yay I saw a showing in SF (US version is slightly different to UK version, aard-fans) and Pete Lord did a Q&A and they had some of the models. (we then took PL out to see the sights of SF, which was great fun)
― kinder, Friday, 25 May 2012 23:31 (eleven years ago) link
this got buried here, only screening in two cinemas across the city, only at 9.50am on Sundays
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Saturday, 26 May 2012 01:03 (eleven years ago) link
weird, my wife and i love Wallace & Gromit etc. but every time we saw ads for Pirates we just went 'ugh that looks terrible' and it never occurred to us that it might be an Aardman thing
― some dude, Saturday, 26 May 2012 01:36 (eleven years ago) link
Seriously, it is sooooooo good. I was listening to Jimmy Cliff the day or so after, and my younger daughter perks up. "This was in the movie!"
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 May 2012 02:08 (eleven years ago) link
Pirate movie was SO FUNNY. My movie of the year maybe? So good!
― in charge of refreshments tonight is (Abbbottt), Monday, 23 July 2012 00:05 (eleven years ago) link
Really must see that, I missed it in the theaters!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 July 2012 00:17 (eleven years ago) link
They had it as some summer kids movie in the cheap theater so I lucked out! My sister was lording it over me that she'd seen it in the theater and I hadn't, so...ha to her. Totally gonna buy it when it comes out. It's a repeat watcher for sure and the bonus features on stop motion films are always geek paradise.
― in charge of refreshments tonight is (Abbbottt), Monday, 23 July 2012 00:18 (eleven years ago) link
saw it in the theater and talked about it on some thread or other. pretty great! not great great, maybe, but at least good great. loved the beards, jokes, monkeys, smashing of things, etc. hell of a lot more enjoyable than any of the big, blockbustery superhero/sci-fi films i've seen this summer.
― contenderizer, Monday, 23 July 2012 05:33 (eleven years ago) link
It's criminal that it wasn't better promoted in the U.S. It deserves success and a sequel!
― kinder, Monday, 23 July 2012 07:14 (eleven years ago) link
Not seen Pirates! but Shaun The Sheep is their best UK-set feature-length so far :)
My favourite portrayal of Manchester on film maybe (JC Clark / The Fall poster!), brilliantly animated (like, better than before), no dialogue at ALL (this felt pitched both younger and older than previous fare) and some genuinely lovely observations about modern England - teasing affection towards smartphone culture but a sly & unswerving hatred of paperwork, bureaucracy and officiousness.
The sets are extraordinary and the visual wit more ingenious than ever. When you're making three seconds a day, there's room for attention to detail, and boy do they maximise it. Probably worth a rewatch just to catch everything.
British kids' pastoralia in decent health thanks to this lot. They even make Rizzle Kicks palatable ffs!
― pro war Toby Keith songs would rub you the wrong way (imago), Saturday, 7 February 2015 17:01 (nine years ago) link
cant wait to see this.love the tv show.so, your rundown makes me even more keen.
― mark e, Saturday, 7 February 2015 17:31 (nine years ago) link
I found Pirates! rather uneven, though far from a failure. The jokes were often good, but the central pirate characters hadn't the strength of Wallace and Grommit, or even the chickens in Chicken Run, so it lacked a core. I eagerly await Shaun the Sheep.
― Aimless, Saturday, 7 February 2015 18:01 (nine years ago) link
Having real difficulty finding an animation done in the main Aardman style, maybe they ripped the style off because I can't find it in any Aardman list, but I don't know the title so it might well be listed. One of the bleakest films I've ever seen, it's a short film about a dog that gets left at home with a lizard friend, the lizard seems content but the dog is desperate to turn into a human. Ring any bells? I'd love to see this again.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 27 April 2015 17:14 (nine years ago) link
Can't view it on my phone but: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ORNbu47UEKc
― kinder, Monday, 27 April 2015 18:20 (nine years ago) link
Thankyou very much! Not quite as depressing as I remember, I thought he screamed at the end "I hate being a dog!"
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 27 April 2015 18:37 (nine years ago) link
Nooo
http://io9.gizmodo.com/rip-peter-sallis-the-voice-behind-wallace-gromits-lo-1795821840
But 96, that's a hell of a run. RIP indeed.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 5 June 2017 18:51 (six years ago) link
Wonderful late career run with aardman
― D'mnuchin returns (darraghmac), Monday, 5 June 2017 18:59 (six years ago) link
Honestly hard to imagine anyone else in the role.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 5 June 2017 19:04 (six years ago) link
farmageddon is awesome :)
just as good as the first one, except they've conjured the cutest animated alien ever
― imago, Sunday, 20 October 2019 20:20 (four years ago) link
We dragged out a DVD of Pirates! and watched it last night. I am convinced that Nick Park and his core Aardman production team had very limited creative input on the script. The characters, their problems and their solutions were very much off-the-shelf Hollywood stock elements, gaudied up a bit, but ultimately flat. It relied on pushing the action; you didn't need to absorb the humor or savor it as Aardman usually prefers. The design, otoh, showed a lot of the Aardman flair for backgrounds.
I'd rate it as 80% Sony Pictures heavy-handedness and 20% Aardman light-heartedness.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 26 April 2020 18:43 (four years ago) link
The screenplay is adapted by Defoe from his own books, and the movie is directed by Aardman head & co-founder Peter Lord. Park doesn’t even work on the spin-offs of his own characters, and iirc his only recurring co-writer is Bob Baker, who has never been an Aardman employee.(And is now 80, so unlikely to be on retainer as a regular consultant)
― donald failson (sic), Sunday, 26 April 2020 20:00 (four years ago) link
― imago, Sunday, 20 October 2019 20:20 (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink
VINDICATION
― imago, Monday, 15 March 2021 15:02 (three years ago) link
Why yes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx1tfy3JuKI
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 June 2021 17:58 (two years ago) link
feels important that this be good
― imago, Thursday, 17 June 2021 18:03 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icfv_T5pkdI
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 21:06 (seven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-Kz67kea8Q
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 15 November 2023 14:58 (five months ago) link
The arduously crafted sequel that no one asked for, lol. But ... sure.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 15 November 2023 16:31 (five months ago) link
https://www.avclub.com/chicken-run-studio-aardman-is-apparently-running-out-of-1851033934
Modeling Clay. They're running out of Modeling Clay.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 19 November 2023 15:01 (five months ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/21/wallace-and-gromit-aardman-animations-reassures-fans-over-clay-shortagehow odd, it seems an incorrect rumour was reported at exactly the same time Aardman have a movie out
― kinder, Wednesday, 22 November 2023 00:14 (five months ago) link
glad i didn't put that in the good news story thread now
― Tyler Perry's Cystitis (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 00:43 (five months ago) link
Doesn’t seem to be any contradiction between the incorrect rumour of “their supplier closed down so they bought up all the stock and will have to source a new supply in the future” and the statement of “we have lots of stock currently and have been investigating new supply for the future”can they mould a fresh Julia Sawahla voicebox from the new material, though
― vashti funyuns (sic), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 01:13 (five months ago) link