When the producers of How I Met your Mother join forces with Sony Animation to bring you the childrens book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, I took note. But then I heard the voice casting was Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Andy Samberg, James Caan, Bruce Campbell, Tracy Morgan and Mr. T? I was really paying attention
Sony Pictures Animation has released the movie trailer for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Inspired by the beloved children’s book, the film tells the story of a scientist named Flint Lockwood, who while trying to solve world hunger who encounters a problem of global proportions, as food begins to fall from the sky like rain
The movie does look cute and it seems they are trying for their own 3-d style to set them apart from the Pixar and Dreamworks stuff.
I found myself oddly drawn to it, but my kids want me to play the trailer over and over. I won’t. I am mean. But we know who will want to see this!
this is crap. i remember reading this book over and over again as a kid, and the movie looks nothing like it. they’ve ruined an a good thing and that’s absolute crap.
No, this is NOT crap. You may feel like it is crap but you don’t know. You have a feeling it MAY be crap.
The movie DOES look like it, and its still not crap.
This trailer had some really funny parts, but over all I don’t know…
Well yes, people aren’t going to see anything with that style of animation or anything 2D because the majority of people do not know anything beyond what is presented to them. So if hollywood presents some kids books into 3D movie (Horton hears a who for example) and does it over again, everyone will get used to that.
They do that because 3D animation is cheaper, easier, and is NEW, well not anymore, but cooler? Now they don’t even need to try, Shrek 3 sucked, and if they can greenlight a movie like Doogal, Delgo, or Everyone’s Hero, it’s apparent people have gotten used to a generic ferris wheel of bland creativity hidden by 3D glasses.
The Places You’ll Go can also be summed up just as easily, it’s also not a good book. Neither is The Very Hungry Catipillar or Harold and the Purple Crayon.
sorry that’s @ Rodney, didn’t mean to make a new reply
3d isn’t cheaper or easier, and the fact that you call it “new” is just proof positive that we are more than willing to accept 2d animation and have done so for generations.
The point is, the stylized art house illustrations might work for a one shot 5 minute attention span, but it won’t work in animation, so a new medium is used. Its not the end of the world and it doesn’t ruin the book.
I’m entirely sure how much animation experienced you’ve had but as I guy who uses Adobe Flash. Animating is harder and longer. Rather than moving limbs you have to re-draw the character whenever it moves or the camera angle changes. Not so in 3D.
Also, it won’t work an animation? I don’t understand that. Have you ever seen The Wall. If not, here’s a clip, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCMHmDnfD6I. It’s fluid, smooth, and sucks you in. Never in a million years will a 3D animated movie with 3D glasses will draw me in like The Wall or Spirited Away.
There’s no reason to use 3D over 2D besides the fact that it is easier/cheaper and the kids go crazy for it. Quality > Quanity.
Correction: I’m not entirely sure how much animation experienced you’ve had but as I guy who uses Adobe Flash. 2D Animating is harder and longer
That looks beyond awful, another good book ruined
Good to hear that books you read to children who are not old enough to read rank on your “good book” list.
30 pages with pictures hardly ranks on the required reading list at… well grade 1.
@ Rodney
Speaking as an artist, it’s not so much that it was simple book. If you look at the art that was on every page (and it’s sequal), it had style, captured your attention, and was original.
Now they made it look like every other 3D movie out there and essentially stripped the book from what it was and will stretch the small story it had into some abortion such as the Cat in the Hat movie.
Also, the trailer some really awful jokes.
Saw the book, and the art and for what it was, it was fine.
But NO ONE is going to see a movie filled with that style of art in animation.
Point is, its a simple story that can likely be summed up with a limerick including the moral, but its not a “good book” that was ruined.
They took the premise and made a feature film out of it. My kids will likely love it to death, and that is exactly the point.
Did i just watch almost the whole movie?
When I read this, I thought it was for the Meatballs camp movies from the 80’s.
I love 3d movies, the world needs more of them. I’ll see this for sure. Which reminds me my long ass wait for Avatar is almost over!
RATBIRDS!!!