The technique requires up to 24 separate shots per second of film. The film brought Burton back to Disney, where he began his career as an animator in the early '80s. I don't think it's weird at all. It's very sweet. It's not harmful at all.
People get so freaked out.
I mean, I don't have any kids, but my experience with kids is they're like adults. If something is too scary for them, they won't watch it. It's not Clockwork Orange . They're not strapped to the chair with their eyes pinned open. . . People get self-righteous and fixated on certain things that don't really matter while the rest of society crumbles around them.