One of the greatest movies in this world.

Rating: Null/10 (13 April 2006)

When the movie started, the rainy day before Christmas, I was chocked to feel the exaggerated pleasure of animation and weirdness . A deeply sensational beginning, and from there on it would flower up into a cult of a film. At the time I didn't realize it, but it came back as I took a deeper look at it. The film is quite simply, a visual masterpiece. One of the most aesthetically abnormal beauties, impossible to juxtaposition with anything else, creates almost a voyeurism-feeling, hugely because of it's uniqueness, and the fact that Tim Burton has a amazing sense of oddness and a quirky way of thinking into childish lanes. As taken from a child's dream or nightmare, I find it painful to think that anybody in this planet has the imagination enough to come with such characters like those in "The Nightmare Before Christmas". It creates unforgettable characters and moments, which should be shared with future generations. The design, the visual theme and the atmosphere is truly something to drop your breath for. The cities and settings produce a perfect mood for the production. For we that lust for originality and imagination, the movie invites into a state of absolute believability and convincement to the degree that you lust every moment of it.
The protagonist is Jack Skellington, a really interesting character. He struggles to find a path out of the boring everyday routine that he must follow. He is considered a role model for many in the town of Halloween, but he gets depressed over the never ending sadness that he endures. He wants to change this, when he discovers Christmas town, a place engulfed with pleasure and happiness. The film is really about the try for change. Of course this is presented hugely excellent. Other key characters are Sally, a creation of an angry professor, and Oogie, the diabolic villain, and of course, maybe the most important, Santa Clause.
Though, I sometimes felt like the musical numbers were replacements for what could have been even more important, but then again, the songs are passionate and wonderful. The Nightmare Before Christmas is a dream come true, and surely it isn't, a nightmare.