# Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit \[no open spoilers\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 8, 2005, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283 "2005-10-08T04:51:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/21 "2005-10-10T14:43:21Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > I also loved > > The rabbits floating around in freefall inside the rabbit vacuum That seemed to be a takeoff on Dyson. ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/22 "2005-10-10T14:47:40Z")
Some bad news regarding Wallace and Gromit. The warehouse containing all the sets has burnt down. [BBC News](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4326286.stm) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/23 "2005-10-10T16:31:05Z")
Loved it. It was totally adorable. I really liked in the credits when all the little bunnies floated by waving at us. 😃😃😃😃 Once it was over we high-tailed it to the store to buy cheese and carrots. Just like after Charlie and the Chocolate factory we had to buy two pounds of chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/24 "2005-10-10T16:31:35Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > “May contain nuts” – I have no idea why it’s so funny, but it is. I haven’t seen the film, but I read about this- this is the inscription on a cardboard box a naked man is wearing around his waist. > [@Rayne Man](#): > > Some bad news regarding Wallace and Gromit. The warehouse containing all the sets has burnt down The sets and characters for _Were-Rabbit_ were spared, but the rest of Aardman’s 25-year history- including the props from the three Oscar-winning Wallace and Gromit shorts- have been lost to the blaze. My hearts are with the folks who brought these crackin’ characters to life. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/25 "2005-10-10T18:57:42Z")
Another thumbs-up vote for _W&G._ While it wasn’t jaw-dropping insanely wild (what movie is?), it was certainly a cracklin’ good time from beginning to end, and I definitely LOL’d at several points in the movie. The humor was slightly cheekier than the W&G shorts in the past (“May contain nuts,” indeed), but was easily good clean fun for the entire family. To touch on a few points, I didn’t see Hutch turning into a were-Wallace at all, and was slightly disappointed it didn’t figure into the resolution of the story. And the coins bit was definitely the funniest thing in the whole film. 😃 Along with “Middle Aged Spread”… ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/26 "2005-10-10T20:18:59Z")
One of my favorite gags was the stained glass window behind the elderly priest (“Beware!”) when you first see him. It’s got a bunch of angels at the top, blowing trumpets, and underneath them are a bunch of scowling saints with their fingers in their ears. Also, “Fromage to Eternity.” ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/27 "2005-10-10T21:16:48Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > … > > To touch on a few points, I didn’t see Hutch turning into a were-Wallace at all, and was slightly disappointed it didn’t figure into the resolution of the story. > > And the coins bit was definitely the funniest thing in the whole film. 😃 Along with “Middle Aged Spread”… Yeah, what was up with that? They set up Hutch fixing the machine that would put everything back to normal, and then it didn’t come to play in the end? They just dropped it! The Middle Aged Spread was indeed a hoot. Also the song that is briefly playing on the radio when Gromit is alone in the car is an obscure rabbit-oriented cinematic/literary in-joke. I agree it wasn’t quite as funny as I had hoped. I think because they needed more speaking characters than the shorts have, and the new characters they developed for the film were not uniformly funny all the time. I expect I will appreciate the film more when I see it again, though. My five year old son loved it and didn’t fidget, but he has a long attention span for his age. I missed any explicit references to Harvey, but I don’t know that movie real well. Can someone help me out? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/28 "2005-10-10T22:40:58Z")
I think **Laughing Lagomorph** is a very apt user name for this particular thread. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/29 "2005-10-10T22:50:21Z")
> [@Laughing Lagomorph](#): > > I missed any explicit references to Harvey, but I don’t know that movie real well. Can someone help me out? After the lady rabit lure gets knocked off the top of the Anti-Pesto van, Wallace goes back to get it while Gromit waits in the car. They’re parked in front of a store that has an electric sign in the shape of a carrot, with “Harvey’s” written on it. Another great gag: Light rain Heavy rain Heavy loam ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/30 "2005-10-10T23:35:08Z")
> [@Laughing Lagomorph](#): > > They set up Hutch fixing the machine that would put everything back to normal, and then it didn’t come to play in the end? They just dropped it! Well, they had him set up _fiddling_ with the stuff, but nothing more than that. Though I suspect someone believed that a climax involving a sit-down in the basement would have been too anti-climactic. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/31 "2005-10-11T00:12:42Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > Well, they had him set up _fiddling_ with the stuff, but nothing more than that. Though I suspect someone believed that a climax involving a sit-down in the basement would have been too anti-climactic. Well, I expected Gromit to pull the repaired machine out of the van at the Vegetable Festival. They would have lost the gag at the end though where Wallace says a little part of himself (Hutch) would always be there…presumably if they had used the machine to put everything right Hutch would have reverted back to a normal rabbit Thanks **Miller** ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/32 "2005-10-11T03:12:13Z")
Just saw it tonight. Gosh I love these characters. How do they manage to make a silent dog convey so many emotions? That’s art. I giggled all the way through. My favorite? The scary dog’s change purse. And the short was fun, too. My fall movie schedule started off with a bang. Woo! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/33 "2005-10-11T03:16:54Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Just saw it tonight. Gosh I love these characters. How do they manage to make a silent dog convey so many emotions? That’s art. > > I giggled all the way through. My favorite? The scary dog’s change purse. > > And the short was fun, too. > > My fall movie schedule started off with a bang. Woo! I loved the change purse also. You know chicken little looked pretty good. I think I will take the kids to it. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/34 "2005-10-11T16:09:20Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > You know chicken little looked pretty good. I think I will take the kids to it. I’ll have to see this one to see if the quality is good, but right now, I fear this will outgross _Wallace and Gromit_. Disney _always_ wins. They can market the hell out of anything. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/35 "2005-10-11T16:31:01Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Also, “Fromage to Eternity.” Also, “East of Edam” and “Grated Expectations”. I didn’t catch any other book titles, did anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/36 "2005-10-11T19:41:51Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > Disney _always_ wins. They can market the hell out of anything. One notable recent exception being _Valiant,_ with an American release so low-key it disappeared from theaters before most people knew it was playing at all… Oh, and _Curse of the Were-Rabbit_ made number 1 at the weekend box office. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/37 "2005-10-11T21:15:07Z")
I’m slipping in my old age. I meant last week to post a link to [this story on NPR](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4932860) which contains an audio link to an interview with Nick Park. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/38 "2005-10-12T02:15:00Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > One notable recent exception being _Valiant,_ with an American release so low-key it disappeared from theaters before most people knew it was playing at all… True, but that was only _distributed_ by Disney. ---
**Author:** ![Another\_Primate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Another\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Another_Primate)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/39 "2005-10-12T02:36:30Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Also, “East of Edam” and “Grated Expectations”. I didn’t catch any other book titles, did anyone else? Run Rabbit Run (hollered by someone), From Hare to Eternity, I think Several others that aren’t coming to mind right now. I was disappointed in the movie, but maybe I’d built it up too much in my mind. It had some great jokes, but I’m not as crazy about claymation people (with the exception of Wallace, and Wendolynn from Close Shave) as I am about the critters. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/40 "2005-10-12T11:56:06Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > I didn’t catch any other book titles, did anyone else? I don’t recall any offhand, but I did love the name of the author of the book of monsters: Claude Savagely [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283.md?page=3)