“You must watch Fantastic Mr. Fox, you’ll LOVE it”
This is the line I heard from many people and for some stupid reasons, it took me a long time to actually go check see the movie.
Well, I finally did last weekend and I LOVE IT!
My friends were right! It is the best film in the past 10 years for sure!
I can’t stop thinking about how fun and inspiring that film is.
The pan of Mr. & Mrs. Fox taking a short cut blew my mind. What a blend of dialogue, music, action and fun. My favorite is Kyle the Possum and how charming he is. (How can you not love him?)
I love how his eyes swirl but he will still give a sign to Mr. Fox.
My favorite moment was at the very end, when the gang is dancing in the super market, Kyle is just sliding left to right. You can only do this in stop motion, if this was done in CG, the audience will take it as a mistake.
I had not seen any animated film that really took advantage of animation so much.
It cheated a lot by not showing their feet in walk cycles! I had not seen that in feature films for so long that it was almost refreshing. The techique was so retro that everything seemed unique and different.
What a genius film…..the writing was extremely funny, animation was beautiful and the sets are AMAZING! Amount of details that went into those sets is hard to imagine but every little effort was worth it.
tell your friends!
1:14 pm on January 12th, 2010
Agreed! What a wonderful film. Also interesting to get an animator’s take on it. There were some really nice Wes Anderson style moments too, like the the profile shot of the two kids, the bunk beds, and the weeping kristofferson.
What do you think would have been the most challenging shot/scene to produce?
3:23 pm on January 12th, 2010
There were so many long wide shot pans. Like I mentioned above, the short cut scene, the feast scene, the town catching the fire with tons of fire fighters scene, Ash running across to unlock the gate to release the mad dog, etc etc.
So much movement, so many characters, so many details and too exciting!
I don’t know if they were the most challenging but if I were animating those scenes, I’d have to meditate for awhile before diving into them! But imagine the satisfaction when you see that on the big screen? Pure joy, isn’t it.
7:02 pm on January 18th, 2010
Yeah! Pretty wicked stuff
Without any classical animation training I just thought furry characters in general would be a major challenge. As is water and other non-static kinda stuff.
We should watch it again to see all the details. One of the best of the year for sure!
11:53 pm on January 18th, 2010
I agree Ru- what a great time I had watching the film. happy new year to you both
12:29 pm on January 23rd, 2010
>Jason,
I agree! Second time will be as pleasant as the first time. We must purchase the DVD when it comes out.
>Phil,
Happy New Year!
Every time I think of the film, it brings a huge smile on my face. Hopefully we can make something really fun one day together.