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I’m quite surprised that Wes Anderson released another trailer for this movie, that’s slightly unusual, it’s not like the first trailer was a teaser.  But that’s beside the point.

I’d say this trailer is targetted more at adults rather than kids.  Whereas the last trailer made the movie look kinda like a kids show, this one makes more complicated jokes and concentrates on the critical acclaim this movie has attracted.  The “cussing” joke was an interesting joke for a trailer, not what I would expect.  And that Pixar dig was very interesting.  I love Pixar to a ridiculous degree, therefore I don’t really know what they were trying to accomplish with that quote.  Were they implying that this movie is better than Pixar in a mean-spirited kind of way?  Or were they complimenting Pixar and trying to attract that kind of fan-base?  Weird.

If you go watch this trailer you’ll see two featurettes about the movie on the Apple site.  They’re quite interesting.  One is about Roald Dahl and the other is about how Wes chose to film the movie.  He’s filming in a kind of method directing.  Obviously he put a lot of work into the stop motion part of the movie, but apparently he didn’t want to record the voices in a studio, so he made the actors (well most of the actors) act out the scenes in different environments and he recorded the voices there.  Interesting idea, hopefully it sounds good.

Fantastic Mr Fox 01

From Apple.

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I still need to read this book, so I can’t really say much about the “trueness” of this movie.  I hear that the C.I.A. program was real, and the book about the failed experiments is hilarious but the director chose to pretend that the experiments were successful in order to make a funnier film.  After I actually read the book I’ll be more equipped to say what’s going on there.

The premise looks suitibly outrageous, but besides that this movie looks great.  Although the director is obviously stepping on some Soderberg and Coen toes, he seems to be doing it delicately.  If he was completely ripping off their style then I doubt he’d be able to get this cast.  Just look at this cast, it’s the largest collection of dead-pan performers.  Kevin Spacey could probably keep me laughing throughout this whole movie.

Click poster to watch trailer.

The Men Who Stare at Goats 01

From Apple.

From YouTube.

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This is the newest Wes Anderson movie.  It is a departure from his from his usual style of…well, live-action films.  Wes Anderson is by far my favorite director, the Royal Tenebaums is my favorite film, so it shouldn’t be surprising that I’m looking forward to this movie.  Plus it has a great voice cast, I know that’s almost a given but this one is very good.

I encourage everyone to give this movie a chance.  I know it’s been a long time since many of you have watched a stop-motion film, but they are still good.  If you’re still concerned then I encourage you to rent, buy or steal A Nightmare Before Christmas.  That should restore some confidence in the medium.

Click picture to watch trailer.

Fantastic Mr Fox 02

From Yahoo.

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