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My Mum and I on Sunday saw The Wild Robot: ๐Ÿ˜Šโค๏ธ๐ŸŽž๏ธ- I remember hearing A LOT about the ambitious painterly look for the CG-animated film ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ–Œ๏ธ - especially the skies and landscapes remind me a lot of seeing paintings from JMW Turner and John Constable (e.g. Tate Britain ๐Ÿ˜Šโค๏ธ)!- What looks like the northwest coast of North America reminds me why I love going to the Eden Project in Cornwall, where you get to explore two immersive biomes - one Rainforest and one Mediterranean/Mexican! ๐ŸŒด๐ŸŒต- There are virtually no humans in this story - and on a smaller scale! ๐Ÿ™‚ I love that it's not about huge crowds of people or entire cities, like you see in some other animated films! ๐Ÿ™๏ธ Animals can be such EXCITING allegories for humans like the possum family and the geese! ๐Ÿชฟ- From the beginning, I just LOVED the concept of being raised by animals (like Mowgli and Tarzan!) - that eventually only Roz can understand what they're speaking! ๐Ÿ˜Šโค๏ธ- The U age rating fascinates me, because you CAN show emotional and even important messaging whilst still making it appropriate for all ages (I personally wonder when is the earliest age to start discovering feature-length films in the cinema! ๐Ÿ™‚๐ŸŽฆ)! I've said before that there's less financial risk when you make something for ALL AGES, compared with just for ADULTS (like constructing a new transport hub ๐Ÿ—๏ธ๐Ÿš‰)!- I love learning the idea that Roz's voice (Lupita Nyong'o) gradually becomes less programmed over time! ๐Ÿ™‚ My Mum recently told me she is relieved that posters for animated films no longer push HARD the celebrity voiceovers like they did 20 years ago (e.g. Shrek and Kung Fu Panda - often were written WITH that actor in mind)! ๐Ÿ™‚โค๏ธ๐ŸŽ™๏ธJohn Constable (1776-1837, UK) - Rainstorm over the Sea (c.1824-28) ๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธโฌ‡๏ธ

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