Creature Comforts - Series 2 - Part 1 (DVD)

...fact first started out with) Creature Comforts, and if that someone were to be a fan of those two films, they may well rush out to buy Creature Comforts expecting more of the same. Well they maybe a tad disappointed. This is because Creature Comforts is not a feature film, it has no plot or story. Instead it is a collection of short interviews starring animated plasticine animals, insects and birds, they are asked questions on everyday subjects and ...
...a fan of the previous Creature Comforts, this is more of the same and will be for you, if you are a fan of Wallace and Gromit etc and have never seen creature comforts but expect this to be more of the same then beware. Please note: I wrote this review for a site that I moderate on, I wanted to cross post here for others to read, these are all my own words and has not been copied from anyone else. ...

sjp1966 11.11.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Creature Comforts - Series 2 - Part 1 (DVD)

This DVD contains Series 2 Part 1 of the extremely funny "plasticine" animals giving their opinions on everyday topics. Each episode lasts for about eight minutes and have a common topic. For example the first episode is called "Beast in Show" and features pigs, dogs, donkeys, cows, hens etc.telling their stories about a country show. You can watch each episode lots of times and see something new each time as there is al sorts of things going on ...
...episodes giving their very funny opinions on multiple topics. The other episodes are "The Brood", "Pet Hates", "Impressions", "Animals in the 'Hood", and "Sport" The way they have characterised some of the createures to have regional accents helps add to the fun. My favourite is the geordie mouse - he tells some cracking jokes! (by the way I am a geordie). The bats are also very good as are the "wrinkly" Welsh dog - in fact the more I think about ...

beejay_1949 09.01.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Creature Comforts - Series 2 - Part 1 (DVD)

The animations on this disk are brilliant, as ever. I was initially slightly disappointed by the fact that there are only 6 short episodes on the disk, but the extras are really fascinating! This left me undecided - would it be better to have the whole of series 2 on one disk, without the extras, or is it worth splitting like this? On the whole, I think I learnt so much from the extras that I would prefer to have only the 6 short episodes and learn ...
...saw a 'rehearsal' of a scene, I wondered why the lip sync was suddenly so poor. It took me a while to realise that these were actors, miming along to the 'real' audio tape. The actions of these actors are the body movements which are subsequently animated - a fascinating process. It's touching how proud all the staff are of working for Ardman - a great documentary! ...

eastchristina 15.04.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Creature Comforts - Series 2 - Part 1 (DVD)