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- Rewatching Coraline was very eye-opening.
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0:00 Intro
0:56 Deceptively Simple
1:41 Perspective (Spoilers)
6:48 Conclusion
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description tags: Coraline (2009), LAIKA, Henry Selick, review, analysis, video essay, critique, theory, explained, masterpiece - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
as an avid Coraline enthusiast ever since watching it as a kid, i can testify that i do not indeed shut up about it
same haven’t shut up about it 14 years and I don’t plan on stopping now
Literally watch it at least 12 times a year
I've been lucky enough to randomly find a staged musical version of it in Chicago one summer. It was amazing.
I loved to talk about it even before I watched it, and after I did it certainly didn't stop
Me neither, first watched it when I was about 4 and now I’m 18. Have watched it thousands of times, even would go to sleep with it on😅I love this movie so much.
It's ALL in the details. This was my favorite movie growing up, and I've seen it at least a few dozen times. Most of them were when I was a kid. I NEVER noticed this detail until this video.
The clip you have at 2:24 features Coraline putting up the seeds she wants to plant in her garden. Her mother tells her it's not the right time to make a garden.
These exact plants are not only what's in the magic garden, but theyre the three plants used to make up the garden-drawing of Coraline's face.
It's pretty obvious the Beldam was watching Coraline through the entire beginning but it's borderline terrifying when you actually see all the details during the plot that the Beldam spied on and then used in her world.
Also from the video alone: the dresser by the fireplace is shaped a little like a heart, with a small box on top of it. This dresser is the giant beetle the Beldam uses to block the door. The windows in the house are shaped like beetle maws. There are two animal skulls on the wall, each representing the Beldam and the other father. When her other father says "the piano plays me", that's because the computer "plays" her real father in the same way. The Beldam is just making what he's doing more about Coraline - literally that's THE ACTUAL LYRICS. She doesn't actually change anything about Coraline's world. She just makes it more spectacular than reality, and entirely revolving around Coraline. He also only plays one key at a time. This is because when Coraline walked into his room, all the beldam saw was him typing away on his computer one key at a time. So she has other dad do the same thing on the piano before Coraline enters, and then the spectacle occurs. And just like how her real father engages her while he's typing, the other father engages her while he's playing. All the "fake" scenes literally mirror all the "real" experiences we saw in some way. And every detail is taken from the real world and placed into the fake one, but with more spectacle that might dazzle a child.
ALSO: When they're about to try and convince Coraline of the buttons, there are three murals for each of the children on the wall.
omg i never noticed that but you're right!!! that's so cool!!!
The piano plays the other father like the Beldam is really pulling the strings…. The doll is how the Beldam is able to spy on Coraline….
Wow as much as I love this movie and have watched over and over even in the new re-release in theaters, I never noticed it like that. Thanks for pointing this out
I can’t believe I didn’t notice that! In fact, in the book, Coraline remarks that, (in her head) “the other mother can’t make anything new, she just twists reality”
@@saul.monday8888 Oh that's good. Then I'll have to REALLY pay attention for all the deets next time I watch it :)
What you said about her perspective changing, and how she started seeing the world around her differently and started seeing people as actual individuals rather than extensions of her. Really blew my mind because it makes perfect sense.
I’ve watched countless Coraline analysis videos, and I’ve never heard someone speak on shifting perspective
Holy cow I thought your pfp was bellatrix for a second.
so basically caroline had a spiritual awakening
It’s really refreshing to see someone analyze coraline in terms of meaning and not just the possible lore and in-universe theories. Sincerely, a Gaiman fanatic who does not, in fact, shut up about any of his books or their adaptations.
Great video as always!
FR i love this
I'll always be pissed that we never got to see Henry Selick direct The Graveyard Book
@@alexhodgkinson6718 so true!
Ya, I honestly believe most of those things completely miss the mark and misunderstand the movie’s very essence.
After wanting to pull my hair out listening to some of them and how flimsy their arguments were only to be stated as “fact” this was finally a refreshing take.
One of the most effective ways abusive parents trap their children into always obeying their wishes is by trying to shift their perspective. They try to disguise their manipulative and hurtful acts with a falsely friendly nature. In a sense, the abusive parent plucks the eyes of their own child and changes them into a lens that will be more subservient to the parents' wishes. This is precisely what the Other Mother has tried to do with Coraline, but in a more literal sense (taking her eyes and replacing them with buttons to have Coraline more helpless any inevitable demise). But who knows, maybe I'm looking too deep in it.
Thank you for articulating this, especially so well
The classic narcissist parent.
Love this point
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Think you are right. And this guy totally missed the point.
@@lvxsophiahow did he miss the point exactly?
This and a few Tim Burton movies changed my taste in media all together. I was scared of literally everything as a kid, but I was OBSESSED with Coraline when it came out. It made me interested in horror. I will always adore this movie
Tim Burton didn't make Coroline
@@dailyremindertoshutup3670 I know that. That’s why I said Coraline AND Tim Burton movies
@@gabriellaberman Oh yeah sorry I read your comment wrong
Same!
Definitely! Now I started watching some pretty good horror movies like Goodnight Mommy, and Mommy's lost memories
Ill never get tired of anything Coraline😂 no matter how many commentary tracks, reviews, reactions, theories. I love getting to see it through new eyes
same its fascinating to see another persons lens/pov in a film
this comment is really relevant to the video's thesis and i think that's great
@@potatopotayto8332 out of context but i love ur pfp
@@Lara-vo6rp thank you hehe, it's a fun panel (:
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I appreciate this perspective! This is really outside of the box to think about! She is just a kid and I think that most people do not take that into account.
I appreciate this perspective! This is really outside of the box to think about! She is just a kid and I think that most people do
I appreciate this perspective! This is really outside of the box to think about! She is just a kid and
I appreciate this perspective! This is really outside of the box to think about! She is just a
I appreciate this perspective! This is really outside the box to think about! She is
as a young teen watching this, i got that not everything you desire is genuinely what you desire. Coraline loved the other world but then realised she actually didn't. the button eyes made them all seem like dolls and because dolls aren't real, neither are they or the things they offer. so if your selfish desires were to be satisfied, you would find the result to feel shallow and worthless to the point of inner death.. which is portrayed by the ones who the other mom devoured. crazy good movie
woah this is a new perspective as well. inner death... what would the other mother be an embodiment of?
@@jiioo1071i believe in that analysis the mother would represent the selfish desire they talked about
To me Coraline feels like a coming of age story in a way. Every kid goes through a developmental stage where they realize other people have their own thoughts, feelings, wants and needs that are different and have nothing to do with them, and that can be a very difficult time in a kids life. Theres usually a large power struggle that happens at that time, as kids learn to let go of the idea that everyone exists for them, and learn that everyone exists for themselves. Its the idea that we believe we are the only playable character for a long time and everyone else is an NPC is our game, when in reality we are all our own playable characters. This feels like a story of coming to that realization, and coming to accept it.
i love this perspective and it makes so much sense
Fine, I'll watch Coraline again
😂
i saw it in 3D in the theater and it was pretty amazing. the piano musical scene was insane. i might have been on drugs. but still. great film.
i saw it in 3D in the theater and it was pretty amazing. the piano musical scene was insane. I might have been on drugs. but
i saw it in 3D in the theater and it was pretty amazing. the piano musical scene was insane. I might have been
i saw it in 3D in the theater and it was pretty amazing. the piano musical scene was
Lol, i wish I couldve seen it in theaters. That wouldve been something
I saw it in 3D in the theatre and it was pretty amazing the piano
It traumatized me when I was little, but as I got older I really started liking it. The theories and lore really helped it’s appeal to me. The Beldam scared the crap out of me when I was little, and still does creep me out today, but as a character I think she’s an amazing horror villain. Also just the general visuals and aesthetic of the movie are fantastic.
Coraline always had a more intense effect on me because I read the book as a child before the movie was made, and it was the first book to really give me the creeps and scares. It was one of the very first big kid books I read
there was this one specific drawing of the other mother from the book that TERRIFIED me when i read it in grade school. Couldn’t sleep in my own bed for two weeks
yeaah! everything in the book looks scarier, ESPECIALLY coraliens other-world father
@@emipexu2779ik which one your talking about
@@emipexu2779the graphic novel creeped me out
Such a good book
i like this perspective way better than "she never left the other world one" !! very eye-opening and overall a good message (though i still love the details that hint the "she never left" theories)
For me it was like an escape from reality. Kind of like Wonderland but more personal. Being in a world where you get everything you wanted and then realizing it’s not gonna make you happy. There’s cracks in the frame of “perfection” and that’s ok.
One thing I will add to this, which is all fantastic, is that coraline is also a warning for children: beware of the things that call out strongest to you. Especially people. Usually it's the kids who feel neglected that are targeted by sleezy monsters. It's that desire to be center of attention that requires a careful eye when someone gladly gives that attention
so true!
The film is excellent, the book is otherworldly. I read it every year around Halloween.
The film is excellent, the book is otherworldly. I read it every year around Halloween.
The film is excellent, the book is otherworldly. I read it every year around Halloween.
The film is excellent, the book is otherworldly. I read it every year around Halloween.
The film is excellent, the book is otherworldly. I read it every year around Halloween.
The film is excellent, the book is otherworldly. I read it every year around Halloween.
I think its worth it to note, the other mothers hand comes up a lot and when you don't have EYES and cant see you see by your sense of touch.
i wonder if it has to do with the other mother having a “grip” on coraline. maybe reaching. just a thought :)
This movie makes me happy. But i have deoression and OCD. I feel like coraline in some ways because i need something to distract me or take me away essentially. But as i got okder that became scary. I didnt know who i was when i tried to feel better. It is most definitely about accepting reality.
This movie gave me the heebie jeebies as a kid, though at least it didn't shy away from mature topics.
Is it me or I have seen you everywhere?
The source material is even better. Neil Gaiman is a modern literary genius!
looool 'heebie jeebies'
I just watched this movie for the first time a couple of weeks ago and I’m so glad I did. It reminded me a lot of Monster House which was my absolute favorite movie as a kid, so it was nice to be hit with that feeling again
I just watched this movie for the first time a couple of weeks ago and I’m so glad I did. It reminded me a lot of Monster House which
@@livingwithautism3789bruh what are doing trying to copy them
@@kadincemoschella6565and why does it have so many likes
when i was a kid the most thing that scared me was that dolls movie that i should not watched i even don’t remember anything about it
what really freaks me out tho is how did the Other Mother kidnap Coraline's parents? When Coraline escaped with Other Wybie's help, I thought that was the end of it as long as she didn't go back. But the Other Mother was like: "Oh, you're not gonna come back? I'll just take your parents then". Makes you wonder what else she can really do
I was wondering that too, with the doll of them as well, did they find that then hide it not thinking about it??
It stresses me out every time when she tells them “but you have snow on you” and it’s still there but they don’t see it? So is it fake or what’s going on what are your theories on this?
Always wondered why this movie made me sad, and now I get it.
I saw this in the theater in 3-D and the use of the effect when the tunnel to the other world appears and extends outwards is amazing!
'How can you walk away from something and still come back to it?'
'Walk around the world'
'...small world..'
This is the most deep revelation ive learned in my life currently. I left my dirty home town and always vowed to never come back. I have had beautiful experiences on my own out there in the world, but it undeniably chewed me and spit me out. You can come home because you realize what real life is. I had found an appreciation for being home with loved ones, despite the past tribulations
I saw it more as like a metaphor for an abusive relationship. People often have trouble leaving those situations. They don’t think they deserve better because they don’t know different or how to accept real love. And in this video he said “it only reaches as far as she wanted to see” which made me think of “we accept the love we think we deserve” But that’s what’s so beautiful about art like this ! All the different interpretations!
@@SonnyB.Greenware I could see it being that way also. And you're right about art, especially profound art like this!
@@shatteredscry I love it! Art is amazing! It brings people together just like this. pretty cool :)
Yes, LOVE this line
I like to see coraline as a movie embodiment of the psychological phenomenon on the "devouring mother". A mom who consumes their childrens lives. The other mother wants to love coraline. The kids saying she "ate up their lives" maybe not literally. The devouring mother archetype loves selfishly rather than selflessly. They are over protective and want to shield their kids from the evils of the world while end up being one of such obstacles in their lives. The moms are codependent and "consume" their kids lives. These moms keep their offspring chillike and dont let them do whatever they want. Its like helicopter parenting but deeper than that. I dont think the other mother is lying at all when she says she loves coraline and barhing jer in gifts. I am aware this probably wasnt Neil's or Henry's thoughts when making the book or the movie inspired from it. I think it shows though that good writing has many layers to it and expresses many things, both what the writer intended and not. As a writer myself, i will look back at my own stories and see how i executed what i wanted and then the new, unplanned but completely without plot holes, themes and messages. I was 5 when this movie came out and i loved it. Its still one of my favorites and though i dont talk about it alot, if it is brought up, i do get excited. It seems alot of people who liked it will get unnerved by how much it means to me which is fine i guess. Im glad you vavw it a second shot (even if you realized you did indeed not like it still). I enjoyed your breakdown. Ive watched breakdowns of the book and jt truly is creepy. Im excited to own it and read it myself.
My mother was like that, thru my childhood and early adulthood:(
I just saw this movie for the first time last night. I also interpreted Coraline as being a story about the devouring mother. (basically a modern day Hansel and Gretel) Yet clearly there are many different correct ways to interpret the film, which shows it is a true work of art. I'll have to rewatch it a few months from now and maybe read the book!
I think you're just projecting...you're like the people that claim art has thousands of different meanings, and when you look at an art piece you try to spend hours or even a lifetime "figuring it out". But, oftentimes there's a simple meaning for something, and it becomes absurd when there's people like you projecting yourself onto something when (using the art example still) a painting of an apple can literally just be a representation of an apple with no hidden meaning. Saying that YOUR impression of the meaning of that apple takes precedence over the actual painter (who had no intended meaning at all) is foolish...same with this movie....you decided it had to mean repression because you were repressed as a child.
@@ChristoffRevan I do find it funny that you assume I'm a depressed child. Insinuating that I had a mother figure like the one I'm claiming to see in this movie. That is you in fact taking a separate meaning out of what I said. I being on the spectrum tend to take things at face value. Most do not. I've studied about humans and writing and more to better understand people as we are complex beings. When communicating people can say one thing and mean it but also be unaware of other things they are saying. They can be deceiving too. People are complicated and have many life experiences and as artists we will showcase that through our works too. As a writer I sometimes get frustrated when people don't see what I meant to say. It's up to me to see if I followed my thought through and they are just unable to see what I mean or I simply am a bad writer. It's how we get better. Like I said, I'll look back and find other things added to my story that add to my message that was unintentional but makes sense because as humans we understand things that convey what we meant to say and add it. I think art can have a singular purpose and meaning from what the artist wants and yet it can be taken differently. I mean again, you interpreted my statement to me a something I did not intend. It's unfortunately all about perspective and I think that is what makes art so interesting. If we create and come together and talk about all what we see, we can develop a better understanding of ourselves, each other and existence. After all, it's a creatives job invoke a feeling. It's inevitable people will get different things out of something because nothing is so simple and we all have different life experiences and knowledge. It might not have been Neils intention that the other mother matches so much with the devouring mother archetype but doesn't that show how vast the human mind is that so much can be said with a single thing? I can't know for sure his intentions with the story unless I ask him. I can see where others are coming from too about how they viewed the story. Now it would seem illogical to say that Coraline is an allegory for Candy land. That's ridiculous but most of what we are saying fits together and adds to it. I actually feel really sorry for you that you are so stuck in a very small way of thinking. It's patterns and deduction. Like how no story is entirely original. You will find subconscious inspirations from everything. Even the artists probably didn't even see to start. And what's wrong with being able to find more than one meaning in something? Genuinely. What determines what is correct? What the artist intended? I as an artist sometimes find things I didn't intend and find that cool. There are probably artists just like me. Also what if Neil agrees with what I have to say on his work, will you find my opinion valuable now? Genuinely curious.
@@ChristoffRevan I wasn't saying that's the only thing I saw in the movie just another thing I see it as. It's a story about appreciating what you have and the lies of a false paradise. It's a cautionary tale. I think my observation fits under that umbrella of a meaning.
As somebody who was severely abused as a child by her parents Coraline was one of the rare protagonists I could relate to. She fought back in every way she could as did I. We have this stereotype of abusive victims never doing this
Except...she wasn't abused, just a little neglected because her parents were busy with literally moving and work. I don't know your life experience, but I'm tired of kids coming online and trying to make out all parents to be evil...the majority of parents are either good or at least try to do the best they can. I'm not devaluing your experience, but not everything involving parents and children in either the real world or fiction has to involve abuse.
Anyways, I will say though that you're one of the few that are more honest...most kids that post online about so-called "abusive" parents in reality are just lazy, meanspirited children that view anything their parents do as being "bad"...you can have the best parents in the world and these kids will still cry out "abuse" on the internet for virtual karma points
i've been obsessed with coraline ever since it came out. but i never was really able to explain what it was about. i just kind of appreciated it for the art and the ideas, but i always thought there was some 4D chess level deeper meaning that i couldn't find. this video is so satisfying because it explains this whole movie in such a simple and clear way. it was staring me in the face all along and i was looking past it, trying to see something further down
I had somewhat of a similar upbringing to Coraline’s (in her real world ofc lol) and ever since I was a kid I loved this movie sm bc it helped me to appreciate my own parents and life more. There was so much similarity in that while my parents might have been emotionally neglectful at times, they truly did their best to provide for me and make me happy in the way they best knew. This point was especially emphasized to me when it showed that even when you get all that you think you want, it still may not be the best for you. I think Coraline has a similar revelation at the end, at least through my eyes ha. But the fact that you articulated so well the little thoughts I’ve had in the back of my head while watching this movie brings me a lot of joy and made this really enjoyable to watch.
I like the music choice especially at the end :) you have great taste, and your prespective on this changed how I see Coraline as well. Thank you
To this day, I will never pass up on someone talking about Coraline on the 'Tube. I was obsessed with the film since the first time I watched it. I can never forget the feeling. Prolly watched it over a hundred times so far. I still find everything just as fascinating, and it's one of those things from your childhood you still love to revisit. This movie was one of the things that raised me as a adolescent child growing up.
My teacher read the book to us everyday in primary school. When the movie came out, it was like I was watching my own imagination of the story. It was, and still is one of my favourites.
i’ve always been obsessed with this movie ever since it came out when i was a toddler, i’ve seen it hundreds of times and never have i ever thought of it as a story about perspective. This is a really interesting analysis, and it allows me to see it in a new way too. thank you!!
i love how this video just gave me yet another reason to love the movie. like, all the little things were already so amazing in my mind, but truly, another perspective makes it all the better for me :P
I haven't agreed with you in the past, but I think you really hit the mark with this video. I never saw Coraline that way before, thank you for opening my eyes. XD
just got to see things differently
This is such a beautiful take on the story of Coraline - thank you for sharing this wonderful bit of perspective! I watch a lot of breakdowns and Easter egg videos when I’m really into a movie so seeing this open it up for everyone is really interesting!
coralline is a movie i grew up on and it was really comforting for me, i don’t remember this but my adoptive mom tells me that when i was a kid i couldn’t fall asleep without this movie on. all my friends as a kid and people i talk to even now tell me that coralline terrified them and i never understood why. i think coralline is a movie that everyone interprets differently based of the things they experienced in life and that’s why a lot of people see it differently as they grow, because as they’ve grown they’ve had a lot more experiences to learn from and in turn see it and interpret it differently. if that makes sense idk 😅
im the same way. i never understood why it terrified people. it unsettled me slightly but i always liked that even as a young kid. i think something about it just resonates with me very deeply. i love that it can be interpreted so many ways. that’s what makes it so good!
I loved Coraline, but the constant theorizing and hundreds of multiple part videos incrementally breaking apart the movie for the sake of making up an entirely different narrative in an effort to cash in on the success of previous videos really dampened my enthusiasm for it.
There was a month I must have watched the film at least once a day. But the way it started to blow up around 2015 as this huge conspiracy film just got overwhelming and exhausting. And I feel like it's shifted to people making half hour long videos on the movie simply restating the theme again and again, as though it's a hidden revelation. The 'true, hidden core' of the film.
Not that new viewers might not be keen to that, but as far as the movie goes, for me, I do still enjoy it, but not to the degree that the 'fandom' seems to. It turned me off from theories in general, really. A lot of times people just mine a story for views until the magic goes dry.
omg, love the choice of songs for the video (especially the genshin song at the end) that was cheeky!
When I watch this, I keep this theory I heard of (or maybe saw in a dream) in my head. The other mother was a part of her imagination, representing her desire to control. The scene with the hand at the end of Coraline was meant to represent her desire to control never fully going away.
But if this was all in Coraline's head why did Wybie see the beldam's hand as well?
Everything that happens from when she walks past the real Whybie's real doll of herself in her bedroom, symbolically representing her physical body, is depicting only her subjective experience, which is mostly fantasy until the end when her subjective experience becomes mostly reality again but with her imagination still intruding frequently.
The Other world is all imaginary. She makes it to escape reality, as a child who is discovering her ability for immersive daydreaming for the first time.
When the daydream gets dark, it is becoming maladaptive daydreaming, so she knows she is at risk of losing herself like she lost the doll when the snow globes distracted her with wonder (that early scene where the doll seems to get moved mysteriously as her back is turned actually depicts perfectly the way MD people experience noticing that we are not connected to our bodies anymore, and how you will find things missing because you absentmindedly moved things and knocked things over with no awareness).
She is tempted to blind herself to reality and leave her physical body, like a lifeless doll, as a stand-in for people to interact with on autopilot, lights on but nobody home, others not knowing she is only ever half engaged with reality and the other half is in fantasy as much as possible instead of in moderation. That is why when she decides to break the compulsive, addictive habit of living in fantasy, she keeps finding clues that she is still in the Other world. That is what recovering from maladaptive daydreaming is like, you keep noticing that you are half in half out of reality while doing something that you had decided to be fully engaged with reality for, or that you can't even for one second fully get rid of images of your daydream world, they are constantly vaguely in consciousness distracting you all day.
She knows that never fully embodying herself again consciously, will start to feel like being a disembodied spirit, like the ghost children, letting her body live on autopilot, mentally neglecting reality and her real life forever just as her parents mentally neglect her and interact on autopilot. Except they are on autopilot to attend to real life obligations with a future focus, and Coraline is on autopilot to attend to fantasy, ignoring the real past present AND future.
Most people can't live in the present easily but MD people come to realise that while what we do is more dysfunctional, what most people do is not healthy either. She wants to save her parents from their detachment from the present moment but can't help them see their problem without engaging with reality again. She has to fix herself before she can truly help them, and it is a long process to recover from fantasy addiction, so the ending is perfect, everyone is still broken but the process of Coraline choosing reality and healing has started.
This made me realize so many things about my own personal life and the struggles I’ve been facing. Tysm for this video, and tysm for this whole new perspective 😊
I remember getting the DVD as a gift when I was around 10? I watched it with my family and some of my older brothers, and I remember vividly one of my brothers saying "is this really a children's movie? It's like....almost a horror movie." I loved it then, I love it now haha
I agree, when I watched this as a child I was so confused and I felt like the movie shouldn’t have been over and I was so confused and left with so many questions. But it is one of my favorite movies for this day and as an adult I totally understand understand the meaning behind it.
I never knew so much deep inner meaning could be put into a children’s movie it’s cool ngl I like the message it gives to appreciate life on how it is and see how it can be so different yet it ain’t and to be grateful and see things with light instead of darkness
I absolutely love this movie. When I first watched it as a kid, I remember I was scarred since it was so creepy! I genuinely couldn't believe it was a kids movie! But now, I really love looking back at it and watching it again every few months.
Ah this video was so satisfying, explained in a clear and simple way without going into the lore within the story but looking at the story as a whole. Plus, the background music being something that isn't creepy or scary was a nice change too, amazing video through and through!
Coraline is an art of work and precision. I adore it - my goodness
I think everyones experience of coraline continuously changes as you grow, not nessasarily because we notice new details, although obviously we do, I think our understanding of metaphors and our personal ideas of whatever the metaphors mean changes our perspective of the movie, so it impacts us more intensely than the time before, which I feel is the most magical thing about this movie, I never feel like I’ve already watched it 20 times.
I loved this, thank you. Didn’t know I needed this. You brought a whole new realistic reasoning for the other world for me.
you put it into words so well, nothing changes for Coraline besides her perception and that's enough to make her world a little vibrant in the end. Love this vid!
They need a back story on the ghost children she spied on our lives through the little dolls eyes and saw that we weren’t happy
My cat’s named Coraline I WILL NOT BE SILENCED
Not only that. Its also the unique personality's (unlike some other movies where you could remove the mc and everything would be the same or very similar boring personalities), the music, the animation, the rather darker twist to it and so on! 😄 it was an absolute love for me 💙 the grass seems always greener on the other side
This was such a beautifully thought out video. ❤ I’ve always loved this movie but now I love it even more. Thank you.
3:15 it is a full moon behind them!!! Wtf, and at my absolute favorite line “oh yeahhh!!” And she smiles stupidly lol
Great vid and description one of my favorite movies!!!!!!
I love film analysis so much!!! This was truly amazing!!!
Absolutely amazing video. I love this takeaway from the film. I never thought of it like this at all. I'm only 22 but I feel I'm just growing up and learning about perspective on situations. This video makes me love Coraline even more. Thanks for sharing!
Absolutely yes the perspective aspect is so beautiful and as a kid I saw it so clearly 🥺
as a coraline fan, i must say, FANTASTIC video essay my friend
stop because that gave me a wholeee different perspective on coraline THANKYOU!!! That was so good bro
Wow, beautifully said. I’ve always loved this movie, but, ironically, seeing it through your eyes gave me a new found appreciation for it.
oh my goodness it's so refreshing to watch and hear a different perspective about the movie. while watching this, it made me think "wait yeah, that makes sense, I've never thought of that" thank you for this !! :D
Great message this still is my favorite movie since my childhood
Wow man amazing job with the video. This gives me a whole new perspective on the movie!
I like how you bring up how Coraline initially views others as simply an extension of herself and only later comes to see people as individuals. I don't know if this is something others can say they at one point felt, but when I was very little (around 3-6 years old) I quite literally felt like evryone and everything around me was an extentsion of me. What I mean is I felt like I was the one truly in control of everything, and I very distinctly remember wondering why I couldn't control the actions of others or why I could only see things through my own eyes (quite literally, for example I wondered why I couldn't see myself visually through someone else's eyes). As I got a bit older, I began to realize that the only thing I was in control of was myself and that everone else must be the same way. It is strange looking back on my own ideas of the way the world was as a a little kid and how it gradually shifted over time to the point where I realized that people are really only in control of themselves and not anyone else.
wow this was such a good review! Thank you so much!
Love the perspective you gave on this. I've too found that seeing things through the world in a more positive light.. somehow brings others up with me. The people around me just seems to move with more joy. Maybe we could all do with a more positive outlook 😇
This was probably my favorite movie when it was released and for the year or so after. But I’m just now thinking about the line you included a clip of: “how can you walk away from something and come right back to it” !!!! Wow that is a much more heavy sentence than my child brain realized
wow you’re so right !! and he said “it only reaches as far as she wanted to see” which i feel like just makes it even more heavy lol
I think Coraline & James & the Giant Peach would get along ❤
compared to all the other analysises of coraline this one shines to me the most because it isnt oh so complicated or looking into tiny details just to prove something.. very charming video
i’ve always kind of personally connected with this movie. i have mommy issues, not extreme ones but me and my mother argue a lot and have trouble connecting on a deeper level. i think this is similar to the mother-daughter relationship in this movie. this kind of relationship is very interesting because even though there is hostility, there is still love beneath it. i seriously cry almost every time i see the scene where her mother got her those gloves she wanted. it reminded me of something my mother would do- even though coraline was being totally bratty in the store, her mother wanted to make her happy, and sometimes things like that are the only way mothers show love (like in my case). also, this theme adds to the horror aspect for me. when coraline came back to the real world and couldn’t find her parents and cried herself to sleep all i could think of when i was a child was how that was my worst fear. being with someone who would be mimicking the role of my parents but aren’t actually my parents is what gave me an unsettled feeling throughout this movie. also the scene where the other father pulls his face down and when wybies mouth is stitched- but yea. this movie has so many themes it’s insane, and the fact it’s aesthetically pleasing and has disturbing aspects on top of that is why i love it so much
i always saw it as the perfect movie for parents to see that if they don't give their children attention they need, someone else will and that someone else may be bad and dangerous, but will earn a lot of trust if they know what buttons to press.
Wow! As a coraline fan, I have not heard this look at the film before! I LOVE THIS
STOPPPP this made me cry. WOW which a good depiction of this movie. I’ve always been obsessed with Coraline
just seen this movie for the first time the other day on Lsd …amazing experience
Gotta day, I am obsessed with this movie so I've watched a lot of commentary on it but yours actually surprised me. You could say I have been shown a new... perspective
This was an amazing video! The first time I watched Coraline I was really young and traumatised, but as I got older I tried it again and even though I was still a little scared I enjoyed it that little bit more and now after seeing it like a million times, it’s one of my favourite movies because as an adult I see more of exactly what you were saying rather than “it’s just a scary movie”.
Wow.. new prospective unlocked!! As others have said it’s noice to not have another video on conspiracies (although they are interesting!)
I’ve been listening to the audio book every night for like 3 months haha it’s something I can never get bored of and have loved the film since I was young! I just love everyone’s recent videos on one of my favourite films
Wow great analysis!!! It’s all about perspective and not always about getting what you want.
I was Coraline's age and an only child (female) myself when the film came out. I will always love and treasure it. I even wrote about it in college for my final essay in a course about horror movies.
not to be a smart ass, but coraline isn’t an only child.. still awesome you could relate to it and im assuming it helped you as a child :)
I also like the idea of overcoming and escaping from a manipulative relationships,even with those who are blood related. Her real parents do care about her,but the other mother was manipulative and controlling.
The other mother,as another commenter said,loved selfishly and not selflessly. She loved for the things Coraline could provide her,and not just because Coraline was supposed to be her daughter.
She took avantage of Coraline's need for attention,which her overworked parents couldn't always provide. Though in the end Coraline escaped from that situation,and learned to be content with the situation she was in instead of seeking out people that used her.
This was beautifully put and even added more meaning of this film that I did not become as aware of prior. It makes sense 🙂
My favorite movie ever. I’m like the biggest fan and will always be, it’s such a detailed movie and I think one of the reasons people can’t seem to understand it, is because you have to look deeper into it. Amazing movie and soundtrack💙
I’ve watched this movie a dozen times at least and I notice a new detail in each viewing. This movie truly is a gift that keeps on giving.
Thank you, you explained this very well and so clear for everyone to get it!
Just wonderful! The world is more after all she wanted to see, clearly it take time and observation to know Caroline and really fully understand. For kids nowadays it would be almost impossible, back then the movie did make me realise I should see the world differently.
So you are right, it's about perspective, acceptance and behaviour thowards others.
All in one, one of the best child Movies ever made, the fact that it's handmade is to show how much they cared about this project!
welcome
Adding your perspective to my collection *chef's kiss*
I've done it, i've found a coraline deep dive video about the movies meaning where it isnt totally depressing with in universe lore, silently theorising that coraline never escapes and yada yada-
"Look. Take a good look around us. A good hard look at the shadows. At the darkness around me. You said 'somewhere that's not here'. This is that somewhere.The verge of our world. This place is a drift where the dead cling to the living, drowning in jealousy and yearning. A garbage heap of losers. You said you don't care where. Well, what you see is what you get. This is your paradise.
"There's no paradise for you to escape to. What you'll find, what's there, is just a battlefield. Go home. Go. Go back. Back to *your* battlefield."
-Guts (Berserk)
Coming from a kid which is me I think that what he’s saying is actually true most of the times, inside fairytales, they can only show happiness only when the character gets what they want.😮😮😮
YOU'VE MADE ME LOVE THIS MOVIE EVEN MORE!!!
sorry unrelated but i put this on as i was about to fall asleep because today is such a cold rainy day and like i’m especially cold anemia be actin up but anyways crazy rainy cold day right ?? so i’m listening to this just to try and stay awake (or fall asleep lowkey) but then i realized in the beginning in the background the music was behind the mask from persona and i literally shot up from my bed it just added to the whole atmosphere but made me so happy and just
That was a super neat video essay. Well done.
Wonderful video loved your perspective!
i love it, ive been watching it since i was a kid and i rewatched it so many times recently
I really appreciate the fitting choice to have 'Tender Strength' as the outro song to this analysis
Wow.. that’s a great analysis 👏🏻
Watching the movie made me wanna read the book in middle school. I love the creepy theme.
I thought it was about a depressed kid who had depressed parents and a depressed perspective but realized it wasn’t that bad and she accepted things as they were with an understanding that she could be the change/ add color to her dull world.
This is a brilliant video, that's all I have to say. I really needed to watch this right now, thanks