Screen
Tuesday 13 January 2009
Corpse Bride
An enjoyable stop-motion movie from Tim Burton with a very wicked dark humour throughout.
— Andy
Tags: animation, fantasy, musical, tim burton, uk
Thursday 06 November 2008
Belleville Rendez-vous
An excellent film; a beautifully rich and original animation with a Stomp-like soundtrack. Belleville Rendez-vous is a very funny movie playing on French and American stereotypes such as the French love of frogs legs and Le Tour de France, and American’s obesity and poor manners. I just love the dog whose characteristics are so real.
Director Sylvain Chomet’s second animated feature, The Illusionist, should be out next year and is based on an unproduced Jacques Tati script.
— Andy
Tuesday 17 June 2008
Les Chansons d'Amour
Okay, so I’m not a fan of musicals, but this French film intrigued me having heard a few of the songs from it. Les Chansons d’Amour is a decent film, though I felt the musical numbers rather detracted from the plot. The complex relationships of the characters made for an interesting plot, although sometimes the love expressed by the characters seemed a tad shallow. Perhaps if the film had been a drama rather than a musical the plot could have been thickened a little. Having said that I actually liked the songs, although Ludivine Sagnier’s singing voice is a little annoying. Not amazing, but an enjoyable film to watch.
— Andy