I lasted about 25 minutes into The Sheep Detectives before I ran away screaming. Everything about that type of film grates on me: the Disneyfied version of British rural life; the relentless forced jollity and twee-overload; the ugly, digital cinematography with its garish colour scheme (not a Netflix movie but it has that look); the twinkly, reassuring score; and the uncanny valley talking animals, which never convince. And where did these British sheep learn to speak with American accents?
Remember when Carroll Ballard made soulful, poetic children's films about animals?
The Films of 2026
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yoshimori
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Re: The Films of 2026
At least the sofa didn't resort to a pre-packaged ad hominem gif. Or was that somehow ironic?
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wattsup32
- Joined: Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:00 pm
Re: The Films of 2026
Amen to that! From now on, Jack, create ad hominem gifs from scratch.yoshimori wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 8:52 pm At least the sofa didn't resort to a pre-packaged ad hominem gif. Or was that somehow ironic?