Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs is a film that tells a story with an important message. It features a star-studded cast who live up to their reputation and their voice acting had a lot of effort put in which gives their character's personality.
The plot of the film is a 'unique' one which I didn't think would work, to summarize: all dogs have been banished to 'Trash Island' where they have to survive on rotting garbage (in this world cats are seen as superior to dogs). Then a 12-year old Atari Kobayashi (who is later revealed to be the ward of the corrupt mayor) flies to the island in search of his banished dog, Spots. Atari is joined on his journey by the dogs already on the island: Chief, Rex, King, Boss and Duke. Over this movie, we see Chief as the tough guy (well dog) of the group, a dog with no emotion and a disdain for everyone else, but over the course of the film we realise he isn't a bad dog because that's who he is, we learn he was a stray without a stable home so we feel sympathy towards him as he's had it a lot harder than the other dogs. We see Chief develop through a character arc, from tough dog to still tough but likeable dog who's had a rough life and has had to be 'tough' to survive his surroundings. At the end we see that life has changed for the dogs, they are no longer persona-non-grata and are now equal.
The stop-motion is breathtaking. Visually IoD is a pleasing movie. Reading that in total 1,000 puppets were made for this movie makes us appreciate the film even more. The attention to detail is clear, with animations being made for the dogs including 'things' that dogs would do, and if a character changed their expression then their face visually would change too. This movie had a lot of effort put in it and it is clear in the final product.
The plot of the film is a 'unique' one which I didn't think would work, to summarize: all dogs have been banished to 'Trash Island' where they have to survive on rotting garbage (in this world cats are seen as superior to dogs). Then a 12-year old Atari Kobayashi (who is later revealed to be the ward of the corrupt mayor) flies to the island in search of his banished dog, Spots. Atari is joined on his journey by the dogs already on the island: Chief, Rex, King, Boss and Duke. Over this movie, we see Chief as the tough guy (well dog) of the group, a dog with no emotion and a disdain for everyone else, but over the course of the film we realise he isn't a bad dog because that's who he is, we learn he was a stray without a stable home so we feel sympathy towards him as he's had it a lot harder than the other dogs. We see Chief develop through a character arc, from tough dog to still tough but likeable dog who's had a rough life and has had to be 'tough' to survive his surroundings. At the end we see that life has changed for the dogs, they are no longer persona-non-grata and are now equal.
The stop-motion is breathtaking. Visually IoD is a pleasing movie. Reading that in total 1,000 puppets were made for this movie makes us appreciate the film even more. The attention to detail is clear, with animations being made for the dogs including 'things' that dogs would do, and if a character changed their expression then their face visually would change too. This movie had a lot of effort put in it and it is clear in the final product.
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