Coraline

Coraline
Topic Started: Aug 19 2009, 02:00 AM (28 Views)
hobbes	Aug 19 2009, 02:00 AM Post #1
Contributor Posts: 233 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: Mar 10, 2008 XBox Live Gamertag hobbes06 Wii Code 0118 6981 4565 6325	Having stolen the book from Spiff ages ago I was a bit apprehensive of seeing this movie but after reading a few favourable reviews I imported it and I have to say I'm very impressed The movie revolves around main character Coraline, she has just moved into a new house, with some eccentric neighbours - two retired actresses and a Russian gymnast/mouse circus ringmaster. While her parents are busy working she goes off to explore, she soon finds a small door hidden behind some wallpaper, after opening it she discovers the door leads nowhere and has been bricked up disappointed she goes to bed. In her sleep some white mice get her to follow them through the door where she meets her other mother, a copy of her own mother but with button eyes. The other mother is very loving and caring at the start but soon things take a nasty twist as the other mother wants Coraline to stay in the other world forever, so she has someone to love (or eat, its never made clear), all she needs to do is have buttons sewn where her eyes are. Unsurprisingly Coraline rejects this offer and goes home where she discovers her real parents have been kidnapped and with the help of some ghost kids and a cat...well you can work out what happens next. Not to take anything away from the movie but there are no plot twists or surprises here. It can be quite frightening though and if you have younger kids it might be best to watch it first and see if you think they could handle some of the later scenes The movie is based on Neil Gaimans book of the same title and while a lot has stayed the same a lot has changed, the introduction of a new character being the boldest, that being said though the new character is fine and isn't there enough to really spoil anything although the ending has been changed a little to fit him in. As I said as a fan of the book I was worried but they have done a good job keeping the spirit of the book. Die-hard fans of the book may disagree though The movie is done in stop motion and is lovingly detailed with every shot looking perfect, as expected with animation on blu ray these days, well in 2d anyway. Aah yes the movie was the first stop motion film shot in 3d and that version is included on the blu ray, while it is more of a novelty to see it like this it is nonetheless well worth a watch although it suffers from ghosting and subdued colours and the old green/red glasses are really uncomfortable, especially over normal specs Like my Let The Right One In review, I would highly reccommend both the book and the movie to everyone
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invaderspiff	Aug 19 2009, 05:30 PM Post #2
Administrator Posts: 310 Group: Admins Member #4 Joined: Mar 10, 2008 XBox Live Gamertag invaderspiff PS3 Username invaderspiff	good review mate. i enjoyed the book so if the movie is good i will have to check it out. nice work bro



dalekmofo	Aug 19 2009, 10:32 PM Post #3
Administrator & Editor Posts: 337 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Mar 7, 2008 XBox Live Gamertag dalekmofo PS3 Username dalekmofo	Very good review hobbes!
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invaderspiff	Sep 5 2009, 09:59 AM Post #4
Administrator Posts: 310 Group: Admins Member #4 Joined: Mar 10, 2008 XBox Live Gamertag invaderspiff PS3 Username invaderspiff	just watched this for the 2nd time and think its great fun, really worth watching if your a fan of the book or you like stop motion animation. we need more movies like this!!



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