Coraline (DVD)

Coraline Jones is an inquisitive and imaginative girl. When she and her parents move to a new apartment, Coraline feels neglected because they are caught up in their work. But then she finds a secret door that leads to an alternate world where her Other Mother always has time for her and her strange neighbours are transformed into fantastical circus performers. It seems like a dream come true, but there’s something far more sinister at work. Coraline ...
...Everything from the house where Coraline lives to the players’ faces is slightly crooked – nothing is too pretty. But this is a suitable style for such a macabre tale that comes across as a skewed, modern-day variation on “Alice in Wonderland”. His characters are apple-headed and have spindly arms and legs, so they look as though they might topple over at any instant. Their movement is a bit jerky and in combination with the fluid camerawork, digital ...

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Review of Coraline (DVD)

== Coraline == This weekend I settled down with a DVD that had not been opened for a couple of months because I naively thought that it was a simple child’s story. The DVD was bought for me as a gift from one of my brothers and I believe it costs around £11 new which is pretty standard for a DVD that is both popular and only recently released. If you have not seen Coraline then you may have seen the trailer of this stop-motion 3D animated film, it’s ...
...=== The story of Coraline is based on a book written by Neil Gaiman about a young girl who moves with her mother and father from Michigan to a converted mansion called ‘the Pink Palace’ which is also home to a crazy Russian Circus Master and two whacky actresses called Miss April Spink and Miss Miriam Forcible, Coraline is noticeably unhappy with the move, and her parents job leaves her bored and unimpressed with her new home and she explores the ...

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...( The Nightmare Before Christmas) Coraline tells the animated story of a young girl who has moved into a new apartment with her workaholic parents. Her mother and Father, so engrossed in their work, have little time for their daughter, and Coraline, bored and lonely is left to her own devices. She discovers a very small door, hidden beneath the wallpaper and becomes curious. That night, Coraline is to discover what lies behind the magical door. A ...
...'Other Mother' is the Mum Coraline dreamed of, and everything is as she would wish it to be in her 'real world'. The only thing distinguishing the people on the other side of the door are their lack of eyes, and black buttons stitched on as a replacement. But typically, all is not as it seems and there is a far more sinister agenda. Will Coraline sign away her soul to the 'other side' (or rather trade her eye's for some shiny black button's?) or ...

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Review of Coraline (DVD)

Eleven year old Coraline has just moved into the Pink Palace Apartments with her workaholic parents. Both of her parents are always on their computers trying to finish writing a gardening book and never seem to take any notice of their only daughter. Coraline is left to her own devices and ends up making friends with one of her new neighbours, Wybie, a young strange boy, and his cat. When exploring the new house, she comes across a small door hidden ...
...is tucked up in bed, Coraline hears the squeaking sound of mice and follows their trail through the house where they take her to the hidden door. But this time Coraline finds no bricks but a mysterious tunnel leading out of the house. As all little girls would do, Coraline's suspicion gets the better of her and, with no other excitement coming from the house or her parents, she makes her way into the tunnel. It ends up leading her into the replica ...

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Review of Coraline (DVD)

Coraline Jones is bored out of her mind. Her parents don't have time for her and she has left her friends behind to move into a dilapidated Victorian house in the middle of nowhere. Feeling lonely and unloved why wouldn't she follow the mice through the little door into a strange world? However, all is not as it seems as Coraline slowly realizes her other mother might just want to love her a little too much, and why does everyone here have buttons ...
...bad and the alternative reality Coraline finds herself in when she goes through the little door is certainly that. Unsettling and amazing in equal measure you find yourself feeling equal parts of awe and disgust as magical mice are revealed to be rabid rats and Coraline's "other mother" slowly reveals herself to not be quite as lovely as she appears. The magic of the whole thing is undoubtedly helped by the use of stop-motion animation which is rarely ...

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Review of Coraline (DVD)

=== Coraline === Coraline is an on screen adaptation of Neil Gaiman's book of the same name. It was directed by Henry Selick, whose work you might recognise from The NIghtmare Before Christmas. Coraline is certainly of a similar visual style to this film, so it might be useful to use this film as a way of deciding whether this is the film for you. That being said, while I personally didn't enjoy Nightmare that much, I still appreciated its visual ...
...'''Basic Plot''' Coraline Jones has moved to a new house with her parents, but ends up being bored out of her mind, especially when her parents don't want to play with her because of work, and when the only kid in the neighbourhood appears to be a freak. Soon, she discovers a tiny door that leads to a perfect world, where her parents pay her as much attention as they can. However, she soon realises that everything isn't what it appears. The story ...

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== * * * Coraline Review (Film-Only) * * * == ===Be grateful for what you have!=== Seeing this new film available in Sainsbury`s for £13 with four pairs of 3D included we decided to try it especially as I was interested in the prospect of watching a film in 3D at home. I am having only reviewing the film. Coraline Jones moves into a new massive home that is quite dull really with her loving family - who have lots of work to do so don`t have much ...
...Overall I quite enjoyed Coraline but think it could scare some young children as it is quite dark compared to other animations. Note: I do have the DVD but don`t watch the special features so have not wrote them here so this is a film only review! 4/5 This review may appear elsewhere under the names mariofan123 or ns1209. ...

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Review of Coraline (DVD)

...than in the literal sense. Coraline plays with the theory of parallel universe and innovates by putting in the fairy tale twist by introducing a wall which opens up to the other world. Coraline is a story of a small girl named Coraline who moves to a suburban area with her parents who hardly have time to spend with her. Much like most kids, she is not happy with certain things that go in her life and wishes for more. One night after she is asleep ...
...portal in the house which leads to a different world. She is amused to find her parents in the different world, a world which is happier and where her parents are exactly the way she wants them to. Its like a dream world to her but there are secrets hidden about the world which eludes her. The director does a fine job to establish the characters and the story is very charming to say the least. I am not sure if this is a good film for the adults, ...

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