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Fantastic Mr. Fox

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Never heard of this movie till now, but it's a stop-motion animated film that's directed by Wes Anderson and based on a book by the same author of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory":
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810028004/trailer

Animation seems a little "rougher" when compared to the recent Coraline (which was sheer excellence, in my opinion), but the premise and characters are certainly interesting enough, so maybe I'll check it out when it's released in November.
 

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you mean Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox is a great childrens book (quite similar to some Dick King Smith stories in fact) and im totally happy that they are going to make a movie of it. 8)
 

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It does look interesting, but the stop motion seems very rough, and not in a cute way.
 

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About bloody time there was a film version. I've been wanting one since I was 3. :)

Edit: I saw this (and it was cited) on Wikipedia
Anderson added new scenes to serve for the film's beginning and end.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
 

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Wow, visually speaking this is pretty desturbing. It just makes me think of taxidermy and furries and those two REALLY creep me out.
 

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I love the rougher look of it. Old school animation just seems to fit Anderson's style.

And I'm not worried about new scenes. The "book" is only 30 or so pages long, so naturally there will be added material. Just like with Where the Wild Things Are.
 

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Rough I don't mind. Lazy, on the other hand. This looks more like the latter.
Then again, lazy is a pretty accurate description of Wes Anderson's directorial style anyway. (Let the flaming commence.)
 

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Uncanny Antman said:
The "book" is only 30 or so pages long, so naturally there will be added material.

more like 76 i think you'll find :p
 

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I couldn't bring myself to like it. It has such little respect for the source material, that by the end it ultimately left me cold. I hated the additional characters, and it felt like the plot of the book was just hurried through and pushed out of the way so Anderson could tack on his story instead. Don't bother with this.
 

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ahh well, yet another Dahl book gets a less than worthy movie treatment such a shame :( :( :(

i think my favourite has to be the TV adaptation of Danny the Champion of the World, they still mess about with the story too much but at least they totally nailed the feel of the movie and Jeremy Irons was brilliant as Dannys Dad.
 

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Ghostcut said:
It has such little respect for the source material, that by the end it ultimately left me cold. I hated the additional characters, and it felt like the plot of the book was just hurried through and pushed out of the way so Anderson could tack on his story instead. Don't bother with this.
Why am I not suprised? :roll:
 

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nOmArch said:
you mean Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox is a great childrens book (quite similar to some Dick King Smith stories in fact) and im totally happy that they are going to make a movie of it. 8)

Which Dick King Smith stories have you been reading? :-? They're chalk and cheese, man!
 

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That said, I liked the animation style, and the post-prologue opening scenes, Badger as a lawyer actually worked really well and it was a particularly funny scene which provided a good setup.

Except the fact is that the book means a lot to me, and to see it be treated like this is a real kick in the guts.
 

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Captain Khajiit said:
Which Dick King Smith stories have you been reading? :-? They're chalk and cheese, man!

Foxbusters, Mouse Butcher, The Sheep Pig aka Babe, Magnus Powermouse to name a few.

EDIT: I stopped reading his stuff in the early 90's and i just assumed he must of died or something, ive just looked him up on wiki and hes still going strong with, i dunno, 40 odd new books; most of which dont seem to be about animals :eek: so i think i'd better ammend my original statement to 'early Dick King-Smith novels :oops: :D
 

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nOmArch said:
Captain Khajiit said:
Which Dick King Smith stories have you been reading? :-? They're chalk and cheese, man!

Foxbusters, Mouse Butcher, The Sheep Pig aka Babe, Magnus Powermouse to name a few.

EDIT: I stopped reading his stuff in the early 90's and i just assumed he must of died or something, ive just looked him up on wiki and hes still going strong with, i dunno, 40 odd new books; most of which dont seem to be about animals :eek: so i think i'd better ammend my original statement to 'early Dick King-Smith novels :oops: :D

I see what you mean if you were referring to a focus on animals - and I know it's all subjective - but as far as writing style goes, they're on opposite ends of the spectrum, as far as I'm concerned.
 

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yes im with you on the writing style RD is a lot darker than DKS, if you've read any of his adult literature i'd tentatively toss 'sick' in there as well.
 

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Yes - disturbed. Sorry, it's just the way my mind works: when people compare things I automatically think style rather than plot or anything else - my fault.

DKS writes good stories, but he introduces too much advanced vocabulary in many passages. While it's true that children need to have their vocabulary stretched, too much new vocabulary at once interrupts the flow of reading and makes them lose confidence, in my experience. I tend to group read DKS books with Year 2. Any older and it's the usual problem of - yes they understand the vocab better - but they are no longer interested in the story.

Fantastic Mister Fox is always a hit with Year 3. It's a shame that the film isn't better than it sounds from people's comments. Sorry for my digression...
 

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Most of the DKS stuff we read contains some quite hard phrases and vocab for 6 yr olds. I'm thinking of books like Mr. Ape. Children's reading level isn't what it used to be, but you were pretty advanced to be reading LOTR at 9. Some of ours could, but not many.

EDIT: Hey, where'd the other post go? :smile:
 

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i take everything back, i finally got through all of the movie on the third try and i thoroughly loved it, ok the animation is totally creepy but the dialogue is completely brilliant, very smart and sassy almost like some of the best bits of the Oceans series.

i didnt mind the plot extensions as its been probably a good fifteen years since i read the story so i dont remember it that well at all but i ended up really liking kristofferson in the end.
 
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