Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day
Out 1989/1990 [alternative name A Grand Day Out] by AverageMansReviews
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Warning: there are flashing effects/colourful effects
Storyline/Art/Characters/Acton/Comedy/Performances: now these all go hand-in-hand in one way or another.
The storyline it is good and the same can be said for the pacing; to put a
little bit more substance here, because I will have to be a little bit more
selective on what I discuss, just based on the grounds that this project is
only 23 minutes long. We meet Wallace/Sallis and his faithful companion Gromit
[Dog] as Wallace/Sallis is trying to pick somewhere to spend their Bank
Holiday; as he finds out what most people fear, that they have run out of
cheese, whilst searching in his chair in the living room opposite Gromit in his
chair sitting like a human with a book in his hand, but listening to
Wallace/Sallis; when this idea dawns on him to go somewhere; where in his mind
it is made out of cheese with this monologue/idea "Everybody knows that;
that place is made out of cheese." Yes I have deliberately adapted this
line as to not give too much away] and Wallace and Gromit both end up looking
out of the window. I should just point out if you end up watching this project
and when Wallace/Sallis kicks something and it doesn't come back down, you will
find it after the closing credits it is at the end of the closing credits.
Before this in the closing credits
as they are appearing on-screen we have some pictures of Wallace and Gromit in
frames slowly rotating from one to the next; this is great Art and Characters
[Character developments;] because it shows that they have a warm, caring,
family relationship [perfect on-screen chemistry;] individually Wallace is an
Inventor which is more intelligent in this mind-set, but Gromit is more common
sense and grounded, so they balance each other out.
Wallace talks in this project
[human's talk in this franchise] but back to this project specifically now;
other characters like Gromit use body language, facial expressions, thought
bubbles, sound or/and background music to put over what they are saying in a
situation and to the viewers as well.
Action & Comedy; for one
example I am going to have to pick the most iconic moment in this project and
just before I receive feedback like "Who says this?" Anyone that has
ever watched this project knows this one particular sequence of events; Gromit
is using a hand drill to drill this hole, I think he hits an option on the
drill to reverse it, where the drill component becomes the handle area and the
handle area becomes the drill component, because poor Gromit; by the sound of
it accidentally flips a switch and does around and around and gets flung out of
this scene whilst the drill stays in this hole.
Performance: Peter Sallis as Wallace; he made this character into a
star as his voice from1989 to 2010 where Ben Whitehead has picked up the mantle
and is the current voice of Wallace after Sallis retired; sadly died in Sunday
02/06/2017; RIP Peter Sallis.
This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; the Art is
still very easy to settle down with; yes it looks a bit old here and there like
around Wallace's face, but then again if I am going to state this. I need to
point out that in every project involving these two characters [on a quick side
note in other projects that come from Aardman Animations use them at that point
as well, so they are always pushing the envelope;] but I digress back to this
specific situation they go through changes such as something like curving on or
around their face shape in short an upgrade, but all the Art is fantastic. This
is most definitely one of those projects that you need to see once in your
lifetime and no surprise this project has either Won or has been Nominated for
some Awards; the highest Award on the film list of Awards; BAFTA Awards 1990;
BAFTA Film Award; Nick Park and Nominated Academy Awards 1991; Oscar Best Short
Film, Animated; Nick Park.
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