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The Nightmare Before Christmas

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The Nightmare Before Christmas

Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix

In Halloween Town, Jack Skellington is bored and unhappy with the life of being "The Pumpkin King". He sets out to find something exciting and discovers Christmas Town. He takes it upon himself to tak...( read more  read more... )e over the duties of Santa to deliver toys to children across the world. The film was converted to Disney Digital 3-D and re-released in October 2007.

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  • DrZeek
    November 15, 2009
    DrZeek
    Jack Skellington: [singing] I, Jack, the Pumpkin King, have grown so tired of the same old thing.

    Tim Burton's stop-motion animated musical adventure about Halloween and Christmas is amazing. It may have been directed by Burton's friend and fellow animator Henry Selick, but th...( read more)is is the work of Burton through and through.

    The story is simple but very creative. Jack Skellington, the king of Halloween Town is dissatisfied with what he believes is monotony in his holiday. He discovers a door to the neighboring land known as Christmas town, and decides to take Christmas for himself and act as "Sandy Claws" for the next Christmas. With the help of the other Halloween Town residents, they make their own Christmas. This may not work out for those receiving the presents however.

    The songs and score in this movie are all wonderful and memorable. Danny Elfman is in top form with his work for this movie. Its certainly one of the most enjoyable soundtracks I like to listen to.

    Oogie Boogie Man: I am the shadow on the moon at night / Filling your dreams to the brim with fright.

    The animation is very good, very stylish and perfect for the film's mood. You can easily tell that this is a very Burton world, from the use of macabre humor (even in a family film) to the use of black and white character and background designs. The stop animation work is very good. For this being the first fully animated feature film in this style, you can certainly see a lot of work that has been carefully put into the feature.

    The whole film is very creative and unique, combining the dark qualities of a Tim Burton film into a holiday adventure that is always an enjoyable watch.

    Jack Skellington: Sally! I need your help most of all.
    Sally: You certainly do, Jack. I've had the most horrible vision!
    Jack Skellington: That's wonderful!
  • phubbs1
    May 9, 2009
    phubbs1
    I LOVE Tim Burton's work, Im his greatest fan, this movie is fantastic, so imaginative and dark, a truely gothic fairytale dream come to life. There is nothing much more to say here, its a near perfect film in every aspect and every field.
  • MovieGeek13
    March 19, 2009
    MovieGeek13
    The pefect film for Halloween of Christmas. It has stood the test of time.
  • StaisilD
    January 24, 2009
    StaisilD
    Jack Skellington: [singing] "What's this? What's this? There's color everywhere! What's this? There's white things in the air! What's this? I can't believe my eyes, I must be dreaming; wake up, Jack, this isn't fair! What's this?&...( read more)#034;



    In Halloween Town, Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king, succeeds in overseeing another highly successful Halloween. But Jack is tired of receiving merely these accolades and wants more. In the woods he discovers a door in a tree and falls through into Christmas Land. He returns to Halloween Town all enthused about Christmas and marshals the creepy-crawly denizens of Halloween Town into building toys and skeletal reindeer. They then abduct Santa so that Jack can take his place on Christmas Eve. But Jack's girlfriend Sally has a precognitive dream, one that Jack seems oblivious to, that Christmas will end in disaster this year. The stop motion animated special effects of Nightmare are still pretty impressive but were probably more impressive at the time it was released. The voice talent for The Nightmare Before Christmas is a splendid bunch, taken from the stable of Tim Burton regulars and sketch comedy geniuses. The music and the visuals are inseparable. The songs are at once morbid and joyous, breathing life into characters who are at home with their dark, sinister nature.
  • mrpopcorn
    December 10, 2008
    mrpopcorn
    "Tim Burton's classic returns in 3-D so real, it's scary."

    Jack Skellington (voice of Chris Sarandon) is the Pumpkin King of Halloweentown, a realm of reality where the inhabitants make it their life's work to scare humans on Halloween. He's good at his work, and is very ...( read more)popular around town, but it all bores him. In a funk one day, he wanders into a wood where every tree is the doorway to realms serving one or another human holiday, and falls through the doorway into Christmas. There, he sees scenes of such glee and good will that he is overwhelmed. He returns to Halloweentown with the inspiration to persuade his fellow citizens to kidnap Santa and do Christmas in their own Halloweentown way -- complete with snakes and shrunken heads. Despite strong arguments against this project by Jack's otherwise loyal girlfriend, Sally (voice of Catherine O'Hara), Santa (voice of Edward Ivory) is duly captured, and the townspeople prepare a very special Christmas for everyone. Jack is excited about the new plan, and at first doesn't notice that Sally isn't around much anymore. Meanwhile, Oogie Boogie (voice of Ken Page), a sinister opponent of Jack's, has re-kidnapped Santa and has captured Sally as well. Since Sally is the true love of Jack's life and (he eventually realizes) the only one who can be relied upon to tell him the truth in every circumstance, a confrontation with Oogie Boogie becomes inevitable.

    Review
    This is a film defined by its style (both narrative and aesthetic). And Burton's style--as always--is remarkable: sometimes cute, sometimes twisted, always nothing short of amazing. The abundance of campy humor and an innocent journey of personal discovery for the protagonist, Jack Skellington, make the film entertaining for younger viewers, while sometimes-unnerving visuals and dark motifs appeal to an older audience as well; truly a masterful blending of themes. The Nightmare Before Christmas is ranked high up there as one of the best musicals ever. Truly memorable classic.
  • madamgincuful
    November 14, 2009
    madamgincuful
    i alredy watch it...n i always want to wactch it more n more..great movie!..^v^
  • sparks235
    November 13, 2009
    sparks235
    A good animated fantasy movie.
  • theloneowl
    November 13, 2009
    theloneowl
    Questo film è stato talmente sputtanato (pardon) che ha perso tantissima magia, spero che un giorno non mi diventi anche antipatico.
    Ma almeno una volta all'anno, per ora, lo riguardo, perché è una tradizione bellissima.
  • 21rclemente
    November 13, 2009
    21rclemente
    The most visually entertaining and reminiscent movie I can think of.
  • meganmememyler
    November 12, 2009
    meganmememyler
    i watch this every halloween!
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