With Halloween fast approaching I wanted to talk about something I love, I have decided to touch on 'Tim Burton's - The Nightmare Before Christmas'
What can I say about this film, I love it, I love it so much that I randomly start to sing the songs. Its a strange thing as when I first got this (it was a Christmas present from my parents the year that it came out, I was 7) I was not really impressed by it. I liked it but not so much as to watch it more than once a year. Fast forward to my teens, say 16, and I started to like it more, by the time I was 20 it became my favorite film. I love lots of films, but there is something about the lines that these kind of films cross that just draw me in!
There is a certain element of darkness, but not enough to scare. There are lots of horrific things but they are on a fine line that is crossed with humor. The right amount of love and hate between characters and actions. A story that draws you in and makes you forget that you are watching an animation. Songs that are both eerie and beautiful. As an adult I can see what makes this such an amazing film. I find that the what makes the nightmare before christmas so great was lacking a little bit in the corpse bride, but I love that film as well.
I have grown into an obsession with Jack, and have 3 figurines (I also have 2 from the corpse bride) posters, a snowglobe, a cushion and an ability to troll the internet looking for cool thing with jack on for hours and hours. I am also amazed at the level of skill and technique that you need to do stop motion animation and it makes me admire the workers of such films in a way that I don't admire many other people. Its a shame that it is a dying art!
I am waiting patiently now for my husband's next day off so we can go and watch 'frankenweenie'. I just hope it lives up to Tim Burton's previous stop animation films.
What can I say about this film, I love it, I love it so much that I randomly start to sing the songs. Its a strange thing as when I first got this (it was a Christmas present from my parents the year that it came out, I was 7) I was not really impressed by it. I liked it but not so much as to watch it more than once a year. Fast forward to my teens, say 16, and I started to like it more, by the time I was 20 it became my favorite film. I love lots of films, but there is something about the lines that these kind of films cross that just draw me in!
There is a certain element of darkness, but not enough to scare. There are lots of horrific things but they are on a fine line that is crossed with humor. The right amount of love and hate between characters and actions. A story that draws you in and makes you forget that you are watching an animation. Songs that are both eerie and beautiful. As an adult I can see what makes this such an amazing film. I find that the what makes the nightmare before christmas so great was lacking a little bit in the corpse bride, but I love that film as well.
I have grown into an obsession with Jack, and have 3 figurines (I also have 2 from the corpse bride) posters, a snowglobe, a cushion and an ability to troll the internet looking for cool thing with jack on for hours and hours. I am also amazed at the level of skill and technique that you need to do stop motion animation and it makes me admire the workers of such films in a way that I don't admire many other people. Its a shame that it is a dying art!
I am waiting patiently now for my husband's next day off so we can go and watch 'frankenweenie'. I just hope it lives up to Tim Burton's previous stop animation films.
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