jon-370
Joined Jun 2003
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Essentially I would recommend this movie. However I wish I'd looked here on IMDb for the credits before I'd gone. I would have known not to expect the trademark subtlety or charm associated either to Aardman or Pixar films.
This movie basically comes across as a 2nd-rate script which has had some kind of cosmetic overhaul at the hands of Aardman and Pixar.
It works as something designed for a younger set that the average Pixar or Aardman film - both of which generally succeed at pleasing a wide range of tastes and ages.
Both Aardman and Pixar pacing has always been quick - but not too quick. The characters from both of these pedigrees have been vividly drawn and very individual.
The pacing here is breakneck, and all characters (central and peripheral) are drawn incredibly broadly in a way which truly mars the audience's emotional involvement. The film is a series of rapid-fire sight-gags. Everything happens very improbably conveniently.
One character given a guitar happens to play well. Other characters which happen to be around pick up the harmonies of his improvised song. The logic of the world being painted is like that in a TV variety skit show such as Sonny & Cher. If these surreal moments are sprinkled judiciously (think the musical number around the campfire in "Three Amigos"), they can be funny and endearing. A full two hours of this leaves you a bit numb, however. When every character is a bullet-proof Bugs Bunny, there isn't even the low level of suspense required for this kind of film. When every character happens to arrive where the dizzying plot flow requires him to be for a cheap gag to unfold, there isn't even the light platform of fictional reality to focus on.
This movie basically comes across as a 2nd-rate script which has had some kind of cosmetic overhaul at the hands of Aardman and Pixar.
It works as something designed for a younger set that the average Pixar or Aardman film - both of which generally succeed at pleasing a wide range of tastes and ages.
Both Aardman and Pixar pacing has always been quick - but not too quick. The characters from both of these pedigrees have been vividly drawn and very individual.
The pacing here is breakneck, and all characters (central and peripheral) are drawn incredibly broadly in a way which truly mars the audience's emotional involvement. The film is a series of rapid-fire sight-gags. Everything happens very improbably conveniently.
One character given a guitar happens to play well. Other characters which happen to be around pick up the harmonies of his improvised song. The logic of the world being painted is like that in a TV variety skit show such as Sonny & Cher. If these surreal moments are sprinkled judiciously (think the musical number around the campfire in "Three Amigos"), they can be funny and endearing. A full two hours of this leaves you a bit numb, however. When every character is a bullet-proof Bugs Bunny, there isn't even the low level of suspense required for this kind of film. When every character happens to arrive where the dizzying plot flow requires him to be for a cheap gag to unfold, there isn't even the light platform of fictional reality to focus on.
