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Coraline: a horror flick for the young set?
At last, they've made a children's movie that adults will actually enjoy. On the flip side, after your kids see it, they'll have nightmares until they're 30.
The movie is Coraline, which seems to be a horror movie that we're supposed to take little Johnny to because the murderer in the film is animated instead of real.
The animation is beautiful, really, and the movie got great reviews.
It was rated PG, for Parental Guidance. I figured that was OK to take my almost-7-year-old to. No?
Here are some snippets of Lily's review: "Why did you take me to this movie?'' "Cover my eyes!'' "Can I sleep in your room tonight?''
Meanwhile my son was across town watching the latest Friday the 13th movie, which he was also too young to see. Is he going to butcher me in my sleep now?
One cool thing about Coraline is it's the first time I've seen animated characters ignoring their kids by typing on their laptop computers. Poor Coraline is drawn into the world of the "other'' parents by her boredom with her own life and her own parents. They just sit there typing on their computers when she's trying to talk to them. Can you imagine?
The moral of the story, though, is good: No matter how much your own parents suck, it's better than being murdered.
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Comments
LOL! Thanks for the heads up - I was considering taking my six year-old to see it.
Posted by: Balanced Melting Pot | February 23, 2009 12:50 PM
I don't see much difference between this and something like the Spiderwick Chronicles (another to-the-death struggle with unseen evil).
My 8-year-old loved "Coraline" and can't wait to see it again.
The 4-year-old only found the spider imagery toward the end unsettling because he hates spiders.
But my kids already have a number of Neil Gaiman books listed among their faves for the nightly storytime, especially "Wolves in the Walls."
"Coraline" is a gothic American ghost story (albeit written by a Brit). How old were we when our generation first read stories like The Legend of Sleepy Hollow? Same diff.
Posted by: Laura Kelly | February 23, 2009 1:05 PM
Yeah it's too scary for the kids if you raise them in a hermetically sealed environment and hide the fact that we are mortal beings capable of being eaten just as we eat to stay alive. But then again if they live in a fantasy for what do they need this movie?
Posted by: andy | February 23, 2009 3:18 PM
Thanks, Andy. I assume you don't babysit.
Posted by: Brittany Wallman | February 23, 2009 3:20 PM