Here you go Seth. My Coraline review. Starring Dakota Fanning (who is really a super hero who pretends to be a little girl), and a whole bunch of other people you probably don’t know. Well I went in expecting a classic, albeit strange, Tim Burton film. I was not disappointed.
The story was sound. There wasn’t any plot holes that I picked up on. It kind of hints at a moral of sorts but I don’t know if I could put it into words for you. The 3-D was trippy. I think I’ve now have a mild case of motion sickness now but if that’s your thing, go for it. But over all I wasn’t disappointed by the animation, by the voices, or by the story. All those things were very sound. The only possible thing that I could say would be that it almost felt like they took too long to build up to the climax and then the climax went by kind of fast. But even when you think that it’s over, it’s not. That’s why I can’t complain about that too much.
Content wise, for the most part it stays true to the PG rating and is very clean. There is one scene that was absolutely unnecessary and it made KD and I mad. Let’s just say that there is a very busty women and she wears what equates to a little less than a string bikini. Totally not needed at all in any way shape or form. Not that it makes it any better but that is the only innuendo in the whole movie. There is no swearing at all. There is a few uses of the word “wuss” and a swear word is hinted at but it is stopped before it’s said. There is three blatant uses of the Lord’s name in vain, because hey that’s obviously not as bad as a swear word, or whatever.
It is very freaky though. The 3-D didn’t help but there were parts where even I was jumping because it was intense. You think I’m a wimp and I probably am but if you watch it you’ll know what I’m talking about. It was really messed up in parts though. The main idea is that they want Coraline to sew buttons on her eyes. Weird. I would not take my 8 year old to see this movie because I wouldn’t want them sleeping in my room that night. But while I say that, it wasn’t freaky enough to give it a PG-13 rating by a long shot. This is perfect for the more mature child and preteens. Small kids would probably be okay watching on DVD in their living room but don’t take them to the theatre. It’s just very intense at points.
It was pretty good. Not really my style but KD said that she liked it and Poot liked it too. If you liked the Nightmare Before Christmas, you’ll love Coraline.
The story was sound. There wasn’t any plot holes that I picked up on. It kind of hints at a moral of sorts but I don’t know if I could put it into words for you. The 3-D was trippy. I think I’ve now have a mild case of motion sickness now but if that’s your thing, go for it. But over all I wasn’t disappointed by the animation, by the voices, or by the story. All those things were very sound. The only possible thing that I could say would be that it almost felt like they took too long to build up to the climax and then the climax went by kind of fast. But even when you think that it’s over, it’s not. That’s why I can’t complain about that too much.
Content wise, for the most part it stays true to the PG rating and is very clean. There is one scene that was absolutely unnecessary and it made KD and I mad. Let’s just say that there is a very busty women and she wears what equates to a little less than a string bikini. Totally not needed at all in any way shape or form. Not that it makes it any better but that is the only innuendo in the whole movie. There is no swearing at all. There is a few uses of the word “wuss” and a swear word is hinted at but it is stopped before it’s said. There is three blatant uses of the Lord’s name in vain, because hey that’s obviously not as bad as a swear word, or whatever.
It is very freaky though. The 3-D didn’t help but there were parts where even I was jumping because it was intense. You think I’m a wimp and I probably am but if you watch it you’ll know what I’m talking about. It was really messed up in parts though. The main idea is that they want Coraline to sew buttons on her eyes. Weird. I would not take my 8 year old to see this movie because I wouldn’t want them sleeping in my room that night. But while I say that, it wasn’t freaky enough to give it a PG-13 rating by a long shot. This is perfect for the more mature child and preteens. Small kids would probably be okay watching on DVD in their living room but don’t take them to the theatre. It’s just very intense at points.
It was pretty good. Not really my style but KD said that she liked it and Poot liked it too. If you liked the Nightmare Before Christmas, you’ll love Coraline.
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