In the words of Jack Skellington, “I am so excited for Halloween”. So grab your popcorn and candy, throw on your pjs, and watch The Nightmare Before Christmas as a part of your Halloween movie watchlist. From the song, “This is Halloween,” to humanoid ragdolls, ghost puppies and skeletons, you are sure to have a frighteningly good time watching this film. If the film’s director says it is a Halloween movie, then it must be.Īll these factors add up to equal the perfect Halloween movie. Lastly, Director Henry Sellick told Entertainment Weekly that it is indeed a Halloween movie. Photo from IMBd The film’s director says it is a Halloween movie. If this was a Christmas movie, the color hue of the scenes would be brighter and more cheery, especially in Halloween Town once Christmas begins to take over - it wouldn’t be so doom and gloom. Once Halloween Town begins its Christmas Town takeover, even the Christmas lights begin to dim. We see the hue lighten a little when Christmas Town is first introduced - when it is untouched by Halloween Town. Photo from IMBd The color hue of the film says it allįrom the beginning of the film, the main color palette used are shades of black, yellow, orange, purple, white and green, aka, the colors of Halloween. He comes to terms with his mistakes, and releases Santa back to Christmas Town. Clearly, Jack’s love for Halloween exceeds his want for Christmas Town. “I am Pumpkin King, I am Pumpkin King, ha ha ha and I just can’t wait until next Halloween,” he sings as he is also declaring that he has some new ideas to scare the real world. In the song titled “ Poor Jack,” Jack finally came to his senses and is starting to question why he ever attempted to take over Christmas Town in the first place. Because the main characters are all from Halloween Town, they make the film what it is. To make this a Christmas film, it would make more sense for the plot to be how Christmas took over Halloween, “The Pre-Halloween Scare” where Santa’s elves are helping him plot to kidnap Jack and crown himself “Holiday King”. Halloween is taking over Christmas, Christmas is not taking over Halloween. There are no humans to be found in Halloween Town. Even the Mayor of Halloween Town is a two-faced humanoid. and since i am dead, i can take off my head to recite shakespearean quotations no. Finkelstein, a mad scientist who is a resident of Halloween Town. Jack Skellington, Tim Burtons The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993. She can sew herself together and can detach parts of her body, similar to Frankenstein. Photo from IMBd The main character is a skeletonįirst thing’s first, if the film was a Christmas film, the main character would be an elf who’s called “Snowflake King”, rather than a “Pumpkin King.” Even the supporting characters are the mummies, skeletons, ghosts and other monsters from Halloween.įor example Sally is a humanoid ragdoll. The two dates being the inverse of each other, the fact that both the release date and the Holiday are both in the month of October, and how the film just *happened* to be released just in time for Halloween proves that The Nightmare Before Christmas is the perfect Halloween movie. Coincidence? The film was released on October 13, a date just as spooky as the actual date of Halloween, October 31.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |