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Meh. Completely different animation style than the Jules Feiffer illustrations, which probably does not bug anyone but me, but it bugged me a lot.
No, I'm with you. Feiffer's Tollbooth is my Tollbooth and that's that. It was my favorite book as a child and will always be a favorite, but I doubt I could enjoy a film depicted as you describe.
Never heard the term "Janus word" before, but it's a keeper.
I read "resigned for" as "resigned to" and thought it was unusually un-political for Mr. Oldman to say something like that.
V is being majorly advertised here, which is unusual. Not even Star Wars 3 got any adverts, but there are billboards everywhere, and floor stickers in Metro stations, and stuff, for V. Can't wait to see it - a friend who's never read the book has not stopped messaging me about the movie. He was totally blown away.
It was okay. As JZ notes the animation wasn't Feifferesque enough. But there was a dearth of animated movies back then anyway, so I was glad to have it.
As much as I love Chuck Jones, he was definitely a better fit with Ted Geisel than with Feiffer.
Jackson's Farce Spoofs Penguins
ThinkFilm has set a late-summer release for Farce of the Penguins, a parody of the documentary March of the Penguins to be narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, Variety reported. Bob Saget is producing with David Permut.
Saget wrote the script and is directing a feature that transforms the documentary's depiction of penguin survival and mating rituals into the story of one bird's search for love while on a 70-mile trek with hedonistic buddies obsessed with getting laid, the trade paper reported.
Saget voices the lovestruck penguin protagonist; Lewis Black, Mo'Nique and Tracy Morgan the other leads. Supporting roles will be voiced by Jason Alexander, James Belushi, Jason Biggs, Dane Cook, Harvey Fierstein, Whoopi Goldberg, Gilbert Gottfried, Norm Macdonald, Carlos Mencia, Alyson Hannigan, Jamie Kennedy, Jon Lovitz, Adam Duritz and Saget's Full House co-stars John Stamos and Dave Coulier, among others.
Penguins on an Ice Cap?
Snakes on a Penguin!
Muthafuckin penguins!!
Penguins on a Snake!
Patrick Dempsey on Aimee!
Delusions in an Empress!