tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660789765534168781.post6955604384206285420..comments2023-06-30T15:30:45.519+01:00Comments on A113Animation: The BoxTrolls: A Suspenseful ReviewWilliam Jardinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914060460297464977noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660789765534168781.post-12115844140275687242014-10-21T19:50:43.094+01:002014-10-21T19:50:43.094+01:00I agree it's critically tougher for a film to ...I agree it's critically tougher for a film to come after a success than a failure. <br /><br /><br />Knowing that, I tried to lower my expectations for The BoxTrolls (some very negative early reviews helped a bit) but I couldn't help but compare it to ParaNorman - which is not cool, as I noted in the review. <br /><br /><br />I certainly don't think The BoxTrolls is miles behind ParaNorman or Coraline, quality-wise. It equally succeeds - if not more - in some areas, and lacks in others (story, mainly).<br /><br /><br /><br />And thanks for the comment :)Damiennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660789765534168781.post-78879855956248897042014-10-21T11:50:57.410+01:002014-10-21T11:50:57.410+01:00I loved it.
I think any negatives found with the ...I loved it.<br /><br />I think any negatives found with the film are just because people are looking to fault it. It's much like Tarantino's underappreciated third film Jackie Brown. After such a solid start it's hard to maintain quality and any cracks that appear seem like chasms compared to the small cracks they really are.<br /><br />I think I'm somewhat lucky in that it was only the last few months that I finally sat down and watched Coraline and ParaNorman. It was just something about the trailers that never appealled to me even in spite of my love for stop-motion. But with seeing all three films so close to each other and not having time to fully digest them or have too much time to put then on a pedestal I feel that Boxtrolls is very much on par with the other two films. I found Boxtrolls charming, funny and very brave with what it was trying to achieve. <br /><br />I'm really loving how stop-motion is willing to push the envelope in dorections that CGI won't. I think because it's always been the weird cousin of animation stop-motion has to deliver quality stories or they're doomed to fail.<br /><br />Great review by the way.Benjamin Boekelaarhttp://boekelaar.blog.com/noreply@blogger.com