Coraline VS. The Wall

Rating: 8/10 (13 November 2009)

I decided to watch Pink Floyd's THE WALL with my friend, who had just watched CORALINE for the umpteenth time, and wouldn't you know that old classic film is still showing itself in modern movies. I mean, a modern kids' movie is the last place you'd expect to see a drug and violence littered psychoanalysis, or is it? A rough, short list of visual comparisons: ~ The evil mother in CORALINE vs. the evil wife Silhouette that appears on pink's hotel room wall after his fit of crazy rage. ~ The two Ladies in the play Coraline goes to see, a haggard fat one and the other with tits that outweigh the rest of her body, bare a striking resemblance the Pink's wife and mother waiting backstage during "the Trial" ~Other images in CORALINE that appear in THE WALL include a praying mantis, originally used as a symbol for women after Pink flips out and later as a mechanical planter in Coraline's garden. Also, the image of the brick wall that separates Coraline from her dream world likewise separates Pink from the real world throughout THE WALL. Not mention all the flowers and who yet knows how many other images. ~Quick note, people who worked on CORALINE also worked on THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE Christmas, namely Henry Selick, and Jack Skeleton's head looks quiet a bit like the little doll caught in barbed wire during "the Trial." ~This is just an "at a glance" comparison, but we agree there are too many similarities for it to be coincidence. Some of these animation directors must have been sitting around, watching THE WALL, letting those pictures seep in and influence them 25 years later. So once again, no ideas are original, but they can sure get twisted, can't they?