Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit [no open spoilers]

[Miller]

@cricetus

One of my favorite scenes in the whole series is when Feathers removes his “disguise” and Wallace is stunned. “It’s YOU!” Good stuff.

I quite like Wallace. I usually don’t like it when humor comes from people acting dumb, but Wallace has an innocence about him that makes him likable. Sort of like Bertie Wooster.

I think it helps that he’s not just dumb. He’s actually quite smart, in a very limited fashion. The mechanical pants from The Wrong Trousers, for example, are a brilliant invention that work perfectly, until they’re hijacked for evil.

[Fromage_A_Trois]

@squeegee

Also, “East of Edam” and “Grated Expectations”. I didn’t catch any other book titles, did anyone else?

Swiss Cheese Family Robinson was another I noticed

I also loved the various homages (should that be fromages?) to other films, even the previous shorts. I particularly liked

the car underground, just like in The Italian Job.

I’ll have to get it on DVD as soon as it’s released.

[Mangetout]

Just saw this movie today; very, very pleased with it and quite relieved to see that the alliance with Dreamworks hasn’t ruined anything - the cinematography was noticeably superior to the previous W&G films, but this might just be the natural process of improvement at Aardman.

All of the book titles on the shelf were cheese-related. Loved the little jokes that were in there just for the grown-ups. I have a question though, that probably belongs in a spoiler tag:

Am I just imagining a reference to Muttley (Dick Dastardly’s dog) - during the dogfight in the planes, I thought I heard the characteristic Muttley wheezy snicker

[SuperNelson]

@Miller

I think it helps that he’s not just dumb. He’s actually quite smart, in a very limited fashion. The mechanical pants from The Wrong Trousers, for example, are a brilliant invention that work perfectly, until they’re hijacked for evil.

I can’t believe I’m about to nitpick this, but… Wallace did not invent the Wrong Trousers - they were NASA surplus; he just bought them as a birthday present for Gromit.
I do agree that Wallace and Gromit are examples of the difference between clever and wise.

[LeeshaJoy]

@gigi

I have to say I didn’t realize in the shorts how unobservant Wallace was. I used to think of W & G as a team but it looks like G is the real player…

On a similar note, I think this is the first time we’ve seen Gromit actually trying to communicate something to Wallace. I was a little surprised that Wallace figured out what he was “saying” so quickly.

[GorillaMan]

Cracking film, Grommit…
Anybody else spot this one?

The name of the barber’s shop - A Close Shave

@Rayne Man

Actually, unlike Stinking Bishop, Wensleydale is just a generic name for a type of cheese (rather like Cheddar) . It is made in several “fromageries” and was always quite popular in the UK. So I don’t think the story of the film saving a particular company from bankruptcy can be true.

-url=http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1578558.html]One news story referring to a creamery which escaped closure - although whether it was saved solely by the film is questionable!

I also remember hearing that Wensleydale was rejected by the EU for protected status within the past few years - on the grounds that the cheese doesn’t use a specific manufacturing process. So anyone can sell any cheese and call it Wensleydale, as long as it’s made in that valley.

@Mangetout

Am I just imagining a reference to Muttley (Dick Dastardly’s dog) - during the dogfight in the planes, I thought I heard the characteristic Muttley wheezy snicker

I spotted that, too. Also:

[spoiler]The reference to Indiana Jones - the fight scene on top of the speeding tank. Just before the money ran out.

The one I’m not sure whether I was imagining was whether there was a Star Wars reference in the same scene.[/spoiler]

[DrFidelius]

@GorillaMan

Cracking film, Grommit…

I spotted that, too. Also:

[spoiler]The reference to Indiana Jones - the fight scene on top of the speeding tank. Just before the money ran out.

The one I’m not sure whether I was imagining was whether there was a Star Wars reference in the same scene.[/spoiler]

I don’t think those were references to those specific works, but that those bits referenced the same adventure serials parodied / homaged (is that a word?) by the works mentioned.