Arthur Christmas

The Common Room Other Animation
#21

Wait, what’s wrong with Christmas movies?

#22

Nothing is wrong with them, I just don’t prefer watching them, I guess. :laughing: I can’t think of any that I really truly liked. We watch some of the 25 Days of Christmas specials on ABC but not all the way through. To be honest none of the Christmas movies I’ve seen ever stuck with me. xD

little chef

#23

Ah. I’m extremely partial to Polar Express(I cry every time), It’s a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, and The Nightmare Before Christmas(if it counts.)

#24

The only Christmas films I enjoyed were Elf, Polar Express, and Christmas Vacation.

#25

I loove Elf!!!

#26

Yep. It was probably the funniest out of all the Christmas movies.

#27

Just to me, all Christmas movies of the past 20 years have been really tacky, insipid, and mind numbing. The only exception is Elf.

#28

I really wanna see this one, it looks good and it is also produced by a great animation studio (aardman)

#29

I don’t really consider this film to be from Aardman since it isn’t claymation. I kind of side it more with Sony.

#30

Its still an Aardman film despite not being stopmotion. I was under the impression that the reason this was being made was that they felt if they started making computer animated films, it would help them get more funding to do more stop motion as well. Whether this movie is good or not (I don’t know yet), children’s christmas movies are sure money makers.

#31

That makes sense. I thought that since I haven’t seen any films from Aardman that haven’t been in stopmotion.

#32

from what I’ve heard it’s AARDMAN 100%

#33

Arthur Christmas is an enjoyable animated feature, easily the personal favorite of 2011. Some reasonably sophisticated British humor and a perspective that parents can appreciate put it well beyond the pigeonhole of “kids’” movie.

Although not 100% Aardman, the British animation studio is clearly the guiding light for AC’s artistic sensibilities. Based on the film’s credits and various articles, Sony Pictures Animation was the production company, and Sony Pictures ImageWorks provided the animation as guided by Aardman’s director and creative team.

An interesting question is whether Arthur Christmas and the Sony/Aardman partnership’s next project The Pirates! Band of Misfits will be sufficiently successful at the box office to warrant continuation of the partnership. In the current economic climate, it could be an uphill slog.