Meaning: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering. Synonyms: barbarous; cruel; fell; savage; vicious; brutal; roughshod. Context examples: a barbarous crime / brutal beatings / cruel tortures / Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks / a savage slap / vicious kicks. Similar:
The film was extremely successful on release in 2001 and it helped establish DreamWorks as a prime competitor to Disney and Pixar in the field of feature film animation, particularly in computer animation.
How Vigo began. Director Ivan Reitman knew he wanted something frightening for Vigo the Carpathian. Wizards at Industrial Light And Magic worked up many concepts for the character, and artist Lou Police drew a reference copy. According to Reitman, they were all âtoo Conan.â So artist Glen Eytchison was brought in.