The Nightmare Before Christmas (Special Edition)

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Summary: Like Rudolph is to Christmas, Nightmare is to Halloween
Review: Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas is imaginative and sweet. Not too frightening so that children under 5 will not be able to enjoy this movie, but exciting enough to keep the attention of all ages. The cgi artists did an excellent job creating the entire style and look to the story. It is like watching a storybook come alive in 3D. A real treat for this Halloween piece is the music and voice of Danny Elfman as the well-intentioned, but innocent Jack. Enjoy this film anytime you want a treat and add it to your collection of children's films like James and the Giant Peach, Toy Story, and A Bug's Life.

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Summary: A stop motion animated classic, the DVD's great too.
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Our story is in Halloweentown, a town of scary things where Jack Skelengton ( voiced by Chris Sarandon) is the pumpkin king and is tired of the same thing year after year of being crowed by pleasing fans. He wonders through the woods to discover a place full of doors to other holiday worlds, he stumbles onto Christmas town where it gives him inspiration in new ideas. He gets the entire town to do his bidding except for Sally ( voiced by Catherine O'Hara) whom has a feeling about Jack's plan for Christmas and Jack is to kidnap Santa so he can take his hat, unfortunately for Jack being Santa Claus he doesn't know that the toys he created are deadly for the children as he must find the real Santa to fix Christmas.

A dark and dazzling animated fairy tale classic that has became a beloved cult icon movie for years since it's release, Tim Burton ( who'd produced) with Henry Sellick delivers a good and original story, imaginative characters, and memorable images that will stick to your head.

The DVD special edition is definitely worth the investment, it's got great picture & sound, great extras such as Still galleries, Trailers, Deleted Scenes, Storyboard-and-film comparision, two Tim Burton early shorts and cool audio commentary by the director.

Highly recommended DVD to animation collectors!

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Summary: THE MOST ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS TALE SINCE THE GRINCH!
Review: Tim Burton's THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS is a masterpiece. There's simply no other way to describe it. The story, the music and the animation combine to present probably the most original and unique Christmas tale since the original animated HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS.

The movie nicely showcases the vocal talents of Chris Sarandon (THE PRINCESS BRIDE), Catherine O'Hara (HOME ALONE I and II) and, of course Danny Elfman. Elfman's score for the movie is also masterful.

THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS is a terrific tie that connects the fall seasons, from Halloween to Christmas and promises to be a holiday standard for decades to come. You will also enjoy the many special features, including FRANKENWEENIE and VINCENT, two Tim Burton shorts, that are included on this DVD.

THE HORSEMAN

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Summary: Great animation movie (Watch also the Making of...)
Review: I love this film. Great animation, great story and great music as well. We have to bear in mind that this masterwork of animation is previous to Pixar's computer animation films. I think is important to watch also the making of this movie that the same DVD brings in this special edition. By watching the behind scenes of this film you appreciate it much better. By the way my little 5-years old nephew loves this film too so it fits to any age.