Triplets of Belleville - a real adult cartoon?

[lupercal]

Just struck me over the last couple of days. A long way back I played 'Triplets of Belleville' to my 73 year-old mother (well she was probably 72 at the time), and she was blown away by it, and played it to my Aunt who bought it as well. Fast forward 6 months and she asked if I could get it for as part of her birthday present. When I went round there she played it and my (+also 73 year-old) father watched it and declared it 'a classic'. You'd probably appreciate this more if you realise that the last time I remember him doing anything more than grunt at a movie was in about 1982. Now apparently my mother (who is a carer for the elderly disabled) is playing it to her 'ladies' who are mostly older than her, and they're all going nuts about it. These are all people who don't normally watch animated movies at all. As far as I know this is the only animated movie my mother owns.

I was just wondering... how many people here under 20 thought it was brilliant? Does it having anything in it for a younger audience. There's only one explosion (and that's underwater), nobody flies through the air, ala Miyazaki, no child protagonist (except at the very start), and the only animal character is maybe the ugliest (but at the same time absolutely the most realistic) dog I think I've seen in an animated movie, and he doesn't talk. How many people here can go through the opening b/w sequence and name the 1920'-30's celebrities parodied?

In today's culture, where nearly everything is aimed at teenagers - doubly so in the animation market - I guess that's the reason it was beaten to the Oscar by 'Finding Nemo', a decision which just looks more and more ridiculous as time goes on.

I'm just glad he even made it.

Loop

[MonkeyFunk]

I've noticed that it's very much a love it or hate it film, and the people who hate it do so with a vengeance.

I really dug it, personally; it was a real breath of fresh air. I particularly liked the approrach to character animation, which has rubbed off on my own cartoons a little.

That said, when it comes to looking back and thinking "ah, that bit was great", I think I preferred his other film, The Old Lady and the Pigeons...

[athena]

I played it for a group of my friends not long after it came out of DVD... they're all in their mid to late 20s... and they seemed to thoroughly enjoy it.

I wouldn't say it's among my all-time favourite movies, but I liked it.

[Inkwolf]

I screened it at my library, and the teens in the audience mostly loved it. Well, two loved it and one just didn't get it. (It was a small audience, admittedly...) The other adult in the room didn't get it, either.

[MonkeyFunk]

You know what I said about people hating it with a vengance? This (http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=5189) is what I had in mind.

[Lucky_Bob]

I'm under 20. I loved it.

[Tom MDP]

Now I'm 20, but when I first saw it a couple of years ago, I was really blown away.

Most likely there was also a little bit of proud, because it was partialy a Belgium production...and I am Belgian.

But never the less, I really think it's great..
The great animation made me even decide to go study animation myself :)

[lupercal]

I am Belgian.





Question: do Belgians call Brussel Sprouts 'Brussel Sprouts', and if not, what do they call them?

Loop

[Tom MDP]

Question: do Belgians call Brussel Sprouts 'Brussel Sprouts', and if not, what do they call them?

Loop

We just call them sprouts ^^
Just like so called "French Fries"
We call them Fries (that's because Belgian Fries are WAAAAY better then French Fries ;))

[lupercal]

We just call them sprouts ^^
Just like so called "French Fries"
We call them Fries (that's because Belgian Fries are WAAAAY better then French Fries ;))


Well, that's interesting. In Tasmania we don't refer to sliced, fried potatoes as either 'fries' or 'French fires', but as 'chips.' Confusingly, this is also what we call pre-cooked, bought in a a packet chips, whch I think the English call 'crisps', so if you ask anyone here 'can you get some chips', you never really know what you're going to get. I also lived in a house where we used to make carrot chips, and we called those 'chips' as well.

Loop

[Tom MDP]

this is what we call chips:
http://www.panic.com/extras/products/images/lays-cheddar.gif
and
http://www.pokerchatforum.com/free-poker-chips.jpg
and
http://www.br-online.de/wissen-bildung/artikel/0501/28-e-grains/foto/computer-chip-gettyimages.jpg

this are fries (or like we call it: "frieten" or in dialect: "fritte")

EDIT: This image has been removed due to the contents that it contained at time of edit - likely due to host site replacing image with another, much less appropriate one

[starlac]

Word of advice Tom MDP, try to avoid direct-linking, as many site owners don't like it and will either make up a code protection to prevent it or change the image to something that lets everyone know they don't like it (as is what happened here).

In the UK, sliced potatoes can be referred to as both chips and fires, depending on how they're made. Potato chips are "crisps" unless they tortilla chips, in which case we call them as such. Candy is only candy if it refers to sugar based hard stweets, if the thing is covered in chocolate it simply gets cal;ed a chocolate bar.

I did enjoy Triplets; although I'm afraid it lacked a certain something for me to say that the film was/is an absolute classic. I loved the art design more than anything else. I’ll have to re-watch it sometime soon anyways.

[athena]

Word of advice Tom MDP, try to avoid direct-linking, as many site owners don't like it and will either make up a code protection to prevent it or change the image to something that lets everyone know they don't like it

I've done that... both implementing the protection code and sending direct-linkers a nice image surprise (see attached)... some forum actually tried to direct-link Keyframe's "4 star" review graphic... hehe, after I changed the image on them I got some very nasty messages... the forum was in another language but it roughly translated as 'American bastard' if I remember correctly.

I don't have a problem if people download images to their own servers... but direct-linking is a drain on bandwidth and that can get expensive--for me. :irked:

[Tom MDP]

Word of advice Tom MDP, try to avoid direct-linking, as many site owners don't like it and will either make up a code protection to prevent it or change the image to something that lets everyone know they don't like it (as is what happened here).


Understood and learned from it ^^