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Why Chris Pratt’s performance in the Mario movie trailer is so distracting
news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Friday, 7 October, 2022 - 20:01
When my 8-year-old daughter got home from school on Thursday, I was excited to show her the first trailer for the upcoming animated The Super Mario Bros. Movie . And while she would later express excitement at the sight of Bowser battling an army of penguins or Mario being confused about a field of giant mushrooms, her immediate reaction after watching the trailer was more negative:
"Mario's voice sounds weird."
This is not an uncommon reaction to the first public line-reading for the Chris Pratt-voiced Mario , judging by the overall tone of social media in the last 24 hours. It's a reaction that seems to extend past the Internet snark zone, too; at least two parents I know in real life have told me that their kids expressed similar confusion about Mario's movie voice.