"The Twits" (Netflix Animated Film) News and Discussion

[wonderfly]

From the front page of AnimeSuperhero.com:

"The Twits Premieres October 17 On Netflix"​

"I guess I’m not familiar with the entirety of Roald Dahl’s library because I had no idea he published something called “THE TWITS.” Either way, it makes for an amusing title, for what will hopefully be an amusing movie.

A few years ago Netflix locked down the rights to adapt the Dahl library into animated films, and The Twits is the first such adaption to arrive. According to them, the film is the story of “Mr. and Mrs. Twit, the meanest, smelliest, nastiest people in the world who also happen to own and operate the most disgusting, most dangerous, most idiotic amusement park in the world, Twitlandia. But when the Twits rise to power in their town, two brave children and a family of magical Muggle-Wumps are forced to become as tricky as the Twits in order to save the city.”

The best thing about Dahl novels is how ruthlessly creepy they can get; they felt like something you weren’t supposed to be reading. He certainly understood the childhood perspective of scary towering authority figures, whether it was Mrs. Trunchbull in Matilda or the cruel parental figures of James and the Giant Peach, or the Twits in this case (by the way, we love their surname). According to Netflix the movie’s theme is “the never-ending battle between cruelty and empathy,” which could apply to the Dahl library as a a whole."

Read the full article here.

 

[RoyalRubble]

An interview with director Phil Johnston.

EDIT:
New trailer-

 

[harry580]

watch the trailer and it based loosely on the twits book despite the 2 characters are in and both of them are still up to their no good

 

[Frontier]

An interview with director Phil Johnston.

EDIT:
New trailer-

Kids vs Twits, the ultimate battle .

 

[wonderfly]

The News Team's Golden Geek has a new review up on the front page of AnimeSuperhero.com:

"Review: “The Twits”: Troubled Dahl Adaptation Better On The Page"​

"Who’s the most rotten couple in all the land? No matter how many celebrities or family members come to mind, the correct answer is The Twits – the gross pair brought to animated life for the first time by Netflix. Unfortunately, after an incredibly troubled development, Netflix has failed to capture the spirit of Roald Dahl in this version. It could possibly stand fine on its own as a film for children, especially ones who enjoy gross-out gags, but there isn’t much here for adults, and those who have read the original are far more likely to be insulted by the twists and turns that have been made to Dahl’s intentions to present the same message dozens of kids’ films, likely also available on Netflix, have done before.

Somewhere in the mythical land of Triperot, a firefly is telling a story to her son. That framing device isn’t very important, but it’s there – I guess they don’t print Dahl books small enough for bugs (“What is this? A book for ANTS?!”), so she improvises a similar story. In the land of Triperot exist two orphans, Beesha and Bubsy, who want nothing more than to find loving homes of their own. However, their quiet lives are uprooted by an encounter with The Twits – a couple who love to torment one another, but more so anyone they can get to. When the orphans discover their evil plot involving the Muggle-Wumps, a group of colorful monkeys being tortured by the Twits for their planned theme park, they put themselves in danger for the sake of their town, and might just learn something along the way…maybe? More on that later."

Read the full review here.