musical, and the possibility of a «Hellboy 3.»

The animated Emoji Movie needed a voice for the icon «Poop», and that role went to none other than actor Patrick Stewart, who is best know know for the sophisticated roles of Professor Charles Xavier of The X-Men franchise and Captain Jean Luc Picard in Star Trek: Generations.

True, he's only the voice of Rango, but this is Depp, after all, who can do more with his voice than most actors can do with their entire body.

That being said, there's nothing more impressive than learning an actor is hiding their natural voice, and doing it flawlessly.

DVD special features are ample, anchored by a feature - length audio commentary track with director Alvart and producer Jeremy Bolt, in which the pair discuss Alvart's late - in - the - game, pre-production idea of depicting the effects of years of hyper - sleep via sloughing skin, as well as the special challenges involved for Foster in crafting a performance out of reacting to Quaid's disembodied voice, since more than half of his material was prerecorded, before the younger actor's scenes.

And the film's monochromatic quality and frequently static scenes give it a sort of flatness; I found myself often distracted by trying to figure out which voice actor was which, rather than following the story.

Hell, it should be better than great, but even with the original voice actors reprising their roles, luscious visuals, and plenty of opportunities to run like crazy from exploding buildings, the spark is missing.

The men and women brought in to voice the characters perform their roles in such a manner that fits their character's personalities rather than try to mimic the actors and actresses who played them in the movies.

Though the press book tries to get one to ignore this, it pairs Frears with a codirector, Mike Dibb, and a cowriter, critic Charles Barr, both of whom are credited first; so maybe Frears — a good director of actors who's never shown much aptitude for or interest in film aesthetics — was too busy with Mary Reilly to do much more on this than chew the fat with four colleagues and add a few pithy voice - overs.

He's joined by Cary Grant (voicing the Mock Turtle), Gary Cooper (bumbling through as the White Knight) Edward Everett Horton, Edna May Oliver, Ned Sparks and a roll call of character actors whose faces and voices are more familiar than their names.

More than half of it's animated, even if we don't quite think of it in that way, with the actors providing voices for their avatars.

Other than an SME / prof who can riff on about a subject without a script (which, of course, makes course creation / design more difficult for you), the best people to read your script in a conversational way with passion and engagement are voice actors.

The Man of Cloud 9 by Adam Dreece «a truly unique voice» - Readers» Favorite»... you can't get better than The Man of Cloud 9» - Rene Auberjonois, Director / Actor (aka Odo from Star Trek Deep Space Nine) A Silicon - Valley spirited, high - tech thriller with an intimate soul.

Years after I visited scientists determined the limestone seats minimize low - frequency background noise while magnifying higher - frequency voices, which means actors could deliver full performances without modern microphones, so the effect is a bit less magical than when I was there.

I'm not sure I'd blame Adam Sandler though as Hotel Transylvania 1 and 2 are both good in spite of having him and a couple of his friends in starring roles (maybe he's better as a voice actor than a live action actor for the time being).

That's impressive because The Last Day of June doesn't contain any form of dialogue, rather its small cast of strangely eyeless characters communicate solely through sighs, moans, giggles and other little sounds that work with the wonderful animations to give them more personality than most games with massive runtimes, budgets and voice actors ever manage.

That's right, in a piece of news not likely to surprise anyone Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has seemingly been confirmed by none other than Bill Murray, the voice of Captain Price and actor in both Eastenders and The Bill.

-- Song Magic — Famous Japanese voice actors sing more than 20 songs in the game.

The actor providing Raiden's voice, the same guy who played Raiden before, delivers a pretty lackluster performance at times, but epic cutscenes ensure that Raiden comes across as nothing less than a badass that you wouldn't want to mess with, while his own inner demons create a solid foundation for us to relate to the guy.

@Edmix «Sutherland better voice actor than Hayter» True dat.

On the decision to switch actors, Kojima noted that, «I wanted Snake to have a more subdued performance, expressed through subtle facial movement, and tone of voice, rather than words.»

I wonder if the Spanish voice actor for Drake is as good as or better than Nolan North, (as well as the other characters).

This is clearly more than just a voice actor role for Sutherland, who has been featured in television and movies for the past 30 years.

I can do a more accurate «Ka - Chow» than whoever the voice actor is in this game, and that's saying something with my broad Northern accent.

The bad guys were infinitely more interesting than the good guys, and I'm not sure if the voice over sessions for this were done during the recent voice actor strike, but I think you could've walked down Hollywood Blvd and randomly asked people to audition for this game and gotten better performances.

What's worse is it sounds like several of the actors had to perform numerous roles (which is more common than you might think), but none of them even tried to do a different voice, resulting in long conversations where it almost seems like characters are talking to themselves.

The actor playing Greaves manages to inject a special something into his voice that makes him an instantly more likable and relatable fellow than any that have come before him in the Call of Juarez games.

The grating decision here is that it was decided to use British voice actors rather than ones with French accents.

In - engine cutscenes look better and more accurate to the source material than One Piece games have ever done before, with the original (Japanese only) voice actors reprising their roles and lending and an air of authenticity to every moment.

The English voice actors try their best, though a number of them were grating to listen to for more than a line at a time.

But when each new item requires a team of 3D designers working overtime and every line in the game needs a seasoned voice actor, designing a linear first - person shooter is much easier than designing a true, sprawling RPG.

If Respawn and EA can play their cards right we may actually have some emotional investment in the outcome, rather than the series of random double crosses by bad voice actors which litter the first game.

Like Vermintide 1, the voice actors and dialogue are far better than the average, and help carry the otherwise hollow and empty plot.

I did appreciate that there was a decent amount of voices in the game, although at times the actors accents were more comical than I think they were aiming for, specifically the Sean Connery - ish narrator.

But more than that, Settings comes with the option of toggling Rumble on and off and even the voices for both the player's character and opposing bosses can be turned off, allowing you to silence the grunts and groans of the characters voice actors and instead give yourself over to listening to the original soundtrack composed by Raito and even then that's not everything!