Peanuts

[Guest cooby classic]

Has anybody seen it yet?

[Edgy MD]

There have been four motion pictures and dozens of TV specials, mostly created by Charles Schulz and his handpicked partners, it seems a little ambitious to title it The Peanuts Movie, no?

[Benjamin Grimm]

True. It would have been better, I think, to give it a more traditional name like, It's Whatever Happens In This Movie, Charlie Brown

[Edgy MD]

Pat Zachry! And from a bidness standpoint, it would have implied a first step in relaunching the franchise, instead of the just, "Peanuts movie, done. No need to open THAT box again."

[Guest cooby classic]

Sigh.

But has anyone gone to see it?

[Edgy MD]

I have not.

But I am prepared to offer a favorable critique of Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown. Or, as we called it in the day, Genus Enim Animarum Vestrarum, Carolus Fuscus.

[Guest cooby classic]

is that the camp one?

[Guest themetfairy]

Sight unseen I think that you should take your granddaughter to see the film.

[Guest cooby classic]

Well actually Kevin and I were thinking of going...

[Guest themetfairy]

Make it a threesome!

[Guest themetfairy]

It's running at 86% on Rotten Tomatoes

[Guest cooby classic]

Oh I could just picture her at a movie theater...LOL

[Edgy MD]

cooby wrote: is that the camp one?

Yup. Good Snoopy subplots too.

[Guest cooby classic]

I like that one. I have to admit there a couple of the longer features I don't like much, but that one I do.

Still thinking about this modern one. The trailor looks cute!

[Vic Sage]

i can't get past this CGI animation -- Peanuts cartoons should be simple, hand-drawn cell animation, not high techy. It's just... wrong.

ranking PEANUTS cartoons --

Top 12:
A CHARLIE BROWN XMAS
A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN
ITS THE GREAT PUMPKIN
SNOOPY, COME HOME
CHARLIE BROWN'S ALL-STARS
A CHARLIE BROWN THANKSGIVING
HE'S YOUR DOG, CHARLIE BROWN
RACE FOR YOUR LIFE, CHARLIE BROWN
YOU'RE IN LOVE, CHARLIE BROWN
YOU'RE NOT ELECTED, CHARLIE BROWN
IT'S THE EASTER BEAGLE, CHARLIE BROWN
IS THIS GOODBYE, CHARLIE BROWN

[Vic Sage]

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[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Vic Sage wrote: i can't get past this CGI animation -- Peanuts cartoons should be simple, hand-drawn cell animation, not high techy. It's just... wrong. N

I totally agree. Saw this yesterday and the very first and last scenes morph from line drawings to cgi and vice versa respectively, and it's so obvious which is better I'm surprised they left it in there to remind anyone.

Movie itself not very funny but kind of sweet like Peanuts are. Almost all the laughs they go for come from older works -- Lucy getting freaked out by a dog kiss etc. Pretty bleh overall.