Acting, Animated
As my wife's recent post "Disney Fun" would suggest, animated movies are a big part of Morrison family life... as in, 3-5 hours of every day involves watching/hearing/absorbing them while they entertain and preoccupy our two-year-old. Between the dozen or so that we own and the hundreds that I have free access to at Blockbuster, I figure that makes me an expert. So here is the definitive ranking of The Funniest Vocal Performances in an Animated Feature-Length Film:
10. Brad Bird as Edna Mode in The Incredibles
"Don't make me beg dahling, you know I won't do it."
9. Nathan Lane as Timon in The Lion King
"Carnivores, oy!"
8. Wallace Shawn as Rex in Toy Story and Toy Story 2
"I can't look! Could somebody please cover my eyes?"
7. John Candy as Wilbur the Albatross in The Rescuers Down Under
"I've been skewered!"
6. Eartha Kitt as Yzma in The Emperor's New Groove
"Tell us where the talking llama is and we'll burn your house to the ground!"
5. Patrick Warburton as Kronk in The Emperor's New Groove
"Don't you mean or?"
4. David Spade as Kuzco in The Emperor's New Groove
"Oookay that's the freakiest thing I've ever seen."
3. Billy Crystal as Mike Wazowski in Monster's, Inc.
"I've always wanted a pet THAT COULD KILL ME!"
2. Sir Peter Ustinov as Prince John in Robin Hood
"Sieze the fat one!"
1. Ellen DeGeneres as Dory in Finding Nemo
"Maybe I should try humpback."
go ahead, quibble
posted by GtotheMizzo @ 12:13 AM
2 Comments:
I was also surprised that Williams didn't get props, but I trust your judgment.
germerian
I really think there should be an Academy Award for vocal performances in animated films. It's an underappreciated form of acting that requires a distinctive talent. For example, Catherine Zeta-Jones is a great actress - as the Oscars have affirmed - but she brought nothing of interest to her animated character in Sinbad. David Spade, on the other hand, will probably never see the inside of the Kodak Theater, but he is the jedi master of the voice-over performance. This could be a way to give comedic performances more attention, and spare us the "compromised sense of humor" of the likes of Sean Penn.
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