Magical animation.

Rating: 10/10 (11 January 1999)

Magical animation and pure imagination pretty much sum up Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. I've never seen stop-motion photography like this before. The film is simply a marvel to the human eye. The score by Danny Elfman is amazing and is the most beautiful component of this film. Since nobody makes musicals anymore, it's always nice to sit thru a well made animated picture because it harkens back to old Hollywood musicals. Danny Elfman is one of the most brilliant composers working in film today and this just might be his masterwork. What a pure and magical film.