First of all, what
does the word ‘movie’ doing in a British film? That’s the worst thing I’ve seen
since Morrissey wrote ‘favourite’ without ‘u’ in his autobiography.
Disgraceful.
On a much more serious
note, though, I admire Aardman
Animations. For me, only Pixar in their prime (Toy Stories, Ratatouille
and Wall-E) could rival them in terms
of wit and imagination. Shaun The Sheep
Movie (originally a brilliant mini-series where each 7-minute episode has more
ideas than the whole of Frozen) is a
full-length film that is never-ending, inventive fun. A self-styled day-off
goes horribly wrong, the Farmer is lost in the city and has to be found and
brought back home, but the sheep’s mischief is your utter joy.
Watching this, you
might keep asking yourself – how, how in God’s name are they doing all this? –
but in truth, there’s just so much to admire here. Like the intricate plot and
the heartwarming, unaffected humour of the whole thing. But ah Christ yes – technically,
this is just breathtaking.
