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This past Friday night, Alan and I went to see Coraline in 3-D. The film was quite enjoyable. I’m not convinced I loved the 3-D experience, because I found it very hard on my eyes, but the film was beautiful and fanciful and just the right amounts of creepy.
First off, this is not a kid’s movie, though I think a lot of kids would love it. Based off a book by Neil Gaiman, it’s a story about a girl who finds a portal to a parallel universe in her new home. The parallel universe seems perfect at first, her neighbours are more fun, the food is much better, and her parents build a world that revolves around her needs. The only drawback? Everyone has scary button eyes that hint that this parallel world may be far creepier than it seems at first glance. This film is about Coraline’s adventures uncovering the truth about this parallel world.
Coraline was made by the same people as made The Nightmare Before Christmas, and the colours and look of the movie was just incredible. I really enjoyed the movie and would recommend it to pretty much everyone I know. As for the 3-D experience, it was used to enhance the movie, and didn’t feel like a gimmick, but I’m not sure my eyes would love to see it in 3-D again.
I really liked Coraline, both in novel and film forms. I think that the 3D deal was neat, though really wasn’t needed. It certainly is a way for cinemas to provide some value-add over the home theatre.