The Nightmare Before Christmas movie review

Here's what you need to need to know; after years of being the proud king of Halloween, Jack Skellington has grown tired of the same yearly spookiness, and sets out to find something more. what he finds is something magical, and he becomes obsessed with it, deciding that this year, Halloween town will have a shot at hosting Christmas. But things don't work out the way Jack intended, and the consequences are disastrous.

I'll start with something different this time, the aesthetic, the first thing you notice in the film. this film has a very cool look to it, and I really mean that, every frame of this film oozes with creativity and love, the characters all have a very neat look to them, as do the gorgeous environments, and the animation is still stunning to watch. The contrast between Halloween town and Christmas town is very strong, yet both explode with style and creativity, and they're awesome to look at. And now for characters, Jack is a very cool character, in addition to looking cool, he's someone who you can really understand, he's someone who wants more out of his life, and when he finds something new and exciting he becomes obsessed with it, yet through the Halloweeny perversion of Christmas they create, you can still see the love Jack has for it, and that's great. Sally meanwhile is probably the more complicated character, still under the 'protection' of her creator, her premonition about Jack's Christmas makes for a very foreboding atmosphere about the event, and that's also great. it's not really a negative but it is a hell of a bummer that my favourite character in the film is only in a couple scenes, and that character is Oogie Boogie. I really love every scene he's in, because he steals every scene he's in, all 3 of them, and he has by far the best song in the film, more on that later. the supporting line up are fairly decent too, none of them stand out as bad, and while they're not the star of the show, there isn't really one you don't remember by the end of the film, which makes them a very good line up. another element of the film that I really, really like is, oddly enough, the music, normal songs in musical films just don't resolute with me, the only 2 musicals I've seen where I like every song in the film are The Lion King, and The Nightmare Before Christmas, the songs are all great, particularly Oogie Boogie's song, but Jack's songs are great, Sally's song is great, really they're all great, and that's a huge plus for the film. really there isn't a scene in particular in the film I don't like, at least not any that stand out as bad, alternatively, the song scenes, the Oogie scenes, the entire last 25 or so minutes of the film pretty much are pure awesome. pretty much the entire run time of the film, which by the way is only about 75 minutes, is really enjoyable to watch, be it because of the cool characters, the beautiful visuals and animation, the fun songs, or whatever it is, this is a film that I really love, and it's an absolute must watch.