Anna Kendrick (“Twilight” series, “Up in the Air”) and Leslie Mann (“Knocked Up”) join the voice ensemble cast of Focus Features' new, 3D animated thriller “ParaNorman.”
When a small town comes under siege by zombies, who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee), who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he'll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst, of all, grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghoul whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.
Leslie Mann gives voice to Norman’s mom, Sandra Babcock, a caring parent who must watch her son being ostracized because of his special ghost-whispering talent. While Mann, a mother of two, clearly understands the maternal dimension of her character, she also connected to Norman on a personal level.
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“As a kid, I always felt like an outsider and felt left out, ” Mann explains. “In the fourth grade, though, I said I wanted to be an actress, and now it’s fun to be able to use the thing that everyone made fun of me for – my high voice.”
Despite such early humiliation, Mann persevered to become one of Hollywood’s most talented comic actresses. And while she connected with Norman’s spirit, she also loved the spirit of the film and its filmmakers. “I had seen and loved `Coraline, ' and LAIKA Studios sent over pictures of the `ParaNorman' characters so I knew I would get to be part of the creative process with all these animators. Also, I enjoyed being able to come in to work looking like a slob.”
Although she is an Oscar-nominated actress and got her first major award nomination at the age of just 12, Anna Kendrick was intimidated by the prospect of playing Courtney Babock, the eponymous hero's seemingly shallow sister.
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Kendrick admits that “doing voiceover both excited and terrified me. I was flattered to be asked, although I thought, ‘What if I’m bad at this?’”
Kendrick's ability to bring both humor and a strong sense of humanity to the characters she plays made her the ideal person to voice Courtney, a cheerleader who is too easily dismissed by others based on her surface appearance. Not long into playing the role, Kendrick found that her skills as a live-action thespian had fully transferred over to this new medium.
“It turned out to be a pure acting exercise, ” she says. “Going into it, I worried I would feel restricted having to stand in front of the microphone. It was just the opposite –– I felt as if I had no limitations; I didn’t worry about my face or my body or hitting my mark. I’d be given direction and then say the lines without overthinking them.”
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The actress concludes that, even though she was stationary in the recording booth while playing Courtney, her body was fully engaged in the role: “I was doing all this weird stuff with my feet. But I was completely not self-conscious, so hopefully I have carried that into making non-animated movies.”I have been reviewing movies and television shows that will help you get in the mood for Halloween. While its easy to find great horror films for adults, you will have a much harder time to find good Halloween films for the younger crowd. While there are the most popular like The Nightmare Before Christmas, It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and Monster Squad I want to add a new one to the list ParaNorman. Here is my original review when it was released last year in theaters. And the trailer if you have not seen it.
Over the weekend I was able to get out and see ParaNorman. I was really looking forward to it because 1) it’s stop motion animation that I love dearly. 2) The animation was done by Laika Entertainment that made the wonderful Coraline feature. The plot is pretty straightforward, a small town comes under siege by zombies. Who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to zombies, he’ll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst of all, grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghost whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.
ParaNorman is one of those rare treats that is disguised as a kids film but is really made for adults that grew up on classic 50’s monster movies. Most “family films” only wish that they were this good. While the story is simple to me that’s one of it’s best assets. It allows the characters room to breath and develop at a very natural pace. A lot of the story is beautifully conveyed in the animation. With stop motion, the subtle expressions really bring to life every one of the characters. Beyond the comedy and the horror aspect of the film it always keep the most important thing in mind, it’s heart. From the moment you meet Norman you can relate to him. We have all felt like outcast that no one understands. It never loses site of the point that you always have friends and family that will always be there when you need them.
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Visually is where the movie really shines. From the character designs, sets, lighting and the sets they all breath life into this amazing world. This is one of the few films that actually is worth seeing in 3-D. Instead of the usual gimmick that 3-D is they were very smart in the use of it to see the depth of the world that has been created. Directors Chris Butler who had previously worked on Coraline and Corpse Bride wrote the story for ParaNorman. Sam Fell who directed Flushed Away from Aardman bring together a talented cast and crew and create one of the best summer films out there. One thing that I found really remarkable was the voice cast. There are really no big name actors doing the voices they just got actors that truly breathe life into the puppets. Kodi Smit-McPhee as Norman and Tucker Albrizzi as Neil are real standouts.
This summer has been filled with a lot of films but ParaNorman is for me the best gift of the summer. I think it’s the one that you will actually want to see again.
The Blu-Ray has been out for a while it’s a great time of the year to gather the family and get the popcorn ready and revisit this fantastic film. For those who have not watched the film yet here is the plot synopsis, Writer/director Chris Butler puts his experience working on Coraline and Tim Burton’s The Corpse Bride to good use in this charmingly morbid tale of an eccentric young hero facing supernatural forces that would make most grown-ups cower in fear. Eleven-year-old Norman Babcock (voice of Kodi Smit-McPhee) is a young misfit with a remarkable gift: He sees dead people. Although Norman’s clairvoyance allows him the unique opportunity to enjoy the company of his beloved grandmother (Elaine Stritch) long after she has ceased to be, it also drives his frustrated father Perry (Jeff Garlin) and popularity-obsessed sister Courtney (Anna Kendrick) up the wall at home and makes him the target of dim-witted bully Alvin (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) at school. His only friend is portly Neil (Tucker Albrizzi), who isn’t exactly a beacon of coolness. When Norman’s deceased uncle Prenderghast (John Goodman), a local pariah, warns the young boy that he must save their small town of Blithe Hollow from a witch’s curse that has plagued the area for centuries, the young creature-feature addict isn’t entirely sure how to respond — that is, until the sky turns red, the clouds start to swirl, and the dead rise up from their graves. Now, as a terrified mob takes to the streets with torches in hand, it’s up to Norman, Courtney, Alvin, Neil, and Neil’s older brother Mitch (Casey Affleck) to put things right, even if it means confronting the 300-year-old curse that has haunted Blithe Hollow ever since the notorious witch hunts of the 18th century.
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The package says that the disc is 2:40 the original theatrical aspect ratio is 2:35 but the disc does seem to be 2:40. The video is 1080p AVC encoded and is probably sourced from the original 2K source material. The picture is truly reference material here. The color levels are spot on with vibrant color palette that shines when there are the daytime scenes and captures the low light night scenes perfectly and black levels are strong and spot on. The transfer captures every fine details of the puppets and the wonderful sets. The picture is sharp but does capture the processed grain to make the original digital source feel more like film and capture the style intended. This is a really stunning looking Blu-Ray that with really make that big screen shine. The audio is 5.1 DTS-MA lossless audio and really captures the soundtrack nicely. Some people will say that the sound is not reference material
The actress concludes that, even though she was stationary in the recording booth while playing Courtney, her body was fully engaged in the role: “I was doing all this weird stuff with my feet. But I was completely not self-conscious, so hopefully I have carried that into making non-animated movies.”I have been reviewing movies and television shows that will help you get in the mood for Halloween. While its easy to find great horror films for adults, you will have a much harder time to find good Halloween films for the younger crowd. While there are the most popular like The Nightmare Before Christmas, It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and Monster Squad I want to add a new one to the list ParaNorman. Here is my original review when it was released last year in theaters. And the trailer if you have not seen it.
Over the weekend I was able to get out and see ParaNorman. I was really looking forward to it because 1) it’s stop motion animation that I love dearly. 2) The animation was done by Laika Entertainment that made the wonderful Coraline feature. The plot is pretty straightforward, a small town comes under siege by zombies. Who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to zombies, he’ll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst of all, grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghost whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.
ParaNorman is one of those rare treats that is disguised as a kids film but is really made for adults that grew up on classic 50’s monster movies. Most “family films” only wish that they were this good. While the story is simple to me that’s one of it’s best assets. It allows the characters room to breath and develop at a very natural pace. A lot of the story is beautifully conveyed in the animation. With stop motion, the subtle expressions really bring to life every one of the characters. Beyond the comedy and the horror aspect of the film it always keep the most important thing in mind, it’s heart. From the moment you meet Norman you can relate to him. We have all felt like outcast that no one understands. It never loses site of the point that you always have friends and family that will always be there when you need them.
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Visually is where the movie really shines. From the character designs, sets, lighting and the sets they all breath life into this amazing world. This is one of the few films that actually is worth seeing in 3-D. Instead of the usual gimmick that 3-D is they were very smart in the use of it to see the depth of the world that has been created. Directors Chris Butler who had previously worked on Coraline and Corpse Bride wrote the story for ParaNorman. Sam Fell who directed Flushed Away from Aardman bring together a talented cast and crew and create one of the best summer films out there. One thing that I found really remarkable was the voice cast. There are really no big name actors doing the voices they just got actors that truly breathe life into the puppets. Kodi Smit-McPhee as Norman and Tucker Albrizzi as Neil are real standouts.
This summer has been filled with a lot of films but ParaNorman is for me the best gift of the summer. I think it’s the one that you will actually want to see again.
The Blu-Ray has been out for a while it’s a great time of the year to gather the family and get the popcorn ready and revisit this fantastic film. For those who have not watched the film yet here is the plot synopsis, Writer/director Chris Butler puts his experience working on Coraline and Tim Burton’s The Corpse Bride to good use in this charmingly morbid tale of an eccentric young hero facing supernatural forces that would make most grown-ups cower in fear. Eleven-year-old Norman Babcock (voice of Kodi Smit-McPhee) is a young misfit with a remarkable gift: He sees dead people. Although Norman’s clairvoyance allows him the unique opportunity to enjoy the company of his beloved grandmother (Elaine Stritch) long after she has ceased to be, it also drives his frustrated father Perry (Jeff Garlin) and popularity-obsessed sister Courtney (Anna Kendrick) up the wall at home and makes him the target of dim-witted bully Alvin (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) at school. His only friend is portly Neil (Tucker Albrizzi), who isn’t exactly a beacon of coolness. When Norman’s deceased uncle Prenderghast (John Goodman), a local pariah, warns the young boy that he must save their small town of Blithe Hollow from a witch’s curse that has plagued the area for centuries, the young creature-feature addict isn’t entirely sure how to respond — that is, until the sky turns red, the clouds start to swirl, and the dead rise up from their graves. Now, as a terrified mob takes to the streets with torches in hand, it’s up to Norman, Courtney, Alvin, Neil, and Neil’s older brother Mitch (Casey Affleck) to put things right, even if it means confronting the 300-year-old curse that has haunted Blithe Hollow ever since the notorious witch hunts of the 18th century.
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The package says that the disc is 2:40 the original theatrical aspect ratio is 2:35 but the disc does seem to be 2:40. The video is 1080p AVC encoded and is probably sourced from the original 2K source material. The picture is truly reference material here. The color levels are spot on with vibrant color palette that shines when there are the daytime scenes and captures the low light night scenes perfectly and black levels are strong and spot on. The transfer captures every fine details of the puppets and the wonderful sets. The picture is sharp but does capture the processed grain to make the original digital source feel more like film and capture the style intended. This is a really stunning looking Blu-Ray that with really make that big screen shine. The audio is 5.1 DTS-MA lossless audio and really captures the soundtrack nicely. Some people will say that the sound is not reference material
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