Day 22
Film 21
Coraline was an imaginative romp through a world we have never seen. It is the type of movie that makes you have faith in animation again. The world has a very alien feel without going far enough away to disconnect from the audience. Coraline is amazing in this aspect, trumping Selick's other creations (most importantly Nightmare Before Christmas.) I could go on and on about how beautiful and imaginative the film is, but my ramblings would not equate.
The film starts Coraline, a little girl who is prone to fantasy and is just a little bit odd, just as her family moved into a reclusive house out in the wilderness. Her family does not seem to pay much attention to her, being journalists at the very end of a deadline and we are quick to dislike them. And when Coraline finds a new world through a small door beneath the wallpaper she is eager to escape. The world she finds is a perfect one, with marvelous and beautiful contraptions and loving parents. Every bit of it is as amazing as the real world is dull, but you cannot shake the feeling that something is just a little bit odd. Every character in the other world has buttons for eyes, and there are some sequences even before the final scenes that are just down right creepy.
Again, the visuals are more than enough to keep you watching the film and unlike its other visual driven counterparts (Avatar springs to mind) the story just as much sucks you in, and makes you wondering what all is going to happen.
My Final Verdict:
Coraline is a beautiful movie and should be seen for just that. Beyond that it has an engaging plot that is just as much fun as it is to watch. I would recommend it.
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