Can't we blame them on the French?
From France? You have my blessing. Here (Qc) we consider French accent like a parent trying to sound cool but totally ruins it for everyone.
Voice can be all that, that's why I watch movies with the original soundtrack when I can, and with subtitles for langages I don't know. Those voice-over translations kill more movies than anyone suspect.
When I was single, I used to listen to a lot of the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVdVTVR-j0Q.. all those men voices gave me my M(ale) vitamins that I lacked so much.