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Poll Question: ¿Wich one?
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    Posted: September 22 2006 at 16:55
    Preferences aside, ¡what a work!. I've always admired clay animators, but this Aardman guys are brilliant. Such a dedicated and beautiful modeling work, the clever scripts ("The wrong trousers" and "A close shave", being part "suspense" movies, and using nothing but clean jokes... it just too much for me; I just worship both). I wish I were British, so I could go to their "Wrong trousers day", and pay to use wrong trousers and help children while I look completely ridiculous.
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Nick Parker really is a genious, shame I've only seen The Wrong Trousers and A close Shave, I really must see the other two.

And of the two I have seen, The Wrong Trousers is my favourit.
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A Grand Day Out is my favorite.  It's got some very funny scenes and a cute story line. A real pleasure to watch.
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The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is comedic genius!  Can't remember if I've seen the other three, but that one made me laugh my ass off.
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The curse of the were - rabbit, although it didn't use real clay-mation as the place where the models were stored burnt down is the best. It was probably the third best movie last year behind Serenity and Star Wars 3.   
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Smile All quite charming and witty, & very well done.Thumbs Up
 
Of the short ones, The Wrong Trousers is perhaps my fave, but for the full-length movie experience, with some very witty wordplay and "naughty" suggestive bits for the grownups, The Curse of the Wererabbit is hard to beat.Big smile
 
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Edited by Peter Rideout - September 23 2006 at 10:21
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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I also loved the way they pronounced the name of the little lamb, Shaun, in A Close Shave, so it sounded like "shorn" (as in shaved or clipped).Big smile
 
Clever stuff, & truly fun for all ages!Smile
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This is such a difficult poll; Nick Parl's Aardman Studios are responsible for some of the funniest films (in any genre) to come out of England in a long while...

Although I am not a big fan of "A Grand Day Out", and cannot choose between the evil genius that is the penguin 'Feathers McGraw' from "The Wrong Trousers", or any one of the sheep scenes in "A Close Shave" (especially the synchronised motorcycle riding ), I'd have to go with the sheer unadulterated pleasure that is the whole of "Curse Of The Were-Rabbit" - from the adapted windscreen-wipers (slow, fast & heavy loam), to the frequent (but never offensive) double-entendres (many thanks, Peter, but you forgot my favorite "Kiss moi aaaarrrtichoke" ) and the arch nods to other films from Lord Of the Rings, to King Kong, to Brief Encounter.

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From "A grand day out", I can't stop laughin at the group of rodents that attends the launch of the rockett, and put glasses on to protect their eyes. Also, the sequence in wich the Lunar Robot starts dreaming, but has to tune and adjust the dream. I just hope and cross my fingers for another movie. The first one I saw was "A close shave". The idea of the robot dog, the mistery of the plot, etc. As I said, brilliant. The gestures and attitude of the rabbits on "The curse of the Were-Rabbit" is also a favourite and long joke. I mean, they were so well tempered, the way they salute every other fellow rabbit... so funny.
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    Were-rabbit struck a chord with me. I grew up watching old horror movies. It was a brilliant homage to the style of those classics.
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I love em all! But my favourite is between "The Wrong Trousers" and "A Close Shave" - I'll vote for the latter as it doesn't deserve a duck!
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A grand day out. Hilarious! Haven't seen the new movie though.
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The one with the evil penguinLOL
I've seen all of them at school.
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Originally posted by king of Siam king of Siam wrote:

The one with the evil penguinI've seen all of them at school.

    

"Have you seen this chicken"...
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