sniffle!
I’ll be the blubbery 40+yo man in the middle seats.
Wilbur. Harrumph. “Some pig”, indeed.
I’m holding out for Freddy the Pig movies!
Eeeeeeeeee, noooooo! Not Dakota “eeeeeeeeeeeeee” Fanning! :rolleyes:
Now that I would go to see.
What? Templeton isn’t being voiced by Paul Lynde? Hmph!
Holy crap…I just took a look at the IMDB to see just how long Lynde has been dead – nearly 25 years! How the hell is that possible??
I suspect this is going to try to recapture the success (artistically and financially) of Babe, but while that film was a miracle of understatement, this simply looks like a film calculated to push all the predictable buttons, from the presence of Ms. Fanning to the CGI tediousness to all the celebrity voices. It doesn’t help that everyone knows this story, so the expectations are high (as opposed to Babe, which benefitted from flying under-the-radar and taking everyone pleasantly by surprise). I will probably go see the film, but I’m not really encouraged by the trailer.
I loved this book as a kid but when I saw the spider in the trailer (I hadn’t realized this was going to be live action), the movie turned into a horror film for me.
“Real” spiders (yeah, I know, it’s CGI) as opposed to cutesy animated spiders? No freaking thanks!
Dakota Fanning is a very good actress with a brain. I don’t get the irrational hate. You guys are creepy.
I am looking forward to this, too, except for Julia Roberts as the voice of Charlotte. Somehow I was hoping for Emma Thompson or Kate Winslet (an English spider?).
A brain that is attached to an Emergency Broadcast System siren. Use your inside voice, Dakota!
Fart jokes? Pig back flips? Think I’ll stick to the book.
I agree about “real” spiders. :eek:
But did you see War of the Worlds? Dakota was screaming through what my melted brain said was 90% of that film. It must have been less than that, but I could not longer think coherently after Tom’s over-acting and Dakota’s screaming. Gawdhelpme, I can still hear it. :eek:
Sorry. Looks just waaaaaay too much like Babe, one of my favorite movies.
One cutsie live action farm animal movie based on a pig is enough for me. (Haven’t seen Babe 2 and really haven’t had a reason to.)
Ooh! Is the reason that it’s not a cutesy live action farm animal movie based on a pig, but actually a subversively dark and disturbingly weird movie about dystopian urban animals reason enough? It’s really, really good, and you don’t need to bring your insulin.
[kitten voice]“I’m hungry. My tummy hurts.” [/kitten voice]
Love that movie!
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Charlotte’s Web**? - eh. We’ll get it from Netflix, probably. If we remember.
I caught the animated Charlotte’s Web on TV a few years ago (saw it when it came out, of course) and just finally made the Bewitched connection; Paul Lynde and Agnes Moorehead.
On promos for Inside the Actors Studio there’s a brief clip of Don Cheadle saying “smorgasbord-orgasbord-orgasbord”. I know the source, but what the hell was the context?
Well, the first line of the book is “where’s poppa going with that axe?”
Templeton gorging himself on all of the dropped food at the fair after the crowds are gone. You’ve never been to a fair with me because I inevitably sing this little song as we head through the gate.
Oh, and Friar Ted? I’ll be the blubbery 40-yo man in the middle seats. 
No, I know the song. I may even still have the soundtrack album (on vinyl) around here someplace.
The question is, why is Don Cheadle quoting that line?
Well you guys are all just big meanies (except for Weirddave and FriarTed). The trailers made me teary. I need to find a little kid to take, because three middle aged men sitting together crying at a kid’s movie would look a little disturbing.
I welled up a bit myself. The funny thing is, there’s nothing in the trailer in the least bit misty-eye-worthy – it’s all the rememberance of the animated version.
Maybe he’s preparing to star in The Paul Lynde Story 
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