Fantastic Film, Mr. Anderson (6th Meditation)

As a family tradition, my family goes to the movies either on Thanksgiving day or the day after. Somehow this Thanksgiving, we decided to see Fantastic Mr. Fox (directed by Wes Anderson). It ended up being a really good decision. It was an excellent movie. It was such a refreshing change from the animated and other kids movies that have come out recently. And of course Roald Dahl is awesome.

The movie is based off the children’s book “The Fantastic Mr. Fox” by Roald Dahl. It’s the story of a fox that steals from three farmers and the farmers try to get their revenge by killing him. It’s a great epistemological shift because it takes the great children’s book and makes it into a great family movie that anyone can enjoy. The movie brings a great emotional transfer as it make you feel like a child again because the humor is innocent, but it’s still a really funny movie and not at all cheesy. There are also great morals to be learned through the film, which uses the neocortex part of the brain.

The animation used for this film was similar to that of puppets (stop-motion animation), which was very nostalgic in a way, because these days the normal animation is the type of stuff that DreamWorks produces. So, getting back to an older version of animation was awesome. The characters were also very endearing and voiced by famous people like George Clooney and Meryl Streep which is a big pull for the movie studio to get people to see the movie. The production techniques used for the film were just so different and interesting that it was awesome. I especially like the voices in the film because they used just the right amount of tone and emphasis and didn’t sound over the top like a lot of voice in animated movies so. Overall, it was an awesome movie and I hope that it gets the recognition that it deserves.