Chris Pratt’s Voice In ‘Super Mario Brothers’ Gets Bashed Online (Again)

Another trailer for the Super Mario Brothers movie hit the internet yesterday (November 30). One thing that many seemed to agree on: Chris Pratt’s Mario sounds just like Chris Pratt. According to many, he didn’t make enough effort to sound like the Mario character. The supporting cast: Charlie Day as Luigi, Anya Taylor-Joy as Peach, Jack Black as Bowser and Keegan-Michael Key as Toad all seemed to be better received. Pratt was first dunked on when the cast was announced September 2021. Now, with two trailers out and a good idea of what Pratt’s Mario is going to sound like for the highly-anticipated movie, fans of the beloved video game franchise aired out their grievances on Twitter.

One person

The Super Mario Bros. Movie might be the first instance where instead of one character/actor carrying the film, it will be literally EVERYONE ELSE carrying Chris Pratt. pic.twitter.com/bLwZ69FE6t

— Tom Schalk (Voice Over Guy) (@TomStheVoice) November 29, 2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote, “The Super Mario Bros. Movie might be the first instance where instead of one character/actor carrying the film, it will be literally EVERYONE ELSE carrying Chris Pratt.” While another

Chris Pratt being criticized for using his normal voice for mario and Charlie Day being praised for using his normal voice for luigi is the best outcome actually

— Angel 🛸 (@PsybeIe) November 30, 2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said, “Chris Pratt being criticized for using his normal voice for mario and Charlie Day being praised for using his normal voice for luigi is the best outcome actually.” Another person

It's so annoying because I love literally everything about this trailer except for Chris Pratt's voice. https://t.co/Lmh9QGQsl5

— • 🐾Southpauz 🐾 • (@SouthpauzArt) November 29, 2022?s=20&t=B9wA9UEKOocI2g-VYHXGXg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said, “It’s so annoying because I love literally everything about this trailer except for Chris Pratt’s voice.”

One person

chris pratt really got into that voice booth and voiced himself like not a lick of effort https://t.co/MYyF2qLh74

— ceo of kory (@korysverse) November 29, 2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted, “chris pratt really got into that voice booth and voiced himself like not a lick of effort.” One person called out Pratt’s attempt at Mario’s iconic “Wahoo!” writing, “we’ve mocked chris pratt a ton but i have to say the incredibly meek and pathetic sounding ‘wahoo’ he did during the kart sequence had me in tears it sucked so bad.” Another

Jack Black sounds like he auditioned and won the part. Chris Pratt sounds like he was hired before the script was written. https://t.co/vlVFgu7lfx

— The4thSnake (@4thSnake) November 29, 2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote, “Jack Black sounds like he auditioned and won the part. Chris Pratt sounds like he was hired before the script was written.” One person hilariously said, “i don’t know how to explain it but it sounds like chris pratt recorded the whole movie sitting down.”

Watch the trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, set to release in theaters April 7, 2023, below:

'Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special': Watch These Films First

• Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

  The first Guardians of the Galaxy film was a huge risk and one that paid off incredibly well. It’s the tenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But the previous ones starred iconic characters: Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk and Thor. Even The Avengers, the only previous team film, combined the aforementioned characters, along with Black Widow, who had been introduced in Iron Man 2, Hawkeye, who was briefly introduced in Thor, and Nick Fury, who had popped up in a few films.

  The Guardians of the Galaxy, by contrast, was a team film where we were introduced to all of the characters for the first time. On top of that, they aren’t characters that most of the general public was familiar with. But writer/director James Gunn managed to pull off a story that made us care about all five of them – Peter Quill, aka “Starlord” (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel) and Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper). Underneath all the cosmic effects, Guardians of the Galaxy was a story about family, which is why it resonated. It also had an incredible soundtrack of ‘70s classic hits that topped the Billboard charts. It felt different than any previous Marvel film.

• Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 (2017)

  By now, the Guardians are an established team (for hire) and are more of a family. Groot is now a baby, having been blown up and reborn (or re-planted) at the end of the first film. We learn a bit more about Quill’s origins (including why he was able to hold an Infinity Stone in the first film). Quill and Gamora’s relationship (which Gamora denies *is* a relationship) develops. Gamora’s sister/enemy Nebula (Karen Gillan) joins the team, sort of, as does Mantis (Pom Klementieff).

• Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

  While flying through space, the Guardians bump into Thor (Chris Hemsworth)… literally. He teams up with Rocket and Groot (who is now a video-game addicted adolescent) and the trio go on their own adventure. They end up back on earth where, by the end of the film, Groot gets “blipped” along with serval other heroes. Quill, Drax, Mantis and Gamora take the battle to Thanos (Josh Brolin), who is also Gamora’s father. Throughout the film, we learn a bit more about Gamora’s origins and her relationship with Thanos.

  He is insanely focused on getting what he wants – all of the Infinity Stones – and he is forced to kill her during his quest. Meanwhile, Quill, Drax and Mantis team up with Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Spider-Man (Tom Holland) and Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) for their own battle with Thanos. They’re soon joined by Nebula, and only she and Iron Man survive “the snap,” which “blipped” half of the lives in the universe out of existence. The film ends with all the heroes soundly defeated. Nebula and Rocket are the only surviving Guardians. On a positive note, directors the Russo Brothers really were able to capture Gunn’s world of the Guardians, and their scenes felt like a Guardians of the Galaxy movie, down to the scene with the Spinners’ “Rubberband Man.”

• Avengers: Endgame (2019)

  Rocket and Gamora join forces with the Avengers: Captain America (Chris Evans), the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Bruce Banner/the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Iron Man, War Machine (Don Cheadle), Thor, Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) to kill Thanos. They’re successful. That was the easy part. The hard part was figuring out how to bring their friends back. On a time travel mission, Nebula encounters a version of herself from the past, along with past versions of Thanos and Gamora. The “current” Nebula convinces “past” Gamora to turn on her father. Eventually, the heroes bring everyone back, including Quill, Drax, Mantis and Groot. In the final battle, all of the heroes from all of the Marvel films join forces and save existence. Quill is amazed that Gamora is alive, but she’s not the Gamora that he knew; this is a time-displaced Gamora who never met Quill (or Groot, Drax, Rocket or Mantis). And she lets him know this with a swift knee to his, um, package. She’s stunned that she had any kind of relationship with him. (Nebula tells him, “Your choices were him… or a tree.”) Gamora escapes to parts unknown. After the final battle, the Guardians take to space, joined by Thor. We know that Quill wants to find the “new” (or “old”) Gamora.

  
  
  

• Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

  It’s not really essential to the Guardians’ story. But Thor hangs with the Guardians for the first few minutes of the film before leaving them for his own adventure. Frankly, it doesn’t seem necessary to have them here, but it’s fun to see them for a bit. We know that after they drop Thor off, Quill is going to lead them to keep searching for Gamora, which seems to lead into the Holiday Special.

  
  
  

• Bonus: What If…? Episode 2: “What If… T’Challa Became A Star-Lord?” (2021)

  What If…? is an animated anthology series that imagines what the Marvel Cinematic Universe would be like if one moment changed. In this episode, they ponder what would have happened if Yondu (Michael Rooker) kidnapped Wakadna’s Prince T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) instead of Peter Quill. As it turns out, the implications are pretty heavy.  And it’s a heavy episode to watch: it was Chadwick Boseman’s final performance.

  
  
  

• Bonus: I Am Groot mini-series (2022)

  This series of five short animated Groot stories isn’t necessarily canon, but they’re all really cute.