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A small but bothersome issue in Fantastic Mr. Fox is the refusal of Wes Anderson to give his foxes bent hind legs, like all canines have, even cartoon versions. Anderson's foxes walk around with straight legs and essentially stand -- or more accurately balance themselves -- on the pads of their tiny fox feet. Which aren't large or broad enough to maintain an easy, natural balance, so all the foxes appear to be ballet dancers, in effect -- stepping around on their tippy toes. All Wes had to do was give them bent hind legs and I would've bought it. I would've understood and accepted the balance aspect.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on November 12, 2009 at 8:19 AM
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mtgilchrist
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so a fox wears a suit and drives a motorcycle, and those things you're okay with, but the bend of their hind legs you have a problem with? priceless.
Posted by mtgilchrist
at November 12, 2009 9:51 AM
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MoniqueV
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Jeff, have you discontinued your medication? Please re-read this entry again, and consider increasing your number of sessions per week
Posted by MoniqueV
at November 12, 2009 11:27 AM
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Jeffrey Wells
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I explained a smallish thing in Anderson's film that I found constantly bothersome. And it IS bothersome. You have to understand that not all observational thinking is sweeping or all-inclusive. Some of it is granular. Which is the same as sweeping and all-inclusive anyway because if you don't see the universe in a grain of sand or a blade of grass, then you have to look deeper.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells
at November 12, 2009 1:12 PM
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frankbooth
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Unrealistic walking foxes? Bunuel would slash his own eye with a razor. Hitchcock would throw himself off Mt. Rushmore. Dreyer would gesture angrily but not say anything.
Posted by frankbooth
at November 12, 2009 2:57 PM
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YRG
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It is funny that this was the one thing that took you out of the film.
"OMG, they have knees?"
Posted by YRG
at November 12, 2009 3:13 PM
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Phreaker
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"All Wes had to do was give them bent hind legs and I would've bought it. I would've understood and accepted the balance aspect."
Which he could have figured out maybe had he actually been on set.
Posted by Phreaker
at November 12, 2009 9:15 PM
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matt cousens
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Phreaker's not even trying...
Posted by matt cousens
at November 13, 2009 7:03 AM
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jc
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I can't watch A Bug's Life for similar reasons. I love Pixar and have little kids but I can't watch four limbed bugs.
Posted by jc
at November 13, 2009 7:53 AM
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"All Wes had to do was give them bent hind legs and I would've bought it. I would've understood and accepted the balance aspect."
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