Wallace & Gromit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312004/
Sorry, not as much of an in-depth review as I would have liked - I am currently working on another piece (to be published shortly) and am my usual disorganised self getting ready for the big day tomorrow and a well-earned break in Crete almost immediately after. God am I looking forward to a large plate of moussaka washed down with a few glasses of cold mythos..
Anyway, I went to see this today after my pre-race massage and felt it my duty to write a few words about it on here. How about these: GO AND SEE IT!!
Seriously, I can't remember the last time I had so much fun at the cinema. Going for the 5.50pm performance, I knew the place would be packed but as it turned out it didn't matter a jot - all the kids (including the 37-year old one writing this) were totally engrossed in the movie. How could they not be? It was fabulous - the animation is a work of genius. Pay attention to the expression on Gromit's face when he turns on the radio and finds the song being played is "Bright Eyes" (you know - from Watership Down??) How do they do that??!!
I've just realised - the irony would have been wasted on the vast majority of people in the cinema who were too young to have seen the film version of Watership Down, or will never read the book anyway. You read it here first - when I'm famous I'm going to start a one-man Jamie Oliver-esque crusade to get kids reading. They don't know what they're missing.
Anyway, the thing I love about these films is the fact that while they are ostensibly for kids, most of the jokes are for the benefit of the adults. "Kiss my ar-tichoke!" "May contain nuts". And in this film, the jokes come thick and fast. So much so, I am sure a repeat viewing or two will be required. The 90 minutes (or whatever it was) flew by. Even the thoughts of the self-imposed torture I am going through tomorrow were pushed out of my mind.
So, just to make myself clear: If you have kids, take them to see it, whatever their age. You should be stripped of parenthood if you don't. If you're a big kid, go and see it. If you think you're not, or it's not your cup of tea, go and see it. If this doesn't put a smile on your face, I don't know what will.
Copyright © Jonathan Weedon, October 2005
Sorry, not as much of an in-depth review as I would have liked - I am currently working on another piece (to be published shortly) and am my usual disorganised self getting ready for the big day tomorrow and a well-earned break in Crete almost immediately after. God am I looking forward to a large plate of moussaka washed down with a few glasses of cold mythos..
Anyway, I went to see this today after my pre-race massage and felt it my duty to write a few words about it on here. How about these: GO AND SEE IT!!
Seriously, I can't remember the last time I had so much fun at the cinema. Going for the 5.50pm performance, I knew the place would be packed but as it turned out it didn't matter a jot - all the kids (including the 37-year old one writing this) were totally engrossed in the movie. How could they not be? It was fabulous - the animation is a work of genius. Pay attention to the expression on Gromit's face when he turns on the radio and finds the song being played is "Bright Eyes" (you know - from Watership Down??) How do they do that??!!
I've just realised - the irony would have been wasted on the vast majority of people in the cinema who were too young to have seen the film version of Watership Down, or will never read the book anyway. You read it here first - when I'm famous I'm going to start a one-man Jamie Oliver-esque crusade to get kids reading. They don't know what they're missing.
Anyway, the thing I love about these films is the fact that while they are ostensibly for kids, most of the jokes are for the benefit of the adults. "Kiss my ar-tichoke!" "May contain nuts". And in this film, the jokes come thick and fast. So much so, I am sure a repeat viewing or two will be required. The 90 minutes (or whatever it was) flew by. Even the thoughts of the self-imposed torture I am going through tomorrow were pushed out of my mind.
So, just to make myself clear: If you have kids, take them to see it, whatever their age. You should be stripped of parenthood if you don't. If you're a big kid, go and see it. If you think you're not, or it's not your cup of tea, go and see it. If this doesn't put a smile on your face, I don't know what will.
Copyright © Jonathan Weedon, October 2005
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