This wasn't bad, but it was a big disappointment...somebody ran with the wrong idea that the cuteness of the characters would be enough to sustain another short film.
Oh, the execution is superb -- by now the detail is exquisite and the camera movement is top notch. The problem is, the layered invention is missing. Gromit, our surrogate 'detective' is taken out of the action, leaving us with the clueless Wallace. All we get is tepid suspense, instead of clever noir construction.
The focus is on composition -- Wallace's fumbling romance in the foreground with sight gags going on in the background. The tricks all come from cartoons, mostly in the Roadrunner/Coyote vein mixed with Snoopy flying his Sopwith Camel.
The ending is obviously "The Terminator" crossed in a screwball manner with "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom". Watchable, but unnecessary.
Oh, the execution is superb -- by now the detail is exquisite and the camera movement is top notch. The problem is, the layered invention is missing. Gromit, our surrogate 'detective' is taken out of the action, leaving us with the clueless Wallace. All we get is tepid suspense, instead of clever noir construction.
The focus is on composition -- Wallace's fumbling romance in the foreground with sight gags going on in the background. The tricks all come from cartoons, mostly in the Roadrunner/Coyote vein mixed with Snoopy flying his Sopwith Camel.
The ending is obviously "The Terminator" crossed in a screwball manner with "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom". Watchable, but unnecessary.