Wallace and Gromit...

OK, so it's true, I went and saw a kid's movie last night with the SO. I couldn't help it. For the record though, I wanted to go and see The History of Violence, but she said we should go see something funny and uplifting, so we did. The new Wallace and Gromit movie, The Curse of the Were Rabbit. We planned on going at like 9, so that the kid factor would be a minimum, of course, we were wrong. Why do these parents bring their kids out at 9 at night? I don't get it. Especially the age these kids are. I mean, they were less then 10 years old most of them. I seem to remember being in bed by 9PM every night before I was like 13. I know for damn sure I wasn't out at a movie at 9 at night. No way, no how, no way. Anyway, the movie. There were tons of kids there. All talking, running around. The movie was good though, really good. Laugh out loud funny with plenty of subtle adult humor and sexual innuendo in there to keep even the most jaded movie goer pretty happy. I was very pleased that we went to see that movie.

Wallace and Gromit for those not in the know are 2 clay figures, Wallace being the man, Gromit being his trusted dog, and the brains of the operation. In this movie, they are Anti-Pesto pest removal service, and of course, they're humane about the bunnies that they're removing from people's yards, and protecting prize vegetables. You see, the town that they live in has a big festival every year, and they take their damn vegetable growing serious, serious enough to have their prized stuff protected. Wallace, being a lover of cheese, and not vegetables gets an idea to brainwash the bunnies into believing that they don't like vegetables anymore. Of course something goes wrong, and Wallace ends up being a gigantic rabbit who goes on a vegetable eating rampage. Seriously, go and see it. You won't be sorry. Funny stuff. Very funny stuff. British humor of course, but good British humor. http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/home2.asp I think I first saw Wallace and Gromit back when The Rebel (another name for the sister) started watching it, and got some tapes for Christmas one year. I've always been a sucker for claymation. The Christmas specials like Rudolph, Year Without a Santa Claus, and so on. Then you had Clash of the Titans, one of the all time kick ass claymation movies, and of course there were scores of Sinbad movies back in the day that were done by the same guy that did Clash of the Titans (Harryhausen I think it was). Such good stuff. It's still amazing to me how those guys can do that so well, it has to take tons of time to get it done right, tons of time I'm sure. Anyway, so I was always a fan of this stuff, and watched Wallace and Gromit, and immediately became sort of fan of that show as well. Can't get it much over here in the US, as we like to import great British shows, and then re-make them in American form. Survivor, Big Brother, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, The Office, and so on and so forth. Seems as though all the good TV show ideas are happening over across the pond. We just steal them, and pass them off as our own of course. You can't see Wallace and Gromit on TV here though, at least not that I've seen, they might have it on BBC America, but I haven't caught it yet if they do. Spend your hard earned dollars, and go and see the movie, you'll dig it I'm sure.