The detail put into this film is amazing. I absolutely loved it. I don't think many fully appreciate all the tedious work that has to go into a stop-motion film. Anyway, this was one of the best films I've seen this year, stop-motion or not!
I loved how the dialogue was in this film. The trolls had their own language (which was many gibberish) but instead of adding subtitles whenever they communicated, they used the magic of cinematography to translate what they were saying, and it worked beautifully! I never had to ask myself "what's going on here?" or, "what are they saying?" I understood everything, and the only English words they used were the names they had for one another (Like "Fish," or "Eggs."
Speaking of cinematography, the cinematographer of The Boxtrolls is fantastic. Not only that, but the set up for the scenes was amazing!! So much physics were involved in the making of this film!! I LOVED IT!!
The characters were great. The villain couldn't have been more villainy, you just knew he was the villain by looking at him. And, for once, the villain's henchmen were not complete idiots; they were actually quite intellectual beings who believed they were doing the right thing the entire time! Their banter was great, the dialogue between the two of them was just splendid. They were such adorable characters! The main characters, Eggs (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) and Fish (Dee Bradley Baker), we the cutest things! The relationship they shared was just beautiful. Honestly, I have never been more in love with characters in a cartoon (ish) film before.
This was an all around fantastic film and I order everyone to watch it.
I give The Boxtrolls 9 out of 10.
