Fantastic Mr. Fox - Ten Years Later 

As a kid I found this film incredibly boring with most of the jokes only funny for the parents in the audience. The only jokes that the kids in the movie theatre laughed at would be when Mr Fox climbs the electric fence and gets electric shocked and you can see his skeleton.The kid characters in this film are so annoying as well, with Mr Fox's son literally the worst character Wes has ever created

I watched The Mask when I was a kid and I enjoyed it so much because of his goofy personality but never realised the sexual things in the movie. If you've never seen it, I strongly recommend it though

It’s just a story, imho. What I mean by that is that it’s not trying to target a specific age demographic and is instead trying to tell a story; plain and simple. I loved this movie as a kid. It’s nice to look back now that I’m an adult and watch it from different perspectives.

AAA A while I disagree, I did think Ash was annoying when I watched it as a kid.

As a kid i found this movie very satisfying but it kinda also scared me, like that scene when the fox started eating the pancakes and when he was growling,or when the fox lost his tail, it was really fun to watch also, i kept going back to the movie and watched again and again, i didnt understand the language back then but watched it again like a year ago

You say genre, but I can't even really give it a genre. Though in terms of the medium of animation, it has not been topped in recent years.

What genre are you speaking of ?

B I think he means stop motion, to which I'd suggest you check out Wes Anderson's other stop motion animated film, Isle of Dogs. I prefer Fantastic Mr. Fox, but Isle of Dogs is still brilliantly done.

Nonsense. There have been PLENTY of amazing animated films that have come out since Mr. Fox did. Both in terms of amazing story & plots & things or that nature, as well as in terms of amazing/beautiful animation and general visual splendour. And yes, that's counting movies that are made with the traditional ink and paper "2D" animation style, the newer CGI "3D" animation style (which unfortunately is all too common nowadays, to the point where almost every animated film has to be CGI cuz they're supposedly cheaper to make 🙄), and of course the always unique and unorthodox stop-motion animation style as well. In the realm of stop-motion animation, "Kubo and the Two Strings" is the prime example. That movie may just be the most spectacular and ambitious stop-motion film ever made. Period. Full stop. Look up some of the behind the scenes stuff for that film on RU-vid and see just how crazy huge the scope of that film was. The sheer size and intricacy of some of the models/figures (which to this day may still be the biggest, most intricate, and detailed stop-motion models/figures ever created) is positively stunning. And of course you cant forget "Isle of Dogs," Wes Anderson's latest film (and his second fully stop-motion film, the first obviously being "Mr. Fox" here). It's amazing and may even surpass "The Fantastic Mr. Fox," if I may be so bold. And in the realm of "2D" animation, one need look no further than what's been going on at all the Japanese studios to see the medium is as alive as ever! "From Up on Poppy Hill," "The Red Turtle," "Kick Heart," "The Night is Short, Walk on Girl," "Lu Over the Wall," I really can go on and on. And even with the CGI stuff (a style that is dominating animation way too much these days because of how much cheaper to make it is compared to 2D, to the point where almost every single animated film that is made in America/The West is made in the "3D" style and "2D" seems to be almost friggin dead here) there's still plenty of specTACULAR films that I openly adore. "Into the Spider-Verse," "Rango," "Toy Story 3," basically every episode of the fantastic Netflix series (and spiritual sequel to the classic 80s adult animation anthology film "Heavy Metal") called "Love, Death, and Robots," and more! So yeah, as great as "The Fantastic Mr. Fox" is, there has been no shortage of films released since it originally came out that "top" it in all SORTS of ways, imho. If you're seriously not familiar with any, nor familiar with any of the films I've listed, I *_IMPLORE_* you look into them. Hell, just look at this very channel too. Hes got plenty of videos discussing amazing examples of animation. Look no further than those "Food in animation supercut" videos he's done to see countless examples of downright BEAUTIFUL animation, in all three animation styles too - 2D, 3D, and stop-motion!

@@dildonius Kubo was pretty, but the story was mediocre. All the others just don't live up to Fantastic Mr. Fox, imo.

Nice seeing you here

Roald*

Why do I see u everywhere?

Sir Friendship? When did you graduate from Mr. Friendship?

“You’ll never date a big tiddy goth girl if you aren’t a goth yourself” *~ Some dude on Reddit I don’t know*

Well put

I applaud you

i grew up on Aliens and Terminator 2 but my dad is also a giant nerd that loves musicals and cartoons, and he would rent anime from blockbuster or record the stuff on the Sci-Fi channel back when they used to do their saturday anime block or whatever it was.

Not only that, but children can teach adults too.

Ashleigh Tompkins Wes Anderson is my favorite director, but I love Aardman. Wallace and Grommit is genius.

@@NateandNoahTryLife I agree and I'm quite fond of them but I wonder if they will be able to do anymore or if they'll be able to branch into making other series'

Yeah, I also grew up with Aardman and Laika but stop-motion is like an endangered species of medium that somehow being aware of being obsolete like theatrical traditional animation.

@@poweroffriendship2.0 Honestly that's a real shame. Like hand drawn animation, the old methods are dying

@@ashleightompkins3200 As an aspiring cartoonist, I concur. I grew up with classic Disney animation back in 2000s and I am disappointed that every classics turned into remake live-action junkies. Live-action is fine but it feels like you're inside an office job desperate for money and lack of imagination.

Bruh I don't get this argument like trying to downplay children . Children are really intelligent . There are multiple studies that prove that , and society seems to act as if children are less intelligent to the average adult when it all just comes down to experience . Honestly I don't get your argument . There aren't things for children and things for adults , it all comes down to the maturity of the person . A adult can enjoy a children's film and a child can enjoy a adult film depending on the experience they went trough . It is ok to like things that are for kids doesn't make you less of a adult

@@dragonbullets2763 hes not saying children SHOULDN'T watch it, just that not ONLY children should watch it. Animated films have a tendency to be known as "for kids" when they should be seen as an art form anyone can enjoy.

@@TheInzane1998 that is understandable but it was never said it's only for children . There is no rule saying that adults can't produce adult animation or can't watch children's animation .If he or she wants to watch an animated movie they can, doesn't matter what age they are. Is she or he talking about opinions other people might have on them if they watch animated movies , cause if so I think people should think less about what other people think of them .Everyone can watch it if they want to. Children animation is actually good if done well , and fantastic mr fox is an example of that.. it was never only for kids , it is something everyone can enjoy and if you are an adult and somehow enjoy the minion movies , there is no one stopping you .

I Know Right?

@@dragonbullets2763 your issue in this discussion is either a lack of understanding that you are 100% correct in everything you just said, and yet most people do not agree with you, or you are willfully ignoring the opinions of almost the entirety of western society. Looking at the Oscars such movies as "your name", THE LITERAL BEST MOVIE EVER MADE IN JAPAN(according to them, and most anyone who watched it), lost to some trash like the emoji movie(not necessarily literally the emoji movie, but a similar one) because none of the reviewers could have been bothered to take the time to watch "your name". As their kids had not mentioned liking it, it must have been a bad movie... there are actual quotes from real people giving films awards that have said that exact sentiment. It is not a matter of whether or not animation should be appreciated by all (there are animated movies/shows kids should not watch), but rather pushing to change the stigma against adults liking animation. I do not understand why you would comment on a post agreeing with the message it is pushing, and yet try and some how disagree like you are an intellectual above the OP

Mackenzie Davenport Grand Budapest Hotel for Christmas, Moonrise Kingdom for May, Rushmore for the miserable early November, Fantastic Mr. Fox for Thanksgiving

Watched it just for today this year! Perfect Thanksgiving film.

When I was eight, my mom took me to the movies to see this. It was really great. Little did I know that it was stop-motion animated, but I did, however, know that it was 20th Century Fox, even though someone told me it was Blue Sky, but when I went to the movies and saw it, it was actually Regency Enterprises (I thought they only did live-action movies).

I agree, I try to watch it every year around Thanksgiving time

It definitely captures the autumn feel.

Robot Chicken will do that to you.

Grimty Granule lmao

It kind of does feel like one though when I watched it for the first time as an adult; I thought it was an adult film

It's the arm signal, for me. I chuckle every time, even after a dozen viewings. Sure, it's a [hand-waggle] different movie.

For me it's a tie between Mr. Fox-Tenenbaums-Life Aquatic. I can't really connect to many of his other movies, but these three have these moments that are way too relatable to me. I wish he had attempted some more serious movies that weren't as pandering to the quirky crowd. I wish he had made a movie that was more in tone of the prologue short film to Darjeeling again.

Niko Miller always nice to see Life Aqautic getting some love. Underrated film for sure

This was probably the most emotionally investing of the Wes Anderson movies.

In it, I found a big collection of all the _right_ quirks. Even could relate to Ash living a life of D.R.A.M.A -- some junior league vulpine Hunter S. Thompson.

Shut up, you ain't fooling anyone. We all know you're currently 41! >:(

Nate and Noah Try Life I’m exactly in the same situation. Wow. Keep up on living good 🙃

Dang, I was 5 Still love this movie now!

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my mom just made me watch this today 😂😅

Exactly! that's what I hate of his mediocre immitations. Wes Anderson is not only symetrical shots and bright colour palettes, it's his deep and well thought written scripts covered in subtle yet funny humour that makes me love his films.

There are imitations? For somebody who put him down to just style over substance, they haven't been doing a good job. I haven't heard of any of them!

@@tricksfollies9549 let's hope not

He should do another one of Roald Dahl’s books.

@@nolem5417 definitely

I mean hell, in the witches doesn't he pretty much say the friend was probably drowned in a bucket by his mother?

Yep. That is, by definition, what PG means.

The idea that the themes in this movie are some kind of traumatizing event that they'd otherwise be afraid of and need to be comforted for, sounds like a bit of an overraction on your part.

You're explaining this as if the kids going to watch a LiveLeak video or something, chill out, it's a stop motion animation

@@crazy808ish , note that Foxie is not really fazed by getting his tail neatly shot off. He's just annoyed as cuss. And making the best of it by movie's end. Drycleaning notwithstanding

Trouble is, PG is a lot milder nowadays than PG films of the 1980s and 1990s. At least that when I was growing up. No way a film like MEN IN BLACK or EDWARD SCISSORHANDS is in the same camp as FROZEN or SOUL which all share the PG certificate in the UK.

What about the 3%!? 🤔

@@goldendreams3437 🤔 🤔 🤔

Dinsey+ moment

That’s genuinely upsetting omg

@@Lumber_jocks I honestly hated the film when I first watched it because of it - when I watched it again at home, I realized that everything was off from the first screening and loved it.

Same

Same.

So your a furry now?

@@chasereno1987 for some of us, yes, definitely...

I hope things are going better now

Reuben Fong That actually sounds really interesting and I would totally read that paper

Is there any chance to read that one day ? :O

well, is it?

Standard thing that PhD graduates do is try to turn their theses into books, so at some point, hopefully!

I would absolutely love to see that.

yeah it was adorable

😝

I loved it

Cuss you

@Subbotnik why the cuss would you say that?

Stop cussing cussing! You mother cusser!

Advent3546 whoa there you cussing with me?

Everyone chill the cuss down!

Also. For me. Wes makes his adults childlike, while making his children adults. You address this briefly but I think it goes for everyone of his films. Darjeeling Limited has three adult brothers who are always fighting and looking for affection. Also, in Grand Budapest Mr. Gustav acts like a teenager who is constantly getting in and out of trouble and lacks experience of true love and affection and with has never suffered loss for life; and Zero as a grounded individual who has experienced loss of loved ones and how to cope, while also constantly keeping an eye on Mr. Gustav.

You need to watch it and think of it as a Wes Anderson film and not as an adaptation of a Roald Dahl book. Because that's what it is. And really, if you just want a perfect 1:1 adaptation of the book that doesn't stray in any way whatsoever from the source material in any terms - be it story/plot, style/tone, themes/ideas, whatever/etc - then you should just read the dang book at that point as far as I'm concerned!

@@dildonius Whoa, calm down buddy. Just expressing my opinion. I hadn't really seen any of Wes Anderson's films at that time, and just didn't care for some of the character and story changes that it made, that's all. Its been a while since I saw the movie too, so my opinion could be completely different if I watch it again. Also, a lot of adaptations of Dahl's books do pretty much match the spirit of the original book like Matilda and James and the Giant Peach, so that's just what I was used to at the time. I'm not wholly against changes in adaptation either as I love the Gene Wilder "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" but didn't care for the Tim Burton "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which is the closer to spirit adaptation. Another non-Roald Dahl example is the movie Jaws, which is WAY better than the book. I apologize if I upset you but just expressing my initial impression of the film, and like I said before, my opinion could have changed since then.

@@VegimorphtheMovieBoy Ignore that angry guy, I hope he didn't turn you off from rewatching! It has it's own charm and is really just all around fun when you get past any expectations from reading the book

Well, that's natural. Most adaptation always have changes and stray further from the original source material to make it unique and improvise.

Hayden Rozier BFG would’ve been amazing as a stop motion film by Wes Anderson!

"Pretentious bastardization," Unfortunately I might agree. When I watch the film, I'll try to give it a different name, as the only good way to watch it seems to be as something totally separate in nearly all ways. Is Mr. Fox at least a poacher in the rich folks woods? Is there some English countryside?

Yeh I found that movie too much as a kid.

That's honestly true. I did not have the needed patience as a kid to watch it

I remember watching it when I was around eight or nine and the scene where the kid destroys the houses and later has to answer for why, as well as the scene where he convinces one of the wild things that the sun will die gave me so much anxiety and probably an existential crisis. I felt very weird and anxious watching it

@@LoL12kricki feeling weird and anxious is how I feel after watching any other Was Anderson film.

I watched it when I was 9 and loved it. My parents were getting divorced and I loved sad moody and confusing things. It was overwhelming for sure but I remember telling my mom I loved it and her looking at me like I was crazy. I don't know if I still like it as an adult, but I still love and listen to the soundtrack

Have you seen Isle of Dogs? If you like this you'll love that

No. No you’re not.

I recommend you watch it. It's an excellent film.