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Saturday, April 3, 2010

Fantastic Mr. Fox * * * / (3 and a half)


Boggis and Bunce and Bean
One fat, one short, one lean
These horrible crooks
So different in looks
Were nonetheless equally mean.

It's interesting to see what filmmakers do to books, especially a children s book, yet nonetheless, one tries it's best to succeed in the same magic that the book might have, but very rarely few movies add more beauty and magic to the story. Which is why Fantastic Mr. Fox works so beautifully well and stands above the average animated film. One thing i can say is that this movie is not for young kids; it's very smart and has a well written script that some animators at Dreamworks could only dream of. It's also very adult, dealing with situations that kids wont understand.

The use of animation is among the best i have ever seen in a movie, beautifully hand made, the stop motion animated scenes work so perfectly for the characters and the actors themselves, that it seems that Rohld Daul wrote it in order for it to be presented that way. The voice acting led by the direction of Wes Anderson, is so convincing and well done by some of the greats like George Clooney and Meryl Streep. There is also a touch of maturity in the voice acting that gives some of the plot more depth.

I was a bit unimpressed by the ending, not exactly what happened, but of a very small flaw in the script that made me somewhat confused. Overrall, this is a film to see with anyone who wants to see a new approach of animated kids movies. It is not for all kids, but a bunch of little foxes might not stop them.

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