Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Originally posted on October 9, 2005

One word, brilliant! Nick Park is a brilliant animator, something you cannot deny. This movie is obviously based on the early shorts Nick Park made starting back in 1989 till 1995. You can get all three Wallace & Gromit shorts on the DVD format. I remember watching them when I was younger and enjoyed the heck out of them. Nick Park also brought us Chicken Run which the critics raved over years ago. There's just something about movies combining the British humour and claymation that I love.

Claymation, a form of animating movies by using clay or clay-like models. They're commonly referred to as stop-motion animation. These types of movies are very difficult to work on because they require a large amount of patience and focus especially when you are only able to take one frame at a time with a still camera. Imagine working 18 months on this kind of movie, I bet you'll even go insane for a bit. I did some back in grade ten for a class project and everybody was quite impressed by it. Though it is pretty much nothing while compared to Nick Park's works.

Peter Sallis returns as the voice of Wallace. For these who aren't aware, Gromit cannot speak. He communicate and express his thoughts by using body language and it's executed quite good, too good if you ask me. The movie's plotline... well... it obviously has something to do with a were-rabbit. Everybody in the town is getting ready for their annual vegetable competition, and they're having a problem with a bunch of rabbits eating up their vegetables. So Wallace and Gromit come to the rescue and get rid of them. Wallace is an inventor, and he did an experiment to brainwash the rabbits into hating vegetables and of course, it goes wrong. The movie has some humourous references to classics like King Kong, Wolfman and even Frankenstein in some ways. Both kids and adults will love this one, it's an instant classic and will be remembered for many years to come. Even if it flops at the box office, it may find its audience on the DVD format.

Again, the movie is brilliant. I strongly recommend at least a theatre viewing!