Just Watched: The Fantastic Mr. Fox
This movie surprised me. I had heard it was good but that's faint praise. This movie was awesome. It's funny, beautiful and unlike any other stop motion film I've seen.
I like animated films and they've certainly been enjoying a Renaissance lately, but I don't get as excited about them as a lot of my film buff friends. I think Pixar does a nice job but I never like their films nearly as much as they do. The one exception being Toy Story 3 which I loved (I've not seen Up yet but I have hopes for that too).
The films of Hatao Miyazaki are also quite popular but I've seen so many and they all kind of mush together in my head. Recently I tried to watch Ponyo and though the animation is stunning I found it rather boring and didn't finish watching it.
So it was with this background that I sat down to watch Fantastic Mr. Fox. I'm sure at some point previously I had heard it was directed by Wes Anderson but I didn't pick it up while watching it till the end credits. In retrospect his fingerprints are all over this movie.
Clooney does a great job bringing Mr Fox to life. His voice is so recognizable It's a little weird at first but his cool Ocean's 1N style fits the character perfectly. Much to my shame I never pegged the voices of Meryl Streep, Bill Murray or Willem Dafoe to their animated counterparts. I didn't know they were in the cast but I still think I should have been able to pick them out. I can claim Owen Wilson but that's an easy one.
So if you get a chance. Check this film out. It's great,
I like animated films and they've certainly been enjoying a Renaissance lately, but I don't get as excited about them as a lot of my film buff friends. I think Pixar does a nice job but I never like their films nearly as much as they do. The one exception being Toy Story 3 which I loved (I've not seen Up yet but I have hopes for that too).
The films of Hatao Miyazaki are also quite popular but I've seen so many and they all kind of mush together in my head. Recently I tried to watch Ponyo and though the animation is stunning I found it rather boring and didn't finish watching it.
So it was with this background that I sat down to watch Fantastic Mr. Fox. I'm sure at some point previously I had heard it was directed by Wes Anderson but I didn't pick it up while watching it till the end credits. In retrospect his fingerprints are all over this movie.
Clooney does a great job bringing Mr Fox to life. His voice is so recognizable It's a little weird at first but his cool Ocean's 1N style fits the character perfectly. Much to my shame I never pegged the voices of Meryl Streep, Bill Murray or Willem Dafoe to their animated counterparts. I didn't know they were in the cast but I still think I should have been able to pick them out. I can claim Owen Wilson but that's an easy one.
So if you get a chance. Check this film out. It's great,
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