The Fantastic Mr. Fox is written by Roald Dahl. The movie version of this book is now out in theaters.

Roald Dahl is also the same author who wrote my favorite childhood books, James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Both movie version of the books just couldn’t compete with what I had imagined in my mind.  Especially the chocolate factory.

Mr. Fox and crew.  Image from BBC - Radio 1 Movies.  The folks at BBC didn’t give it a good review.

But since I haven’t read this book, I can’t say I will be too disappointed with the movie version. The story line sound pretty interesting and the movie is done with stop motion animation.  Just like with Coraline. The character list is cute and the details of their clothing look so neat.

A world of talking animals in competition for living space with humans.  It’s all about the environment, mix in some mischievous animals.  Sounds like a good story to me.  Image source.

Synopsis:  “Mr. and Mrs. Fox live an idyllic home life with their son Ash and visiting young nephew Kristopherson. But after 12 years, the bucolic existence proves too much for Mr Fox’s wild animal instincts. Soon he slips back into his old ways as a sneaky chicken thief and in doing so, endangers not only his beloved family, but the whole animal community. Trapped underground and with not enough food to go around, the animals band together to fight against the evil Farmers — Boggis, Bunce and Bean — who are determined to capture the audacious, fantastic Mr. Fox at any cost.”

Watch the trailer on Youtube.  I will have to give a review after I see, hopefully around Christmas holiday.

Every now and then, the little kid in me still enjoys watching cartoons and eating cupcakes. So I am planning to see this movie when it comes out soon. And I will give my movie review later.

Update:  Finally got to see Coraline at the movies.  It actually sold out on Friday night and we had to come back the next night.  Lots of little school children and their families came out to see the movie.

I truly enjoyed watching this uniquely made movie.  They give out free 3-D glasses at the door.  The 3-D effect was nauseating at first and it takes  a awhile for my eyes to adjust to it.  I was enjoying the movie, but it gets darker toward the middle and I had to close my eyes.  I think it because my eyes were hurting and I need to rest them a bit.  But this movie was good, the graphics and story was good.  You can also visit their website and give yourself Coraline “button eyes” too.

This will be the first movie project for Laika Animation Studio in Portland, Oregon. The movie was filmed using stop-motion animation. This is where the hands and every other part of the characters (puppets) in the movie are manipulated frame by frame. This is done to achieve movement and expression and to tell a very realistic looking story. I am a big fan of claymation and am looking forward to seeing how this movie will compare. Other features in this movie people will notice is that some theatres (including one near our city) will offer 3-D screenings. Read the rest of this entry »