THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX trailer
July 30th, 2009 at 02:56pm Will Pfeifer
Today must be the day for eagerly anticipated trailers of movies by my favorite directors. Earlier, I posted the preview of the Coen Brothers’ A SERIOUS MAN, and now here’s the preview for Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated epic, THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX…
I really like the low-tech, storybook feel of the thing. It’s a refreshing change from all the slicker-than-slick computer animated films out there. (In a few scenes, I think I can detect the fur moving from the animators touching it, ala the original KING KONG.) And George Clooney seems to have a voice made for animation — it has just the right bigger-than-life feeling.
What do you think?
2 Comments Add your own
1. Sparkie | July 31st, 2009 at 8:00 am
As a big fan of Roald Dahl’s books (Fantastic Mr. Fox in particular), I can’t help but feel a little torn after watching this. While the animation does indeed look impressively refreshing, it’s already obvious to me that liberties are being taken with the story I read and re-read and cherished as a child. Now please DON’T GET ME WRONG. I think the film will be good and definitely worth the prrice of a movie ticket. I’m just a little aprehensive because the story I remember so fondly may be drastically differernt from what is presented on the big screen.
2. Will Pfeifer | July 31st, 2009 at 3:59 pm
No, that’s a valid concern. Just about the only thing you can do is try to separate the movie experience from the book experience — which I realize is not always an easy thing to do.
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