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A really Grand Day Out – and A Close Ten!, 10 September 2005
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Mollari from Germany
I saw it at a German press screening. Without giving too much away:
Most critics really seemed to like it very much. There was even
applause afterwards, which is quite unusual for that species. From my
point of view and until now, it was the funniest movie of the year. It
keeps the charm and wit of the three W+G shorts and it is enlarged with
many references to these and other movies. Of course, there are obvious
allusions to monster- and werewolf-movies, especially to "An American
Werewolf in London", "Jaws", "King Kong" and even to Peter Jackson's
"Braindead"/"Dead Alive", but also to other genres.
Characterization was better done in "Chicken Run", but that movie had a
complete new "cast" where introduction was necessary. Here, you are
already able to know the two main characters. So, the new "Wallace and
Gromit"-movie is enjoyed best if you watched (and liked) the shorts
already, yet it also works on its own. "Chicken Run" had the more
convenient, but also more "storytelling" plot. Instead, this new
Aardman masterpiece keeps that crazier and somehow more "isolated"
feeling of the W+G shorts. Children should also enjoy it very much,
especially because of the sweet rabbits (if you love cute bunnies, this
is a must-see for you!!!) and because Gromit has a lot do to and really
steals the show (children also love dogs... :-) ). But many jokes are
thought for a more adult audience (there are even soft sexual allusions
in it). The movie manages, like "Shrek 1+2" and "The Incredibles", to
fulfil high level entertainment for the whole family, with adding a
British and at least a little bit darker edge to the humour of American
animated movies.
The animation is – as expected – superb, and they kept true to the
Aardman style because they didn't put in too many digital effects - I
realized just a few when it came to Wallace's inventions.
Finally, the score works fine in the movie, although one of the main
themes definitely is "borrowed" by Randy Edelman's "Dragonheart" score.
The bad thing is: It will probably take another six years from now
until we can see a new animated gem from Nick Park & Co.
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