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The Nut Job

Post by Dacey » September 29th, 2013, 5:52 pm

http://news.moviefone.com/2013/09/27/th ... iam-neeson

Oh, My God....this looks HORRENDOUS!
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Re: The Nut Job

Post by LotsoA113 » September 29th, 2013, 9:31 pm

That looks like an SNL parody of major animated movies...unfortunately, it's all to real.
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Re: The Nut Job

Post by Dacey » October 1st, 2013, 6:42 pm

I suppose there's the slight chance that it could pull off a Hoodwinked! That movie looked awful, too, and yet most people ended up liking it.

Having said that, the odds of this being a Space Chimps are much more likely. ;)
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Re: The Nut Job

Post by EricJ » October 1st, 2013, 7:25 pm

This one, OTOH, is Canadian, and that's usually a whole new area of bad.

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Re: The Nut Job

Post by Randall » October 1st, 2013, 10:47 pm

I resemble that remark!

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Re: The Nut Job

Post by EricJ » October 2nd, 2013, 10:44 am

(Nothing personal, but do they still have that movie tax-shelter that gave us all those bad Elliot Gould comedies in the 80's?
When I see something like this and then hear Canadian actors/company in it, I think "O-kayy...")

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Re: The Nut Job

Post by Randall » October 2nd, 2013, 6:22 pm

Various locales do have tax incentives or other programs to encourage film work... as do many States, of course.

Trust me, Canadians aren't generally too enthusiastic about Canuck productions either. ;)


Of course, we do have a great history of short-form animation.

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Re: The Nut Job

Post by James » November 5th, 2013, 11:11 am

I like the story idea a lot.

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Re: The Nut Job

Post by EricJ » December 25th, 2013, 5:28 pm

Finally saw the trailer at the theater, after avoiding it everywhere else by happy accident--
And am I alone in thinking that the "comedy relief" rat sidekick looks like a disturbing hybrid of Remy and Pinky?

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Re: The Nut Job

Post by Dacey » December 25th, 2013, 11:59 pm

Nope. I had the same feeling when I saw him.

What I find odd is how they're marketing this on the adult late night shows. I haven't seen any ads on ABC Family, but plenty on Comedy Central!
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Re: The Nut Job

Post by James » January 22nd, 2014, 11:26 am

AV Review: Despite the clever title and concept, The Nut Job fails to deliver the goods on just about every level:

http://animatedviews.com/2014/the-nut-job-film/

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Re: The Nut Job

Post by Dacey » January 22nd, 2014, 4:29 pm

Is it sad that the thing I want to see the most in this movie now is the end credits sequence? ;)
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Re: The Nut Job

Post by ShyViolet » January 22nd, 2014, 6:44 pm

Nope, I'm curious too, plus I'm curious at how Liam Neeson actually approached this "role"! :P
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Re: The Nut Job

Post by Randall » January 23rd, 2014, 1:07 am

When I saw the trailer prior to Frozen, I could only think of how awful it looked. In retrospect, my impression of the trailer is even worse now, having seen the classy Frozen right afterward.

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Re: The Nut Job

Post by Dacey » January 25th, 2014, 4:48 pm

The Nut Job 2 has already been confirmed.

I'll leave you to grieve.
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