Monday, February 9, 2009

Not really a post, more like a piece of advice....

Yesterday we drove to Valley View theater to see Coraline in 3d.
Why anyone would want to see Coraline in non-3d is mind-boggling. Why a giant movie theater like Valley View would not have this movie in 3d is also mind boggling. Despite these two mind boggling facts, there was a big line of people for the 12:30 show, even though there wee bright green signs on all the ticket windows that read:

"We are not currently showing Coraline in 3d.
Due to high demand, please check back with us next week."

It used to be that Valley View had good movies. Now they're dopes who don't get a Tim Burton movie in 3d.

So for those of you who live in Northeast Ohio, Coraline in 3d is only playing at Regal Cobblestone Theaters in Elyria, and it is TOTALLY worth the drive because the use of 3d in this movie is so well done and fits in so well with the animation, it's a break though for animation as a whole.

The story itself tends to not slow down or speed up in the proper places, but I blame this on Neil Gaiman, who's a lot like Stephen King. He has really great ideas, but not very good follow through. On the whole, this is a really beautiful movie, and you can easily forgive the downfalls of the script, cause they're stumbles not cliff falls.

SO GO SEE THIS MOVIE.

Also, I think that at the very end, they should have created a stop motion Neil Diamond to sing Sweet Caroline with a chorus of vampire Scotties, and Coraline could get mad at him for mispronouncing her name, and it would ultra cute. Way to miss the ball on that one, guys.

1 comment:

  1. first, you were quite prolific with the blogging this weekend.

    second, i wish you lived in las vegas cause no one i know will go see coraline with me...though i do relish going to the movies alone, as no one hogs your popcorn or dots, and you can eat them both at the same time without fear of judgment from the person sitting next to you. after all, it is a perfect combo of sweet and salty, of chewy and crunchy. plus, if you eat dots after popcorn, it gets all the pesky kernels out of your teeth.

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