If only the backgrounds were digital, then I'm still impressed. The stop-motion animation was so smooth that it
looked like computer animation. My favourite stop-motion animated movie is The Nightmare Before Christmas, and in that flick, the characters move around very jerkily. You can
see the stop-motion effects, but not in Coraline, not even a little! Incredible job.
And the 3D effect was wonderful! There were a more than a few moments when the 3D effect caused screams of fright and gasps of wonder in the audience (and in me). I didn't get a headache from it all.
The 3D stuff certainly has changed since the old days. Instead of stuff on the screen continually coming straight at you, there was more a feeling of real depth to the picture. I felt like there was a real distance between objects in the foreground and in the background. Very cool.
And the story was pure magic. While I didn't like Coraline's personality very much, I felt that the story was lovely with some mildly frightening moments. I would see it again in a heartbeat . . . if tickets to 3D presentations weren't so darn pricey. $14.50 CDN is way more than I would ever want to spend on a movie! (Fortunately, I spend far less watching movies at home, so this one was justified.
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cheers,
supervij
