Poor Americanised rubbish

Rating: 1/10 (17 January 2010)

Stop. Dancing. Please stop dancing every "cussing" time you find something great or something "cussing" good happens. Oh, and whilst you're at it - could you stop replacing blatant swear words with the word "cussing"? It wasn't funny the first time, and it was enough to make someone go crazy by the end of the "cussing" film.
Anyhow, on the whole I can see how Fantastic Mr. Fox will appeal to children - it's vaguely funny in places, very Americanised and had a lot of bright colours.
On the other hand, it's very Americanised and only vaguely funny. The bright colours were good, but I was suffering the ill effects of alcohol at the time of viewing.
Geaorge Clooney and Meryl Streep lead this ridiculous affair as Mr. and Mrs. Fox, and it appears that every effort has been made to create evil British villains who want to kill the good old American Mr/ Fox who only wishes to feed his family and live happily. By thieving.
Of course there is more of a plot to this version of the Roald Dahl tale - where Mrs. Fox gets pregnant, so Mr. Fox has to promise to get a real job, turning him into a normal white collar American (in what appears to be the British countryside).
Naturally it is required for a lengthy version of the story to have more of a plot, but I found this new plot a little tiresomely American, which should have been expected considering the total Americanisation of the animal characters.
Whilst I am sure this will be very popular with younger generations who are not versed in the ways of Roald Dahl and enjoy Americans work at ruining everything we British have ever created, I find it will not become one of those unforgettable children's classics that time will never forget.
Do your children a favour, and read them the book. It's less stupid, the characters haven't been ruined and the plus side is you don't gorge them with rubbish cinema food.
I also love the line "based on the beloved book by Roald Dahl". If it was so beloved, why did they ruin it?