Peanuts A-OK?

I know it's a little early to pass judgement on Peanuts, since it doesn't come out till Christmas 2015. But based on this trailer, I'm willing to give this a favorable look (after all, I said to myself, "Who's going to watch a movie about Lego?" And that turned out great.) All the familiar elements are there. And as long as nobody tries to "explain" or psychoanalyze Charlie Brown, Lucy, Snoopy, Woodstock, or anyone else, everything should be fine. I know I really DON'T want to know the deep dark reason that Linus clutches that blanket and sucks his thumb. The animation has been updated and is obviously CG, but not so much as to be jarring.

Good on you, Blue Sky Animation! Too bad it will probably wind up opening at number 2 right out of the gate. No way is JJ Abrams gonna surrender the top spot to anything but his Star Wars reboot.

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