A young orphan boy named James Henry Trotter was forced to live with his nasty and abusive aunts after his parents were killed by a rhinoceros. James finds a way out when he discovers an enormous enchanted peach and meets giant talking bugs, who set sail for a trip to New York City.
The look of the movie is splendid, with bright colors in most scenes and some very memorable scenes such as the killer sharks, and the peach was stupendous. The script is very clever and funny, especially with the bugs who also give memorable performances like the Spider and the Centipede, who has some truly hilarious lines. The performances are delightful, especially with Susan Sarandon, Richard Dreyfuss, David Thewlis and Simon Callow, as the bugs. Paul Terry as James is a little bland and his singing voice isn't that spectacular, but he does fine. Pete Postelthwaite gives it has all as the mysterious man, who is responsible changing James's life forever. Jonna Lumley and Miriam Margoyles are both very ghastly and very cruel to our main hero but enjoy hamming it up like the witches from Hocus Pocus.
It's like Alice In Wonderland mixed with Jack And The Beanstalk with a Henry Selick/Tim Burton look to it. The sets, the stop-motion animation and the overall cinematography plays out like something from those two filmmakers. The music score by Randy Newman is pretty good, though his songs I admit aren't that memorable as the ones he did for PIXAR. The makeup, the costumes and the visual effects are also done wonderfully.
Overall this movie's isn't as memorable, but it's still fun to watch.
7.5/10.
The look of the movie is splendid, with bright colors in most scenes and some very memorable scenes such as the killer sharks, and the peach was stupendous. The script is very clever and funny, especially with the bugs who also give memorable performances like the Spider and the Centipede, who has some truly hilarious lines. The performances are delightful, especially with Susan Sarandon, Richard Dreyfuss, David Thewlis and Simon Callow, as the bugs. Paul Terry as James is a little bland and his singing voice isn't that spectacular, but he does fine. Pete Postelthwaite gives it has all as the mysterious man, who is responsible changing James's life forever. Jonna Lumley and Miriam Margoyles are both very ghastly and very cruel to our main hero but enjoy hamming it up like the witches from Hocus Pocus.
It's like Alice In Wonderland mixed with Jack And The Beanstalk with a Henry Selick/Tim Burton look to it. The sets, the stop-motion animation and the overall cinematography plays out like something from those two filmmakers. The music score by Randy Newman is pretty good, though his songs I admit aren't that memorable as the ones he did for PIXAR. The makeup, the costumes and the visual effects are also done wonderfully.
Overall this movie's isn't as memorable, but it's still fun to watch.
7.5/10.