{"id":1789,"date":"2008-12-24T16:54:24","date_gmt":"2008-12-24T23:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=1789"},"modified":"2010-04-12T02:04:50","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T10:04:50","slug":"tim-burtons-the-nightmare-before-christmas-henry-selick-1993-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=1789","title":{"rendered":"Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick, 1993): USA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reviewed by Byron Potau<\/a>.\u00a0 Viewed on DVD.<\/p>\n

\"\"Is it a Christmas movie or is it a Halloween movie?\u00a0 It can be argued either way, but it should be unanimous that Tim Burton\u2019s The Nightmare Before Christmas<\/a><\/em> has become an instant holiday classic.<\/p>\n

The story of Jack Skellington (speaking Chris Sarandon, singing Danny Elfman) the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town who has become bored with the routine of scaring people on Halloween.\u00a0 After walking all night to get away from all the meaningless praise for a job well done, he stumbles upon the doorway to various holidays.\u00a0 The doorway to Christmas Town catches his eye and he falls in.\u00a0 Jack is amazed at something completely different than what he is used to and plans to take over Christmas this year, replacing Santa Claus, or Sandy Claws as Jack says.\u00a0 At first Jack wants to do Christmas as it should be done, but he is unable to convey to the people of Halloween Town what Christmas is all about.\u00a0 Soon they are working to take over Christmas, but are really just turning it into another Halloween.<\/p>\n

The stop motion animation in this film is highly praised as it should be, but what is even more impressive is the wonderful story and characters in the film.\u00a0 From the iconic Jack Skellington to the infamous trick or treaters Lock, Stock, and Barrel the characters are a testament to the wonderful imagination\u00a0 of Tim Burton.\u00a0 Danny Elfman\u2019s incredible song score propels the story and will have you humming these songs for days after.\u00a0\u00a0 Elfman takes the singing duties for Jack and is spectacular, as is Catherine O\u2019Hara as the rag doll Sally.\u00a0 Also noteworthy for his wonderful voice characterization is William Hickey as the Scientist.\u00a0 The film is a visual delight and has a wonderful macabre sense of humor that both young and old will enjoy.\u00a0 For whichever holiday you prefer it, this film is a timeless classic.<\/p>\n

DVD Extras:<\/strong>\u00a0 Deleted scenes and animation sequences, behind the scenes look at the making of the film, storyboard to film comparison, still frame gallery of concept art and character designs, commentary by director Henry Selick, theatrical trailers and posters, and\u00a0Tim Burton’s early films Vincent<\/em>, and Frankenweenie <\/em>(uncut version).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reviewed by Byron Potau.\u00a0 Viewed on DVD. Is it a Christmas movie or is it a Halloween movie?\u00a0 It can be argued either way, but it should be unanimous that Tim Burton\u2019s The Nightmare Before Christmas has become an instant holiday classic. The story of Jack Skellington (speaking Chris Sarandon, singing Danny Elfman) the Pumpkin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,67,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animation","category-dvd","category-films"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}