i'm starting this thread because over the course of the next month i will be watching about 20 christmas type movies so i thought after each one i'll write in with a little something and anyone else who wants to comment about that film, please do. it might be good inspiration for everyone to get in the holiday spirit a little as well and watch/re-watch a few of the good ones.
1st up on the Holiday Extravaganza...
A NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1993)Tim Burton has said the original poem was inspired after seeing Halloween merchandise display in a store being taken down and replaced by a Christmas display. The juxtposition of ghouls and goblins with Santa and his reindeer sparked his imagination. i can still remember going to see this in the theatre when it came out and just having rabidly anticipating it. at this point tim burton was the greatest guy making movies for me. he was on a string of awesome: Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, and then this was "Tim Burtons..." after all (and being 11 years old, i didnt know he didnt direct it at the time.) anyways, i remember liking this movie and thinking it was really cool looking but being a little offput by the dreary neverending score.
over the last decade having revisited the fim a number of times, i find that the movie as well as the score has really grown on me and now i can really appreciate it for how different it is. the songs are really memorable and the animation is really really incredible. one of the only problems for me now is when to watch it. halloween or christmas? probably the best time i guess is in between: november (like when it was released). so that's why after Planes, Trains, & Automobiles, this is first on Christmas Movies that have to be watched.
