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![]() ![]() ![]() Suitably comical way to die for a children's book. ![]() In the book, kickin' it Dahl style, James' awful aunts, Sponge and Spiker are killed when the gigantic rolling peach flattens them into the ground. There was just more disappointment than entertainment in this movie for me to enjoy it. ![]() Also, you must know that I am grasping for things that I enjoyed when I am complimenting the colors in the film, no matter how truthful my statement is. The colors used in the movie are beautiful-it seems such a weird thing to compliment, a nice color palette-and I did enjoy the way the movie was filmed. Because of all the fantastical elements of the book, I understand and applaud the moviemakers for choosing to use claymation for portions of the film. After doing so, I am so tempted to just write, "No. (maybe even a coblogger of mine) As usual, I watched the movie directly after the book. Talking animals (or bugs) are just not my bag, though I know a lot of people who love them. As far as Roald Dahl books go, even though I enjoyed it, James and the Giant Peach is not among my favorites. I remembered very little about this book before I reread it for this blog post and I'd never seen the movie. ![]()
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