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Imserba Webstore - Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf or Death
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List Price: $14.98
Our Price: $9.99
Your Save: $ 4.99 ( 33% )
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Manufacturer: Lyons / Hit Ent.
Starring: Peter Sallis
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
EAN: 0884487104211
Format: Animated
Label: Lyons / Hit Ent.
Manufacturer: Lyons / Hit Ent.
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lyons / Hit Ent.
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2009-09-22
Running Time: 30
Studio: Lyons / Hit Ent.
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 09/22/2009 Run time: 87 minutes Rating: Nr
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Summary: Half baked
Comment: This is about a half-hour feature, and in my opinion is not classic as the first three Wallace and Gromit shorts were from the 1990's.
First of all, one of the wonderful things about W and G is that it's fun for the grown-ups and the kiddies, but starting off with someone being murdered wasn't so fun and wasn't something I wanted to be part of "family movie night".
And, they give away the murderer right off the bat so it's really not a mystery at all, just something to sit through. What were they thinking?
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Summary: Decent addition to the Wallace & Gromit catalog; packaging is misleading
Comment: This isn't as clever as the first three Wallace & Gromit shorts, but it's worth seeing if you like them.
My main problem with this is that the packaging lists the run time as 87 minutes. I saw it in the store and figured it was a new straight to video movie and gladly paid the ten dollars for it. I was very disappointed to have it end just before reaching a half an hour. I guess they included the special features in the length too (though I don't think the special features were over an hour). Dirty trick.
I see the other shorts are now also for sale individually with run times listed as 62 minutes. I assume this is the case with those too. I can understand releasing this new one separately for people who have the previous ones but I don't get releasing the original three individually, they were always packaged together. Seems like they're trying to milk as much money out of these as possible.
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Summary: My grandson loves it...
Comment: While I don't think A Matter of Loaf and Death comes up to the level of the other Wallace and Gromit movies, especially A Grand Day Out, A Close Shave and The Wrong Trowsers, it is another charming W&G movie. The reason I say it's not 5 stars, is there don't seem to be any memorable phrases like there are in the other movies. My grandson and I can't even mention cheese without saying, "Everybody loves cheeeeessse," and we adore saying, "Come now, no need to be sheepish." But most importantly my grandson loves it. He's 10 and I was actually kind of concerned that he might think it's a little bit "kiddish" for him since he's grown up quite a lot lately and his tastes seem to be changing, but I've dropped in on him several times unexpectedly and he's got it playing in his room (albeit while he plays on the computer). But he's got a hundred other DVDs he could play and those just stay in the drawer day after day, week after week. He has actually told me he likes this movie a lot. He's a boy of few words these days and so I think that means something!
I'm so glad the movie came out. I was beginning to think there would be no more and that would too sad! Wallace and Gromit are a VERY good thing.
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Summary: scared my son!
Comment: I guess Wallace and Gromit are more for older kids and adults beacause this one scared my 3 year old so much that he doesn't want to watch ANY Wallace and Gromit dvd's now. He used to like them, and he still loves Shaun the Sheep, but this one has to be shelved indefinitely. I'm not even sure that he got the idea that the lady was a serial killer but he understood her dog being abused.
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Summary: Spotted it, bought it, watched it, liked it! "Thanks Chuck!"
Comment: I've been an Aardman fan since the first "Creature Comforts" piece, and a Wallace and Gromit fan since the release of "The Wrong Trousers." And like anything, e.g., a music group, there are great albums and there are good albums (and there are bad ones, too). "A Matter of Loaf and Death" is a good show...not a great show, not a bad show, but a good show.
Regardless of where you are coming from you have got to love all of Wallace's unecessary gadgetry and Gromit's eye rolling patience with his dim master, er, pet, er, who own's whom here anyway!?
I have to admit that the set-up for the story line starts with a jolt rather than a bang. Wallace and Gromit are bakers!? Where did that come from? Of course Wallace and Gromit pull the bakery business off all right, but did I miss something or did Wallace's fascination with the TV ad bread girl appear from nowhere?
That aside, I really liked the former bread model and her particular motivation for action. You really fear for Wallace as you would an old friend. In fact I liked nearly everything about the show, though I thought that the poodle was designed with much less class as she deserved (and that Gromit deserved too :-D).
All in all this is a 4-star offering for me and other seasoned Wallace and Gromit fans, but my guess is that if this show were a person's first experience with this duo that they'd have a tougher time "getting it" and would tend toward a 3 star experience. But if you already know Wallace and Gromit you will enjoy the show quite a bit.
I do have to say though that I thought some of the animation was a half a step to a full step below what I've come to expect from this production crew.
L'amour! 4 stars for Wallace and Gromit fans.
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