Coraline

It's been a long time since I've seen an animation as good and as creative as this. From the director of Nightmare Before Christmas, Henry Selick, Coraline is another must-see, especially if you're a fan of Tim Burton's. Although Tim Burton did not participate in the making of this movie, Coraline somehow resembles some of his work - the genre of dark humour and fantasy.


Coraline is based on horror novel written by British author Neil Gaiman which was published in 2002. The movie quickly developed the characters and build up the tension at the very beginning. Coraline (voiced by Dakota Fanning) is a 11-year-old girl who detest her mom (voiced by Teri Hatcher) and dad, her new home, and her life. She discovered a secret door that leads her to another parallel world which is almost the same as her real life, only ten times better. Instead of her ignorant parents, she has the most loving parents; instead of the talkative Wybie, she has a mute Wybie (yesssss... mute); instead of boring neighbours, she has neighbours who invite her over to watch circus and stage play. It seems perfect... with only one tiny problem - she has to have buttons stitched on her eyes if she wants to stay there forever.

Yes I know it sounds totally creepy. And trust me, that's NOT the only creepy thing in the movie. I will refrain myself from revealing too much here though. It'd be a spoiler otherwise.


There's a character that I must introduce. I usually never really like the animals sidekick in an animation but this talking black cat (voiced by Keith David, whom I have no idea who that is), it's so cute!!! And wise. And funny. And cool.

Anyway, no matter how much I enjoyed watching Coraline, I am strongly against parents bringing children younger than 12 years old to watch it. It will only make them have nightmares every night for the rest of their lives. (Hehe...)