Coraline (Henry Selick, 2009)

I saw this in 3D at Horton UA Theater and I must say I was impressed by how three dimensional it really was. I am very excited to see where this technology is going to be going in the future. With Up from Pixar in the works and Avatar by James Cameron finally being realized.

The movie is based off of a short story by Neil Gaimon, the basic plot is that Coraline moves to the country with her parents who are both writers working on gardening magazine. This causes a problem for Coraline because she is not getting the attention from them that she deserves. One night she is visited by some mice that lead her to a door that leads to a parallel world in which her parents love and treat her well, but there is something strange about them. They have button eyes.



It turns out that the woman playing Coraline's other mother is an evil witch. The witch ends up capturing Coraline's parents and hold them random in return that Coraline must give up her eyes. Coraline decides to make a bet with her that she can find the three orbs that power the witch's world. At this point the movie becomes pretty predictable, yet the beauty of the images keeps you focused on what is happening.

B+