This is classic Burton; one of his greatest

Rating: 10/10 (26 August 2007)

Tim Burton is terrific. He is awesome at animation, no matter how weird his movies might be. I mean, take a look at Corpse Bride; creepy, but good. Then there is Edward Scissorhands, which I haven't seen yet. I hear it's also good.
Anyway, the plot: You know the holidays? Christmas? Easter? Etc.? Well, there are actually towns where they originated in a place in the middle of the woods. Where? We may never know. We enter a tree with a door shaped like a pumpkin. Guess which holiday? Halloween. We fall down the dark hole until lights show and every scary creature we have ever seen in movies, books, and blah blah blah are singing a song about Halloweentown. Enter Jack Skellington, the mastermind of the eerie parade and the scariest of all of the residents. There's only one problem: he is not satisfied, because it's the same every year. The only one who really understands him is Sally, who is made of many different parts. She is really kept grounded by her creator, the doctor. He is, what we might say, overprotective. Either that, or he just doesn't want her out of the house. When Jack leaves the town with his ghost pet dog Zero, he discovers the doors that we were introduced to at the beginning of the movie. He goes by the door shaped as a pine tree with decorations. He opens it, and falls in. He lands on the snow. He is so amazed by the colours and no one is screaming, no one is about to be scared, and everyone is happy. He is so enlightened by this town, he takes the idea back to Halloweentown and tells everyone about it. Everyone is somewhat confused that there's nothing scary about it. The big guy who runs Christmastown, Santy Claus, as they call him, doesn't know what'll happen. Jack calls Boogie's boys to bring Santy Claus to him, and to leave the evil Oogie Boogie out of it. But with the three Boogie's boys, they'll never keep that promise. My favourite song of the whole movie is the "We'll capture Santy Claus" one that they sing.
I'm not going to say anything else, but this is a good movie, in my opinion. Enjoy.