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UnknownSubject
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Australia
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 Posted - 09/27/2005 : 12:43:53 AM
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Saw this on the weekend. Although some bits are solidly aimed at children and the jokes can be dumb / seen coming, overall it is quite entertaining. It has a lot of the visual cues of a horror feature - a genre it gently mocks. Also, it is very British, which could be both a plus and a minus, depending on your taste.
The rabbits are well done, Wallace's inventions are joyously insane as always ("Just a bit of harmless brain alteration..." is a great scene) and (like in "The Wrong Trousers" and "A Close Shave") there is another great chase sequence.
Go see it for some light entertainment. (There is also a thing at the very end of the credits which is kinda funny, but maybe not worth the wait.)
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Bobby-G
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 09/27/2005 : 02:07:11 AM
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I'm a big fan of WALLACE & GROMMIT, so I'm looking forward to seeing this (liked the commercial I saw).
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KurtVon
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 09/27/2005 : 10:35:34 AM
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Just a quick Q.
My daughter loved The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave and we'd like to take her to this. Is there anything that might be upsetting to a 5-year old?
If you're not sure we can go with our original plan of scouting it out alone first, but you could be saving us a bit of trouble if you know.
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Flangepart
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 09/27/2005 : 10:43:29 AM
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Nick Park is a genius....nuff said.
"Reality is arguable...lunch time is not." H. Flangepart.
"One Weekend a month my ass!" Crow- The Beginning of the End.
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UnknownSubject
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Australia
212 Posts |
Posted - 09/27/2005 : 11:54:08 PM
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On the taking of children... to the latest "Wallace and Gromit":
I can't say 100% what your child is like (ie easily scared or as tough as nails) but feel it's pretty safe to take along a young child to this movie. There are only one or two scenes of tension and a little bit of character nastiness, but I think it shouldn't get them too riled up.
***SPOILER - HIGHLIGHT TO SEE***
There is a fake death involving Wallace though, which may lead to some teary eyes. Not that I cried. ... I didn't ...
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Prankster
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Canada
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Posted - 09/28/2005 : 12:38:26 AM
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I think you sell this movie short. I found it to be every bit as wonderful as you'd expect a full-length W&G movie to be. And of course there are dumb puns. It is Wallace & Gromit, after all.
Britishness = good. Very good, when stacked against the relentless formulaicness of most American animation.
And yes, your 5 year old will love it, unless she's easily frightened by giant offscreen rabbits.
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UnknownSubject
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Australia
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Posted - 09/28/2005 : 8:05:36 PM
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I admit, I've been a bit meh about all films I've seen on the big screen this year. Don't know why, I just have.
My wife absolutely loved this movie. I was sure she was going to wet herself when the coin purse appeared. (You'll understand it when you see it!)
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