Flushed Away

Post by **Dacey** » November 20th, 2006, 5:40 pm

For me, it still had that "Aardman Feel" to it. In both the design and its cheeky sense of humor. Yeah, there were pop songs, but nothing too "American" beyond that.

And I'm glad you like my Avatar. Le Frog is one of my three favorite characters in the film (along with Rita and Toad).

Post by **ShyViolet** » November 20th, 2006, 6:49 pm

I loved Rita! Especially her outfit.

She kind of reminded me of Daphne in Frasier, if you ever watched that.

Also, I know a lot of people hate the whole "celebrity voice actor" thing but personally I thought Hugh Jackman and Kate Winslet were just excellent. TOTALLY perfect. Especially Hugh. I wouldn't mind seeing him in another animated role.

Plus I noticed the Were-Rabbit Bunnies in the bedroom....

Post by **Dacey** » November 20th, 2006, 7:08 pm

Especially Hugh. I wouldn't mind seeing him in another animated role.

He's in "Happy Feet", you know.

Post by **ShyViolet** » November 21st, 2006, 5:24 pm

Who does he play again?

Post by **Meg** » November 21st, 2006, 5:58 pm

Memphis.

Post by **ShyViolet** » November 21st, 2006, 7:57 pm

This was on the front page of the DWA offical site. So maybe things aren't as negative as they appear to be.

http://www.dreamworksanimation.com/dwa/ ... index.html

Post by **Dacey** » November 24th, 2006, 2:43 pm

At the rate things are going, it looks like FA may have trouble reaching the $70M:

http://boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/

Post by **Groaning** » November 25th, 2006, 3:10 pm

Happy Feet killed it.

Post by **Daniel** » November 25th, 2006, 6:34 pm

Killed is such a strong word

but defeated it did

Guess the public can't get enough of Penguins

Go figure...

Flushed Away IMO still looks more entertaining than Happy Feet but that's just me

Post by **ShyViolet** » December 10th, 2006, 9:26 pm

Here's a cool Variety article on DW and the current Aardman-DW situation: (via Animation Nation)

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111795 ... katzenberg

It's kind of a downer about their stock performance, however.....

Post by **ShyViolet** » December 30th, 2006, 3:16 pm

Just a dumb bit of trivia: That screaming/sqeaking slug was voiced by Hugh. Guess big-name stars can do some things right, anyway.

BTW: Was it finally confirmed-beyond-a-shadow-of-a-doubt that Aardman is leaving DWA or are they still waiting to see how things go?

Post by **Groaning** » December 31st, 2006, 6:41 am

After that disapointning run of Flushed Away, I think it's completely fixed that they'll split up.

Post by **Ben** » December 31st, 2006, 7:07 am

You mean <I>Flushed</I> was flushed...?

Post by **ShyViolet** » December 31st, 2006, 2:50 pm

Hmmm....I think K said they were going to wait until after the New Year to announce it officially, whatever they decide.

Post by **ShyViolet** » February 10th, 2007, 5:20 pm

Wow look what this guy at the Guardian wrote!!!

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/film/2007/01/post_6.html

(I don't agree with him, though, even with everything I still think Aardman is adorable. And much better in clay.)