The Nightmare Before Christmas - 3 stars out of 10
This movie was pointedly more evil than Burton and Selick's other movies of the same genre. Dark images like a doll's head being chopped off in a guillotine or Santa Clause being tied up and nearly killed would prevent me from showing this movie to children. Compared to Corpse Bride and Coraline, the animation is very choppy and the sets are incredibly simplistic. I know that in it's day, it was incredible. But for me, watching this is like watching a monster movie from the 60's. On a positive note, the music is fantastic, using a genius lyrical rhyme scheme that effectively furthers the plot throughout the entire movie. This movie is a classic as it created an entirely new genre of movies, but I wouldn't call it a must-see. Instead, I'd call it overrated and nowhere near the sophistication of Corpse Bride. I appreciate how revolutionary this film was but, when one looks at how many stop-motion films have been made in the past decade compared to computer animated films, this movie's significance to the film industry cannot compare with something like Toy Story.
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