Nightmare Before Christmas

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The imaginative Nightmare Before Christmas is considered one of the most imaginative films in some of the most recent decades. This film masterpiece from the creative and revolutionary mind of Tim Burton has been one of my favorite movies from the time that I first saw it when I was a small child, to now. The beautiful textures and colors perfect capture both holidays of Halloween and Christmas in the film. Along with the textures comes a masterfully soundtrack that so perfectly adds mood and depth to this story.

The even the beautiful textures are enough for this film to land itself in someone’s favorite list. Tim Burton has been known for capturing and using an eerily interesting form of set design/animation in his films and this own is the crown jewel of his artistic work. This movie originated from a poem written by Tim Burton that, over the years, was developed into a full length stop motion film and released to the public in 1993. This stop motion film was so good that it was …show more content…

The story opens with the haunting anthem of “This is Halloween” as Halloween Town serenades an opening procession led by no other than Jack Skellington, the leader of Halloween Town. After the celebration is done, we see Jack wandering woefully by himself and reveals that he has grown weary of the holiday, he yearns for something new and exciting. He finds this when he accidentally stumbles into the world of Christmas. I believe this struggle of growing tired of things and yearning for something new is a feeling we all experience and helps us relate to Jack. The love story between Sally and Jack in the film gives reinvigorating and playful twist on the theme of ‘forbidden love’. From the stories of Jack exploring this new holiday of Christmas to the deceased Romeo and Juliet story of Jack and Sally, all of this is set to the music that Danny Elfman masterfully composed for the

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