having an actor open his or her mouth and hearing, say, Ray Charles's voice come out
I though Jamie Foxx did the vocals in Ray? Well, not all of them, but...
You're talking to Serenity. And, Early... Serenity is very unhappy.
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Ailleann - Apr 03, 2006 7:37:30 am PDT #1241 of 10001
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Hayden - Apr 03, 2006 7:42:39 am PDT #1242 of 10001
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If that's the case, maybe that's not a good example. I really didn't like that movie, though.
§ ita § - Apr 03, 2006 7:43:57 am PDT #1243 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think Jamie did Ray's vocals only once, early on, when Ray was impersonating other styles. And the piano playing was all his.
Scrappy - Apr 03, 2006 7:44:38 am PDT #1244 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I believe Foxx played the piano himself, but lip-synched to Charles' vocals.
Ailleann - Apr 03, 2006 7:47:57 am PDT #1245 of 10001
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Ah. I did think that the vocals were accurate to the point of scary.
juliana - Apr 03, 2006 7:52:31 am PDT #1246 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I watched Hustle & Flow and Curse Of The Were-Rabbit this weekend.
Loved Hustle & Flow very much, but I think part of that is the backstory of trying to get the film made. Also, the soundtrack - with all the old Stax players doing their thing.
§ ita § - Apr 03, 2006 9:04:18 am PDT #1247 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sucks to be Sharon Stone:
1. Ice Age: The Meltdown, $70.5 million
2. Inside Man, $15.7 million
3. ATL, $12.5 million
4. Failure to Launch, $6.6 million
5. V for Vendetta, $6.5 million
6. Stay Alive, $4.58 million
7. She's the Man, $4.57 million
8. Slither, $3.7 million
9. The Shaggy Dog, $3.5 million
10 (tie). Basic Instinct 2, $3.2 million
10 (tie). Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector, $3.2 million.
Nutty - Apr 03, 2006 9:10:57 am PDT #1248 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
The strategy of having the actors sing the songs themselves is not optimal, but better than the alternative.
Ths is true. Although I do like to see vocal flexibility in actors, it's probably unreasonable to ask a tenor to hit bass notes (at least, without liquoring up significantly first). I can't think of a lot of successful voice-changes in actors, or I guess the ones that stand out in the mind are unsuccessful ones, like Tootsie.
I mean, it's intentionally unsuccessful, but who would be fooled by that??
Polter-Cow - Apr 03, 2006 9:46:51 am PDT #1249 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ice Age: The Meltdown, $70.5 million
This pains me, as I thought the first one was incredibly mediocre and terribly overrated.
JZ - Apr 03, 2006 10:10:14 am PDT #1250 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
This pains me, as I thought the first one was incredibly mediocre and terribly overrated.
I found the first one very meh, but just saw the second with Emmett yesterday and found it... well, really rather enjoyable. Way, way better than the first, and better than most non-Pixar computer animation films. I'm positive it will turn out to be infinitely better than the painfully unoriginal-looking Finding Nemo/Madagascar mashup that's coming next month, and the painfully unoriginal-looking wacky barnyard hijinks thing that'll be here sometime this summer.
The child-free may cheerfully scorn IA: The Meltdown, but when you're stuck with kid's movies or nothing, you gotta strain for whatever crumbs of comfort you can find.