Cracking toast, Gromit!

Of course, one advantage of being over this side of the Atlantic (and one that i admit i haven't taken full advantage of yet) is that a lot of films will be released over here first. While this is applying less and less to the big Blockbusters (they tend to have a worldwide release on the same day or, at the most, a two week gap), the smaller independent films tend to follow this trend quite well - particularly those vying for the attention of Oscar (TM). This can also work in reverse - with British films such as Pride and Prejudice yet to be released here. One such film, alluded to in the title, that i managed to get round to seeing last night was "Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit". I even managed to drag along some non-UK friends (who had never seen anything of W and G before). So, how was it?

In a word, fantastic! The animation is astonishing - to the point where you forget that the characters are plasticine at all. Gromit is, as usual, just brilliant - amazing how they get so much expression out of two eyes, ears and a forehead. And the rabbits are just sooooooo cute! I won't go into much detail here (space forbids it) but i heartily recommend seeing this film. My friends also enjoyed it immensely - although one or two of the English jokes went past them a bit. Amazingly, the film went straight to no. 1 at the box office here - taking $16 million in its first weekend. Not bad going for two characters relatively unheard of over here. Now where did i put that Wensleydale?