What Do You Think About The Fantastic Mr. Fox Trailer?
Oh, Wes Anderson! It looked as though you squandered your immense talent with a spate of insufferably quirky, predictable, awkward young man flicks. Could a stop-motion kids’ film bring you out of your self-parodying slump?
Anderson recruited George Clooney, Meryl Streep, and Bill Murray to voice the characters from Roald Dahl’s cherished kids’ story. Though it looks a little jerky, there are some lush visuals. Take a look!
Ok, time for some real talk! With Aquatic Life and Darjeeling Anderson’s once precious characters became irritating because they lost their spontaneity — whimsy is not a substitute for insight, you guys. But maybe Fantastic Mr. Fox will force Anderson away from the smug hipster trope and we’ll be able to fall in love with him again. Unless of course, there is a romantic subplot involving a pan-ethnic possum who shows Mr. Fox the true beauty in an mundane life. Booo!
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finally wes anderson takes on a story suited to his arrested emotional maturity
clandestino
@skt.smth: I didn't get a lot of "Rocky and Bullwinkle" when I was little, but I still loved it.
Its refreshing to see stop-motion that's not done by Tim Burton (or weird experimental soviet films.) Wes Anderson has taken his style and incorporated it nicely in to this medium. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll go back to reading cartoonbrew and writing my doctoral thesis on Gertie the Dinosaur.
bens09
I just watched this trailer and really liked it (enjoyed irony-free pleasure for 10 seconds.)
I then slowly scrolled down to the comments to be told how to truly feel about it.
Thanks.
MollyBloomberg
Ugh, Mr. Fox reminds me of the fox that sang an ode to sodomy in Peter Jackson's "Meet the Feebles."
Cam/ron
@RaptorAvatar:
Oh Sam! You're such a sap for meaningful-core!
@Motoko Kusanagi: I liked Darjeeling Limited a lot. Not a masterpiece but more like a familiar bed time story.
Agree with the Life Aquatic statement. Former flatmates watched it constantly and it got better each time around.
@skahammer: Thirded, Zissou is massively over-hated. I get tingly during the Jaguar shark bit. Plus, there's a lot more A-game Baumbach going down in that movie than anyone knew to look for. The same way Rushmore doesn't work until you get over the fact that Max is a little bit of a creep and an asshole, Zissou doesn't really work until you accept that everyone is 11 inside.
@skahammer: Agreed. I still get sad thinking of the dog running along the shore. I'm a sucker for Anderson's poignant moment. The little boy's death in Darjeeling was kind of lovely in a way, too.
@skahammer: Yeah, Zissou FTW!
I love that it says "BASED ON THE BOOK BY THE AUTHOR of CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY," but doesn't name the author. As Pavement put it, "You've been chosen as an extra in the movie adaptation of the sequel to your life," Mr. Dahl.
@skahammer: Agreed.
Zissou improves immeasurably on subsequent viewings.
The jokes are just so unexpected and deadpan the first time around, I missed about half of them.
You broke my heart, Anderson.
disinterested 3rd party
@Cecil's Wielder: Or a David Bowie fan.
It's like Ken Burns directed a cartoon.
From the looks of it, by any other standard, this would be a student animation thesis at best. God, why does everyone think they are so goddamned multi-talented?!
taco-flavored-kisses
adorably lo-tech. I like it.
For me, Bottle Rocket still covers the wrongs that followed.
He's out... And you're out, too. And I dont think I'm in, either. No gang!
-Dignan
SwatLax
@Natasha VC:
heh!
J. Frank Parnell
tim burton and spike jonze know that yiffy is the way to get out of the rut and back into the groove.
shostakobitch
Need to be a father or a son to appreciate Life Aquatic.
Cecil's Wielder
slightly underwhelming
Sloth
Little kids aren't going to get like 95% of the humor in the dialogue, if that trailer is any indication.
@J. Frank Parnell:
Did you catch the The Third Wilson brother throwback in the gym suit?
Phew!
-Luke Wilson
J. Frank Parnell