Rewatched the other films and realised they have more depth, better characters and stories then the last 20 Disney films that have had billions spent on them.
@@PR7-82 yeah but the Onya one upped the ante nicely. W and G are a neat cross between Morecambe and Wise and The Two Ronnies for Christmas TV. Even has Feathers doing a musical interlude
It's one of the many running gags through all the W&G films ... all of Gromit's books are classic literature with the authors names changed to have a dog theme, and all of Wallace's books are renamed with a cheese theme .. it's genius
"Have you seen this chicken?" is still one of the funniest goddamn things I've ever seen. I was... what, 5 or 6 when I saw it? It's stuck with me ever since.
I was lucky to attend a preview for this at the BFI last weekend, and the audience reaction for it was bigger than any film I've seen in years. As Mark says, so many great sight gags and references throughout, plus a real treat to see it on the big screen. Can't wait to see it again on Christmas Day!
The level of detail in Aardman's productions is heartfelt by us all. All inclusive family fun with a feel good factor and laugh out loud gags. Perfection. Thanks to all who make this magic possible.
W & G films are works of art. Every Oscar Nick Park has won has been 100% deserved. We talk about films for adults and children then these are almost the definition of something for everyone. I've loved everyone with The Wrong Trousers and A Matter of Loaf & Death being my favourites, my children do but my late great Jamaican, Western loving Dad would howl with laughter at them too. We like millions of others will be watching on Christmas Day RIEP Peter Sallis, long live Wallace & Gromit!
Yes, spot the other film references and also.... on the props and models, the rust on the van wheel arches, torn and faded labels on things like the fire extinguisher, it is so realistic in its own way. These details and the models of the houses and sets are just so good.
Nick Park is probably the only person who has a completely perfect filmography, also I do metaphorically tip my hat at the W&G bench outside Preston market every time I pass it (which is at least twice a week).
@@watkinzez I was going to say the same thing. Good concept but then it essentially ripped off Space Jam but with football and done worse. Watched it once, have no intention of watching it again. It was also a box office flop.
What took it to another level for me was the emotional pull between W&G this time round. Got quite choked up when Gromit eventually got his pat from his ‘best pal’. Outstanding, even by Aardman’s high standards.
The fact that they've now made 6 films over 30+ years and they're still as good as ever is astonishing. I don't know any other series of films that's maintained this level of quality over that period of time.
This one had a lot of CGI in it, that's one of the notable detractions in my opinion. But, the quality is there and I cannot complain about the volume of output.
Well, 4 out of those 6 were more like extended TV show episodes than proper feature films. In general, W&G has very little content for a franchise that's been around for 35 years. Four short films and 2 feature films. And a couple of shorts & TV ads here and there. Compare that to Shaun the Sheep which got 172 episodes, 2 feature films AND a full-fledged spin-off called Timmy Time with another 80 episodes.
This is a superlative piece of cinema. I watched the preview at BFI and the audience reponse throughout the film was loud laughter at the myriad of sight gags. Absolutely wonderful. The applause at the end was sponaneous, loud and long. I think Nick Park was a little taken aback by the reaction. A classic movie.
There were some great homage scenes, the white fur seal on Feathers' lap - Blofeld with his white cat in the James Bond films. Then Feathers indicating that Gromit should walk towards him on the canal boat - Magua beckoning Alice from the cliff edge in Last Of The Mohicans. Not forgetting Feathers playing the organ on the submarine - Captain Nemo from 20 000 Leagues Under The Sea. Vengeance Most Fowl is yet another marvellous triumph for Nick Park.
A few years ago was walking round Magic Kingdom in Florida, wearing my Wallace and Grommit tee shirt, and was surprised at the number of Americans who were telling me that W&G were much better than anything "these guys" (I assume they meant Disney) produce. Just watched the programme, and it surpassed everything I was hoping for - possibly helped by fact that as someone who owns a narrowboat I was amazed by those sequences - especially the Yorkshire Pontcysyllte.
Getting Shearsmith to play the scary gnome was perfect. And Onya Doorstep even looked like Diane Morgan; certainly not a co-incidence. It were reet grand!
I liked the pontcysyllte viaduct being on the LancashireYorkshire viaduct. And the Feather McGraw as Captain Nemo at the submarine organ. And . . . There are just so many references that it's impossible to catch them all in one viewing; so it's a good thing I recorded it.
u literally couldn't give this movie enough awards seriously... the voices, the jokes, the timing. It's actually genius. so much skill in making an animation like this watched it with my niece and i loved ot just as much as her
I was at the BFI preview last weekend and I absolutely loved it and the atmosphere in the room was wonderful. It's funny and so sharp and clever and fun. Filled me with nostalgia. Probably my favourite after The Wrong Trousers.
Wallace and Gromit have rightly assumed the crown that once belonged to Morecambe and Wise; that crown being The Kings of Christmas. Absolute genius and the most wonderful comedy. Glorious return, long live the kings!
I'm 68 and believe W&G to be ageless. This can be enjoyed by all ages. Even at the extended running time it wasn't overlong, as there were enough action set pieces and sight gag's to please everyone. I particularly found the high speed (slow speed) barge chase a standout. All in all...this years TV Christmas highlight. Like Shaun The Sheep...Feathers needs his own series as he stole every scene he was in.
I remember a friend (at Manchester Film & TV School) showing me Nick's VHS of his student film "A Grand Day Out" way back when. We agreed then he was going to be huge. :)
Norbert's grating 'TA-DAH' was something. The Bondian canal boat chase was an impressive bit of animation and plotting. Love the Nortbert settings, the Nortberts rescue and how they are rebooted back to goodness =) Gromit getting his moment too!
Well I agree and would add that Vengeance Most Fowl is cinematic perfection, there’s nothing you could criticise about it. It’s just wonderful. Well done all
Like, famously curmudgeonly Hiyao Miazaki is an Aardman appreciator. Spielberg has tipped his hat to Wallace and Gromit before. Nick Park is one of the most awarded filmmakers ever - he's got *4* Oscars for God's sake! So, I am absolutely unsurprised that this is shaping up to be a cracking good time. Looking very forward to it.
I want to live in W & G world. The textures of the sets, particularly the indoor ones, and the beautiful way they are dressed and lit is so cosy and welcoming. Being a 68 year old Yorkshireman helps haha.
Brief mention of Reece Shearsmith as Norbot :D can't wait to see this on Christmas Day. Incidentally, highly recommend Kermode's Secrets of Cinema, such a wonderful series!
The boundless creativity and skill that goes into Nick Park/Aardman productions is truly gobsmackingly brilliant. (Also, gnomes are never not creepy and evil.)
The previous best slow chase was probably one in an episode of 'Detectorists', in which Lance's clapped out TR7 was in hot pursuit of a speeding moped. But this one beats even that one.
I watched Vengeance Most Fowl on Christmas Day & IMO it was THE best programme that day. Brilliant & if Nick Park/Aardman films don't get another Oscar, there's no justice. I've recently watched "A Close Shave" again & noticed that "Feathers Was Here" is written on the wall of Gromit's cell when hed been framed for sheep rustling. I'd never spotted it before.
The only problem I have is knowing that it's going to be YEARS before we get another. Laughed HARD at several jokes in this, and had a smile on my face from start to finish. It's up there with The Wrong Trousers for me.
MMF is packed with inventive detail and humour. It occupies that narrow territory where logic and the physically possible merge with what we long for but is impossible in the real world and the join is barely visible ...Only when the very long list of credits roll do we sense the enormous amount of production work which realises the inventive screen play. I loved the early bedtime scene when the gnomic garden helper needs to recharge. After much bleeping and burping and eye-flashing a robotic voice says 'One per cent charged.' That's a reference many EV drivers will warm to! It's also a reminder that there's plenty of unrealised potential for social criticism within the Wallace and Gromet world. Thanks.
Christmas 1989... I saw the trailer on BBC for A Grand Day Out! Stop-motion WITH lip-sync, I said out-loud; "That is something very special, it's gonna be big!" I've watched ALL Aardman films all-my-life! I don't see a time when I won't watch... Happy Christmas everybody
Watching Feathers McGraw at the organ reminds me a lot of Davey Jones playing the organ on the Flying Dutchman. Except of course, Feathers has a mug of tea.
Just notice something else. During the barge-chase, as the chasing barge barge gets closer, the shot changes to a wide shot showing the towpath. An old lady and a dog shuffle by. I'm convinced the she is one of Terry Gilliam's regulars from Monty Python. She also briefly appears in TCOTW-R.
I need no excuse to watch Wallace & Gromit at Christmas, and now I have a good reason to re-watch The Wrong Trousers as well. My niece (now 17) spent her childhood convinced every sheep in the world was called Shaun because of Aardman.
I’m in a group (of frankly slightly mad people) who collect sheep and we all love Shaun, he may not be one of our Especially Beloved Herdies but I can speak on behalf of all us that he’s an honorary Herdy.
There are many films that are portrayed in this new production of W&G. Watch it again and look for them Yes African queen is one and the run away nun is another. There are many more. Brilliant Rebecca x
Is it just me or is the organ scene a homage to Disney's 20,000 leagues under the sea from 1954? After all Captain Nemo was in a submarine when he was playing. (Or am I just mis-remembering?)
Ok, well, the Evil switch is straight from The Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror III" episode when Bart's talking Krusty doll tried to kill him. (A reference itself of the "Talking Tina" Twilight Zone episode!)
Now I'm looking forward to it even more!! Rewatched A Matter of Loaf and Death last night - utterly brilliant! I remember many years ago the joy of watching A Close Shave for the first time at Christmas - the scene with the sheep on the motorbike had me crying with laughter...
Nick Park is making another original piece of wonderful cinema and storytelling, whilst Hollywood is remaking the 17th sequel or spin off, of an adaption of a comic they had success with 10 years ago.
Watched it yesterday thought it was briliant. But why would Wallace put in an evil setting for Norbot in the first place? Mark is right, even though Gromit doesn't speak I could feel his frustration or anger at the feeling Norbot was taking his place, which made him feel left out and pushed away
Saw it the other day It was a great film however in terms of comedy factor it really doesn’t reach the heights or that Curse of the Were-Rabbit reached. Characters like Victor Quartermaine, the reverend , Lady Torrington and all the gags were on another level for that film.
The first direct reference I spotted was the Terminator films as Norbot was scanning the garden. Was there one before that? Some might say the pull up scenes by Feathers in the prison but doesn't every prison scene or prison film have a workout scene? i.e. not unique to Cape Fear.
Nods to classic films throughout, James Bond (white cat, power barges, submarine), Italian Job - as stated and Asimov's Rest of the Robots (story), where the robot factory makes more robots.
He is in a submarine, so the real reference is to 20000 Leagues under the sea. Captain Nemo played the organ in Nautilus, and I think it was the same Bach fugue.
Amazingly the "turn on the evil setting" plot line in this is also how Chucky turns evil in the god awful Child's Play remake. A factory worker at the start basically turns off the "don't kill kids" setting in the dolls programming.
actually with chucky it was more like "turn off the safety" setting for its learning ability, and then the doll learns that killing is ok by watching texas chainsaw 2. still a shite movie but that aspect gave me a chuckle
Surprised nobody mentions Gremlins! Or I Robot! There wasn’t a line quite as funny or memorable as ‘Arson about’ but we laughed all the way through and that’s all the proof needed of yet another W&G success!
I absolutely loved this. The list of films it pays homage to is amazing. Cape Fear, The Matrix, Mission Impossible 7, The Italian Job, Rise of the Planet of the Apes ( the zoo jail), Aliens (the motion detector showing but not seeing them infront).
All wannabe script writers/directors and so on should watch all of the Wallace & Gromit movies to see just how clever and inventive you can be with arguably a pretty basic set up and not a massive pile of cash. So many block-buster movies could be improved if the makers were familiar with Aardman's creations, the cini-world would be a much better place. I am going to watch your take on 'Megalopolis' next, not holding out much hope that it will hold a candle to W & Gs Christmas smash hit.
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The train scene in The Wrong Trousers is one of the best action scenes ever committed to film
Correct
Absolutely!! :)
100%
Totally agree. Mind blowing.
My favourite scene ever 👍👍👍
Ideal sight joke if you live in Yorkshire. Two signs on either side of a canal bridge..."Yorkshire Boundary" on one side, "No Parkin" on the other !!
and confirms the shaun the sheep farmer lives on either the Pennines or top of peak district
Wallace and Gromit - to me, an absolute British institution! Utter quality that we should be very proud of!
Rewatched the other films and realised they have more depth, better characters and stories then the last 20 Disney films that have had billions spent on them.
The "Dog Reads Paper" headline in the newspaper Gromit reads in The Wrong Trousers is still my favourite W&G visual gag
Aye Up magazine for "Hello" celeb mag front page.
I think mine is how nobody recognises Feathers when he has his chicken disguise on.
I like Anton Deck gag in this one 🤪
@@PR7-82 yeah but the Onya one upped the ante nicely. W and G are a neat cross between Morecambe and Wise and The Two Ronnies for Christmas TV. Even has Feathers doing a musical interlude
It's Duck matches, (instead of Swan) that makes me smile.
Gromit's bedtime reading ... "A Room of One's Own" by Virginia Woof. A genius sight gag.
Or 'Paradise Lost' by John Stilton.
@@raymofarrell19 in A Close Shave when Gromit is in a prison cell he sits on the bed reading "Crime and Punishment" by Fido Dogstoyevsky. Pure genius
I loved the 'Gardens of the Galaxy' magazine featuring Alan Titchmartian! 🤣
It's one of the many running gags through all the W&G films ... all of Gromit's books are classic literature with the authors names changed to have a dog theme, and all of Wallace's books are renamed with a cheese theme .. it's genius
@LeeThomas11 yep. Always look out for them
"Have you seen this chicken?" is still one of the funniest goddamn things I've ever seen. I was... what, 5 or 6 when I saw it? It's stuck with me ever since.
I got that on a t-shirt for Christmas last year. One of my favourites, definitely.
The canal boat called The Accrington Queen was a classic gag.
I was sick in bed on Christmas Day but I watched this and it saved my Christmas. Absolutely spectacular and perfect in every way
I was lucky to attend a preview for this at the BFI last weekend, and the audience reaction for it was bigger than any film I've seen in years. As Mark says, so many great sight gags and references throughout, plus a real treat to see it on the big screen. Can't wait to see it again on Christmas Day!
I am more excited for this than any 37-year-old should be.
Or any 66-year old, like me!!!
or any 71 year old 😊
It was brilliant ❤
Yes, it is quality, why we love it.
38 here. I loved it.
The gnome charging up properly broke me. I was choking on my xmas cake.
My whole fam nearly choked laughing at that one! 😄
One of the best noises ever! 😆
The level of detail in Aardman's productions is heartfelt by us all. All inclusive family fun with a feel good factor and laugh out loud gags. Perfection. Thanks to all who make this magic possible.
W & G films are works of art. Every Oscar Nick Park has won has been 100% deserved. We talk about films for adults and children then these are almost the definition of something for everyone.
I've loved everyone with The Wrong Trousers and A Matter of Loaf & Death being my favourites, my children do but my late great Jamaican, Western loving Dad would howl with laughter at them too. We like millions of others will be watching on Christmas Day RIEP Peter Sallis, long live Wallace & Gromit!
Aardman films are all great but the Wallace & Gromit films are absolute genius. This is going to be a real treat, lad.
Loved the reference to Aliens when Gromit has the radar. 😂
Yes, spot the other film references and also.... on the props and models, the rust on the van wheel arches, torn and faded labels on things like the fire extinguisher, it is so realistic in its own way. These details and the models of the houses and sets are just so good.
@@EdVanMeyer and the barges name the Accrington Queen tops lol
@@EdVanMeyer Cape Fear at the start... brilliant.
Nick Park is probably the only person who has a completely perfect filmography, also I do metaphorically tip my hat at the W&G bench outside Preston market every time I pass it (which is at least twice a week).
I prefer morph
Early Man was a bit mid. I need to revisit it to be fair
@@watkinzez I was going to say the same thing. Good concept but then it essentially ripped off Space Jam but with football and done worse. Watched it once, have no intention of watching it again. It was also a box office flop.
Mid?
@@Jackdaw5get with it boomer 😂
"Good grief! It's you! Again!" Perfection.
What took it to another level for me was the emotional pull between W&G this time round. Got quite choked up when Gromit eventually got his pat from his ‘best pal’. Outstanding, even by Aardman’s high standards.
The fact that they've now made 6 films over 30+ years and they're still as good as ever is astonishing. I don't know any other series of films that's maintained this level of quality over that period of time.
This one had a lot of CGI in it, that's one of the notable detractions in my opinion.
But, the quality is there and I cannot complain about the volume of output.
@@JemmaGuaney i mean no where near as much as were rabbit though
Well, 4 out of those 6 were more like extended TV show episodes than proper feature films.
In general, W&G has very little content for a franchise that's been around for 35 years. Four short films and 2 feature films. And a couple of shorts & TV ads here and there.
Compare that to Shaun the Sheep which got 172 episodes, 2 feature films AND a full-fledged spin-off called Timmy Time with another 80 episodes.
@@ThePreciseClimber I think the Nutcracker styled Norbot is likely replacing Shaun, after IP fatigue.
@@ThePreciseClimber W&G also have a game back on Xbox/PS2 era I believe, voiced by the cast.
This is a superlative piece of cinema. I watched the preview at BFI and the audience reponse throughout the film was loud laughter at the myriad of sight gags. Absolutely wonderful. The applause at the end was sponaneous, loud and long. I think Nick Park was a little taken aback by the reaction. A classic movie.
I like the North News gag. And now we go to ‘Ant and Dec’…. Pan to ‘Anton Deck’ 😅
Waiting for a small insect on a pack of playing cards
And ‘Onya Doorstep’😂😂
There were some great homage scenes, the white fur seal on Feathers' lap - Blofeld with his white cat in the James Bond films. Then Feathers indicating that Gromit should walk towards him on the canal boat - Magua beckoning Alice from the cliff edge in Last Of The Mohicans. Not forgetting Feathers playing the organ on the submarine - Captain Nemo from 20 000 Leagues Under The Sea. Vengeance Most Fowl is yet another marvellous triumph for Nick Park.
The precariously balanced canal boat is also a nod to the end sequence in 'The Italian Job'. We loved it, well done (again), Aardman.
Having now seen this, this review is perfect. I watched it twice already and can't wait to rewatch it time and again to see more things I've missed
robot having an "evil" setting is straight from the simpsons
Evil Krusty
Hopefully his eyes glow red when that setting is selected.
Here's your problem. Someone set this thing to evil
i mean w and g inspired the simpsons im sure, so why not?
@topmandog1 And Toy story apparently when John Lassiter visited Aardman and saw the story boards of the train chase sequence
It is so cine-literate, smart and fun. Just a joy to watch. Loved it.
This will be the highlight of my Christmas Day.
Edit: It was the highlight of my Christmas Day.
This and the Gavin and Stacey Christmas special 🎉
Should be, but sadly wasn't.
It was definitely the highlight of my Christmas day when it comes to film and TV entertainment.
It was!
It was mine, absolutely loved it.
Can't wait! Every film is a gem and I'm sure this will be too.
'Very mild threat'? Those gnomes are terrifying.
Reminded me of Doctor Who early reboot christmas specials with santa clauses etc
We just thought of Weeping Angels!
A few years ago was walking round Magic Kingdom in Florida, wearing my Wallace and Grommit tee shirt, and was surprised at the number of Americans who were telling me that W&G were much better than anything "these guys" (I assume they meant Disney) produce.
Just watched the programme, and it surpassed everything I was hoping for - possibly helped by fact that as someone who owns a narrowboat I was amazed by those sequences - especially the Yorkshire Pontcysyllte.
Getting Shearsmith to play the scary gnome was perfect. And Onya Doorstep even looked like Diane Morgan; certainly not a co-incidence.
It were reet grand!
I liked the pontcysyllte viaduct being on the LancashireYorkshire viaduct. And the Feather McGraw as Captain Nemo at the submarine organ. And . . .
There are just so many references that it's impossible to catch them all in one viewing; so it's a good thing I recorded it.
u literally couldn't give this movie enough awards
seriously... the voices, the jokes, the timing. It's actually genius. so much skill in making an animation like this
watched it with my niece and i loved ot just as much as her
I was at the BFI preview last weekend and I absolutely loved it and the atmosphere in the room was wonderful. It's funny and so sharp and clever and fun. Filled me with nostalgia. Probably my favourite after The Wrong Trousers.
Wallace and Gromit have rightly assumed the crown that once belonged to Morecambe and Wise; that crown being The Kings of Christmas. Absolute genius and the most wonderful comedy. Glorious return, long live the kings!
I'm 68 and believe W&G to be ageless. This can be enjoyed by all ages. Even at the extended running time it wasn't overlong, as there were enough action set pieces and sight gag's to please everyone. I particularly found the high speed (slow speed) barge chase a standout. All in all...this years TV Christmas highlight.
Like Shaun The Sheep...Feathers needs his own series as he stole every scene he was in.
I remember a friend (at Manchester Film & TV School) showing me Nick's VHS of his student film "A Grand Day Out" way back when. We agreed then he was going to be huge. :)
Norbert's grating 'TA-DAH' was something. The Bondian canal boat chase was an impressive bit of animation and plotting. Love the Nortbert settings, the Nortberts rescue and how they are rebooted back to goodness =) Gromit getting his moment too!
Well I agree and would add that Vengeance Most Fowl is cinematic perfection, there’s nothing you could criticise about it. It’s just wonderful. Well done all
Like, famously curmudgeonly Hiyao Miazaki is an Aardman appreciator. Spielberg has tipped his hat to Wallace and Gromit before. Nick Park is one of the most awarded filmmakers ever - he's got *4* Oscars for God's sake! So, I am absolutely unsurprised that this is shaping up to be a cracking good time. Looking very forward to it.
Mr Mayo looks bored to tears at the beginning :)
@@NigelThompson-hb5jg He always looks like this
How they made 6 of these things, all perfect and all refreshing, blows my mind.
It's just healthy family entertainment, nothing depraved, lewd or grotesque about it, just clean, repeatable harmless fun.
The joke with the ‘Toccata and Fugue’ organ playing is that Captain Nemo plays it on an organ in the movie “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”…
@bob_the_bomb4508 and on a submarine, too. The obvious place to have a massive pipe organ...
I like the fact that Onya Doorstep *somehow* actually looks quite like Philomena Cunk.
She is voiced by her.
@@fadikhoory5350 thats the point
I want to live in W & G world. The textures of the sets, particularly the indoor ones, and the beautiful way they are dressed and lit is so cosy and welcoming. Being a 68 year old Yorkshireman helps haha.
Brief mention of Reece Shearsmith as Norbot :D can't wait to see this on Christmas Day. Incidentally, highly recommend Kermode's Secrets of Cinema, such a wonderful series!
The "Captcha" Select pictures containing Cheese.
Entering Norbot's settings via the "Garden Centre"
So glad feathers is back! what a great character, as they all are. So excited to watch it.
The boundless creativity and skill that goes into Nick Park/Aardman productions is truly gobsmackingly brilliant. (Also, gnomes are never not creepy and evil.)
The slowest chase in movie history is pure genius.
The previous best slow chase was probably one in an episode of 'Detectorists', in which Lance's clapped out TR7 was in hot pursuit of a speeding moped. But this one beats even that one.
Just back from seeing it on the telly. By far the best TV event this Christmas and it isn't even close.
I watched Vengeance Most Fowl on Christmas Day & IMO it was THE best programme that day. Brilliant & if Nick Park/Aardman films don't get another Oscar, there's no justice.
I've recently watched "A Close Shave" again & noticed that "Feathers Was Here" is written on the wall of Gromit's cell when hed been framed for sheep rustling. I'd never spotted it before.
The organ on the sub... Captain Nemo. So many gags and preposterious moments, e.g. the submarine in the basement; it's another Oscar, surely?
The only problem I have is knowing that it's going to be YEARS before we get another.
Laughed HARD at several jokes in this, and had a smile on my face from start to finish.
It's up there with The Wrong Trousers for me.
@@Cw90118 apparently that’s the last one, the finale. 😞
@ nope. Nick Park has already confirmed there will be more W&G
I have a sneaking suspicion that this W&G will be THE most watched TV show this Xmas!
@@rokker101 Gavin and Stacey.
@@wrightyy Mrs Brown's Balls
@@wrightyy Nobody wants James Corden on their TVs, ruining their christmas.
@@DKTronics70he is made of sloppy clay though
@@DKTronics70 - I’m not a fan of Cordon by any means, but G&S is excellent. I’d like to think it’s all Ruth Jones in the writing department.
MMF is packed with inventive detail and humour. It occupies that narrow territory where logic and the physically possible merge with what we long for but is impossible in the real world and the join is barely visible ...Only when the very long list of credits roll do we sense the enormous amount of production work which realises the inventive screen play.
I loved the early bedtime scene when the gnomic garden helper needs to recharge. After much bleeping and burping and eye-flashing a robotic voice says 'One per cent charged.' That's a reference many EV drivers will warm to! It's also a reminder that there's plenty of unrealised potential for social criticism within the Wallace and Gromet world. Thanks.
if this doesnt get nominated for any awards i will RIOT!! such a perfect follow up to TWT
Christmas 1989... I saw the trailer on BBC for A Grand Day Out!
Stop-motion WITH lip-sync, I said out-loud; "That is something very special, it's gonna be big!"
I've watched ALL Aardman films all-my-life! I don't see a time when I won't watch...
Happy Christmas everybody
Another masterpiece from Nick Park. His team deserve a further Oscar.
Best thing on television. A cinematic masterpiece. When Grommet fell from the bridge I had tear in my eye.
Watching Feathers McGraw at the organ reminds me a lot of Davey Jones playing the organ on the Flying Dutchman. Except of course, Feathers has a mug of tea.
I'd assumed that was a reference to The Abominable Dr Phybes playing the organ.
@ No, it’s Captain Nemo (James Mason) playing his organ on the Nautilus submarine from 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.
@@SpadgesJug Ah OK, an even older reference!
Laughed out loud when I spotted the mug on the Organ 😂
Just notice something else. During the barge-chase, as the chasing barge barge gets closer, the shot changes to a wide shot showing the towpath.
An old lady and a dog shuffle by. I'm convinced the she is one of Terry Gilliam's regulars from Monty Python.
She also briefly appears in TCOTW-R.
Truly unique and fantastic experience yet again. Perfect follow up to a brilliant film. Couldn't be happier with it.
I loved Matter of Loaf and Death so much. Aardman riffing on crime thrillers is just the best.
Use your loaf.
I need no excuse to watch Wallace & Gromit at Christmas, and now I have a good reason to re-watch The Wrong Trousers as well.
My niece (now 17) spent her childhood convinced every sheep in the world was called Shaun because of Aardman.
I’m in a group (of frankly slightly mad people) who collect sheep and we all love Shaun, he may not be one of our Especially Beloved Herdies but I can speak on behalf of all us that he’s an honorary Herdy.
There are many films that are portrayed in this new production of W&G. Watch it again and look for them
Yes African queen is one and the run away nun is another. There are many more. Brilliant Rebecca x
Is it just me or is the organ scene a homage to Disney's 20,000 leagues under the sea from 1954?
After all Captain Nemo was in a submarine when he was playing. (Or am I just mis-remembering?)
The detail on the Yorkshire border bridge “ No Parkin” Genius
Ok, well, the Evil switch is straight from The Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror III" episode when Bart's talking Krusty doll tried to kill him. (A reference itself of the "Talking Tina" Twilight Zone episode!)
My favourite little moment was the appearance of the farmer from Shaun the Sheep.
Watched it yesterday. Thought it was absolutely first class.
The amount of film references are multiple I was loving it got to watch it again for sure.
*So* many spot-on nods, right from that "Cape Fear" reference straight out of the gate. Utterly brilliant.
I really liked the Italian Job one was well :D
@grimTales1 "Aliens" too with the radar blips coming through the fog.
Love howKermode repeats the Gnome improvements joke (clearly amused) and Mayo is like "yeah" (clearly unamused) haahahah
Now I'm looking forward to it even more!! Rewatched A Matter of Loaf and Death last night - utterly brilliant! I remember many years ago the joy of watching A Close Shave for the first time at Christmas - the scene with the sheep on the motorbike had me crying with laughter...
Nick Park is making another original piece of wonderful cinema and storytelling, whilst Hollywood is remaking the 17th sequel or spin off, of an adaption of a comic they had success with 10 years ago.
That's right. Nick doesn't just park the bus.
Garden gnomes are scary ... he's quite right ... 😂
Virginia Woof got a big belly laugh from me
accrington queen reference to a classic movie which i'll have to rewatch
Watched it yesterday thought it was briliant. But why would Wallace put in an evil setting for Norbot in the first place?
Mark is right, even though Gromit doesn't speak I could feel his frustration or anger at the feeling Norbot was taking his place, which made him feel left out and pushed away
Saw it the other day It was a great film however in terms of comedy factor it really doesn’t reach the heights or that Curse of the Were-Rabbit reached. Characters like Victor Quartermaine, the reverend , Lady Torrington and all the gags were on another level for that film.
I agree. It wasn’t as subtle as the previous films and felt like more of a children’s movie.
The first direct reference I spotted was the Terminator films as Norbot was scanning the garden.
Was there one before that? Some might say the pull up scenes by Feathers in the prison but doesn't every prison scene or prison film have a workout scene? i.e. not unique to Cape Fear.
Nods to classic films throughout, James Bond (white cat, power barges, submarine), Italian Job - as stated and Asimov's Rest of the Robots (story), where the robot factory makes more robots.
Feather McGraw playing the organ like that to signify an evil genius is straight from The Abominable Dr Phibes....
He is in a submarine, so the real reference is to 20000 Leagues under the sea. Captain Nemo played the organ in Nautilus, and I think it was the same Bach fugue.
Come on, " Garden gnomes are scary" ! Really!! Nick Parks and Aardman have surpassed Disney - how's that for an Xmas present! Great vlog.
Im still waiting for a the Shawn the sheep crossover. Just watching the case of ther were-rabbit the other day. Still holds up
@@ishanperusinghe The farmer making a brief cameo towards the end delighted me.
Amazingly the "turn on the evil setting" plot line in this is also how Chucky turns evil in the god awful Child's Play remake. A factory worker at the start basically turns off the "don't kill kids" setting in the dolls programming.
It's also a Simpsons joke from the 3rd Treehouse of Horror
actually with chucky it was more like "turn off the safety" setting for its learning ability, and then the doll learns that killing is ok by watching texas chainsaw 2. still a shite movie but that aspect gave me a chuckle
Mayo looks stoked about the movie
Absolutely brillant. Binged all the Wallace and Gromits on the I player. Coming from a bloke whose nealry 40!
Allo allo allo ….oh is that the police? That’s right up there with the first line of any novel.
Best thing over Xmas on tv
Surprised nobody mentions Gremlins! Or I Robot! There wasn’t a line quite as funny or memorable as ‘Arson about’ but we laughed all the way through and that’s all the proof needed of yet another W&G success!
The film was good but there wasn't enough cheese. Why did they neglect the cheese?
@@davidcopson5800 North American audiences never quite understood the cheese thing
Oh my lord, I am SO looking forward to this. Nick Park is a genius. A good genius, as opposed to the evil genius Feathers McGraw...
For a solid 10-15 mins, it was almost a love letter to the penguin sequence in Batman Returns 🤝 Loved the film!
Wallace and Gromit save Christmas.
I absolutely loved this. The list of films it pays homage to is amazing.
Cape Fear, The Matrix, Mission Impossible 7, The Italian Job, Rise of the Planet of the Apes ( the zoo jail), Aliens (the motion detector showing but not seeing them infront).
All wannabe script writers/directors and so on should watch all of the Wallace & Gromit movies to see just how clever and inventive you can be with arguably a pretty basic set up and not a massive pile of cash. So many block-buster movies could be improved if the makers were familiar with Aardman's creations, the cini-world would be a much better place. I am going to watch your take on 'Megalopolis' next, not holding out much hope that it will hold a candle to W & Gs Christmas smash hit.