It's interesting how comedically-lensed and even slapstick-y the above North American trailer is, almost looking to appeal directly to Illumination-loving kids crowd (and perhaps it was set to be shown before screenings of The Grinch this weekend?) where the international trailer feels more expected in tone from Laika:
Neither trailer blows me away (aside from the variety of gorgeous visuals) but considering how great I think I've found the studio's previous four films I'm obviously still anticipating it super highly. And I'm sure there's a deeply somber, allegorical element to it not hinted at in the above marketing that'll be an emotional gut-punch.
Last 11 things I really enjoyed:
Speed Racer (Wachowski/Wachowski, 2008)
Safe (Haynes, 1995)
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Parker, 1999)
Beastie Boys Story (Jonze, 2020)
Bad Trip (Sakurai, 2020)
What's Up Doc? (Bogdanovich, 1972)
Diva (Beineix, 1981)
Delicatessen (Caro/Jeunet, 1991)
The Hunger (Scott, 1983)
Pineapple Express (Green, 2008)
Chungking Express (Wong, 1994)