Coraline

[El Dingo]

Dee Dee and I liked this better than "Wall-E"

I love seeing kids movies at matinees where the parents are clueless and the kids are terrified. The nearly-full 11:40AM showing was loud until the movie started, then dead quiet (except for the occasional gasp or scream).

This movie is incredibly intense, very "Hitchcockian" in its slow build up to a frenetic climax. I didn't get the tear-up rush at the end like 'Iron Giant' or 'The Incredibles' but the subtle/extreme art direction really takes the viewer's aesthetic on a roller-coaster ride.

I had skimmed through an article in Wired about the mixture of CGI and puppetry (I didn't want to read spoilers). It really disturbed me that I couldn't identify CGI elements from the thousands of pieces of gravel they used to recreate stonework. I mean - if you can't tell the difference, what's the point?

Go see it.

I saved my glasses. Here's hoping they work on the Blu-Ray release.