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Summary: A star for talent, a star for horror.
Review: Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king of Halloween Tiwn, is bored of doing the same thing every year for Halloween. After stumbling in to Christmas Tiwn, he is so taken with an idea of Christmas that he tries to get the resident bats, ghouls and goblinsof Halloween Town to help him put on Christmas instead of Halloween- but they just can't get it right.
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Summary: I sense there's something in the wind...a fantastic film
Review: The NightMare Before Christmas! My very favourite film. So what is it that makes the movie so incredible? Well first and foremost, it's visual beauty! This movie was filmed using a technique called stop animation - a technique that requires immense eye for detail and painstaking skill. The animators on this movie went all out to make sure this technique was used to it's full capacity - and the result is - perfect animation!! Such exsquisite attention to detail and some beautiful sets and angles make for many stunning shots as well. Secondly - it's story! That of the inhabitants of Hallowe'en Town deciding to take over Christmas for a year. The only problem is - THEIR idea of expressing love and spreading joy is frightening someone into a stroke - to their way of thinking giving out presents and decorating things with color is just weird, so Christmas is suitably warped to suit their esoteric tastes!!The result is ghoulishly funny, providing you like that kind of humour. =D Thirdly - the characters. An ecclectic collection of freaks, ghouls, witches, devil and skeletons each perfectly content within their little lives. One of the best things about NBC is the pure innocence of these characters and they warp Christmas - they truly believe they are improving the holiday - for what better way to show someone you care than by slipping a scorpion into their shoe? They have total faith in themselves and in their leader - the indomitable Jack Skellington. One of the things I love most about Jack is his refusal to give up - even when he realises he has ruined Christmas, he doesn't let it get him down - he just picks himself back up and tries to correct his mistakes.The ever sweet Sally - a rag doll who is stitched up at the joint and can stitch and unstitch herself back up - is a bizarrely gentle heroine. She of all the characters in Halloween Town has an idea that affection can be expressed in other ways than presenting your beloved with a severed head.She is also intelligent - she knows it is wrong for Jack to take over Christmas - and brave. Oogy Boogy Man, a swinging-jazz bad guy, Lock, Shock and Barrel and the Harlequin Demon are among my other favourite characters.I guess the characters follow what I call "The Addams Family Syndrome". That family adores one another and their friends and family, and will do anything for them, but at the same time they are, by society's standards, very bizaare. They do what most consider to be weird, and even at times, cruel things to each other - but they think they are doing the right thing. They have eternal faith in themselves and are bound by very strong feelings.It never occurs to them they might be evil.And they're not - they don't betray anyone, they don't corrupt anyone and they try to set a good example for their children, and everyone is welcome in their home. The characters of Halloween are very similar to that. Finally,the music! Written by the brilliant Danny Elfman (who seems at his best when he teams with Tim Burton, who conceieved and produced this flick) the songs are witty,playful and very memorable.Some have a definite touch of the macabre,(Kidnap the Sandy Claws) some are intensely sweet (Sally's Song), some have definite malice to them (Oogy Boogy's Song) and some express the wonderment and general good nature of the inhabitants of Halloween Town (Making Christmas,Jack's Obsession, What's This?). All are cool! =D NBC is just generally fantastic film for people of all ages! Whether you appreciate it's cinematic beauty,the story it tells or just everything in general, it's well worth the look!
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Summary: search for the true meaning . . .
Review: its the classic search for the true meaning of christmas . . . kinda like the grinch, sideways . . . rudolf, frosty, its a wonderful life, miracle on 42d street . . . you gotta have it, no question.
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Summary: excellent movies - even for big kids
Review: i love this movie. I love how it was a first of it's own kind, the characters, the way it had the "Ginch who stole x'mas" feel but with a twist. It felt like the batman movies - gothic and spooky. It was just so interesting for the year it came out and nothing has really come close to it. Even the sound track was funny and beautiful all at the same time. A must see for anyone that likes their cartoons as much as the next big kid.
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Summary: TNBC is, in a word, PERFECT!
Review: I'am a big Tim Burton fan and i love everything is related to animation, american or japanese. My favorites animated movies are The lion king, the beauty and the beast, antz, winhs of honneamise, naussica and, of course, the nightmare before christmas. I think this is the one i like the most. Is funny, scary, sweet...bizarre. All i love in a movie. This movie was directed by henry selick, one of the best stop-motion directors. Besides, i like Christmas! and there are a lot of christmas movies i love but this is my favorite. True, if you have never seen this movie, don't think twice, watch it whit all your family. Kids and grown-ups will love this perfect master piece.
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Summary: "NIGHTMARE" a veritable work of genius, MASTERPIECE
Review: Whatever Tim Burton touches somehow manages not only to be a good movie, but a work of art at the sametime. Such is the case with 'NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS'. It's artistic merits as well as Burton's conceptual genius, dark comedic settings, characters and situations, create an absolutely enchanting tale of Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King and his vision of ghoulish Christmas. This is the finest as well as the best stop-motion animation film of all-time in my opinion. It draws elements from classics such as "Mad Monster Party" and "Rudolph, the Red Nosed Riendeer" and advances those techniques times 1 Million. Burton creates a magical story, the comical other world of the Holidays, a technical wonder, a masterpiece, and a work of art!
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Summary: Finally, this movie gets a proper DVD treatment!
Review: For all of you who were somewhat disappointed with the lackluster original DVD release of this movie, your prayers have been answered! Tim Burton and Henry Selick's masterpiece is presented with superb image quality and sound and with TONS of extra features, including a lengthy behind the scenes feature, story boards, character sketches, test animations, deleted scenes and what not. Also included are the wonderful animated short "Vincent" and the somewhat bizzare Frankenweenie. Bottom line: this is a DVD done right and a must buy for fans of this movie.
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Summary: 'special edition' a must have...
Review: So it's been pretty clearly stated in all of these reviews that the movie itself is great- the spectacular (if dark) visual effects, the great musical score (I didn't like any musicals at all until I saw this...I couldn't help myself from singing along), and the all-too-funny story line, all make "Nightmare" a worthy purchase. But the new 'special edition' makes it a must-have. Along with the film itself, the new edition includes an hour-long 'making' section, lots of test sequences and sketches (animated and not), several cut scenes, an audio commentary, and, perhaps most importantly, two of Tim Burton's early films- "Vincent" (a 5-minute claymation short, a tribute to and narrated by the late Vincent Price), and "Frankenweenie" (a 30-minute live action film, in which a young Victor Frankenstein, in a modern everyday suburb, brings his dog, Sparky, back from the dead). When you put all this together, it makes the Special Edition a must-have for anyone who enjoyed the film (which means almost anyone)
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Summary: The Greatest Story Ever Told
Review: Tim Burton has always been my favorite director, and this film only makes me like him more. Burton blends an eloquent tale of treachery and blends it with drop dead gorgeous special effects. This DVD edition is my 2nd favorite DVD of all time ranking just behind The Rocky Horror Picture Show 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition. In short, this film is an excellent movie that has much to offer. I do not recommend this film for those who still believe in Sandy Claws.
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Summary: Great
Review: This looks and sounds so much better on DVD. I can't say enough good things about this film. It has a look like no other and it certainly reflects the skill of the crafstmen that made the whole thing. Just a magical, inventive movie that enjoy so much. The songs aren't half bad, probably because they are kept shorter than a traditional disney feature. Anyway, I really don't like many of Burton's films. They all emphasize visuals over story. Since most of the visuals are the same in all his other movies, they become boring. This is by far the most entertaining of Burton's films and in my opinion the best.
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