Fantastic Mr Fox

it was filmed in london.
so money was spent there..i'm sure plenty esp with the union local hiring rules and all that.
two..for such a project to get off the ground it might take the sway of stars like clooney getting aboard to make it viable.
three.. stop whining. its not like americans are whining that batman is british directed and british lead role these days.
 
Is it an inferiority complex though or are they all just pointing out the truth, and you as an American (I presume) don't want to see it?

I have to admit, there is this trend with American films to always portray Americans as the heroes and the goodies and any other race as the baddies.

If this is what they have to do to classic stories and history just to make money then that says a lot about Americans.
 
I wasn't expecting on liking the film, and the trailer actually really bored me and wound me up. BUT, I loved it. I loved the dry humour and it had a good storyline. Quite a good film although I can see children getting bored.
 
I take your point, you do just imagine all the characters from Roald Dahl book speaking with a British accent so it is a little surprising but hey thats Hollywood for you.

I just watched a really good reviewer which I always watch for new film releases. His name is Grant Lauchlan and he has a section of Scottish Television entertainment website called Grant's film reviews.

I am signed up to his film club and it means i get all the reviews straight to my email which is good.

im so glad that this Dahl book has finally been made into a film. It was my favourite as a kid and im looking forward to watching the film. I hope the director gets across the excitement that the books do!
 
I saw it today, and it was top-notch. It's easy to ignore the american heroes versus foreign bad guys. The humour is excellent, and the animation is delightful.
 
Actually, the animation production was set up in London, but Clooney & co recorded their voices on location in the USA. This is shown in a 'making of' special.
 
I didnt like the way they called the mother fox the town tart, actually i thought that was appalling so unnecessary
 
Hmm yeah everything you say is correct in one way BUT it can also be played the other way as well, I wonder how many times they announce that the film was made in the UK when promoting it over in the states? Why are all the British yet again cast as bad guys? The first Batman by Tim Burton was made in the UK anyway but everyone seems to have forgotten that meaning my first point is even stronger.

The reason it was made here is the fact that Tim Burton first made Corpse Bride here in the same studio, I doubt Wes Anderson would give a $h!t about where it was made as long as it happened. Whereas Tim Burton purposely chooses the UK to make a lot of his films he respects the creativity we have and will use a large amount of UK actors and mix them together with US names.

The Made in UK tag is only used to promote this film here.
 
He probably went for this cast because this cast appears in almost in all of his films (apart from George Clooney and Meryl Streep).
Cate Blanchett was originally cast as Mrs Fox. (She too appeared in another Wes Anderson film).
 
yes but he played it as an American!

I saw Mr Fox a few days ago and the voices just didn't work. Its clearly set in the Yorkshire area but all the main roles have American voices :confused: ..... apart from the bad guys :eek: If it had been an American cast playing Brits (think johnny Deep here) that would have been fine as the film would have made sense:rolleyes:
 
Only got round to seeing it yesterday. Much weirder than I expected, and since I haven't read the book I don't know if the underlying theme - anthropomorphic creatures who are really wild, amoral animals - is Dahl's or Anderson's. But it was gripping enough to watch and the animation is beautiful.

It also has probably the strangest, most "in" in-joke of any film I've seen. When he makes his speech, Mr Fox is listening to rousing music on his personal stereo. The music is the Grand Choral from La Nuit Americaine, Francois Truffaut's film about film-making.
 
I watched it the other week and have to say that I really enjoyed it. Of course there are some things that aren't in the Dahl story (Mr. Fox's son Ash for example) but it comes with some clever updates and expansions to the story with some sly, grown up humour which is amusing :)
It was good fun :D
George Clooney was good but yes - it was hard to imagine Mr. Fox as an American.
 
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