The Triplets of Belleville

The Triplets of Belleville
by Sylvain Chomet

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DVD Review: Different! Better than I anticipated.
Summary: 4 Stars

Notice the PG-13 rating. The only other PG-13-rated animated movie I saw was, "Beavis & Butt-head Do America." "Triplets" I prefer over that Beavis & Butt-head movie. Beavis & Butt-head did have enough funny moments to make it worth whatching once(I'm being kinda positive about that movie considering that I'm not a fan of these guys). I wouldn't mind seeing "Triplets" on the big screen, if I had a chance. "Triplets" is more like PG compared to "Beavis & Butt-head." I observed a couple of scenes that must've earned "Triplets" a PG-13 rating. One is from 2:05 to 2:36 where Josephene Baker appeared topless. Another was shortly after Madame Souza and Bruno arrived at Belleville where this guy got ticked off at Bruno for messing up his box of money. When they walked away from him, you could see the middle finger for about a second at 36:47. Outside of the two scenes, "Triplets" is very much like PG. ALMOST family oriented.

I notice the way things look when time passes. For instance, when Champ was a young boy, the times could be the 60s (one hint is Glenn Gould on TV and I know the fact that the recording of the piece was made in the 60s). Time passed, Champion was now an adolescent or in his 20s and it STILL looked as though it could be the 50s or 60s. As I thought about it, maybe it was some sort of cartoon time warp. That's something I found odd. But hey, it doesn't matter how realistic the movie is.

Anyway, here's some things I've observed and taken note of in the movie:

The first minute or two after the arrival at Belleville: The FAT statue was holding up an ice cream cone like a torch and her other hand was holding the hamburger. Boy is she FAT! And notice how FAT some people are in Belleville.

Souza was disguised as a blind lady. She was trying to make Bruno lead because he's supposed to act as her seeing-eye dog. You could see Bruno at a fire hydrant with a hind leg up. Later, this boy scout (a fat one, of course) tried to help Souza cross the road. Imagine, trying to communicate with a blind person without talking. She hits him with the stick time and again. 7 times altogether.

45:17-45:55 -- Souza sings a song while "playing" the piano.

Speaking (mostly the starting points):
4:00, 11:39, 20:55, 21:32, 24:08, 24:43, 25:35, 28:17, 36:25 (with that guy and that middle finger. Did he also cursed in French???), 37:45, 41:32, 41:56, 42:55 ("wo-wo-wo"), 46:21, 47:12, 48:13 ("dessert"), 48:29 (kinda saying "no-no-no"), 48:53 ("nyu-nyu-nyu-nyu-nyu-nyu" as in "no-no-no-no-no-no"), 49:30 ("op-op-op-op-op-op"), 50:16, 54:44 ("zhoot") 55:00, 1:02:05, 1:02:23, 1:04:05, 1:04:27, 1:08:36, 1:11:08, 1:13:39 (a French word), 1:15:17

One of the Triplets goes "pop": -- 42:12, 43:02, 43:24 (sort of), 55:10

Souza blowing the whistle:
10:11, 11:59, 21:58, 23:13, 28:01, 28:35, 1:07:45

The Bach Prelude in C Minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1:
4:25-5:05 (played by Glenn Gould), 24:55-25:23, 25:52-26:13, 27:05-27,:30 40:38-40:50, 53:52-55:00 (jazzy)

"Belleville Rondez-Vous":
1:26 39:52 42:18 (in background) 1:07:20 (a little bit) 1:15:41

When Bruno was dreaming:
19:52 (when Bruno riding this machine on the train track, looks into the window of his house and saw humans. The one that looked like a dog barked as Bruno would a passing train), 23:00, 42:18, 56:30

When Bruno barks at a train:
6:39 (at a toy train), 8:57 (with a slow motion "wwwooofff"), 11:25 (again, with a slow motion "wwwooofff" AND the passenger holding a newspaper looked like a dog), 14:15, 18:15 (you would hear it then see for a short while), 42:44, 43:08, 43:30, 44:50, 45:33, 45:48, 46:27 (also barking at the frogs), 46:55, 49:58, 51:34 (window closes), 1:01:28 (very short), 1:12:22 (during the chase scene).

During the chase scene: 3 turns were made on that "bikes & movie" contraption when one of the Triplets grabs a street lamp.

The last scene after the ending credits:
1:20:37

Boy, I may not have gotten everthing, but that's a lot.

By the way, if you've seen that movie, chances are, you could have "Belleville Rondez-Vous" stuck in your mind.

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