I've always been a sucker for creepy kids movies. As a kid, I loved Beetlejuice, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Nightmare Before Christmas... So of course, I adored Coraline, which I saw in 3D last night. Most kids movies nowadays have become incredibly watered-down with scatological humor and celebrity talking animals, but this movie remembers that kids have an attention span, and that they like to be a little scared, within the safe confines of a movie.
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I've been wanting to see this. does the 3-d really live up to its expectations?
ReplyDeleteNeil Gaiman is my favorite living writer. Much as Mike Schmid is my favorite piano based songwriter
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Victoria: It is BETTER than expectations, because 3D is usually used in a cheap, gimmicky way, to make things jump out at the audience. In Coraline, the director uses the 3D format to create a sense of space, which frequently means things are pulling away from the audience. It's extremely well done, and it creates an incredible sense of wonder all the way through the film. It's a LOT to take in. I highly recommend you see it in 3D.
ReplyDeleteAaron, thank you. That is an amazing compliment. Have you seen the movie yet?
This really wasn't on the top of my list for movies to go see that are out now, but maybe I'll go see it. That video made it look really interesting.
ReplyDeleteHey Mike,
ReplyDeleteI haven't yet. I need though, This could be the one that breaks my two year movie fast.
if you remember some time ago, I sent you a picture of a book called Death: the High Cost of Living that Tori Amos did the forward for, Neil Gaiman also wrote that and Coraline.
Any thing Neil Gaiman writes is worth reading.
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