Coraline

Chuck & I saw Coraline in 3D Thursday evening. The story, written by Neil Gaiman, is wonderfully creepy with numerous references to old mythology and fairy tales. The cat character was my favorite due to Gaiman's excellent capturing of particular cat traits, namely the fact that cats do as they please and want to be wherever they are least wanted. In the movie, the cat character travels between both the alternate dimension and the real world for precisely these reasons.

For all that 3D technology has come a long way and the effects were very well done, I don't know that the movie utilised the technology to its best advantage. The whole experience was still much more voyeuristic and didn't immerse the viewer in the action as much as one might expect from a 3D movie. I also don't know that I would consider the movie appropriate for really young children as it is a bit spooky, but the message imparted is good for people of all ages in that it encourages us to appreciate what we have, to really scrutinize those seemingly silver-lined clouds, and to question if the grass on the other side of the fence really is greener. I thoroughly enjoyed the film and would recommend it to any other animation / Gaiman / fairy tale fans out there.