i went to see the triplets of belleville last night, because i had seen the trailer for it and thought it looked cool. and you just can't go wrong with weird foreign animation (in this case, though it appeared french initially, it was in fact french-latvian-canadian). anyway, i definitely recommend it if you like cartoons; the animation is 2d, but it's very evident that 3d software was used to do some of it--things like cars blowing up happen with a definite kind of physics to them (cartoon physics, mind you, but visually consistent) that suggests as much. but what's really funny are the way all the characters are realized; the habits of the mother, the cyclist, and the dog, and the exaggerations of their particular traits (like the cyclists huge thighs). in the end, the story kinda winds up with not a lot of payoff for a considerable amount of setup, but it's entertaining enough overall, and it's nice to see different kinds of animation, in the sense that a: it's 2d in style and b: it was pg-13, particularly considering that even disney wants to shut down their traditional animation and work towards cloning pixar.
I'm waiting for Triplets to hit DVD so I can see it in the comforts of my own home at a movie time I can actually make, like 3am. I saw the trailer/music video months and months ago and only realized it was a full-length movie about two weeks before it opened.
And then my bike and I will eat popcorn and watch the movie. :)