Movie & TV Chat: A entertainment discussion thread ~ Live, Love, Enjoy movies! What did ya'll think of Joker?

[SvennoJ]

Yesterday I watched The pirates: Band of misfits with the kids. The new (2012) stop motion feature from Aardman, makers of Wallace and Gromit. It's the first time I got to see their work in HD and it looks amazing. It's not all stop motion, it's filmed as much with green screens as LotR but apart from the obvious 'that water can't be real' the cgi backgrounds do blend in nicely with the scale model foregrounds.

The jokes range from clever to great British dry humour which had me laugh plenty of times. The level of detail is amazing, too much to take in in 1 viewing, and the action and chase sequences are great as always.

The story however is the weakest point, it never really leaves the saturday morning cartoon level. It's entertaining but pales in comparison to something like Coraline. It's all very safe and predictable. But that doesn't really matter, the kids loved it. Fun movie.

The extras on the blu-ray were well worth watching too. Awesome to see all the work and huge scale models it takes to put it together. Also best use for a 3D printer: to print the 250 different mouths for the main character alone.