A Town Called Panic (2009)

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This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

It's not the worst film I've ever seen. It's just incredibly annoying. The voice acting is grating (Do you get it? He shouts all the time!). The plot is non-existent. The animation is terrible, though that's obviously the intention. With research, I've found that I'm in the minority. Even Roger Ebert gave this 3.5/4, though I can't see why. A few gags got chuckles out of me, like the "cordless" phones and Horse (not) playing the piano, so I gave it one more star than I would otherwise.Maybe it's because I'm American, maybe I just don't get it, maybe I'm amazed at the way you love me all the time, but it's just not for me.

Well we had claymation animation, computer animation, Lego animation and now little plastic action figures that have their turn for a movie, and I want more of it.The story to Panic Village is about are two main character's Cowboy (Stéphane Aubier) and Indian (Bruce Ellison) -- who plan to buy a birthday gift for their friend Horse (the voice of Vincent Patar) but accidentally destroy his house. A series of wacky, often hallucinatory adventures ensues that finds the trio journeying to the center of the earth, wandering across icy tundra and discovering a strange aquatic world inhabited by oddball beings with pointed heads.Cowboy and Indian are basically the two stooges doing funny but stupid things to push the plot along. Horse is a lot smarter and more grown up then those two funny idiots and it's funny how animal like a horse has to take care of two grown humans for their stupidity, but even horse has it's stupid but funny moments. Are main characters go through a strange adventure and meeting new people who are basically two things: Strange or barking mad, like this one scene where Cowboy, Horse and Indian come across there's mad scientist in there big metal penguin, and what they do all day is control the penguin to throw giant snowballs at people for a joke, and you can already guess what kind of movie this is. I enjoyed watching A Town Called Panic. It has great animation and three funny character's that I was totally on board with. I'm a bit shocked that not much people are talking about this movie, maybe they don't even know this exist and that is just unacceptable. The movie isn't for everyone, it's just like Adventure Time not everybody isn't going to find they kind of entertainment, but I have a soft spot for those kind of humor so it's all good... for me.Do I recommend Panic Town to people and yes I do, but before they do I should asked them to put all the logic to the side and just expect what's on the screen and maybe they might find it funny enough for entertainment.

When I first heard this film reviewed I thought 'I have to watch that' as I didn't think anything could be quite as insane as the reviewer made it sound… I was wrong; if anything he downplayed just how stark raving bonkers this film is! The animation may be very basic when compared with animation coming out of Japan and Hollywood but that is part of the charm; the characters are just toys and the film looks like they were being played with by children with a very vivid imagination. The story follows the adventures of Cowboy, Indian and Horse; it all starts when Cowboy and Indian order fifty bricks to make Horse a barbecue for his birthday but accidentally order rather to many bricks; fifty million to be precise. The huge pile of bricks causes the house to collapse and every time they try to rebuild their work is stolen be strange goblin like creatures. As the three chase after them they find themselves in strange locations such as the centre of the Earth, one of the poles and under the sea before they eventually get home.This film really is a lot of fun; as mentioned before the story is completely insane and the characters are equally bizarre. I was hooked from start to finish and frequently laughed despite the subtitles being rather hard to read on the television. If this film had been suggested to a Hollywood producer I'm sure that who ever had the idea would be told to lay off the hallucinogenic drugs but thankfully in Belgium the film got made. If you are a fan of animation or surreal films it is a must see; I'm sure children would enjoy it too if they don't mind reading the subtitles or are good at French.

I usually don't do cartoons, but this is different. It was a nominee this year for a César for best foreign film. Besides, it's not a cartoon, but animation with those cowboy and Indian figures that you used to get in big bags, complete with the plastic bases.The film is done in stop motion and is frantic. It is actually a mystery. Someone is stealing the walls to Horse's house. Their journey takes them to the Earth's core. No, they don't melt. They go all the way through to the Arctic? It gets weird from there.After their Arctic adventures, they end up in the middle of the ocean. They find the house, and it gets more weird.Amazing story!!!!