Yeah. Since you’ve already seen the film, you already know there wasn’t much of any gimmicky moments where it feels like it was just trying to show off and be like “Look, 3-D!!”
I think Coraline’s 3-D is different. It’s not about having things feel like they’re popping out at your face. The 3-D is to give it much more depth. It makes it feel like you’re looking through a window into a whole 'nother world than just looking at a flat screen.
I think you’ll know what I’m talking about when you see it in 3-D. So when you do, be sure to tell me how you like it!
I didn’t really get that vibe from the Monsters vs Aliens Superbowl ad. My Bloody Valentine 3-D is a movie that screams “Look, 3-D!!”. Hopefully all animated movies are released in 3D from now on. I love the look of it and can’t wait to see all of the 3D animated movies this year.
I just saw Coraline (in 3D) and I have to say I really liked it!
I didn’t expect it to be as creepy as it was, but I enoyed it nonetheless. Animation fans shouldn’t miss this gem from Henry Sellick.
Oh by the way, I also caught the Joe and Jerome Ranft reference, that was nice of them.
The movie kept me at the edge of my seat so I’ll give it an 8 out of 10!
I saw it twice this weekend. Once on saturday. I was floored by it. Absolutely top notch stuff. I could rattle on and on about it. I probably shouldn’t seeing as I’m in class at the moment so I’ll just gt to the good stuff.
When I saw it on sunday it was a special student screening. Special because Victoria, a graduate of our department was there to talk about her experiences working at Laika.
Her work is all over the screen: She did all the scottie tounges (all 500+), entire pumpkin dad, all of the ghosts children. She did thousands of coraline hands, she made all of her blue boots, and so forth. She did emergency repairs durin a shoot on the Other Mother’s first evil model. She also worked on a lot of the seam work on many of the puppets. She even did Cat’s eyes. It was a very informative afternoon.
Man I can’t wait to get out there and do work like that!
Also, I watched both viewing in 3D shrug. Didn’t really matter to me how I saw it.
Oh, and this right here points to signature I nearly wet my pants with glee over this trailer. It’s about time someone broke away from fluffy, bright, happy animation and got dark and dirty with death and post-apocalyptic settings. I’ll be following this one with great interest.
I’m pleased to hear such positive reviews of Coraline so far! Despite the extra cost, I might go and see it in 3D when it comes out in May since our local cinema does support the 3D format. So, it really is creepy? It doesn’t shy away from its dark storyline? If so, it might be even better than I expected!
I’ve actually known about “9” for a few months now. Was this the first time you discovered it?
Did you know the film is actually based off of a short film? If not, Check it out!
It absolutely blew me away when I first saw it. Really creepy too!
Yeah. I found the short on youtube he other day. Thing is, I’m almost apprehensive to watch it, knowing how it may be different from the feature length version. But in the end I’m the kind of person who reads the book before they see the movie. So I’ll be getting to it eventually.
And yes, I’m absolutely in love with this story’s atmosphere. Way creepy!
Haunt: That’s cool that you got to listen to someone talk about their experience working on Coraline! I would love to have learned more about how they created it; the animation is simply amazing!
Was ok. Better then Corpse Bride but not quite NMBC. I didn’t get at all attached to the characters. There were amazing visuals, sure, but the story and characters were just ok. And half-way through the movie there’s a "OMG I’m watching a video game level" scene. You’ll know it when you see it for sure I also wonder how much the director staged with 3D in mind too. There weren’t any shameless "Ping Pong Paddle" scenes, but there were many that did feature things coming at you and some staging that seems like it wouldn’t work in 2d. I really want to see this movie will be in 2d to compare.
But if you ever see any film in 3d, go see a stop motion one! This, and the NMBC! The 3D effect combined with the textures of real things is just too friggin good to miss.
Also, They Might be Giants did that song the father plays! I knew it as soon as I heard it.
[quote="soue1313":32c94kav]It’s just MADE to look like it’s stop-motion. You know, like [i]Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit [/quote:32c94kav]
W&G was stop motion dangnabbit. Flushed Away is the all CGI one (because all the water effects would be insane to do in stop motion)
I saw it tonight, too, and I pretty much agree with Fett. It was ok. Although they didn’t show it in 3-d, so I may have missed out on a lot. But it’s not really a movie that I’ll remember years from now. (Although that ‘video game’ scene Fett was talking about was pretty neat.
I just came back from seeing it…and I was absolutely blown away! It was absolutely incredible. Perhaps the best book adaption I’ve ever seen and will ever see. Loved it to death. No one should miss out on this imaginative and triumphant adventure. This is proof that animation can feel so real and astounding.
You know what’s weird? My computer just couldn’t get on the official website for the past days/week. And the day that I decide to see it (today), it allows me on.
Anyway, thedriveintheatre: That was a good idea. Add a segment of my review on there, too, please! I wanna sound like a real “critic.”
. I decided to go see Pink Panther 2 instead(which was okay). I’ll see over the weekend.
Loved it to death. No one should miss out on this imaginative and triumphant adventure. This is proof that animation can feel so real and astounding.