I saw Fantastic Mr. Fox last Saturday. I was pretty big into Dahl when I was a kid, so this movie was exciting from first news. I must say I thought Wes Anderson did a wonderful job adapting the Fox to the big screen. The stop motion puppetry was utilized to it's full potential, making for plenty of bizarre compositions throughout. I laughed plenty, and the soundtrack was up there with all of Anderson's work, only it seemed a bit more concentrated since he was using mostly songs by the Beach Boys. The music seemed to achieve a somewhat different effect however, blasted over scenes in his only non-live-action film. The same flaws that critics of Anderson's work will always complain of were evident in this film as well, i.e. lack of believable character and plot development, but it wasn't really a problem to my eye. I'm sure even kids could enjoy Fantastic Mr. Fox, since they replace every cuss word with the word 'cuss'. Official Sloth Rating: 4 1/2 out of 5.
With a far off look at Sundance 2010, the most interesting film yet is '
Howl', which has James Franco playing Allen Ginsberg in the trial following his publication of the famous poem by the same name. I'm sure David Cross was chagrined when they did not consider him for the role.
And as far as life decisions go lately, I'm leaning more towards teaching college level English. Good luck, me.
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