mB again here from A Blog Next Door. Thinking how TFE and ABND could meet halfway I came up with this post, having StinkyLulu's post on Betty Lou Gerson in mind. In a world of Jolies and Diaz's who seem to not stretch themselves when they do voice acting, let's celebrate a couple of women who have really animated their material in the past decade (if I go back any further Ursula, Belle and other Disney faves will overtake the list!):
Ellen Degeneres as Dory (Finding Nemo)
Ellen Degeneres as Dory (Finding Nemo)
Creating one of the most memorable Pixar characters, Degeneres made Dory - the forgetful regal tang fish who accompanies Marlin in his search for his son Nemo - a treat to watch.
Best Line Reading: I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Squishy. Come on, Squishy. Come on, little Squishy. [gets stung by the jellyfish] Ow. Bad Squishy, bad Squishy!
Eartha Kitt as Yzma (The Emperor's New Groove)
Best Line Reading: I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Squishy. Come on, Squishy. Come on, little Squishy. [gets stung by the jellyfish] Ow. Bad Squishy, bad Squishy!
Eartha Kitt as Yzma (The Emperor's New Groove)
Who better than former Catwoman Ms Kitt to bring the crazy villainness Yzma to life? Funny, conniving and always devilishly stylish, Yzma is a wondrous creation thanks to Kitt's signature voice.
Best Line Reading: Ah, how shall I do it? Oh, I know. I'll turn him into a flea, a harmless, little flea, and then I'll put that flea in a box, and then I'll put that box inside of another box, and then I'll mail that box to myself, and when it arrives... [laughs] ...I'll smash it with a hammer! It's brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, I tell you! Genius, I say! [knocks over bottle of poison on flower, which shrivels up and dies] Or, to save on postage, I'll just poison him with this.
Daveigh Chase (Lilo & Stitch)
Best Line Reading: Ah, how shall I do it? Oh, I know. I'll turn him into a flea, a harmless, little flea, and then I'll put that flea in a box, and then I'll put that box inside of another box, and then I'll mail that box to myself, and when it arrives... [laughs] ...I'll smash it with a hammer! It's brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, I tell you! Genius, I say! [knocks over bottle of poison on flower, which shrivels up and dies] Or, to save on postage, I'll just poison him with this.
Daveigh Chase (Lilo & Stitch)
Before she hit it big with Big Love, Ms Chase gave her voice to the spunky and warm-hearted Hawaiian girl in Chris /Carter\ Sander's Lilo & Stitch. She was sweet, she was lonely but could also yell and bite her way out of anything that Lilo.
Best Line Reading: [explaining the death of her parents to Stitch] It was raining, and they went for a drive. What happened to yours? I hear you cry at night. Do you dream about them? I know that's why you wreck things, and push me.
Helena Bonham Carter (Corpse Bride)
Best Line Reading: [explaining the death of her parents to Stitch] It was raining, and they went for a drive. What happened to yours? I hear you cry at night. Do you dream about them? I know that's why you wreck things, and push me.
Helena Bonham Carter (Corpse Bride)
Trust Mr Burton to cast Mrs Burton in this animated wonder. Good thing Ms Bonham-Carter has the lonely, kinda creepy undead dead and lonely girl tone down.
Best Line Reading: Isn't the view beautiful? It takes my breath away. Well, it would if I had any.
I'm sure I left some wonderful performances out (Yeardley Smith as Lisa Simpson off the top of my head), so tell me who else has done good voice work over the past decade? [I'm especially intrigued about foreign language films (think Persepolis and Miyazaki's oeuvre - which I can't judge in terms of vocal performances)]
Best Line Reading: Isn't the view beautiful? It takes my breath away. Well, it would if I had any.
I'm sure I left some wonderful performances out (Yeardley Smith as Lisa Simpson off the top of my head), so tell me who else has done good voice work over the past decade? [I'm especially intrigued about foreign language films (think Persepolis and Miyazaki's oeuvre - which I can't judge in terms of vocal performances)]
