A truly imaginative experience!

Rating: 10/10 (24 October 2007)

The Nightmare Before Christmas is a wonderful film. The original story was sprung from the imagination of Tim Burton, but has a slightly lighter tone than his other works. The Nightmare Before Christmas takes places in the town of Halloween where every inhabitant is a monster, or creature of sorts. The story follows Jack Skellington, a skeleton who is also the Pumpkin King and is a highly gifted scarer, he is viewed as the town hero. Jack is getting tired of Halloween and one day he stumbles into Christmas Town. After this Jack obsesses over Christmas and decides to try and recreate Christmas in Halloween Town.
The film is wonderfully directed, and the script is very intelligent and funny. The voice acting is all really top notch. This movie is one of the most imaginative films I've ever seen. Each frame is full of magnificent wonder. The real showstopper is the music by Danny Elfman, in case you don't know this movie is a musical. All of the songs are well sung and are very catchy, you'll be singing them for hours (my personal favorites are: Jack's Lament, Poor Jack, and What's This). Danny Elfman's voice suits Jack perfectly, he is a very good singer.
Overall this is a great imaginative film and is very, very fun. If you haven't seen it yet you need to try and get your hands on a copy, you wont regret it.
Score: A 10 out of 10!