Fantastic Mr Fox
Notice This event is a get together to discuss the film not watch it. How to watch the film is detailed below. Points you may wish to consider for the discussion can be found here. Film Fantastic Mr Fox (2009) was the 4th most popular movie on our voted upon watch list and our 2nd stop motion animation comedy by Wes Anderson after Isle of Dogs (2018) back in June. Based on the 1970 novel by Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr Fox has another ensemble cast including stars George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, and Owen Wilson. Given that those of us who'd seen Fantastic Mr Fox ahead of Isle of dogs considered it to be much better, it'll be interesting to see whether those of us who'll be watching it for the first time will think the same. A synopsis and trailer can be found here. How to Watch The movie can be streamed for free on ABC iview. 🙌 For those who've already seen the movie, I suggest watching again as memories are unreliable and opinions change. Rewatching the film is not however necessary to attend the meeting or comment on it below if your thoughts are clear. Meeting As always, I’ll be getting to the venue just before 6:00pm to sort out my food and drink and welcome everyone who wishes to do the same. For those who do, it's a great way to get to know other members and share what other movies are being watched. At around 6:30pm, I'll look to give a brief introduction and provide a summary of our scores from the previous week's film. We'll all then share our scores out of 10 for this week's film and break into small groups to discuss it. Rules of conduct for these discussions are set out here. Around 8:30pm we'll rejoin to share our take aways and try to answer and remaining questions with the aim of being finished by 9:15pm. We have the room booked until the venues closes at 10:00pm so there'll be more time to continue socialising after the event for those who wish to. I usually have a sit down drink at the end and am happy to be joined for it. 🥃 Scores A summary of the group’s scores will be posted in the Discussion section of the group's home page on the Monday after the event. Given the first thing in the summary will a comparison of our score to that on IMDB, please try to avoid seeing that score ahead of landing on yours so as not to be biased. For those able to watch the movie but not make the meeting, I encourage you to do so and post your score in the Comment section below before the Monday after the event. It’s a great way to still share your thoughts on the movie and gain from those of others. All scores in whatever way presented count towards the awards that'll be presented at the end of year event. 🏆🥳 Final Words As always, I look forward to catching up with everyone I've met so far and welcoming anyone joining us for the first time. 👋
