Ahhh Mr Fox, you really are quote-unquote fantastic. If we get 3 more movies as good or better in 2010, I'm gonna be a very happy boy. Have a listen to the review down below, its only 2 min.
Would love to read your review down in the comments if/when u've seen it.
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Nice review! It's hard to overlook the Jonze/Anderson comparison, though I'd wager neither of them has really made a quote-unquote kids film. WTWTA was way too angsty to appeal to the lil 'uns, and although - mercifully - Anderson didn't go down the same neurotic path, I'd wager Fantastic Mr. Fox is too ironic to get the kids giggling. No?
Marc I love your reviews but I was wondering if there's any way you could transcribe them so that you can post them here as text instead of audio - in the same way David and Margaret's reviews are. This way I can discreetly check out your reviews when I'm at at work and nobody will know I'm slacking off. Maybe some cool ass voice to text technology could be used?
It never ceases to amaze me how much you're able to cram into 120 seconds, in this case an articulate, enthusiastic & well-worded review which nevertheless comes across as entirely off-the-cuff. Hats off.
Okay I'm blushing:) thanks matt.
hey chris, i do write up my reviews but my grammar is so ludicrously bad that it would be illegible. I will endeavor to do more text-blogging this year.
Anderson's films are always a joy because of their heightened visuals and dysfunctional characters whose idiosyncracies, unfortunately, tend to be a bit distancing. In Fantastic Mr. Fox, Anderson finds the perfect medium for his style and his strengths and weaknesses collide as just strengths.
As for Jonze and Anderson remaking children's stories, I haven't used public transport regularly for a number of years, but I do recall all those train passengers with their heads lost in the latest Harry Potter book. So why not tackle kids books for adults?
And Alice, my 9yo son loved the film. Kids may not get the irony, but they pick up that it's funny.
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