[Movies] Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

I've been a sucker for stop-motion animation probably ever since I saw that classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer cartoon. I'm glad that the art form continues to survive despite all the advances in CGI and other such digital animation styles and I certainly hope that it's not going to go away anytime soon.

I've previously discussed how I tend to dislike George Clooney as an actor and I generally don't like his movies. At the same time, that general rule of sorts was disproved when I got to watch the movie Up In The Air, which was really stellar and yet had George Clooney.

So this is a year for disproving my dislike for George Clooney I suppose. Combining the elements of a stop-motion movie featuring George Clooney resulted in a movie that I really, really liked. I guess it also helped that it had a pretty creative man behind its production.

[Movies] Fantastic Mr. Fox

Cover of Fantastic Mr. Fox

I've been a Roald Dahl fan for quite some time and it seems his movies are often revisited in order for Hollywood to find something else to milk. Despite the clear monetary incentive involved in such productions, one can't help but enjoy them and the unique brand of creativity that is Roald Dahl.

When I saw this trailer for Fantastic Mr. Fox, I totally freaked out since (1) it was a Roald Dahl story and (2) it involves stop-motion animation, which I have a bit of a thing for. Plus there are some pretty big stars involved, chief among them being Meryl Streep, who is just divine quite frankly.

But enough of this, just check out the trailer!


#4 - Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Trailer