'Fantastic Mr. Fox' Trailer Looks Pretty Good At The Very Least
Filed under: Animation, Comedy, Family Films, George Clooney, Trailers and Clips
A few months ago, a good friend of mine saw a test screening of Fantastic Mr. Fox (no 'The') and described it as very much the union between Roald Dahl's story and Wes Anderson's style. Now, it looks like the trailer up on Yahoo! and after our jump confirms as much, and I actually find myself genuinely charmed by it -- like, 'now on my radar' charmed.This tale of a sly fox (voiced by George Clooney, natch) taking on some grumpy farmers reminded me a great deal of Chicken Run, if it were inspired less by The Great Escape and more by Ocean's Eleven, and while it does look perfectly family-friendly, it really does seem to be a Wes Anderson film through and through -- only Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and Jason Schwartzman are all talking animals in stop-motion. (Hell, it's probably the most animated Murray's been in years!)
(Pun half-intended.)
Also starring Meryl Streep and apparently released by Fox proper (as opposed to Fox Searchlight), Fantastic Mr. Fox is due to open on November 13th.
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7-30-2009 @ 4:02PM
Tom said...
To save everyone my gushing, I'll sum up by saying that that looks frelling incredible.
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7-30-2009 @ 4:09PM
Eric said...
Looks great, I love the animation style and visual direction they've taken, feels very homemade/spontaneous - compared the the grand sweeping camera moves that the majority of animated films take... this seems to be relishing in the very medium and physicality of the 3-dimensional set-pieces and all the fun that animating can be... very promising.
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7-30-2009 @ 5:59PM
eric said...
Very cool, but the dialogue delivery and visual style seems too deadpan Wes Anderson-y for kids.
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7-31-2009 @ 2:14AM
Tom said...
Screw the kids!
In seriousness, though, I've got a little one on the way and I'd love for her to be in to stuff like this as opposed to schlock like G-Force.
7-31-2009 @ 2:14AM
Ryan said...
That trailer was Fantastic!!
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7-31-2009 @ 2:46AM
rp said...
This is some of the worst stop-mo I have seen in a while. Horrible character design and the characters are less emotive than the waiters from polar express.
They probably should have used the computer at least for the smoke effects, Yikes!
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7-31-2009 @ 2:56AM
fp said...
Not sure why people are enjoying this, maybe some of the comments are from people who've worked on the film ;).
The character designs are not in the least bit interesting. The expressions are so limited on these characters that the waiters from the polar express hot chocolate scene seem to be more alive.
The fx animation looks pretty bad, especially the cotton smoke. George Pal's work surpasses this stuff by far.
Oh, maybe all the famous voice talent will make this film money! Yuck.
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7-31-2009 @ 2:58AM
William Goss said...
Two comments in a row from the same I.P.? Now who's enjoying this too much?
7-31-2009 @ 12:49PM
Patrick R said...
Whoa. Looks really great! I'm very glad they went with a more practical approach rather than CG. The look is really charming.
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7-31-2009 @ 7:06PM
Stan Winsome said...
Meh it looks like cheap European stop-motion from the '60s. Was that the idea? Then why put in a super recognizable action hero George Clooney voice and draw unflattering comparisons to far better looking animated films like Chicken Run?
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