Talk:Arthur and the Minimoys

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Contents 1 Japanese seiyu could be a nice add to the cast section 2 Flagrant vandalism 3 Reviews and Releases 4 Name confusion 5 Book version 6 Sequels

[edit] Japanese seiyu could be a nice add to the cast section

You know , most of the animated film articles have the Japanese voice actors listed , so why don't this does not?

[edit] Flagrant vandalism

There are little to no mature themes presented in this film. While there is an allusion to absinthe consumption (NOT abuse, it is only drinken once and no one gets 'drunk'), to write that there is use of marijuana, sexual situations, and migrant workers' plight can only be assumed to have been done for the purpose of painting this film in a negative light. I would suggest that this film's entry be monitored for future vandalism

Darqcyde 20:13, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reviews and Releases

Having read some reviews like this one "Fun of 'Arthur' kids stuff invisible to grown-ups" at the Sun-Times, I begin to wonder if the US release is substantialy hacked about from that shown in Australia. The reviewer's unanswered questions are almost all answered in the first few minutes of cut of the movie screening in Australia.

Can anyone who's seen it in the US comment on this? Alex Law 03:33, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Never mind. American reviewers will never give a thumbs-up to a foreign animated movie, especially not a french one. They have Pixar and Dreamworks to protect at all cost. Just consider the Minimoys stands "fully rotten" at 19% (yes one less than 20 percent) on Rotten Tomatoes website. The american-made 2005 "Robots" animation stands at 62%, which is bullshit. That one "Robots" had no story, events did not make any sense, was utterly vulgar and literally toilet humour in the most disgusting sense and generally wasted celluloid. I cannot imagine how a critic could give "fresh" to 2005's Robots and look in the mirror next morning. It is skewed.

Only three constructive US criticism of Minimoys I heard was as follows:

- Bad lip synch. American version is dubbed from french language original and US movie-goers notice moving lips do not match the sound.

- Possibly french sentences are shorter than english ones, so american voice actors have to speak quicker to say the some content, which is irritating. I think it mostly says something about quality of US dubbing industry's textwriters and talent of the the celeb voice actors.

Apparently US critics think movie making in non-english language should be banned worldwide. French, however, are fiercely defensive about their own ornamented language.

- The visual pace of the Minimoys animated movie part is too fast for kid audience (or at least the adult critics who have reviewed it think so).

Difference of US and euro morality. In USA it is OK to blow up one's head with a .357 Magnum close-up in a kid movie but heaven forsake focus the camera on a curvy derriere, even if CGI, not to mention drinking alcoholics.

I haven't yet seen a US critic, which failed to mention the first live-action part was this and that good in Minimoys. Some even went on to praise the family dog. Apparently they are only sour about the animation and I think they are biting on Pixar agenda. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.70.32.136 (talk) 18:29, 22 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Name confusion

Is the evil wizard's name Maltazard, Malthazard or Malthazar? Because the article uses all three spellings/pronounciations.

No need to answer. I've seen the film and his name's Malthazard.

Anon

[edit] Book version

Can someone make an article about the book series that this film (and the future sequels) is based on? I have little knowledge of the book. Angie Y. 11:38, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sequels

IMDB has pages for two alleged sequels coming in 2009 and 2010, here and here. Now I know that IMDB isn't considered a reliable source, so I'm just wondering where this information originally came from and if it's actually true. Esn 10:14, 17 March 2007 (UTC)