How do you feel about the voices?
 

Mostly, how does everyone feel about Knoxville as Leo? I'm sure you've heard me talk about how much I don't think his voice matches the character, but I want to see what the general consensus is so I made a poll.

Also, feel free to share what you think about the other turtle voices, too. I think the rest of them are pitch perfect or at least not bad enough to contradict the character.

I think Knoxville is fine for Leo. heck we had Jason Biggs and now Seth Green voicing Leo on the cartoon and they are mostly comedy actors.

They needed another big name to market the film with since the other turtles are voiced by Unknown guys.

Well, I'm hoping this thread can persuade my opinion. He's definitely not "classic" Leo or how I would imagine Leo to sound. The other turtles all sound pretty much how I'd imagine. So it's going to take a lot of getting used to, but also it's kind of jarring since they modeled Leo based on Pete's face.

I love it.

Fine enough with it. Not a Jackass fan, nor of that guy (which does make me feel it's a strange choice), so not too hard for me to separate it and just here it as Leo. I don't really know the other guy enough to have know if he'd have done better either.


Between this and the series, Leo must be a hard one to cast or something... I mean, Mikey of course seems to be cast with people who are rather Mikey-like anyhow. Leo must be a bit of an enigma in terms of what sounds right.

In his interviews, Knoxville normally sounds all raspy like he has throat cancer or something. I think he sounds surprisingly good as Leo, though. It's still kind of weird that when I hear leo talking, I think of Jackass a little bit...but whatever.

I will say that when he says, "We will find you," it sounds like perfect Leo.

Not a fan of Knoxville, and I don't like Alan's growling, but when he talks normally it's fine.

So far Knoxville has sounded good. We'll see once the movie hits.

May change my mind when I see the film, but I voted good as I've really liked most of what I've heard so far. I'm so intrigued to hear what the other guy sounded like though.

Everyone great except Knoxville, who i'm not quite sure about.

The only one that sounds weird to me is Raph's. "He's doing his batman voice..."

isn't that Mikey talking about Raph?

perfect. i'm surprised at how well it sounded. seems perfect for me.

Pete Ploszek seemed much much better just as himself. In fact, just from his small interviews he seemed like he could have been the perfect Leonardo. The guy was a good enough actor to win the role. So I doubt it's his acting.

After all, it's his face, movements and emotions that we're seeing just not with his voice...apparently... So his replacement seems to be a pure star power thing.

What's really strange is how he doesn't seem to be fighting it like Woodburn. Maybe he's trying not to 'rock the boat' being an unknown in Hollywood but it's still weird nonetheless.

Not a huge fan of Knoxville as Leo... But I'll survive, he's not absolutely terrible, just... not great.

Pretty good, I'm honestly okay with Knoxville's Leo. Noel Fisher is great.

I really wonder what Pete Plosek's sounded like since they recast it.

From what I've heard I like it. The only voice I'm not fond of is Raph's voice.

I guess I need to actually watch all these trailers and tv spots and stuff. I'm on here more at work than I am at home, so I don't see half this stuff. I only know what Mikey sounds like. I've heard Leo and Raph, but not to a point where I can make a judgement.

I'm wondering though. In the first 1990 movie, the actors in the suits had cameos in the movie, so perhaps we're going to be getting the same thing in this? And maybe he was given an ultimatum, that if the movie does well, he will definitely be signed on for the sequel (which in the Ninja Turtle world, different voice actors for the same Turtle is quite common. Hell, even April was changed from the first movie)

If the movie does well, I think that they'll want to keep the voices all the same.

I like Knoxville as Leo but there is a part of me that feels bad for Pete and I keep wondering if it is ever awkward for him around the other turtle guys and Knoxville

Sounds fine to me! I'm much more worried about their dialogue and not their voices! I'm worried Mikey is going to be given the same treatment that Jazz got in the first Transformers movie.

They're all amazingly good. :tcool:

I went with okay/not sure on Knoxville - ive been very vocal on other threads about how uneven his performance seems, and how certain lines seem strong and authoritative, and others, high pitched, and ridiculous.

but then again Leo is a teen, and he may be going through 'that time'. :lol:

Honestly out of the 4 voices Raph and Mikey bug me the most

they just sound like the are trying to hard and come off forced


noel is making himself be a surfer instead of just making Mike fun loving natural goof...and Raph is Batman now

then again part of it could be the dialog written


Leo and Donnie sound perfect to me

That's the thing, Knoxville's voice sounds like a 50 year old who smokes two packs a day. He has the least teenager voice out of all of them. I'm hoping they're still cleaning up his vocals or something because like you said it's very uneven.

Am I the only one who wants to hear Pete do Leo? I mean Knoxville is just not who I would of picked for it. But it might work I'm sure but the end of the movie I'll be fine with it. I just don't know how like a press photo shoot would go would you use the 4 that voiced them or the 4 that played them? Or all 5. I guess we'll find out at the movie premier

And to be clear I just want to hear Pete do leap just for my sheer judgement. Thani can me oh yeah they made the right call

Mikey's voice really sounds forced to me. I'm still on the fence about Leo. Same goes for Donnie. Raph's voice is laying on the "tough guy" a bit too thick. I'm okay with him sounding like that when they're in battle and facing threats, but it seems like every single line is going to be whispers and gravel.

Honestly, out of all of them, Leo's voice is the one I like best, which is not something I expected to be saying.

While I would've preferred Pete for Leonardo, although Knoxville is serviceable. The voices are actually the best part of the movie.

You are not the only one. I'm pretty outraged about it. The guy gave what looks like a perfect visual performance so I'm sure his vocals were spot on.

I really can't decide yet from what I seen and heard it's not lengthy enough to determine if its good or not, unless some one can point me in the right direction with some good footage to listen to.

Im starting to warm up to Raph's voice because we are hearing actual dialogue; I wasnt sure at first because all we heard grunts, and yells, and I thought to myself, I hope they dont go down this weird caveman path with him just to prove his tough.

Honestly I liked it better when all we'd heard was grunts and growls, because I didn't realize that was how he was going to sound all the time. The more I hear him speak, the more I realize he's going to sound constipated for the entire movie.

You're not alone...

When he says, "They're taking hostages" in trailer 2 or 3 he sounds the most normal. I think we're mostly hearing him talk when he's really angry or trying to be intimidating. But he kinda sounds like Bruce Willis when he says that line.

The reason i don't like Knoxville's voice is because he sounds like a 40 year old as opposed to all the other Turtles, he doesn't sound like a Teenager like Raph Mikey and Don, he sounds too old, that's why his voice doesn't fit with Raph, Mikey or Don

Yea, it's way too gruff. Also makes Leo come off as "trying to be tough" instead of a natural leader. Knoxville would've been more suited for Raph. I don't get it. They got the rest of the turtle personalities down to the point where you could only hear their voice and know who it is... Except Leo. He's the odd man out and it sucks.

Exactly Leo being my favorite Turtle it sucks extra for me, Pete's voice would have fitted way better! it would have been a lot more natural, like i said Knoxville's voice doesn't fit with the other Turtles.