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An Early Coraline Review
Last week I was lucky enough to catch an early screening of Coraline in Chicago, a movie
I had been very interested in seeing since the first trailers came. I have been a fan of
stop-motion animation movies ever since I saw the Cyclops in "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad"
and loved "The Nightmare Before Christmas" so I went into this movie with high hopes.
Let's get this out of the way first. The visuals of this movie are AMAZING, just seeing how
far the animators pushed the puppets in this film is mind blowing, and when you stop to think
that everything is done by hand, and if they make one mistake, they have to start over, that just
adds another level to it. The great thing about looking at stop motion movies is you know everything
is real, every prop and puppet has actually been made, and watching this movie with the 3D glasses
on just adds to that feeling. If you can, see this movie with the glasses, it adds to the movie
without ever being gimmicky, or throwing things in your face.
Ok, enough about the visuals, even the best looking movie can't hold your interest if the story
isn't there, right? Coraline is a fairy tale told in modern times, taking element from Hansel and
Gretel, Alice in Wonderland and the Wizard of Oz. It's the story of a Girl unhappy with her life
who finds another world where everything seems perfect, but of course we know it isn't.
What I really loved about this movie was everything seemed real, all the characters seemed
real and had real motivations you could understand. The magical "Other World" had it's own
set of Logic and rules you could understand. The title character Carolin seemed like a real kid
who had to move away from her friend to a small and lonely town, she loves her parents, but
you can see why she also feels ignored by them, and would want to go and live with her "Other
Mother". The other world is all about making Caroline happy, and making her feel like the center
of attention, which makes it seem all the more sinister when you begin to realize it is all a trap.
I really hope this movie becomes a classic for years to come. It has everything it needs to be,
a sympathetic hero, a terrifying Villian, great visuals, and humour that comes from the characters
and no pop culture references in sight. I really can't wait to check this out again, and hope
everyone else checks it out, and brings a friend.
Captian Mercury
I had been very interested in seeing since the first trailers came. I have been a fan of
stop-motion animation movies ever since I saw the Cyclops in "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad"
and loved "The Nightmare Before Christmas" so I went into this movie with high hopes.
Let's get this out of the way first. The visuals of this movie are AMAZING, just seeing how
far the animators pushed the puppets in this film is mind blowing, and when you stop to think
that everything is done by hand, and if they make one mistake, they have to start over, that just
adds another level to it. The great thing about looking at stop motion movies is you know everything
is real, every prop and puppet has actually been made, and watching this movie with the 3D glasses
on just adds to that feeling. If you can, see this movie with the glasses, it adds to the movie
without ever being gimmicky, or throwing things in your face.
Ok, enough about the visuals, even the best looking movie can't hold your interest if the story
isn't there, right? Coraline is a fairy tale told in modern times, taking element from Hansel and
Gretel, Alice in Wonderland and the Wizard of Oz. It's the story of a Girl unhappy with her life
who finds another world where everything seems perfect, but of course we know it isn't.
What I really loved about this movie was everything seemed real, all the characters seemed
real and had real motivations you could understand. The magical "Other World" had it's own
set of Logic and rules you could understand. The title character Carolin seemed like a real kid
who had to move away from her friend to a small and lonely town, she loves her parents, but
you can see why she also feels ignored by them, and would want to go and live with her "Other
Mother". The other world is all about making Caroline happy, and making her feel like the center
of attention, which makes it seem all the more sinister when you begin to realize it is all a trap.
I really hope this movie becomes a classic for years to come. It has everything it needs to be,
a sympathetic hero, a terrifying Villian, great visuals, and humour that comes from the characters
and no pop culture references in sight. I really can't wait to check this out again, and hope
everyone else checks it out, and brings a friend.
Captian Mercury
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Comment by TheShape801 on January 25, 2009 at 12:31am -
Jesus Steven, what a dick you are. If you think he's lying, fine. But who are you trying to convince? Personally, I wasn't sure about this movie, but now, thanks to this review, I want to go see it. There: Cpt. Merc - 1 Steven - 0
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Comment by Steven Smith on January 24, 2009 at 10:11pm -
By describing the trailer to us and telling us that he finds claymation neat isn't classified as a review. By telling us some of his favorite moments of the film will not ruin it for us, because I doubt he is such a wonderful writer that his words could paint such a vivid photo in our heads of the scene he describes that it would ruin it for us.
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Comment by Zudes on January 22, 2009 at 10:41am -
maybe he doesnt wanna gave out to much info and ruin it if you see it or if other people see it
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Comment by Steven Smith on January 22, 2009 at 10:37am
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@Craze
How can you like his review, he didn't review anything. He just said the animation was nice and that we should all see it. Wow.
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Comment by Captain Mercury on January 22, 2009 at 9:12am -
Oops.. The name is Coraline... ( Although everyone in the movie says her name wrong and calls her Caroline, which annoys her to no end) ... Yes the Movie is definetly full price, see it on the big screen with 3D glasses if you can. And watch the credits there full of some nice animation with flying dogs ( Won't say anymore about that)
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Comment by Craze on January 21, 2009 at 9:52pm -
I liked your review, seems to me like Steven is just being a jerk.
I also can't wait to see the movie either, 2009 seems to be a good year for movies.
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Comment by japajew on January 21, 2009 at 8:42pm -
Scrivs: It's Coraline
Really want to see this movie. WHat was the final rating though? I'm assuming full price but just to be sure...
Also, when does this come out again? All the adds just say " Coming soon"
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Comment by DeathMetalMike on January 21, 2009 at 6:58pm -
Steven Smith may promptly STFU.
By the way, I reaaaaally want to see this movie; between this, "Nine," and "Up," it's going to be an INCREDIBLE year for animated movies, as great as last year was for superhero movies if not better.
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Comment by GorTheMovieGod on January 21, 2009 at 6:43pm -
Nice review, don't listen to Steven. He's one of those guys that has something up his ass and can't take it out
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Comment by Scrivs on January 21, 2009 at 6:18pm -
wait is her name CAROLINE or CORALINE? OR is her name different in the Other World? Just curious. Cause you wrote Caroline.
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