Hiya, folks! Welcome to another review! Today I will be reviewing the Christmas classic, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas! I know it's out of season, but this was supposed to come out 2 years ago! I'm lazy and/or busy, okay?
It's about a small town called Halloween Town, and, you guessed it, they are in charge of Halloween. The weird and crazy characters in the town are ruled by Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, which is weird because he isn't a pumpkin. He looks like a skeleton! I actually kinda think he looks like Slender Man, but with no tie and with a face. Anyway, Jack is getting bored with doing the same old thing year after year, so he takes a walk to clear his head. On his walk, he comes across Christmas Town. He learns all about Christmas and decides that Halloween Town will be doing Christmas this year, for all the world! However, some rogue trick-or-treaters kidnapped Santy Claus so Jack could take his place, and feeds him to the Boogeyman, the Oogie-Boogie! Will Jack and Halloween Town do Christmas successfully without Santa? And will Santa survive the Oogie-Boogie? Watch The Nightmare Before Christmas to find out!
While this movie IS a classic, it has a LOT more flaws than people give it credit for. It is very strange, but the good kind of strange. The character designs are very unique and creative, and the animation and songs are excellent! None of the songs feel unnecessary, which is good, because the movie is mostly in song. The moral was unique as well, it is good to try new things, but don't bite off more than you can chew! What I don't like is that some of the characters are underdeveloped, and the villain, the Oogie Boogie, is pretty weak and doesn't even seem to have a motive to be evil. Don't get me wrong, the Oogie Boogie is still a very fun and entertaining character, and his villain song is one of the best songs and animation sequences the movie has to offer! I think Oogie Boogie had a lot of potential to be an interesting character, but he just couldn't pull it off. Overall, this is a great movie in it's own right. It isn't the kind of good that PIXAR puts out every year (Except for 2011! Cars 2 sucked!), but it is an entirely different style of movie than PIXAR. What it is is a creative, fun, family musical, which is good to watch around Halloween AND Christmas, and it did just that very well. Just take this movie for what it is! I'd give it 4.5 stars out of 5! What an awesome movie!
Have you seen The Nightmare Before Christmas? What did you think of it? Tell me in the comments!
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