Tue 21 Aug 2007
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
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This is, in my opinion, possibly the greatest strory we have ever seen come from Tim Burton. The movie immediately enters us into a world that is unlike anything we’ve ever seen; but, oddly enough, almost everything in it is based on traditions that millions all over the planet have grown up with. Both halloween and christmas are given a classic, yet quite a unique perspective on varying cultures observing one another. Jack the Pumpkin King is one of the most universal characters created in any story. While he knows he is the best at being frightening within his own world he yearns for something new and different. Through his journey of discovering this unimagined “christmas world” we follow Jack through every waking moment. We do not see Jack as the normal bad guy who is trying to destroy christmas for his own personlal reasons. Jack wants to be a part of christmas and reach out to feel something in his old spirit. Naturally, the lead symbol figure of halloween has quite a different impression on what can make christmas “jolly”. The results of this symbolized world of opposing viewed through the combination of Tim Burtons imagination and Henry Selick’s phenomenal stop motion animation direction is absolutely magnificent. Not to mention Danny Elfman’s brillian original score, music, and lyrics. One of the greatest movies of all time and it hasn’t even been nominated by AFI.
