In the beginning this movie fools you into thinking it may come up with an interesting plot when the chicken's paradise is threatened by deforestation.
But unfortunately this pemise goes nowhere and the plot becomes much more predictable: The characters do everything in their powers to make the outside world as interesting and mysterious as possible for the young curious Molly. And then... to everyone's big surprise... she goes on a dangerous adventure to the human world and needs to be rescued.
Then the movie fools you a second time when it seems that the main topic could take a turn into social comentary about the cruelty of mass factory farming.
But again this premis was dropped and the makers just followed the simple rule that recently worked out for many other unnecessary remakes: Let's redo the movie we made a lot of money with 20+ years ago and let us disguise this remake under the marketing mask of an original sequel.
Do wee need a new plot? No, last time the chickens had to escape captivity to not end up at the lowest spot in the food chain. This time they do... the same.
Do we need a new villain? No, just take the old one (Mrs Tweedy), this already worked in other franchises (Emperor Palpatine, Colonel Quaritch, etc).
Do we need a new evil plan? No, the first movie was about turning chickens into pies, now it's about turning chickens into nuggets. But let's make the death machine and the prison bigger and scarier (Death Star - Starkiller Base)
Dawn Of The Nugget lacks everything that once lifted Aardman on top of the world's stop-motion animation studios: storytelling, inventiveness, imagination, and a healthy dose of british humour and coolness.
The only thing left to make this disappointing outcome bearable to watch is the brilliant work of the ingenious Aardman animators.
But unfortunately this pemise goes nowhere and the plot becomes much more predictable: The characters do everything in their powers to make the outside world as interesting and mysterious as possible for the young curious Molly. And then... to everyone's big surprise... she goes on a dangerous adventure to the human world and needs to be rescued.
Then the movie fools you a second time when it seems that the main topic could take a turn into social comentary about the cruelty of mass factory farming.
But again this premis was dropped and the makers just followed the simple rule that recently worked out for many other unnecessary remakes: Let's redo the movie we made a lot of money with 20+ years ago and let us disguise this remake under the marketing mask of an original sequel.
Do wee need a new plot? No, last time the chickens had to escape captivity to not end up at the lowest spot in the food chain. This time they do... the same.
Do we need a new villain? No, just take the old one (Mrs Tweedy), this already worked in other franchises (Emperor Palpatine, Colonel Quaritch, etc).
Do we need a new evil plan? No, the first movie was about turning chickens into pies, now it's about turning chickens into nuggets. But let's make the death machine and the prison bigger and scarier (Death Star - Starkiller Base)
Dawn Of The Nugget lacks everything that once lifted Aardman on top of the world's stop-motion animation studios: storytelling, inventiveness, imagination, and a healthy dose of british humour and coolness.
The only thing left to make this disappointing outcome bearable to watch is the brilliant work of the ingenious Aardman animators.
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