The characters are well rounded and relatable, even though the majority of them are dogs. The presentation of the story is very fresh and unique, and the humor is always smoothly intertwined with the narrative and visuals. With a runtime of an hour and 40 minutes, it flies by, always ...
Jupiter : Ten centuries ago, before the Age of Obedience, free dogs roamed at liberty, marking their territory. Seeking to extend its dominion, the cat-loving Kobayashi Dynasty declared war and descended in force upon the unwary four-legged beasts. On the eve of total canine annihilation, a ...
proclaiming “I love dogs,” an oronym that, when discovered, blows the mind. Once again venturing into the fastidiously controlled world of stop-motion animation, where hands move every actor and gesture in just the right way, Anderson labors over design.Isle of Dogshas been lovingly adorned ...
it makes the movie seem almost much more Japanese than it actually is (being deeply rooted as it is in a sort of high-brow American sensibiltiy). But beyond that, as the dogs are almost the only characters who speak English, you are deeply caught up in their perspective. At times,...
Say “Isle of Dogs” fast and it comes out sounding an awful lot like “I Love Dogs” — which makes sense, since that’s pretty much the chief takeaway from Wes Anderson‘s delightful new animated feature. A winningly dippy hodgepooch of lo-fi sci-fi, band-of-outsiders adventure and ...
From this, one can glean a workable analogy for an auteur whose Achilles’ heel has always been his obsession with fencing human characters inside locked-off, static frames. Even ifIsle of Dogsis at once Anderson’s densest and fleetest film to date, it’s nevertheless obsessive-compulsive en...
I bought Isle of Dogs, thinking I'd sink into a new Kay Scarpetta mystery. Instead I found Unique First, Andy Brazil, Superintendent Judy Hammer, Trooper Truth and a myriad of other characters to both love and hate. The humor and whimsy of this novel is a complete break from the hard-...
While the mutts all bark in perfect English, the Japanese characters speak in their (unsubtitled) native tongue, with Frances McDormand waiting in the wings to translate key scenes. An opening prologue about a mythical battle between cats and dogs is told through classical woodcuts. Elsewhere, ...
It's unclear if Oracle is a female dog, though the character is voiced by Swinton, but the canine has little depth beyond sort of mystical powers. While there are a number of well-developed and compelling characters in Isle of Dogs, the female characters, for the most part, are neither....
dogs are speaking English, that’s just because it’s the filter he’s chosen. All other Japanese characters speak in their native tongue, and this goes largely untranslated. At worst its a homage to a bygone era in Japan, interpreted through the quirky lens of an American filmmaker. In ...