The Nightmare Before Christmas Analysis
Movie Critic
Katy Norris
HUM/150
November 10, 2014
Lori Martindale
Movie Critic
The Nightmare Before Christmas is a children’s stop motion movie which was directed by Henry Selick and produced by Tim Burton. The plot of the movie is based on the poem written by Tim Burton in 1982. The movie was released in 1993 by Touchstone Pictures and distributed in the United States. I was nine years when I first saw this movie in theaters and even now this movie continues to entertain me. During this film’s critique, I will explain as to why I enjoy and recommend this film.
The Nightmare Before Christmas is a cinematographic film in which the characters are puppets and are made to move to create the whole movie plot. The Nightmare Before Christmas …show more content…
Jack Skellington was voiced by actor Chris Sarandon while the character of Sally was voiced by actress Catherine O’Hara. The Nightmare Before Christmas has several original songs such as “what’s this” and “Kidnap the Sandy Klaws,” which are quite catchy. The audio of the whole movie presents a good image to the audience. There are several occasions in which voices are so clearly present that the upcoming events in the movies can automatically be guessed. For example; the voices of Jack Skellington, Sally, Oogie Boogie are so clearly presented that they are fictional personalities easily understood by the viewers. The film’s cinematography is simple and elegant. All the figures have been designed with perfection. The characters’ expressions for each and every emotion are discrete and explanatory. The characters faces can be seen to change correspondingly with a change in the scenario i.e. they present appropriate gestures for example Sally’s facial expression is seen to change when she sees Jack Skellington; clearly indicating desire and love that she later …show more content…
At the first, the movie seemed to be related to Halloween and the genre seemed to be related with horror rather than comedy. Then gradually the movie changed its theme and started to look more like comedy. The sayings of Jack Skellington were amusing. The character of Oogie Boogie also presented an engaging figure. The movie therefore seemed to cover comedy, adventure and drama. Jack Skellington’s feelings for Sally also made the movie romantic. The presence of the Mayor of Halloween town presented a political figure that formulated a thorough political theme in the
Katy Norris
HUM/150
November 10, 2014
Lori Martindale
Movie Critic
The Nightmare Before Christmas is a children’s stop motion movie which was directed by Henry Selick and produced by Tim Burton. The plot of the movie is based on the poem written by Tim Burton in 1982. The movie was released in 1993 by Touchstone Pictures and distributed in the United States. I was nine years when I first saw this movie in theaters and even now this movie continues to entertain me. During this film’s critique, I will explain as to why I enjoy and recommend this film.
The Nightmare Before Christmas is a cinematographic film in which the characters are puppets and are made to move to create the whole movie plot. The Nightmare Before Christmas …show more content…
Jack Skellington was voiced by actor Chris Sarandon while the character of Sally was voiced by actress Catherine O’Hara. The Nightmare Before Christmas has several original songs such as “what’s this” and “Kidnap the Sandy Klaws,” which are quite catchy. The audio of the whole movie presents a good image to the audience. There are several occasions in which voices are so clearly present that the upcoming events in the movies can automatically be guessed. For example; the voices of Jack Skellington, Sally, Oogie Boogie are so clearly presented that they are fictional personalities easily understood by the viewers. The film’s cinematography is simple and elegant. All the figures have been designed with perfection. The characters’ expressions for each and every emotion are discrete and explanatory. The characters faces can be seen to change correspondingly with a change in the scenario i.e. they present appropriate gestures for example Sally’s facial expression is seen to change when she sees Jack Skellington; clearly indicating desire and love that she later …show more content…
At the first, the movie seemed to be related to Halloween and the genre seemed to be related with horror rather than comedy. Then gradually the movie changed its theme and started to look more like comedy. The sayings of Jack Skellington were amusing. The character of Oogie Boogie also presented an engaging figure. The movie therefore seemed to cover comedy, adventure and drama. Jack Skellington’s feelings for Sally also made the movie romantic. The presence of the Mayor of Halloween town presented a political figure that formulated a thorough political theme in the