Go See Coraline!

February 20, 2009

After just two weeks in the theater, Coraline has raked in $18.9M at the box office and has a very fresh 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. I recently decided to check it out for myself and thoroughly enjoyed it.

I’d never seen a 3-D movie before, so I was pretty excited about the goofy glasses I received along with my ticket (though, sadly, they’ve made them a little “cooler” and normal looking than the old blue and red cardboard variety). And I wasn’t disappointed by the amazing 3-D effects during the movie. Some of the more intense scenes were quite dizzying, and the glasses gave incredible depth to the stop-motion animation throughout the movie.

I won’t give away the plot, but Neil Gaiman spins a mesmerizing and extremely creepy tale. It was intended as a children’s story, and the theater was full of kids, but it definitely would have freaked me out as a child. Let’s say it’s not for the faint of heart.

Unfortunately, you’ll have to shell out a little extra $$ to see Coraline in 3-D, but it’s totally worth it. Grab your own goofy glasses and go see Coraline!

Click here to check out the official trailer.

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One Response to “Go See Coraline!”

  1. Mary Says:
    February 20th, 2009 at 1:59 pm

    I just discovered a great slide show that explains how some of the Coraline sets were created: http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/multimedia/2009/02/pl_screen. Now I want to watch it again to see if I can tell that some of the tree blossoms are made of popcorn!

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