The Nightmare Before Christmas is an excellent Christmas movie that is truly unique.

Rating: 10/10 (1 December 2015)

The Nightmare Before Christmas is a wonderful stop-motion film from 1993. The director of the film is Tim Burton. He creates a dreamlike world that is truly unique. The story takes place in a town called Halloween Town. It is filled with monsters, vampires, werewolves, and other scary deformed creatures. It is a dark and creepy looking movie, yet it isn't the slightest bit scary. Burton does a great job of making scenes humorous when they're getting suspenseful.
The main roll is a man named Jack Skellington, who leads the town to celebrate Halloween. He eventually gets tired of his everyday life style and seeks something new and different. Jack wonders off and finds these doors with different holiday symbols on them. He opens the door with a Christmas tree on it and he gets pulled in. This town is completely opposite of the town he has known his whole existence. Christmas town is happy, colorful, and everyone is cheerful. Jack quickly goes home to Halloween town to share his experience he had with the town. Later in the movie he tries to capture "Sandy Clause" and bring him to Halloween Town to take over Christmas.
This film has excellent camera angles for being filmed in 1993 and being a stop- motion film. The lighting that is used throughout the film is High Key Lighting. Many of the scenes are shot in darkness or in silhouette. This adds to the dark situation the film is portraying. In one particular scene Jack is climbing a mountain and his silhouette appears on the huge moon behind him. This makes Jacks character seem large and powerful. The motions of the characters are seamless and entertaining.
Overall this is a very enjoyable film that is intended for almost everyone. The non diegetic sound throughout the film is excellent. Each song is catchy and you can't help but sing along. The animation of the characters and scenery are original and fun to look at it. Watching the film, I never even noticed it was stop motion. It was so captivating and fun to watch.