Now that all the boys have put away their fake blood and plastic fangs and the girls have put away their slutty cat costumes, now that Halloween has officially been laid to rest until it rises once again next year, now it is finally time to watch The Nightmare Before Christmas.
The Nightmare Before Christmas, in addition to being a fantastic movie, has the rare distinction of being the only Christmas movie that is acceptable to watch before Thanksgiving. You can watch Jack and his ghoulish gang any time after October 31st. (Probably a couple days before that if need be.)
One thing I found incredibly interesting was that absolutely none of the voice cast is what would be considered A-list. The person who ranks highest on the fame-o-meter is Paul Ruebens (better known as Pee Wee Herman) and his part is pretty limited. Still, the cast does a great job making werewolves sound like werewolves and faceless clowns sound like faceless clowns.
Danny Elfman brings his typical brand of frantic circus music, which is always wonderful, but in this setting it really pops and thrives.
The music is catchy, the animation is stellar; if anything, the only thing this movie has going against is that I will always remember it as the movie that continues to trick me. Every time Tim Burton releases a new movie, I think "I am so excited, after all, he was responsible for Nightmare Before Christmas," and sometimes he delivers again, gives us a Beetlejuice, Batman Returns or Edward Scissorhands, but sometimes he shovels a steaming pile of crap in our face like Corpse Bride, Planet of The Apes or Sweeney Todd. Yet still, any time Tim Burton comes out with anything, I will become all a-twitter and remember how wonderful The Nightmare Before Christmas was.
5 Stars
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