Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest-ID-76300.asp" target="_blank"><b>Latest: Gnomeo & Juliet Featurette from Disney Studios Australia</b></a> <p style="text-align: center;"> <object data="http://www.youtube.com/v/3ieQ6dFC8ZI?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" height="385" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3ieQ6dFC8ZI?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" /> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> </object> </p> <p style="text-align: left;">Brief featurette from Walt Disney Studios - Australia focuses on the eclectic group of voice talents such as Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Emily Blunt, Ozzy Osbourne and Hulk Hogan featured in "Gnomeo & Juliet," a modern spin on the classic tale with the music of Elton John. </p>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Interesting. It looks like it's relying really heavily on the voice actors to pull in the audience. I do have to say that watching this video made me less excited to see the film. Does anybody know how true to the original story it is? It seems like they're shooting for kids and families as the main audience, but it doesn't seem like any of the ads so far hint that it might come anywhere near the original ending. This seems like a silly movie, not the tragedy in the source material. It will be interesting to see how it actually ends, and if that has any effect on its popularity.
Originally Posted By mawnck Do you even have to ask? I don't think this movie is going to have any popularity at all if they keep turning out painful promos like this one. Yogi Bear looked better than this!
Originally Posted By basil fan Considering how many times the basic plot of Romeo and Juliet has been adapted to other films, I think it's safe to say the ending won't be tragic. I still can't tell if I'll like this or not, though I admit I didn't watch the entire trailer. It seemed to be showing too much. The Tarzan Equation <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/tarzan.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/...zan.html</a>
Originally Posted By basil fan Considering how many times the basic plot of Romeo and Juliet has been adapted to other films, I think it's safe to say the ending won't be tragic. I still can't tell if I'll like this or not, though I admit I didn't watch the entire trailer. It seemed to be showing too much. The Tarzan Equation <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/tarzan.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/...zan.html</a>
Originally Posted By Manfried I have an idea!!! Let's take another tired plot and put it in another familiar place and bring it to life.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan im sorry but this looks better than yogi bear the movie did. but that is just my opinion.
Originally Posted By basil fan I dunno if I'd call Romeo and Juliet a tired plot. It's pretty classic. Disney Villains <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/villain.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/...ain.html</a>
Originally Posted By mawnck <a href="http://www.videodetective.com/movies/trailers/romeo--juliet-sealed-with-a-kiss-trailer/127479" target="_blank">http://www.videodetective.com/...r/127479</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QceQqiAHR80" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...QqiAHR80</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdRMHN2phkA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...MHN2phkA</a>
Originally Posted By lesmisfan and don't forget this one! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orGRplaOPCg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...RplaOPCg</a>
Originally Posted By basil fan I don't mean to say that it isn't used and re-used frequently. I just wouldn't call it tired, that's all. House of Mouse <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/house.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/...use.html</a>
Originally Posted By Touchstone Hey everyone, I've noticed no one has commented on Elton John's contribution to the film. Any thoughts? Also, while I do work with Touchstone, I just want to say have faith! So far people have been giving it favorable reviews as a cute family film, even Perez Hilton! Check it out: <a href="http://perezhilton.com/2011-01-24-perez-hilton-and-elton-john-at-the-gnomeo-and-juliet-world-premiere" target="_blank">http://perezhilton.com/2011-01...premiere</a>
Originally Posted By utahjosh I certainly don't rely on Perez Hilton to tell me what makes a "cute family film." But this movie looks pretty funny. Nowhere near Tangled good, but a fun movie.
Originally Posted By mawnck Perez Hilton? Seriously? You expect LP to pay attention to movie reviews by Perez Hilton? (Or ANYTHING by Perez Hilton?) Oh Touchstone, you ARE out of touch. Anyway, I haven't really seen much promotion of the fact that Elton John is involved here, and I don't consider it an indicator one way or the other. I see it's done by the same studio that did the second Veggie Tales movie. That I DO consider an indicator. You probably do not want to know what it indicates. I will be going to see it, since I see all the animated features I possibly can, and believe me, I'll be letting you know EXACTLY what I think. My expectations are really low thanks to the trailers, so if it's even mediocre I'll be pleasantly surprised.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "You probably do not want to know what it indicates." I'm guessing it's probably high in fiber then...
Originally Posted By basil fan I think if it's truly funny it'll be okay. I'm no fan of Elton John, but so many people are that I always thought he contributed heavily to Lion King's phenominally over-rated popularity. Kolchak: the Knight Stalker <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/etc/kolchak.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/...hak.html</a>
Originally Posted By Touchstone Haha thank you for calling me out! Apart from Perez, there are a couple of other reviews out with favorable reactions to the film. Since the movie hasn't premiered yet they can’t go into specific details, but read some of them (links below) to get a general idea! By the way, Mawnck that's awesome that you're such a big fan of animation. Do you have any favorites? <a href="http://www.hollywire.com/2011/01/introducing-tragimation-%E2%80%93-%E2%80%98gnomeo-juliet%E2%80%99-review" target="_blank">http://www.hollywire.com/2011/...9-review</a> <a href="http://eightymphmom.com/2011/01/gnomeo-and-juliet-red-carpet-event-day-one/.html" target="_blank">http://eightymphmom.com/2011/0...ne/.html</a> <a href="http://kidstvmovies.about.com/b/2011/01/22/in-la-for-gnomeo-juliet.htm" target="_blank">http://kidstvmovies.about.com/...liet.htm</a>
Originally Posted By mawnck From the third link ... >>quite pleasantly surprised<< Careful, there, you'll go getting my hopes up. ;-) >>By the way, Mawnck that's awesome that you're such a big fan of animation.<< Well gawrsh. If you're really interested and have the time, I gave capsule reviews for (nearly) all the animated features I saw in 2010 here: <a href="http://mb.laughingplace.com/MsgBoard-T-117117-P-5.asp" target="_blank">http://mb.laughingplace.com/Ms...-P-5.asp</a> (starting at post 43). Pre-2010 it's the usual suspects - the classic and neo-classic Disney, Miyazaki, Satoshi Kon, Yellow Submarine, The Snow Queen, Mr. Wonderbird, Kung Fu Panda, the classic Fleischer/Disney/Warner/MGM shorts (except for Tom and Jerry - never could get into them), the original Charlotte's Web as long as I don't have to look at the actual animation ... stuff like that. And thank you THANK YOU for actually conversing, something previous "with the company" LP contributors just could not bring themselves to do. Care to share a bit more about yourself? How did you get this gig, what do you dig about Disney, and the mean question (which I'll certainly understand if you dodge) ... have you REALLY seen Gnomeo and Juliet? (I did hear from one other source that it's better than the ads make it look ... and we've certainly had recent "tangled" experiences with that!)
