It's not just black people, either--ever heard Liam Neeson in Ponyo?
Neeson is a wonderful actor, but MAN did he phone it in for that movie. He sounded borderline BORED.
This is why you get people who actually give a shit about voiceover, and who can act with JUST their voices, not people who only know how to act in front of a camera.
It's a very different set of skills. I know--I used to do it myself.
Had that same issue with the dub for Monoke, with Jada Pinket Smith playing some character and it was REALLY fucking jarring.
It's not just black people, either--ever heard Liam Neeson in Ponyo?
Neeson is a wonderful actor, but MAN did he phone it in for that movie. He sounded borderline BORED.
This is why you get people who actually give a shit about voiceover, and who can act with JUST their voices, not people who only know how to act in front of a camera.
It's a very different set of skills. I know--I used to do it myself.