Bwahaha, though reports are it's Dreamworks' most Pixarian to date.


As I was telling the cricket in another venue, the advertising campaign for this movie was so intrusive on my life (printed ON the table surfaces at the place I routinely eat lunch) that I refuse to pay money to see it. Essentially, the advertising did exactly the opposite of what was intended.


I suppose they'll get a stipend when I rent the DVD, but I'll live with that.


Time has it as a mash-up of Beowulf and E.T. - in 3-D.

It is, in fact, very Pixarian. Someone at Dreamworks went to storytelling class. The movie made me quite curious about the books. I got to say, the illustrations in the books made me laugh a lot.

What's great is that the movie is surprisingly touching. I teared up in a couple of places.

And something that I think may be overlooked as well is the great score the film has. I found it to be quite wonderful.

:)

May 28th. Micmacs. Jeunet always makes me happy.

I enjoyed it very much.

If it was Pixar-like, there would have been gratuitous scenes of zany animated peril for its own sake.

As opposed to a scene of falling through the air only to prevent complete splattering upon the ocean by a bit of last second daring do?

I enjoyed it a fair amount too.

That wasn't zany. Or herky jerky, in the worst Pixar tradition.

SQUEE!!! :D

Trailer looks awesome. That wasn't even on my radar, and now I'm definitely going to see it.

Film advertising does sometimes work.



In other news, I just learned that Clash of the Titans features post-production 3-D conversion, like Alice - and was not filmed in 3-D like Avatar.

So it's the old-fashioned 2-D for me. Cheaper ticket prices, too.

Can you give me a Pixar example to help define what you mean? I'm also thinking of the danger and silliness in the training ring but aren't sure of your definition.