Rare Artistry

Rating: 9/10 (27 January 2003)

Nightmare Before Christmas was a ground-breaking movie for what it did in the way of animation, and for the bizarre plot line that had never been done before, nor will probably ever be done again. After all, who would have thought such a thing as a skeleton taking over Christmas?
I don't think a lot of people `got it'. It is difficult for some to just sit back and appreciate something for it's artistic value alone. So many look to be spoon fed 100% excitement during the entire hour an a half of any film before they like it.
In my humble opinion, almost ten years later the film holds up. I believe that its value is in the creativity of both the screenplay and the musical score. This is true art. Tim Burton and Danny Elfman were able to put something very rare together with this movie.