#like it was a good and likeable performance but it didn't have any particular flair

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I do admire Antonio Banderas' ability to say a line like "Adiós, Humpty Dumpty" with smouldering intensity.

#rewatching Puss in Boots #say what you will about screen actors being cast in voice roles for animation #some of them can pull it off #I mean I don't think anyone's really complaining about the cases where they DO pull it off #but about the ones where casting this person really adds nothing but their name #they don't do anything really distinctive with the performance #like Strange World? the character Searcher is voiced by Jake Gyllenhaal #I have nothing against Jake Gyllenhaal and particularly enjoyed his performance in Zodiac #but Searcher being Jake Gyllenhaal wasn't anything special #like it was a good and likeable performance but it didn't have any particular flair #nothing to make you say 'ah I see why they picked Gyllenhaal!' #ditto the brothers in Onward #perfectly all right but it felt like some kind of studio system deal to have two actors then prominent in the MCU do Disney voices #that and BARLEY IS A JACK BLACK CHARACTER WHO JUST FOR SOME WEIRD REASON ISN'T PLAYED BY JACK BLACK #speaking of Jack Black: good voice actor #enjoyed him very much in Kung Fu Panda