Last night I had the opportunity to catch a sneak preview of "Flushed Away", the latest CGI film from DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Animations. Aardman Animations is responsible for the Claymation based Wallace and Grommit series, as well as the CGI movie Chicken Run.
Without giving too much of the plot away, the story centers around Roddy, a house pet, as he gets flushed away and tries to return to his home above the surface. I thought the art direction was great, and many of the creative concepts (the boats and town building made out of refuse) were top notch.It's a tad bit slow to start, but otherwise, a really well done fun film.
Let's hope we see more films like this from DreamWorks, and less Antz and SharkTales.
Chicken Run is also claymation, btw.