Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009 Directed by Wes Anderson
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Dig the life fantastic!
The Fantastic Mr. Fox bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.
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#8/10 in my quest to watch all films directed by Wes Anderson.
From a plethora of great films Anderson has moved into new territory, in the form of stop motion animation. And in one attempt, he's cracked it.
Fantastic Mr. Fox, is well, fantastic! Some of the usual Anderson cast with some added specialties e.g. Clooney and Streep. All are brilliant, the dialogue is humorous, quick, amusing and added some depth towards the characters, which was missed in the book.
I don't want to tread on anyone's feathers here, I read the book when I was much younger and loved it. The changes from the book to the movie in my opinion compliment it. Creating a back story for the…
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This wonderful animated adventure is yet another weird and whacky Anderson production worthy of the praise it receives. It's hard to find fault with this film. Amidst the usual dreck, we can always count on Wes Anderson to produce something original and entertaining.
Fantastic Mr. Fox tells the story of Mr. Fox (George Clooney) who - despite obvious contempt from Mrs. Fox (Meryl Streep) - lets his animal instincts overtake him and begins taking advantage of three local farmers' and their produce. When Mr. Fox's nephew Kristofferson (Eric Anderson) comes to say, he and his friend Badger (Bill Murray) begin carrying out robberies on a nightly basis. However, the three farmers decide enough is enough and take action. This sends…
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I didn't think Wes Anderson's style of film-making would work as well with this stop motion animation, but how wrong I was? This is now my favourite of his films. With a brilliant voice cast, including many of Anderson's regulars, this really is a fantastic film. The dialogue is comical, the characters are individually brilliant, the soundtrack really compliments the film, and the animation itself is stunning, too. Most of all, Anderson pays such close attention to detail that he has created a film with very little flaws, if any at all.
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Wes Anderson brings an entirely new genre to the table. His arguably awkward, quirky yet definitely distinguishable style of film has been captured perfectly in animation of the fantastic re-telling of Roald Dahl’s classic in Fantastic Mr. Fox. First rate voice actors stupendously fitting their roles producing well paced, beautifully structured and comfortingly atmospheric film. Fine display of cinematic brilliance, potentially Anderson’s best with the addition of humour, family based, adventurous yet dramatic with a surprising depth of sentimentality creating strong connection with the characters imitating the original tale.
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Like all of Wes Anderson’s pictures, Fantastic Mr. Fox dances between meaningful and artificial. Often the directors detractors spend too much time on the latter, and perhaps miss the immense character detail revealed in their diorama surroundings and meticulously selected wardrobes. Of course the stop-motion technique selected to animate the film threatens to enhance the artificial, but somehow, the animators have transcended the challenge put to them to tell the story this way. This is simply the right way to do a Wes Anderson Movie. Do the simple thought exercise of imagining this film as a 3D CGI or 2D cel animation affair. After seeing the auburn and honey world in sumptuous detail (right down to a micro-train set and…
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Fantastic Indeed!
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Stop motion perfectly fits Wes Anderson's storyboard-esque storytelling.
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Jamas pensé que una película en animación cuadro por cuadro fuese tan buena y me gustara tanto. Es una obra de arte y no es trise como las peliculas animadas de hace 50 años que te dejan llorando toda la noche, al contrario, demasiada risa para ser una pelicula tan artistica.
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A Wes Anderson film that can be enjoy by the children as well! It's the stop motion animation that we would've expected Wes Anderson to make. With the same creative styles hinted at throughout the rest of Anderson's films, this story pulls out all the big guns.
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Absolutely phenomenal. Between this and Moonrise Kingdom, I am a newly converted Wes Anderson fan.
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Aan de poorten van het cocktailkleurige universum van independent-chouchou Wes Anderson zal wel altijd een bordje blijven prijken met het opschrift ‘onder eigen voorbehoud’. De volstrekt unieke stijl van de vreemdste snuiter van indiewood is immers niet echt ieders meug al heeft zijn melange van getroebleerde familierelaties, emotionele besognes en bonte zuurstokkleurtjes in het verleden al verschillende bescheiden meesterwerkjes opgeleverd. Ditmaal weet de cineast zijn onnavolgbare stijl te enten op Fantastic Mr. Fox, het succesvolle kinderboek van Roald Dahl en het resultaat liegt er niet om: vossen met existentiële angsten, welpen met verantwoordelijkheids-issues gedrapeerd in zoetgevooisde sixties-nostalgie: Anderson mag dit keer dan wel gekozen hebben voor een animatiefilm, hij haalt opnieuw slag thuis. En met verve.
Mr. Fox was ooit…
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Original review here: quote unquote "fantastic" Fantastic Mr. Fox review.
My hangover film of choice strikes again.
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A rich, rewarding film that doesn't pander to its audience.
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I have a problem with this film - I think the way Anderson went about collaborating with the animators was poor form and showed a lack of respect for their work. For me, this has always tainted what enjoyment could be had from watching the film.