A thread for Wes Anderson's "The Fantastic Mr. Fox"

the holocaust: a story where nothing happens.

that's what you guys are basically saying.

the holocaust: a story about chickens where nothing happens. also there is a fox.

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eh i dunno what do you wanna do today?

i asked you first!

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i read this book as a kid but i can't remember it very well. i think i liked Danny The Champion of the World better.

Best invocation of Godwin's yet

also, FOKKER

STAR FOKKER

what the hell s1ocki

I think I ruined this thread. ;_;

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Jarvis has signed up to contribute to the soundtrack

Hmmm.

i heard he's just giving WA "this is hardcore" to use

OMG

the farmers are called boggis, bunce and bean
one is short, one is fat and one is lean

fond (albeit fuzzy) childhood memories.

Mr Fox film to premiere in London

And the trailer should be around any moment now.

i like that anderson's doing something different

Also lots of pics at the official site

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the farmers are called boggis, bunce and bean
one is short, one is fat and one is lean

Farmers look great.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2630/3765283310_1b1f8dd4ea.jpg

GO BACK

keener about this than about alice in wonderland i reckon.

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Was very fond of this particular Dahl as a kid, although even then I thought Mr. Fox was a bit of a smarmy cnut.

trailer

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810028004/trailer

I know it's childish and I shouldn't be irritated by such things but couldn't he have found one English actor to be one of the good guys instead of using them just for the bad guys? I say we go back to using German accents to denote evil.

I don't mind being the bad guys

But we're always the bad guys now*. I blame Sir Anthony Hopkins.

*completely unscientific opinion based on about 2 films.

I am excited for this movie!

Viceroy just said to me, "I bet I'll like this more than you."

:O

looks pretty great. would be cool with my daughter seeing this but she'll probably still be too young for movies by the time this comes out

will ILX even still be here by the time this is released, I wonder

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countdown to extinction

Word is Peter, Paul, and Mary are reuniting to record the title song for the sdtk?

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i have literally no idea what possessed me to post this ... it's not even a joke?

trailer irritates, is it really going to be the clippy looking?

Still waiting for
http://www.globalhermit.com/ilx/caboodle.jpg

ha what?

From this thread:
What do you look like now that ILX is back up? (December 2004 edition)

life is weird

Looks fun though it'd be nice to see Schwartzmann do something other than the usual intense/dorky thing

who is the last voice in the trailer?

it's bugging me

also, apparently jarvis is in this playing a puppet

That trailer is horrible. Not surprised, as Anderson hasn't been worthwhile as a director for nearly a decade.

i'm pretty excited about dis one, i like anderson's style and it looks like it could work well for this.

disagree that anderson hasn't been worthwhile as I think Darjeeling is his best film. but this doesn't look very appealing to me, in fact it looks annoying

darjeeling his best film really?? i'm ok w/ this trailer but maybe the animation looks a bit wack

"i'm ok w/ this trailer but maybe the animation looks a bit wack"

that's exactly what I liked the most!

i knew a chap
his name was bert
he ate the buttons
off his shirt

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Trailer uses the great Bobby Fuller Four song "Let Her Dance." So good job, guys.

"Dig The Life Fantastic" is definitely a worse tagline than "Don't Fuck With The Fox" imo.

Roffle. Can be summed up as "Wes Anderson acts like a jerk and is surprised when told he was acting like a jerk."

this movie looks rubbish and annoying

they have corrupted even the children of Andersonville

Morbs, I know you think just because you watched Showgirls I'm going to watch The King of Comedy, but it ain't gonna happen.

haha, I watched Showgirls about 2 years ago, I just had to chime in when I saw that fucking book title.

What if I leave you a copy of tKoC in my will, boo?

Morbs: anything for you, if it means we get to regularly disagree :D

i'll be happy to greet you with the MASH whistle

this was by far the most enjoyable of the last few WA movies for me because it was at least on a visual level a change of pace but i totally get where Veg is coming from. i can't think of any respected director who's as relentlessly straight-jacketed into his own aesthetic.

Woody Allen.

This is my best friend's favorite movie and she made me watch it last year when I visited but I didn't have the heart to tell her I hated it and so pretended it was great until I fell asleep and I think she caught on.

The only laugh I got from a recent WA film was Bill Murry as the lawyer.

haha enbb

lol that's awesome e

a recent WA film

... wait, which WA?

I'm still having a T-shirt made that says "I hate all your favorite movies."

Woody's output over the last decade has been far worse but it at least there's some unpredictability there, some hopping around into different genres, different approaches to storytelling, casting, etc. Wes is just headlong down this echo chamber where even the 'quirks' and details of each movie feel increasingly plucked from this readymade kit of stock Wes Anderson characters, actors, storylines, camera angles, music cues, etc.

Pretty easy to hate some WA stuff but this is one that seems really weird to get riled up about.

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He click click whistled NINE times.

Nine times?

NINE times.

ppl pick weird things to hate

vegemitegrrrrrrl if it makes you so angry then Don't Watch the Movie.

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whistle click this film still cuss

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HOTBOX!

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you mean all 85 of them?

watched the Criterion blu-ray of this the other night, it was an Xmas gift for our 7-yr old. He loved it, I thought it was better than it was the first time I saw it. completely entertaining throughout and there were more details i picked up on this screening. and the visuals are the best of any Anderson film I've seen, it's just a very beautiful looking fall colors kind of movie. love the wolf bit near the end too. I think WA's aesthetic really works for this film, and unlike some of his more recent films (most of which i actually do enjoy a lot despite saying this!) it makes his aesthetic seem fresh.

He's a maker of (consistently) excellent rather than all-time great films. FMF maybe comes closer than most. My controp is that he's never made a less than good film

Isle Of Dogs is a more than worthy follow-up though

your controp is i think correct. i guess The Life Aquatic and The Darjeeling Limited are considered his least worthy films, but i thought they were both good.

as did i

recently watched the grand budapest hotel and was richly entertained by that too, and that's a bit of a punching bag

I've seen this movie more times than I can count now, thx to my kids, and I have to say it still holds my interest, it's always so nice just to look at, and it is very well paced

grand Budapest really doesnt have any reason to exist but i mean its still p wonderful

isle of dogs is great

fmf and tenanbaums tied for his most complete works

moonrise kingdom great and i expected meh there tbh

Grand Budapest was not at all what i expected from the trailers, i expected a bit of a quirky hotel-based whodunit and not some weirdly alternate universe intrigue thriller comedy with an earned non-manipulative bummer ending.

Grand Budapest Hotel, FMF, and Rushmore are all I need.

But GBH got terrific reviews -- is there a backlash I know nothing about

too grownup for some?

yeah idgi I thought it was v well received. it's great

those FUCKERS

everyone really seemed to love that one, and FMF.