Surprise surprise...

Word has it that Wallace And Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit has topped the box office charts in the USA. I was rather surprised to hear this, as I wouldn't have expected such an altogether English film to fare well on the far side of the pond. However, having seen the film last night I can certainly see the appeal. It's very funny and entertaining, with an almost non-stop barrage of jokes, many little visual things that have to be looked out for. The characters are amusing and well voiced by the likes of Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes, along with old hand Peter Sallis as the familiar Wallace. The plot is silly in the extreme, being a nod to old skool horror films with many references to King Kong, The Fly, Jaws and so on. The animation is incredible, not least because it took 5 years to do, and some sequences are incredible to watch. That anyone is still making claymation films in these days of computer generated films is amazing, if again rather English! Anyway. The film is brilliant, and well worth seeing - I'd recommend it to everyone.

PS There's a little short film about the penguins from Madagascar at the start which is quite funny too. Funny enough to get Alison and I thinking that we ought to rent the DVD of the original film when it comes out.