trailer break: ‘The Secret of Kells’

That does look gorgeous! My family and I are seeing it this weekend, at the New York International Children's Film Festival. Now I'm psyched.

Just saw this yesterday, and I think it's an absolute masterpiece. I've seen a couple of the other nominees for Best Animated Feature--Up and Coraline--and while I thought those films were great, this one deserves the award, IMO. I'm looking forward to your review.

Also: kids are so smart. There was a Q&A with the director after the screening, and most of the questioners were kids. The first one, who couldn't have been more than seven or eight, asked something like: "The film had a really great look; what made you pick that look, and what inspired the story?"

I have faith in the future. :-)

I've been looking forward to this one for a long time. The company I worked for did some work with Cartoon Saloon in Ireland on Skunk-Fu, so we got wind of this movie during production. These guys were already pushing Flash-based animation to new heights for television production, so I'm dying to see what they did with it for the big screen. :)

I'm dying to see what they did with it for the big screen. :)

But it's not just the look; it's the story, the pacing, the characters, the gorgeous music. It all works.

See it see it see it!

A brilliantly gorgeously Irish movie. So much style it hurts to think how bland we are on purpose. If we put just a little more effort into things we create in the world, it would be a far more interesting place.

Thought Coraline was great too, but the comments were too depressing for me to write under.