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"But Selick -- the director of "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas," as well as the charming 1996 Roald Dahl adaptation "James and the Giant Peach" and the raucous grown-up fantasy "Monkeybone" -- knows how to impart a sense of delight and wonder to even the spooky stuff."

With this sentence, listing three of my favorite creepy kids' films, I knew this is a movie made for me. Gaiman's other kid's movie, Mirrormask, was also rich in scary but lovely detail. I'll treasure every obsessive-compulsive moment.

It's a Neil Gaiman story! Duh!

I haven't read the book yet, but thanks to Stephanie's review, I want to see this film.

She's 17 now and a little afraid to see the movie, but we must go! I loved this review.

Thanks for this review Stepanie - I'll be seeing it this weekend for sure.

D-Fan in the haunted hizzouse

But Mice do. ; >

Neil Gaiman has grown on me an awful lot, not only by having a lot of books that completely hit the mark but also by never failing to entertain and provoke thought, even in his lighter pieces...

I'm always very skeptical of movie adaptations of books, but I guess I'll have to see this one.

I dare you to read Gaiman's great sandman series before bed, then try to sleep.

I enjoy his books also - he is more a great story teller than a writer but his stories are always engrossing.

On a related note he will be one of the guests of honor at Anticipation 2009 - the world's sci-fi convention, to be held in Montreal this year (yay!)

I loved this movie. This is the first 3D movie I've seen and I was quite impressed. Be sure to stay for the end of the end credits. Not enough can be said for the art and artists who created this flick.

The 3D effects in this movie were amazing, and even the 3D glasses themselves were impressive--high class, not the red-and-blue cardboard things you remember from your childhood. Still, I almost fell asleep during Coraline. It felt long to me. And I was struck by the thought that, as disturbing as her life in the Other world was, she didn't have that much to go back to in real life--self-obsessed parents, a home with almost no furniture or food in the refrigerator. The most disturbing part of the story was the hopelessness, the sense of a child learning to settle. I hope that doesn't resonate with today's children.

We took our seven-year-old daughter to see it last night. Somewhere in the middle of it, I turned to my wife and said, uh oh, this may have been a mistake -- this could be her "Watcher in the Woods" -- any one who is around my age will know exactly what I mean by that. That was a Disney movie that came out when I was six... it was fucking terrifying, I mean just make you shit your pants scary.

However, I was delighted to find out after the movie that our daughter thoroughly enjoyed it. She was breathing just a little heavy, but when we asked her if she liked it, she had that look of thorough enchantment people have right after a movie they've really enjoyed when they try to recall it and put the experience of watching it into words. She said she wishes Coraline was her sister.

Great movie. I really appreciate everyone who had a hand in putting this one together.

I went to see Coraline this afternoon and quite enjoyed, despite the family who brought an infant on one side of me and the guy eating a stinky pizza on the other. The movie it reminded me most of was Pan's Labyrinth, in that both feature a girl escaping a bad reality by going into a worse fantasy. But unlike most of the Pixar films, once you get past the wonderful technique and craftsmanship of the animation, there is an intriguing story there.

Going to go see this. I haven't been to the movies in 12 years, but I'm actually going to go see this one.

The website is really cool too....

www.coraline.com

"The Well" has a whole bunch of behind the scenes stills and clips.

You can upload your own pic and "Button Your Eyes" in the Other Mother's Workshop.

You can create your own purdy flower for the Garden.

Really, it's cool, Link is in the sig.

It sounds great. I've never read any Neil Gaiman--thanks for all the recommendations.

Anticipation 2009! I think I'm actually going to get to attend this year - I've always wanted to visit Montreal, I'm living in T-dot, and I might just be unemployed by August! I need to get away from the stuffed suits I've been working with and go hang out with other sci-fi fantasy geeks until I can think and breath again. Maybe I'll see you there.