Ray Harryhausen Award Announcement!

[Who's Wee Dug]

 

[Tonyblack]

Awesome!

 

[Tonyblack]

I have just ordered this on DVD - I'll be interested to watch it.

 

[RathDarkblade]

Ack!!! That reminds me -- I've had the DVD for a couple of years and never watched it. *blush* Naughty Rath! Must do better next time.

OTOH, it's a very cold and windy and rainy day here in Fourecks, so I'll make some pasta and salad this evening and put the DVD on.

 

[Tonyblack]

I just watched this and really enjoyed it! Sure the story is a little different, but not enormously so. Emelia Clarke as Malicia is great casting. Some real obvious Easter Eggs - if you are a DW fan.

 

[Molokov]

There's also a lot of not-so-obvious Easter Eggs, which you'd only catch in freeze frame - but the art book "The Amazing Maurice: The Art of the Film" (available from Paul Kidby's website, and amazingmauricefilm.com) has a lot more details about all of the design work that went into the film, as well as many of the more subtle easter eggs.

For example, did you spot that the fountain in the Bad Blintz town square is a statue of the Dragon of Unhappiness (arising from the toilet bowl) as mentioned in "The Truth"?

Highly recommend the art book for anyone who's a fan of the film and wants to know the sort of care that the filmmakers put into it.

 

[Tonyblack]

Interesting.