One of, if not the best, the greatest Tim Burton films

Rating: 10/10 (4 March 2006)

Nightmare Before Christmas, the first time I saw it, blew me out of my Love/Hate relationship with Disney (Then, I thought Disney had produced it, as most of the merchandise is manufactured at Disney). The ending wasn't a true Disney ending (La-de-da, we're so happy. Flower chains for all), but it was also a sweet, all most tears-of-joy-jerking moment between Jack and Sally. The speed and the way the movie plays out is nearly perfect (nothing's perfect), and the music's amazing. Every song was musical quality, and I could (if people could properly dress up as skeletons, zombies, and huge sacks of bugs) seriously see it becoming a Broadway production. Claymation is one of my favorite forms of animation. Since it takes up so much time and effort going frame-by-frame, I respect the animators for their patience. The clichÃ© good versus evil that's plagued movies for years actually held a positive respect for me in NMBC. With Oogie Boogie (my personal favorite character) and his henchman Lock, Shock and Barrel (Henchwoman in Shock's case) causing havoc for Jack and Sandy Claws was cool, but it was only because Jack told Lock, Shock, and Barrel to go kidnap Sandy Claws. Like in the song 'Poor Jack', when he laments his failure as Sandy Claws and realizes it's his fault for all the suffering everyone has gone through, you realize it wasn't entirely the bad guy's fault. The ending, which includes peril, fright, and an entirely gross spewing of bugs is also a sweet realization as Jack and Sally realize their love for each other.