coraline/moon

This weeks reviews are a day late! sorry!

I've been looking forward to Moon and Coraline for some time. I mean, immensely looking forward to. Both were visually stunning, a pleasure to view. Both left me ultimately, and utterly disappointed.

I'm doing this, sans spoilers, so it'll be brief. Moon had an amazing trailer that showed a twist in the films story that had me speculating for weeks what the story could really be about. I guess my imagination ruined the movie for me, as what actually happened paled in comparison to my speculated version of Moon. Vague enough for you? That said, the film looked great, and the "solo" performance by Sam Rockwell was pretty stellar. Worth a watch if you dig sci-fi. Actually, now that I think about it, there were some really unexpected emotional turns in the script that were great, really moving. These were of course punctuated by great acting from Rockwell.

Coraline, really deserves the exact same review. It's a beauty. The amazing stop motion is truly a sight to behold, especially since we've been bombarded by CG glut the past decade or so. Sadly, the story, characters fall pretty flat. They are adequate in getting across a fairy tale feel, which was totally the goal, so in that respect the film is a success. However, it really didn't bring anything new to the table, in any way shape or form. Still, somewhat entertaining, and worth a watch, I guess.

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