Originally Posted By davewasbaloo OMG - Crew from Nightmare B4 Xmas - check, Stop motion animation - check, NIEL GAIMAN, fantasy lit god - Check I knew nothing about this project and I am so excited. Reading Sue Kruse's report (hidden in the DCA Halloween review) I actually came to tears as I witnessed her retelling of what makes Disney so freakin' awesome!!!!! Just as I have started to write the company off, my faith is restored! The Disney Difference is still alive.
Originally Posted By leemac ^^ Dave: Unless it has suddenly jumped distributors Coraline is a Focus project (Focus is a specialty unit of Universal). I don't believe there is any involvement by Disney beyond a few alumni (I know Eric Leighton is involved - he worked on both NBC and was Dinosaur's director). I don't know the report you are talking about so maybe it has changed.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Hmmm, interesting. It was at the Nightmare 3D panel discussion at the El Cap. The panel was chaired by Don Hahn. Wonder if you could do some digging Lee and let us know the scoop?
Originally Posted By jasmine7 Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! I saw it yesterday, and fell in love with it. I know there's a place for sweet family films, but I think in recent years, they've kind of been neutered. I grew up in the 80s, and the movies we had were rather dark (The NeverEnding Story, The Dark Crystal, Return to Oz, Labyrinth, etc.). Yeah, they scared us, but they let us face our fears and get past them. Coraline does the same thing for today's kids. It's a rare and beautiful movie.
Originally Posted By Ursula Just got back and.... I can't wait to see it again. And you have to see it in 3D in a good theatre.
Originally Posted By mickeymeg I saw it last week. It was a great movie. Very interesting. The artwork and technology was fantastic. It is really the kind of movie I want to see again as I am sure I missed a lot of the subtle stuff =)
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Be sure to stay thru the credits. And yes I will be going to see it again.
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF I saw it yesterday and thought it was fantastic. It didn't feel quite as dark as the book did when I read it, and I have minor quibbles with some of the artistic changes, but overall it was wonderfully rendered. If you can't see it on 3D, don't fret. 3D is nice, but I don't think anything is missed by seeing it in 2D.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 on my list of to do's for next weekend-- add to NBC & Corpse Bride -- very cool stuff
Originally Posted By Tiggirl I'm sl glad to hear that this movie was good. I've been waiting to see it! ~Beth
Originally Posted By LVBelle Ooooh, now I know what I want to do for my early Valentine's Day date on Friday night!
Originally Posted By alexbook Thanks, BDSF. I've been hoping to hear from somebody who'd both read the book and seen the movie.
Originally Posted By beamerdog I can't wait to see this! I read "American Gods" recently (by Gaiman) and really enjoyed his writing.
Originally Posted By Ursula Gaiman is one of my favorites (I have all of the Sandmans the hard way) and I haven't read the rook yet. But I will soon!
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I really liked American Gods, I was reading it in front of Wikipedea just so I could find out about the different gods as they came up in the book.
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF Alex -- If memory serves, I think the movie was originally conceived as a live-action movie with Michelle Pfeiffer attached to play the Mother and the Other Mother. The movie has the addition of a boy character to -- I guess -- make it easier for boys to connect with the movie. At first I didn't like this, but after thinking about it, having him around helped reinforce just how evil the Other Mother was. I felt the book was more sinister than the movie. I didn't find anything "cute" about it. I remember that for days after I read it, I couldn't get the image of the button eyes out of my head. That really creeped me out.
