Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 288

Strangler Lewis · 02-22-2008, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

I reviewed it here. It's not great but it isn't terrible. It just is at the low end of the spectrum compared to the recent glut of fantasy adaptations.

I enjoyed it. My seven year old, who has read all the books, enjoyed it and tells me that much of the shtick in the movie is not in the books. My nearly five year old punted mid-film, albeit at an unexpected place.

Mr. Alex's review is wrong in that the movie does the entire five book series, not just the first book. There is, of course, a second series. I agree about the accents. I thought Freddie Highmore's first lines were decidedly English. Then mom was American. Then Freddie was American. Okay, we're in America. But it was fun.

Alex · 02-22-2008, 04:06 PM

Sorry, the press materials said it just did the first book. Not the first time they'd be wrong though.

The aunt who'd lived in the house all her life also had a reasonably strong accent as well.

LSPoorEeyorick · 02-22-2008, 04:28 PM

Ooh, aah! What did you think?

innerSpaceman · 02-22-2008, 04:31 PM

Loved it, 'natch.

I understand it was a graphic novel first ... otherwise I would have been mighty puzzled as to how that subject matter came to be an animated movie.

I enjoyed the Iranian political stuff from child's / women's perspective. The travails of her love-life were just too depressing after a while.

Loved the Grandma!

Morrigoon · 02-22-2008, 05:01 PM

Iranian political stuff from a child's/woman's perspective? I'm interested...

BTW: wtf is 'natch? you say it all the time, and it's cute, but I'm dying to understand the origins there. I assume it's not short for snatch, so what is it?

LSPoorEeyorick · 02-22-2008, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon

Iranian political stuff from a child's/woman's perspective? I'm interested...

It's competing with Ratatouille (and Surf's Up) for best animated film. I am actually rooting for Persepolis (and keep in mind that I really enjoyed Ratatouille, too.)

Alex · 02-22-2008, 05:02 PM

First syllable of naturally.

innerSpaceman · 02-22-2008, 06:42 PM

Not me. Still firmly in the Ratatouille camp. Much for the same reason I like Tango Argentine over The Tonto Woman.

i.e., Ratatouille is to me the better animated film ... whereas Persepolis, as far as I'm concerned, could have been just as good a live-actioner. And much as I feel that The Tonto Woman was only a short film because it was based on a short story, I feel that Persepolis was only animated because it was based on a graphic novel.

Gemini Cricket · 02-22-2008, 06:50 PM

I wished Ratatouille was nominated for Best Picture. I think it's that good.

Capt Jack · 02-22-2008, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I wished Ratatouille was nominated for Best Picture. I think it's that good.

wow...really?

I feel like Im missing something then. I mean, it was ok, but just didnt really do it for me.

02-22-2008, 04:06 PM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Sorry, the press materials said it just did the first book. Not the first time they'd be wrong though. The aunt who'd lived in the house all her life also had a reasonably strong accent as well.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Loved it, 'natch. I understand it was a graphic novel first ... otherwise I would have been mighty puzzled as to how that subject matter came to be an animated movie. I enjoyed the Iranian political stuff from child's / women's perspective. The travails of her love-life were just too depressing after a while. Loved the Grandma!
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Iranian political stuff from a child's/woman's perspective? I'm interested... BTW: wtf is 'natch? you say it all the time, and it's cute, but I'm dying to understand the origins there. I assume it's not short for snatch, so what is it? __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	First syllable of naturally.
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02-22-2008, 06:42 PM	#8
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Not me. Still firmly in the Ratatouille camp. Much for the same reason I like Tango Argentine over The Tonto Woman. i.e., Ratatouille is to me the better animated film ... whereas Persepolis, as far as I'm concerned, could have been just as good a live-actioner. And much as I feel that The Tonto Woman was only a short film because it was based on a short story, I feel that Persepolis was only animated because it was based on a graphic novel.
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I wished Ratatouille was nominated for Best Picture. I think it's that good.
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