I enjoyed it, reminded me of a fusion of so many innovative styles from The Lego Movie to The Book of Life to Captain Underpants. Plus Maya Rudolph was inspired.
I enjoyed it...
Ian Lewis
John Martin
Story was a mess. The trailer made the movie seem more coherent than it actually was. I never heard of the book, so going by the trailer, I thought the story was this:
A bunch of kids send their abusive parents away to a deadly trip. The parents hire a nanny to watch the children and then when their parents die on the trip, social services comes in to take the children. But the kids and the nanny have bonded, so they run away and half the movie is them on the run from "the law" (social services) and it was going to be a quirky family road trip escape-from-the-law movie. That's what I thought when I saw them flying all around the world in the trailer.
Instead, it was 80 different plots with a bunch of side characters who didn't matter and social services shows up for 15 minutes and then, uh. The family loves each other in the end, but they loved each other at the beginning, so I don't know.
Leo Rivera
True, plus that thing where the Nanny thinks the kid betrayed her on purpose did annoy me, even if she admitted they were just fooling around with the audience.
Dominic Morales
So Willoughbys have big families right? Wouldn’t an aunt or uncle notice that their brother treats his kids like trash?
Camden Hall
They have a big ancestry but they seem to be the only living ones left.
Parker Rivera
>Parents call each other "Father" and "Mother" even though they hate being parents.
Wouldn't it make more sense if they called each other Husband or Wife or Honey and Sweetie or something like that?
Nathaniel James
I think it's trying to pay homage to whatever cartoon came out in the mid-20th century, hence why it has the feel of a Rankin Bass production with a thousand times the budget.
Benjamin Johnson
>The Willoughby's chase out potential buyers of the house using traps
>Then a group of people appear whom their traps don't work on: The Perfect Family!
>The Perfect Family is defeated 90 seconds later
It had lightning fast pacing to say the least.
Thomas Wright
Watched it blind with my young nephew. It's pretty colorful with a charming disposition despite the sad subject matter that reminds me of Lemony Snickets in a way. The murder plot felt like a child friendly Horrible Bosses and instantly made me more interested. I'd give it a 6 to 7 out of 10.
Elijah Price
Really neat visual style for messy story with weak characters. Is anyone here actually familiar with the source material? How does it compare to this new adaptation?
Isaac Allen
>NETFLIX
>A Netflix Film
David Baker
I can agree with assessment, I also think it had a lot of concepts that were either morbid or quirky and got me interested but I could never fully get into the movie because everything felt so surface-level character wise. It felt like it was just stringing together ideas and hoping it would come together to make a fun end result without putting the work in to build a decent foundation first
Gavin Gutierrez
I wanna believe Kris Pearn made the mistake of sticking too closely to the original book, but again, I don't know if that Lowry's story had the same character development issues. I need a reader's insight in this thread.
Joshua Garcia
>dead thread, again
Damn. Yas Forums really is boring and predictable, huh?
Nicholas Allen
Eh, the movie was good enough to be good rather than excellent to the point of being drowned in controversy and debate. I'm just grateful.
Jace Adams
Well, here’s a controversial take: Why the FUCK was Ricky Gervais in this movie?!
Tyler Long
Uh, he got jealous of the cat from Coraline?
Angel Cruz
He was Cast as the cat because the people in charge thought he was the best actor for the role... also Gervais looks like a fat cat
Nathan Smith
>also Gervais looks like a fat cat
Methinks SOMEBODY didn't like being called a fat pussy in the golden globes
John Edwards
Wasn't he an executive producer for the film?
Daniel Price
This movie got any waifus? Klaus did.
Brody Harris
Linda is better
Grayson Smith
Good joke, mate. Is... is she seriously the only option??
Mason Adams
What does "executive producer" even MEAN? Seems like a pretty broad term for such a highly-viewed position. Some EPs clearly have little to no influence on the projects they're involved with.
Evan Moore
Barnaby bump
Ethan Morris
wtf I love Craig Kellman now
David Reyes
Jesus, why is Yas Forums so fucking BORING?
Christian Russell
Slight spoilers but can girls even grow facial hair as a family trait? It was weirdly cute nonetheless.
James Hill
You’ve never seen a chick with a mustache?
Jayden Peterson
I'm sure some can.
Also, feel free to discuss spoilers. The movie's been out for almost three days now, and anyone willing to read through this thread probably won't be affected by such discussion.
Matthew Wilson
Can't say how common it is, but it happens.
Liam Anderson
dude,a lot of chicks wax their upper lip, thet dont even get that much thou
Christopher White
it was pretty good, I tought it was a foreign movie given how animation is nowadays
also the nanny was super hot
Jack Johnson
Yea, you never heard of the bearded lady? Or like another user said, some women wax their upper lip. Hell, there was a lunch lady in my elementary school with a neckbeard. She'd shave it once in a while.