Comments on: Fantastic Mr. Fox Trailer: Wes Anderson Is Quirky in Stop-Motion, Too

By: kagi

kagi — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:49:01 +0000

Just going out on a limb here, but I think the animation style is probably intentional: it totally fits with Anderson's ongoing obsession with his 1970s childhood. If you grew up in that era, you saw tons of cheap children's TV that looked just like this (well, not yellow-orange, and not ironic, but you know what I mean). Some of it was even cheaper and jumpier — for some reason, “Supercar” comes to mind. A lot of that stuff got shown on Nickelodeon's “Pinwheel” in the '80s, too. Wes is all about the “obsolete vernacular,” y'know? I'm close to Wes's age, so I totally dig; if you're much younger or much older, though, it might not work for you.

By: kagi

kagi — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:49:01 +0000

By: justadude

justadude — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:42:47 +0000

Sorry to be a jerk (as I have hated on this movie before), but now that I have actually seen the trailer, this movie is officially on my 'to rent' list; and that's only if I have a sufficient number of kids to watch it with me and bring out the enjoyment of the lame humor.

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free online adventure games — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:00:09 +0000

Not just Coraline, comparing it to Wallace & Gromit, the animation just isn't great. It not just the jumpiness but they all look pretty stiff.

By: zerosum0101

zerosum0101 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:59:15 +0000

I can not get past the choppiness of the animation. It seems like it would be a very enjoyable, but if the whole movie is jumpy like this I don't think I could stand more than a couple of minutes. I love Wes Anderson but I have no idea why anyone would let him make a stop-motion movie where its so choppy. I'm just blown away that no one stepped in and said something. From what I've seen from other comments and my own feelings as well, this movie could be horrible just because of some poor artistic choice made by Anderson.

By: Cole_Abaius

Cole_Abaius — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:18:17 +0000

Couldn't agree more. The animation is really jumpy. Not just after seeing Coraline either.

Although I do wonder if that has to do with the color. With Selick's stuff there are a lot of slick surfaces and black and white, but here it's full color with fur - tricky stuff to deal with.

It does look pretty funny though. Not sure how Schwartzman is able to steal every scene.

By: Smithie

Smithie — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:33:38 +0000

Visually, it looks, well… fantastic, but the movie star voices effing ruin it. Absolutely wrong. As for the expanded storyline, I guess a trailer isn't the best way to judge, but it feels wrong as well.

Anticipation sufficiently dampened.

By: Bezzy

Bezzy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:47:36 +0000

Yeah, but in england, all the animals speak in american accents. Actually pretty accurate.

By: chille

chille — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:06:25 +0000

Correct me if I'm wrong but shouldn't they be British? It is a Roald Dahl adaptation.

By: Peter Donohue

Peter Donohue — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:53:29 +0000

After watching Coraline, the animation looks very jumpy. But it also looks hysterical. Jason Schwartzman is just…fantastic.