The Mustachio was not subtle. But I did wonder about bonus sheep. Because there were really A LOT of sheep in some of those long shots.
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I actually thought the age makeup was the weakest part of the film. It came close to breaking my suspension of disbelief a few times.
WORD. Seriously, the mustache was a crime against humanity and I thought Ennis's eyes were particularly bad. His whole face should have aged more.
I read a rant on LJ about how those were the bizarrest, most unnatural sheep in the galaxy. They were obedient, and quiet, and remarkably un-obstinent -- we decided they must have been Quaaluded sheep, but fake sheep is an equaly good explanation.
I loved the wee lambies being carried up on the horses. I hope they weren't CGI lambies.
But the big thing was sheep replication.
I must have politics on the brain--I first read this as "sheep republicans."
Ang Lee sure has a lot of sheep stories, between this and Sense and Sensibility.
The S&S sheep were funnier, but that's to be expected.
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