‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ review: a nice nostalgic trip to a simpler time
Director: Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham | Script: Nick Park, Mark Burton | Cast: Ben Whitehead (Wallace), Reece Shearsmith (Norbot), Peter Kay (Chief Inspector Mackintosh), Lauren Patel (PC Muhkerjee), Diane Morgan (Onya Doorstep), each | Playing time: 79 minutes | Year: 2024
From the clay figures of Wallace and Gromit were revived in 1989, the crocheting dog and its delightfully deranged owner have become something of a British national heritage. Nor is it surprising that his latest film A more birdy revenge It was broadcast on the BBC on Boxing Day. The stop-motion comedy film is clearly intended to bring young and old together and bring a laugh to the problems of 2024. It’s nice and fluffy and exactly as you remember; The film doesn’t want to be more than that.
known for chicken race in Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Rabbit Man Production company Aardman continues to collect Academy Awards and continues to sculpt its clay figures into different shapes in a changing cinematic world. Also Wallace and Gromit They can’t escape the passage of time with more inventive digital effects and more dynamic shots than in their previous adventures. But the past literally comes back to haunt them when Feathers plays McGraw, the villain. The wrong pants Starting in 1993, he reappears in their lives.
In the nearly twenty-year-old short film, Gromit foiled Penguin McGraw’s evil plan to steal the Blue Diamond. Both the thief and the loot return Revenge more bird after Wallace comes up with another optimization of modern life. Gromit’s enjoyment of gardening soon fades when his owner develops Norbot, the mindful garden gnome. And of course the ‘clever gnome’ soon becomes a British Chucky with evil intentions. Only an evil penguin could be behind that…
Aardman veteran Nick Park is directing, assisted by Merlin Crossingham. Together they create a simple story that offers something for every age. It is clear in advance how everything will go wrong and how things will turn out afterwards. With the latest animation techniques, the well-known visual humor is not lost and an endless series of intertextual thoughts are woven throughout the film. You have to do it for the iconic duo and clever cinematic style, but the creators couldn’t resist building a bridge to the present.
The role of the inventor in 2024 is clearly different from that of 1989. Mechanical devices are giving way to digital technologies with a big nod to the beginnings of the Internet. In the age of artificial intelligence, the intelligent garden gnome Norbot forms a neat allegory that contrasts sharply with the poor inhabitants of Wigan, Lancashire. Without taking itself too seriously, the film still asks what the role of technology is in society. It has a sweet ending, but it doesn’t essentially change the formula for success of a silent beagle who has to save his owner from his own creations.
Wallace and Gromit: The Birdest Revenge it’s a celebration of recognition, but it’s also very well behaved. Some scenes are taken almost directly from The wrong pantswhich offers a kind of bitter recognition to those who know it. Even Wallace and Gromit We cannot escape the remake mania of recent years. More focused on nostalgia than innovation, the film is a warm bath to happily immerse yourself in, but why a new representation of a well-known work? as with doctor who it could have been better if Wallace and Gromit had remained safe in the past.
Wallace and Gromit: The Birdest Revenge can be seen in netflix.