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- Doug has never seen this Wes Anderson classic. Is he gonna love it as much as everyone else? Let's take a look at Fantastic Mr. Fox.
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Fantastic Mr. Fox is a 2009 American stop motion animated comedy film directed by Wes Anderson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Noah Baumbach. The project is based on the 1970 children's novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, and Owen Wilson star. The plot follows the titular character Mr. Fox (Clooney), as his spree of thefts results in his family, and later his community, being hunted down by three farmers known as Boggis (Robin Hurlstone), Bunce (Hugo Guinness), and Bean (Michael Gambon).
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Fun Fact: During one of the outdoor dialogue recording sessions, a best take was almost ruined by the sound of a nearby boat. Open to the randomness, Wes Anderson modified the scene in this movie to include an airplane flying through the shot
That's really impressive, thanks for sharing!
And then the animators had to actually do it. Still a fun fact, though.
I always thought about that scene! Really a memorable part of the film as it was so unrelated but very realistic! 😃
@@DriverHenryWho3245 This is also one of my favourite movies. : )
I would say it actually improves the movie because it foreshadows the supermarket twist at the end
One thing I really appreciate with this movie is how honest it is. It doesn't sugar coat anything, it doesn't make it too dramatic, and it doesn't make it too crazy. It just tells you straight up what happen, what is happening, and what is going to happen. But I want to see it happen because of how human it feels. Hands down one of my all-time favorite films!
The ending speech by Mr Fox about how the apples may look fake, "but at least they've got stars on", and how their tree may not grow back "but something else will", but at least they will eat well and with each other, ending with "here's to our...survival" is just so on point for life.
It's not perfect, nothings ever really gonna go back to what it might have been before, but you can at least have good company and make it to the next day each day.
@@giloguy101 Given these past few years have been crazy as all hell makes that messages given stronger to me.
@@giloguy101 Exactly
One of my favorite movies. Everything about this film is on point.
The dialogue.
The visuals.
The performances.
The emotional moments.
The comedy.
Even the music.
Just a really good time.
Bill Murray.
You said my thoughts on this movie perfectly
You can't tell me you haven't hummed or whistled the Bogus, Bunce, and Bean song after watching this movie
I watch this movie every year on Thanksgiving; the poultry, cider, atmosphere, adoration of the colour orange. Such a masterpiece.
I watch The Grand Budapest Hotel every Christmas because of the winter and colors like red, pink, and purple, and the attempt of values among characters like kindness, solidarity, and love
@@cegalo12 Love that movie
yeah. this whole movie feels like Peak Autumn
Yeah this actually does fit fall a lot
Coolness, that sounds like a fun ritual!
Fun fact: Henry Selick, the director and animator of the Nightmare Before Christmas and Coraline, was originally going to do the stop-motion animation for this movie but didn’t have time with it due to him working on Coraline. Despite that, he still checked on the development of it to see how things went with the movie. 😊
good
The stop motion is incredible, the characters are amazing, and the dialogue is top notch. My favorite line has always been:
"Why did you take your shoes off?"
"So I don't break your nose when I kick it."
"Because I'm little"
That line is legitimately badass.
I highly recommend Isle of Dogs. Watching it has made me go back to watch other stop motion films. By far one of my favorite movies now.
I feel like Anderson should do one more animated movie so we could have a Wes Anderson stop-motion trilogy.
As a child, this film introduced me to Wes Anderson. Now grown up, this is definitely one of my favorite films from who is now one of my favorite directors.
Something that I've always like about films from directors like Wes Anderson is that there's a personal touch.
He's my all-time favorite along with Tim Burton. They both have SO much in common.
This movie has SUCH a special place in my heart. When I was a kid, we moved to a brand new (for me) house and city , and we didn’t have regular television. Instead, we would go to the Family Video (about 10ish minutes away) and rent movies. We would rent this one over and over again because I would ALWAYS request it. The acting, the script, the artistry, the story! Eventually, my parents bought it for me on DVD and my own portable DVD player.
I just love this movie! ❤
"Fantastic Mr. Fox is a fox movie."
I mean he's not wrong.
On the Nineteenth day of Disneycember. The Critic gave to me:
19: Foxes Stealing
18: Kingdoms Griefing
17: Blinded Jedi
16: Crazy Weasels
15: Prequel Stories
14: Copyright Infringements
13: Godly Asses
12: Comanche's Dying
11: Awful Plot Twists
10: Disney Sitcoms
9: Fire Kings
8: Annoying Glitches
7: Shitty Remakes
6: Buried Bodies
5: Cameos!!!
4: Horny Teens
3: Solid Seasons
2: Gay Rhinos
And A Pigeon Being Chased By Spidey!
On the nineteenth day of Disneycember, Doug Walker gave to me: Wes Anderson’s masterpiece, a heartfelt tribute, a Clone Wars follow-up, the best Ice Age movie, a confusing game series, Roger Rabbit 2, Thor’s creative bankruptcy, bad-ass history, Pixar’s biggest bomb, Marvel’s craziest ending, Blue Sky’s first sequel, Order Glitchy Glitch, a Zemeckis remake, the best Fox family, a Marvel horror movie, Domee Shi’s debut, one of my favorite Disney shows, Blue Sky’s first movie, and the best Spider-Man game ever!
I like how they say the word cuss instead of getting rid of cursing, it’s actually funnier than saying actual cuss words
One of the things I like about Wes Anderson is that he finds the complexity in simplicity. He finds strangeness in normality. It's such an odd film maker style to him. His stuff is never bad, nor dull, but they always feel off so even when things go bizarre, it doesn't feel out of place.
It's just another escalation of the off-kilter reality we all live in and the doubly-off-kilter steps the characters live in.
An animated Wes Anderson film adaptation of a Roald Dahl story is definitely a match made in heaven.
Yeah indeed
I wish the three farmers had more to do, book style, though.
And with the actors they cast too - seem a bit wasted.
I really really disagree - it completely lost the British culture for one. As a child I loved the book and really didn't like this film.
@@ellencoleman4604 really you didn’t like the film ?
He's making another one for Netflix next year.
The first time I watched this film I was 11 years old. My mom and I went to a theater to see it and when we got there, we were only ones in there. So, we both had an entire theater all to ourselves to watch this masterpiece of a film.
I was always impressed by how they had the animals' Latin names pop up on screen as each one was introduced. Talk about an unconventional learning experience!
This was an excellent movie. The voice acting, the stop motion animation, and even the story are brilliant. =)
It's a shame that it never got the attention it deserved when it first came out...
Should've received more attention than UP
@@masterknife8423
Seriously.
sadly hardly anything could thrive outside of the "Pixar-Sphere" no matter how good it was :(
I see nothing wrong with stepping outside of the box with the Fantastic Mr. Fox. Goes to show the art of stop motion is still alive and kicking, but also for something that can be engaging for both kids and adults. To put it simply: the best kind of animated film.
I especially love the ending where there in the grocery store dancing because they found all this food but then slowly backing out showing how they lost their home because of the separate business
This is a classic. Love it. It’s my second favourite Wes Anderson film just behind The Grand Budapest Hotel.
I personally really love Wes Anderson’s style. There’s something about the perfect symmetry and the completely artificial yet realistic nature to them that I love. They’re artificial, but they aren’t CGI animated films, you’re always looking at something real, but still completely controlled by the filmmaker. I’m calling it, his films are probably the most stylised mainstream films, even directors like Scorsese or Tarantino still make fairly conventional settings for their work, Anderson makes every film like ice cream
Likewise, likewise.
Wes Anderson stop motion films are always a spectacle, I mean the amount of detail on the tiny objects and set designs are what won me over fast to this style, seriously every single item is ridiculously detailed despite being tiny enough to be common items for the little stop motion figures. I remember Mr.Fox just sitting down and recieving French toast and while that isn’t anything special in other films here it is because of how detailed everything is, the utensils on the table the appliances in the kitchen the stuff magnetized on the fridge it’s insane how much effort they went just for scenes that don’t last long at all.
I remember reading the book when I was a child, and this movie was an absolute blast!!
I like Wes Anderson well enough to want to see the movies he's made at least once, but this is the only one of his I've gone back to watch again multiple times. It just works so wonderfully, and I'm glad there are other people who feel the same way.
I love this movie. The stop motion is incredible, the voice cast memorable and funny & the score is cute. I love the cursing substitution with everyone saying “cuss” when the word is pretty easy to tell what the curse is 😅
I haven’t seen any of Wes Anderson’s films but I definitely do want to check out his work, especially this one because I’ve heard so much praise for it over the years. I love animation and his films have such a distinct look compared to what I typically see.
I genuinely loved this movie, I loved the dry humor and the wholesomely humorous way a lot of the characters interacted with them
I remember seeing this movie when I was younger at my grandparents house on one of our trips and it kinda just sat in my foggy memory for a while before I revisited it last year when I saw it was on Disney+. I enjoyed going through it that second time and will get the urge to go back to it after a while.
Wes Anderson is that one creative person for me that... any time I feel de-motivated, deflated or just about to give up on my creative endeavors I watch or remember one of his movies, and that spark and passion comes back again. He walks that line of being an artsy type of director while at the same time making films that legitimately feel they are for everyone. I relate so much with the way his characters speak with one another, even though my writing style is a lot louder than his is, and Fantastic Mr Fox is easily my favorite movie of his, there's not enough words to convey how much I love it
This is a great movie to watch. Yes it’s formulaic but it’s still so much fun. Especially how creative they got with the stop motion.
This is honestly my favourite film of all time. I love how it falls into that category of “an actually deep film that’s disguised as a family/kids film”. It was the first time I really had to think about an ending before cuz yeh, the animals don’t get a perfect ending and the scene with the wolf is obviously ambiguous, as a kid I knew it meant something but didn’t know at the time what it meant. Going back to it really made me appreciate the film a lot more cuz then I DID see the deep mess of the film and the true meaning of the wolf (in my interpretation) and Mr Fox’s fear of them. And it’s the only film I’ve watched where I don’t mind the ambiguity (cuz usually I don’t like having to figure out a films meaning, I’d rather just have it tell me)
That made me appreciate it more, it ended not on a downer note per say but also not in a typical happy ending.
On the Nineteenth Disneycember my Critic gave to me:
Nineteen Fantastic Foxes,
Eighteen Black Panthers,
Seventeen Annoying Droids,
Sixteen Dinosaur Chases,
Fifteen Story Paths,
Fourteen Cartoon Cameos,
Thirteen Scene Ruining Jokes,
Twelve Awesome Warriors,
Eleven Bad Fanfictions,
Ten Awkward Cases,
Nine Possum Jokes,
Eight Glitchy Jedi,
Seven Dead Eyed Puppets
Six Decent Burgers,
Five HORRIFIC DEATHS,
Four Best Friends,
Three Leaping Frogs,
Two Quiet Moments,
And a Spider Flying Round the City!
This movie is one of the few movies that I consider perfect. I love coming back to this movie cause it always feels like it's the first time watching it and I'm constantly amazed with the detail and timeless relatable story
I haven't seen this in a while. I now realize how wonderful this movie is.
This truly was an underrated gem of a film that I enjoyed watching as a kid.
I love the original story but this one definitely adds layers. It's a short simple story in the book but because of the amount of time built up with Mr Fox and his family, Rivals and enemies... you get more out of this premise and this is actually a really fun adaptation! It doesn't have to be 100% like the original but it adds just enough to make it unique and lovable! Much like some of dolhs other works adaptations; especially to animation!
Indeed an adaptation, much like The Shining or Howl's Moving Castle, where you can question it a an adaptation of the source, but is still excellent on it's own terms, and that's always to be applauded. Even got the Criterion Blu-Ray of this film recently and reading the little booklet with design pages and those little reminders of the process of stop-motion, it made me appreciate it more, even this great little story of Wes going to one of Dahl's estates for a little bit to get a feel.
What you described is exactly how it was for me.
I was introduced to this movie as a kid and loved it. Now, I still love it, but for different reasons
This is my favorite movie of all time, I'm so glad you're finally reviewing it
I remember getting the chance to see the actual puppets for these during a trip to learn about what I could do in the animation field (for what I was learning and can do.)
It Is such a breathtaking experience to understand all the things to make puppets like these work. Also let it be known the way these puppets work is 100% a labor of love and it takes some serious mechanical engineering and ingenuity to make them work.
I think my favorite part of this film was the song about the farmers... it was such a random thing to ad but it builds the villains so much more
One of my favourite lines thats also somehow the most "Wes Anderson" line in the movie is this exchange:
"are you scared of wolves?"
"scared? no of course not, i have a phobia of them".
Makes me chuckle everytime.
5:05 this father and son scene made the movie for me.
This movie has a special place in my hearth. On the day my grandfather died I couldn’t stop crying. Then I saw this movie on the Tv and it made me smile. I will never forget what Mr fox did to me.
There's an old '70s Disney movie with Don Knotts and Darren McGavin called NO DEPOSIT, NO RETURN that I vaguely remember watching as a kid, but since I was a kid, I don't know if it was a good movie or not. I haven't seen it covered on Disneycember either. Without looking it up, I think it was made around the same era as THE CAT FROM OUTER SPACE.
I feel like this is one of those movies that, even if you end up not particularly liking it, you'll still be glad you saw it, just because it has such a fascinatingly interesting style and atmosphere to it. I for one loved it, of course.
3:29 that's one of Anderson's specialties, he keeps the background like a flat wall surface, along with an obsession for framed symmetry, he frames everything like the page in a picture book or looking at a dollhouse, that's his way of framing shots
Love this movie and "Grand Budapest Hotel". Wes Anderson is an amazing director.
I love this movie the dialogue is so quick and witty and the characters are lovable ❤
I remember I got to see this movie in theaters when I was a kid; even though I kept getting too scared to see some scenes (the scene with the flooded tunnels was too scary for 9-year-old me). So well-written, so well-acted, beautifully animated and genuinely funny/emotional, and on top of that an EPIC adaptation/extension of the original novel. I've read it, and pretty much everything after Mr. Fox digs the tunnels to each one of the farmers' houses is completely original--the book stopped there. I remember hearing on either the director's commentary or in a behind-the-scenes video that they treated the movie like it was a film trilogy wrapped into a single film. 10/10 would Mr. Fox again.
I've only watched this, Isle of Dogs, and bits and pieces of Grand Budapest Hotel, as far as Wes' work; I absolutely plan on watching more of his work. Since you're interested in checking it out, Isle of Dogs is just as fucking amazing as Fantastic Mr. Fox; same style of animation and everything.
This has always been my favourite Wes Anderson and stop motion movie ever. I'd love to see a full NC episode on it.
I still remember this movie. So funny and full of memorable winks
This movie is straight-up fantastic
This is a fantastic masterpiece movie that I always enjoyed as a kid and still to it's day.
The movie is pretty amazing I highly recommend to anyone
I agree
This movie is so good! Straight up timeless.
A perfect Lazy Sunday afternoon movie.
Wes Anderson is one of my all-time favorite filmmakers and this movie is his masterpiece.
As much as I loved the likes of Isle of Dogs, The Grand Budapest Hotel and The French Dispatch, this was just pure cinematic gold.
As someone who had to read the original book for one of his elementary clases and really enjoyed it, only Wes Anderson could adapt the book so well and they got it on point! If not, better than the book for adults! (As in, the book for kids, the movie for older ages)
I saw this in one of my art classes and it was impressive! I like the animation style of this and Wes Anderson does have a great style of filmmaking.
Definitely one of my favorite stop-motion films!
It's up there with Nightmare before Christmas, Coraline and even Ilse of Dogs!
I do love this movie as a child and as an adult and in a way so many hidden details are sprinkled every time you rewatch the movie and I enjoy a movie that dose that
My favorite from Wes Anderson. It truly is *FANTASTIC*
His movies are always good
Absolutely love this and Isle of Dogs. I feel like Wes Anderson has a directing style that shines independently of the wonderful stop motion.
I've lost count how many times me, my dad and brother watched this film.
Doug always confidently talks about these filmmakers like we all inherently know them and everything they've made.
I read the book first, and it’s great. The film does hit those beats, but puts in a bunch of other stuff. Normally, this means THEY RUINED MY CHILDHOOD but somehow it didn’t? This and Where the Wild Things Are are two amazing films that are their own thing and don’t harm the work they’re based on. Not sure how to explain why…
the one scene that always stuck with me was the scene with the kids at night. there was something about the lack of dialogue that just perfectly stood out to me when i was little.
I've read the original book, it's a lot more simplistic and shorter than the film. But still keeps the thrill-seeking adventures of Mr. Fox intact. The film is quite unique though and I can appreciate the voice cast, writers and animators took a lot of time in expanding the scope of what made the book great. :D
This is my family and I favorite movie, we quote this movie almost everyday ❤
I think this movie is indeed in my top 5.
Wes Anderson is the perfect definition of style over substance, but this movie is a rare exception
Moonrise Kingdom is both
His style is apart of the substance.
I grew up reading this book (and other Dahl books), and the movie does hit bullet points, as Doug said. The book is actually much simpler than the movie: animals aren’t as anthropomorphized, and Mr. Fox steals from the farmers with his family’s knowledge and blessing. The book’s story also ends immediately after the Fox digs tunnels beneath the farmers’ stockpiles, giving all the animals access to endless food so they can remain underground forever, all while the farmers continue to wait at the original burrow’s entrance for a chance to shoot their nemesis. It’s a simple story, but an effective one for kids, and it’s expanded upon beautifully by this movie.
This is one of the best stop-motion film. I love it and the cast who voiced the characters.
I admit this is the Wes Anderson film I'd ever seen. As a result, it didn't click with me the first time I saw it and that's because I wasn't used to his style but when I saw it a second time, I really got it and I've loved it since. Stop motion is also my favorite type of animation and this style works for him.
I liked the reference to Roald Dahl's writing lap desk used by Mr. Fox.
"If what I think is happening is happening, it better not be" - best line from Meryl Streep ever.
This is free on TH-cam right now, literally watched it again yesterday, watched it a ton around the time it came out.
You're going to love Isle of Dogs.
This was my childhood book, and I feel the movie is a wonderful adaptation
One of my all time favorite movies
These types of movies, especially ones like this and Isle of Dogs, are severely underrated
I absolutely love this movie and I agree with everything Doug says about it. I remember watching this movie and just loving every second. The humour, the heartfelt-ness, the animation, music, dialogue etc etc everything is just so well thought out. I just love it.
Also one of my favourite things; George Clooney actually eating things making growling noises for the sound while he's killing/eating chickens. Just makes me laugh.
One of Doug’s best here. Wes Anderson does seem to “repeat.” But…when you repeat SO uniquely and SO beautifully…I don’t see how you can criticize. Damn it’s amazing!!
Probably my only movie watched made by the director(not a big movie buff), but one of the things about this movie that had me both intrigued and tweakin' out about was the AMOUNT OF SYMMETRY IN NEAR EVERY SHOT/FRAME. It made the looks likely appealing to kids and all as well as some of the impacts like an upfront close at the face like when Clooney says "because I'm a wild animal" hit a bit harder, but would it kill the man if he said "that box over by an inch more"? Wonderful and rememberable movie, all the same.
Fantastic Mr Fox is One of My All Time Favorite Films and My Second Favorite Animated Film from 2009 behind Up
This movie gave us the word "clustercuss"
I have the Criterion Collection edition.
Thanks for shedding a light on this; I always thought this was an overlooked, underrated film.
I like how the logo shows industry smoke stakes almost like a subtle nod to the only super power that matters.
I'm surprised that I never heard you talk about this but I'm glad you came to like this movie.
I still haven't seen Fantastic Mr Fox or Isle of Dogs but I had this eye opening experience of changing my entire perception of an artist's work with Grand Budapest Hotel. Life Aquatic was my first Wes Anderson film and Moonrise Kingdom was my second. I have seen a lot of his stuff over the years, but when I saw Grand Budapest Hotel, I had to go back and rewatch everything, had to watch commentary on everything, had to listen to other people talk about his process and vision. I always knew that I liked Wes's work, but I never really understood why. His style is basically pure gestalt and as someone that went to a very high level art school, that means the world to me.
I don’t think my dad has seen any of Wes Anderson’s movies but I remember how when I was at the movie theater with him there was a poster for Isle Of Dogs and he was just captivated by it. The moment he saw it he said he had to see that movie and he usually doesn’t get that interested in a movie from the poster alone so that really says something about it. (also no I don’t know if he’s actually seen IOD but if he hasn’t cause you know life, I think he still has a big interest in it)
Honestly, this is the best adaptation of a Roald Dahl book. Willy Wonka used to hold the title, but hasn’t really aged well in my opinion.
Maybe next year, we'll get a Wes Anderson month. But this movie is what stop motion needs nowadays, a revitalisation, a renewal, something to give it new life.
I remember when my brother and I first watched this film on a plane. We were both fans of the original book and were really intrigued by a film adaptation. When we saw it for ourselves we were absolutely dumbfounded - it was SO bizarre and unlike anything we'd ever seen before. I honestly didn't know what to think of it other than it was so hilariously weird. I've grown to appreciate it a lot more now as an adult, there really isn't any other animated film like it (even Isle of Dogs doesn't quite capture the same tone and humor, though it was still good). Just remembering any quote from this film makes me crack up.
I love seeing kid kaito TH-cam image on your channel
Fun fact, this movie is 99% stop motion and practical. Everything from the smoke, to flames, to electricity was done practically except for one thing and that was the flood of Apple Cider which had to be done with CGI
I knew one of the animators who worked on this - according to him, the hair movement thing was a very conscious decision (my friend was complaining about it, saying he thought it'd look bad). Also, apparently Anderson was directing it from France, having dailies sent over to him (though my friend didn't say if it was over the internet or snail-mail).
This movie definitely shaped me as a child. It’s so beautiful and entertaining
Still one of my all time favourite animated films
I just realized when you were going over the film's themes: every single one was in The Incredibles. Considering this is based on a book, I can't help but wonder if that film took inspiration.
On the 19th day of disneycember the critic gave for me:
19 quirky animals
18 hidden cultures
17 Imperial fighters
16 T-rex eggs
15 Keyblade swords
14 cartoon actors
13 killable gods
12 hunting gadgets
11 time jump ins
10 broken walls
9 extinct species
8 lightsaber customs
7 CG horseshits
6 untasty burgers
FIVE MULTIVERSES
4 red pandas
3 talking frogs
2 ice craking nuts
and an amazing superhero game for me
Great video once again! I'm so thankful I have the Criterion Collection version of this movie on DVD! 😎