Weird Mr. Fox

Rating: 6/10 (26 April 2010)

I'll give credit where credit is due, the animation is eccentric, wacky and nifty, not to mention all the weird camera angles applied. The screenplay is...not so eccentric. Some scenes aside, this is a very dry story, not terribly colourful in performance, and lacking in old fashioned humour. I'm interested to see what kinds of films Wes Andersson grew up on that could inspire such oddities like Fanastic Mr. Fox
I don't even wanna begin to describe the story. Now the last time I read Fantastic Mr. Fox was when I was Ten years ago, but I do remember it being fairly coherent, much less convoluted than this story. Well convoluted isn't the word, lets just say, The rhythm is unusual as is the dialogue for that matter. Further more, there seems to be quite a lack of it, These critters don't really have a whole lot of productive things to say to each other, sometimes it feels like dialogue for the sake of dialogue.
The Music ques are kind of catchy, that's what I remember best about Fantastic Mr. Fox. The banjo in particular is not a commonly used instrument, but it's the star of the orchestra in this movie Fantastic Mr. Fox has it's ups and downs, I wouldn't recommend it as a family feature, but movie goers may get a kick out of its eccentric charm.