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Yep. That's what our eccentric inventor and his trusty dog are up to this time as the evil Feathers McGraw returns. This time, he takes control of Wallace's latest invention, a robotic garden gnome, and ends up turning it into a whole army of dangerous gnomes for his own purposes. But can Wallace and Gromit stop him once again and escape from his fowl vengeance?
Once again, Nick Park & Co. deliver with a feature that's a lot of fun, while using impressive animation. The return of Feathers McGraw is definitely welcome [taps avatar] while Gromit continues to be a favorite of mine. He's easily the best character and the one to root for. Wallace's aloofness and obliviousness can get on my nerves at times, but that's part of the charm and fun.
You can say the story is more or less split in two, with the first being the creation of the robotic gnome called Norbot, and the effect it has on Gromit. This plotpoint is fairly similar to the one from The Wrong Trousers, in which Gromit feels he's being displaced by a rival. The second would be the return of McGraw, who decides to use Norbot against his two enemies. In addition, there's the police efforts to find who's behind the robberies.
I do get the feeling that the film could've been a bit shorter. I felt like some of the plot points were a bit stretched to pad the runtime, like Gromit's rivalry with Norbot, McGraw's subsequent escape from jail, or some of the interactions between the police officers. It never becomes tiresome, but I do feel it could've been maybe 20 minutes shorter without losing anything. Still, I had a lot of fun watching this fowl vengeance unfold.
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WALLACE & GROMIT
VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
(2024, Park & Crossingham)
VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
(2024, Park & Crossingham)
"Oh, so that's your plan! You get away scot-free with the diamond, and everyone thinks I'm the evil inventor who stole it... Why, that's… that’s… vengeance… most fowl!"
Yep. That's what our eccentric inventor and his trusty dog are up to this time as the evil Feathers McGraw returns. This time, he takes control of Wallace's latest invention, a robotic garden gnome, and ends up turning it into a whole army of dangerous gnomes for his own purposes. But can Wallace and Gromit stop him once again and escape from his fowl vengeance?
Once again, Nick Park & Co. deliver with a feature that's a lot of fun, while using impressive animation. The return of Feathers McGraw is definitely welcome [taps avatar] while Gromit continues to be a favorite of mine. He's easily the best character and the one to root for. Wallace's aloofness and obliviousness can get on my nerves at times, but that's part of the charm and fun.
You can say the story is more or less split in two, with the first being the creation of the robotic gnome called Norbot, and the effect it has on Gromit. This plotpoint is fairly similar to the one from The Wrong Trousers, in which Gromit feels he's being displaced by a rival. The second would be the return of McGraw, who decides to use Norbot against his two enemies. In addition, there's the police efforts to find who's behind the robberies.
I do get the feeling that the film could've been a bit shorter. I felt like some of the plot points were a bit stretched to pad the runtime, like Gromit's rivalry with Norbot, McGraw's subsequent escape from jail, or some of the interactions between the police officers. It never becomes tiresome, but I do feel it could've been maybe 20 minutes shorter without losing anything. Still, I had a lot of fun watching this fowl vengeance unfold.
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