There are clues sprinkled throughout the movie that it's a particularly difficult time for Coraline's parents- there was some sort of recent accident (the mom's neckbrace) that put them in financial straits (requiring the relocation/new place to live) and so the deadline to get the catalogue out in time (a task that was probably pretty hectic even under normal circumstances) became absolutely vital for their family's well-being. I like that it wasn't an issue of her parents having to learn a lesson to change their ways because that would imply being ignored like that was the previous norm for Coraline, which would be sad. I think it's also important to model for children that sometimes when their family is going through a particularly rough time & their parents are in survival mode that it doesn't mean it'll last forever (or that their parents don't still love them, even if for a while they don't have much spare time or attention for them)
Yes it is really fresh take on overused "bad workaholic parent trope" in US media. And not like Coraline is made "bad" instead, she is simply too young to understand.
I think the move was planned before the mother's accident and they had to go through with it, increasing everyone's stress. They moved there to help with the garden catalogue
Good comment, and it's a given that if parents work from home the children do not interrupt them during working hours. If anyone needed to learn a lesson it was Coraline.
There's also the bit about the other mother indulging everything Coraline could want which just isn't real parenting. Parenting is setting limits while doing your best to help your child. Like you said they are in a tough time, even so her mother made the effort to get her daughter the gloves she wanted in the end showing she does care.
Apparently the publishers thought the story was too scary for children, so Gaiman handed it to his daughter to read. She said it was fine and she wasn't scared. She later revealed that she was actually terrified, but didn't want to appear childish, so she lied about not being scared.
If it’s any consolation a good friend of mine told me recently that his daughter is obsessed with this movie and he’s involuntarily watched it about a hundred times.
Actually, Gaiman encouraged the editor who didn't want to publish the book to read it to her child and see how they reacted. Then exactly what you said played out. She said she wasn't scared at the time because she wanted to know how it ended, and didn't come clean about being scared until years later lol
Man I love this movie. It's one of the few movies that I paid full price to watch twice in theaters just to support the creators. Also about Mr. Bobinski, if you look at the metal He's wearing. It was given to the Russians who went in to Chernobyl to clean it up. That's also why he's blue
The thing Spink and Forcible gave Coraline is an adder stone, a rock that's been naturally worn by water to have a hole through it. In folklore they're also called snake eggs or witch stones. Looking through the hole is meant to break fey illusions to reveal the true nature of things.
I basicaly only discovered Laika studio works this year, and I'm loving them so much, not only because stop-motion(altrough I hugely respect the effort), but because characters and stories, despite horror elements, are actually sweet and realistic.
Coraline is not only a great movie ( especially at this time of year) it`s also a work of art, much like all of Laika studio movies and hope to see more from them on your great channel.
Apart from being a brilliantly told story, this movie is stunningly impressive from a technical point of view. That's almost entirely old school stop-motion animation, they only used computers to enhance it (e.g. by removing seams on the puppets). The amount of work that goes into making something like this is mindboggling.
So the parents aren't neglectful, they just made the move to help their business grow and are low on money, they are working on their garden catalogue that they're on short time to finish, but once it goes through then they have a big paycheck coming in from the initial creation of it as well as their profits from the sales, so the parents have to focus their work for a few days to meet the crunchtime deadline. Coraline being young doesn't understand this and sees them as neglectful, but they really are loving parents
Yeah the parents emotional state gets more understandable and relatable the more you watch the movie. The mom especially since she mentions an “accident” and is seen in a neck brace for a majority of the film. So she’s probably in pain in addition to being on a hard deadline.
These are all reasons for why they acted that way but they aren't really excuses for snapping at or just completely ignoring your kid like that. So for that time frame they literally were being neglectful. You can't say "oh they were abusive but only for a few days so it doesn't count".
@felipelcavalcante I don't expect them to be perfect but parents should still be held accountable even if 'they're stressed' and they were being textbook neglectful (which *is* a form of abuse) and people downplay it too much.
True and the two old ladies' were into that for their dogs. They also had the dates that the children were lost on the dates of their candy. They had a much deeper connection to the Beldam and the missing kids than the surface story lets on.
So, a lot of people tend to confuse/miss this, but Ms. Spink and Ms. Forcible aren't sisters ...they're a couple. The director did some smoke and mirrors work to have it pass under the censorship radar/general perception, but it becomes really clear when you realize it and really look at the hits in their scenes. It kinda funnily reminds me of the "They were just really good lifelong friends and roomates" - schtick history likes to throw on real life lesbian couples. 😂
Interesting! I got that vibe, but I wasn't sure if I wasn't reading too much into it, especially ironic as they weren't actresses, by the pictures, but more, uh, adult entertainers for men whose song in the Other World is about vying for male attention... but after the show, they're together, their hands held.
@@Sinewmire oh yeah! They were vaudeville striptease performers for sure! Lol. I also love that for the search for the eyes at the end, the one they have, the pearl, is is being held between both of their clasped hands. And that they are entwined in the cocoon (egg? Shell?) together.
It's stop motion animation indeed. Which I think adds another layer to how amazing this film is. If you want another stellar example of stop motion, I HIGHLY recommend watching Kubo and the Two Strings. Very different vibe, but I think it's a wonderful piece of art.
When the book came out, Gaiman did a book tour. I don't about the other stops, but at least with the one I attended, he read the ENTIRE book to us in person! It was a magical night! He also mentioned the movie being developed, but at that time it was live-action with Michelle Pfeiffer as the Mother/Other Mother.
I am a sucker for stop motion animation, so I don't think anything could of topped getting the master himself, Henry Selick, to direct this. I would have been interested to see Pfeiffer as the mother/other mother.
I once convinced my friend to watch Coraline, after she watched it, we were talking on a video call about the film, and at one point she said that she was afraid and that she was glad that it was only a film. When she was talking about it, I hid my face and stuck big black buttons on my eyelids then turned to camera and with full seriousness I asked her if she was sure it was just a movie and she started shouting at me that I shouldn't do that again
This is my nonverbal 10 year old daughter's absolute favorite, at least up to about 45 minutes. I've seen the first 40+ minutes of this movie hundreds of times. She falls asleep to it every night. I'm so happy to see that you're doing this reaction.😀
39:17 The absolute top of my Halloween recommendation list is Over the Garden Wall. It's a short miniseries (10 episodes, each about 11 min, so you could watch it all at once like a movie). Most people I know who have seen it will watch it every October.
There are behind the scenes on TH-cam. I definitely recommend watching. The art of stop motion animation is truly impeccable. This movie is such a gem in all aspects.
I just recently came back to this film and re-watched it and there is even more in it than I first realized. Coraline is a true fairy-tale in the old tradition of the Brothers Grimm.
For context, Henry Selick is one of the giants of stop-motion, having also directed "The Nightmare Before Christmas" for Tim Burton. I was lucky to work on his latest feature "Wendell & Wild" as a Story Artist, and he's truly one of the greats.
For those in the know: Jerk Wad was the password for an online contest to win some custom-made Coraline shoes. Also. Laika. Their studio work is AMAZING, and I'd highly recommend watching Kubo, one of their other fantastic labors of love.
Fun fact: The first time i saw this movie was in theaters in Ashland, Oregon. Where, if you look at the address on the letter, this movie takes place. The only time I've seen a movie on location.
Glad you see you react to this one. Coraline is one of the best stop-motion animated movies, right up there with Corpse Bride, Nightmare Before Christmas, and Kubo and the Two Strings (all of which I highly recommend). Your reaction to Other Ms Forcible's uh....outfit in the show was pretty much everyone else in the theater. LOL!
LAIKA Studios is from here in Hillsboro, Oregon, and exists in part because of a co-creator of Nike. Won't give more details than that, it's a fun story to read up on :)
Paranorman is by Laika, and its even more visually impressive than this. It's also good for Halloween. Most reactions are caught off guard by the actors. It's a blink, and you'll miss it, but their theater posters are of burlesque shows.
19:47 To answer your question (in case no one else has), that is an adder stone, though they’re also called witch or hag stones. This one is likely made of jade, but they are any stone that has a naturally worn hole through it. They’re often seen as good luck and to look through them would allow one to see the unseen and the truth magical illusions. There are other legends too of course, but for the relevance of this story that is the folklore behind such a piece.
Mastery of adaptation but of course all his books are. This one is for his daughter, written slowly when he had time after working on other projects. He had the base idea that children can handle this type of stories. He wasn’t wrong. First was the name. coraline. Then he had to find out what’s the story behind it. There is always a new story.
OMG, Laika films (that I have seen) are the best! Paranorman AND Boxtrolls could work for Halloween...and all other times of the year! You are in for several treats in the Laika catalogue.
There are a lot of cool behind the scenes video of them “animating” the puppets, one was all over TH-cam where the stop motion figure of Coraline interacts with the real world animator.
Fun fact! I believe those little critters are actually jerboas, not chinchillas or mice. Jerboas are real animals that look pretty much identical to how they're portrayed in the film. They're cute! Thanks for sharing your reaction to Coraline!
The things laika is able to do with stop motion is just next level, and the way they mix stop motion with computer animation especially in their later movies even more impressive I love the reveal at the end that her parents arnt neglectful, just too just at the moment, they are good parents the were just stressed trying to get their article out on time
the alternate reality making Coraline happy and complacent by giving her everything she wants is very Haunting of Hill House coded (10/10 recommend even outside of spooky season)
I love this movie. Im not a plushie kind of guy, but I did end up buying a Coraline plushie that has sat on my computer desk for many many years. This movie has so much heart and soul to it, and you know the folks who worked on it gave it their all. I love every little detail that is sprinkled throughout. Especially in regards to how the mist is ever present and always creeping towards Coraline. Also, I don't think people paid it much attention apart from the initial surprise when they first see the buxom sister. I saw it as a teen and there's just so much happening in the world of Coraline, that it sort of just comes and goes. I know I was pretty much wowed by the stop motion.
I missed this when it originally came out, but getting to see the rerelease in 3D this year was an absolute treat. This film balances the wonder and the horror of its story brilliantly; it was also Laika studios’ first feature film, which is a crazy high bar to set for yourself out the gate
This movie takes place in the foggy mountains near Ashland, Oregon, where I’m originally from, so it was so cool seeing it also remind you of your home in Michigan. It puts things a little more into perspective for Coraline, and just how far away from her friends and “normal life” it must seem at the creepy old Pink Palace.
It's a lot like a cautionary tale about how to avoid cults. They often target desperate people in tough situations and promise solutions and help. It may seem nice to start with, but there are always cracks in the surface if you look closely. And you are right. Parents that are less than perfect doesn't have to be bad parents. As long as no parents are worse than having the "bad" ones they are at least some good. Growing up I lost more and more respect for my flawed parents, but I still loved them. Now that they are long gone I miss them.
I got this on dvd on a whim not knowing what it was about, ended up loving it the style and story are just brilliant add on to that fabulous soundtrack we have a great movie experience. ❤
Studio Laika made Coraline. They also made Kubo and the 2 strings, the missing link, Paranorman and more. For Halloween movies similar to this, "Paranorman" is fun and "Monsterhouse" are both worth a watch.
In terms of the parents treatment of Coraline, if this was their true behavior, I agree completely. HOWEVER, this is seen through Coraline's eyes...the eyes of a child, and as such, she's an unreliable narrator. Any subtlety is gone, and since she's not getting what she wanted, she's not happy and everything seems like the worst. That's actually the growing that she goes through during the film...learning to recognize what the people around her are really like, rather than the surface scratches that she first sees.
Lot of people don't seem to get that part. That the drabness of the world and neglect of the real parents is amplified through her perspective, not reality. The colors and the constant clouds and fog of the real world vs the ending where the air is clear and things are more colorful highlight her shift in perspective given her experience.
This is one of the best marvels of stop motion out there, such an incredible movie. I have it on a double sided DVD, flip it over and you can watch it in 3D, using 3D glasses that came in the case! Fun fact, the song that plays during the end credits was written in a way so that you could pick out individual words but not pick out any individual language in order to give it an extra eerie feeling.
John Linnell of They Might Be Giants provided the singing voice of Other Dad, (the duo originally got brought in to provide more songs for the soundtrack but whilst Selick liked their contributions only ended up using the song mentioned.)
They had an exhibit here in Seattle for a while that showcased the entire line of Laika movies. Obviously the biggest section was dedicated to Coraline as their first and biggest hit so far. A bunch of different props and models actually used in the movies. They're all great movies but my personal next favorite after this is Kubo and the Two Strings.
Pointing at your right hand to tell folks where you're from is the quintessential Michigan thing, ha! Spooky season is the best time to visit for anyone who's never been, crazy leaf colors and yummy apple cider!
Ever since I was a kid, I have loved the creapy, strange kids stuff. The weird adventures that happen inside their heads all the time (or did for me, at the very least). Things that embraced the "You can show kids anything, as long as there is a happy ending" that Don Bluth lived by. The "Secret of NIMH" and "Neverending Story" kind of movies. I would have loved this one as a kid... instead I just have too love it as an adult. :)
‘Monster House’ is such a good movie, and I think it’s pretty underrated. When my kids were little, we used to watch it all the time, but especially around Halloween, since it takes place around this time of year.
The lesson of this book is: maybe your life is not ideal. But you have parents who love you even if they have to work hard. So when she looks into the idealistic way she has to realize the truth about the fake things around her. She chooses to be with her imperfect family. That’s the moral imperative.
yeah, form me it's about child egoism and narrow child perspective. Coraline is not bad, parents are not bad, it just she is too young to understand, and they are too tired to explain.
*Monster House* is a fun, scary, animated film I enjoyed far more than I thought I would. I'm guessing it's too late for this Halloween, but maybe next year. . .
Oooo, this came out of left field! I’m excited to see your reaction to easily one of my favorite animated films ever! (I honestly liked the movie much more than I liked the original book.)
There definitely are making of docs, on the bluray/dvd, i was watching some of them a few months ago after a rewatch with my 10 yr daughter and her little brother, she was going to bed and saw me watching the making ofs and had no idea it was stop motion puppets/clay and shocked and said that's completely crazy the work that was needed. And +1 w/comment about Kubo being another great candidate for a reaction
It's a fantastic movie that's a great example of a good family horror movie. It's not my personal favorite Laika movie (Paranorman is my favorite) but it is technically impressive for its stop motion and was great to see in theaters as its also shot in 3D which I believe this was the first film to do that (I could be wrong about that....its at least among one of the first)
LAIKA studios is sheer delight and their stop motion films are legendary. Coraline will always be S-Tier but another one up there for me would be Kubo and the Two Strings.
My favorite detail from the behind the scenes (which is well worth your time) is the gloves. The fiber artist actually knit them TOO SCALE, with the finished pieces the size of a thumbnail. Still boggles my mind.
7:14 In the book when Coroline flees the other world for the last time realizes that the tunnel to the other world is alive and something ancient and evil, older than the other mother.
The film '9' is a good one, it does a similarly good job blending the fantastical adventure and dark creepy aesthetics. Computer animation trying to mimic the feel of stop-motion as best they could in 2009. ...but if you want the true stop-motion experience that will leave you confused and disturbed, while also questioning your own sanity, you go with 'Mad God.' A project that took 30 years to make, by hand.
I can't recall why I started watching this film. I think it was because I'd purchased a 3D TV and so obviously went through a period of grabbing any 3D films I could find for niece and nephew to watch... ok and myself. If I remember rightly I watched it on my own first, good job too, and just loved the story. Yes, I think it creeped me out, but it was so fascinating that I had to watch it all even though I was originally just checking it out. But I've never watched it since then, I remember liking it but not sure why and do remember the sense of unease, so glad I get to experience it again through someone else's reaction to it.
So glad you got to enjoy this, and it really looks like you enjoyed it. Highly recommend you check out the other Laika studios productions, Particularly Kubo and the Two Strings and Paranorman. Then we can get started on Ghibli films
There are clues sprinkled throughout the movie that it's a particularly difficult time for Coraline's parents- there was some sort of recent accident (the mom's neckbrace) that put them in financial straits (requiring the relocation/new place to live) and so the deadline to get the catalogue out in time (a task that was probably pretty hectic even under normal circumstances) became absolutely vital for their family's well-being. I like that it wasn't an issue of her parents having to learn a lesson to change their ways because that would imply being ignored like that was the previous norm for Coraline, which would be sad. I think it's also important to model for children that sometimes when their family is going through a particularly rough time & their parents are in survival mode that it doesn't mean it'll last forever (or that their parents don't still love them, even if for a while they don't have much spare time or attention for them)
Yes it is really fresh take on overused "bad workaholic parent trope" in US media. And not like Coraline is made "bad" instead, she is simply too young to understand.
this is how i find out 16 years and countless re-watches later that the mom is wearing a neck brace and not a turtleneck sweater😭
I think the move was planned before the mother's accident and they had to go through with it, increasing everyone's stress. They moved there to help with the garden catalogue
Good comment, and it's a given that if parents work from home the children do not interrupt them during working hours. If anyone needed to learn a lesson it was Coraline.
There's also the bit about the other mother indulging everything Coraline could want which just isn't real parenting. Parenting is setting limits while doing your best to help your child. Like you said they are in a tough time, even so her mother made the effort to get her daughter the gloves she wanted in the end showing she does care.
Apparently the publishers thought the story was too scary for children, so Gaiman handed it to his daughter to read. She said it was fine and she wasn't scared.
She later revealed that she was actually terrified, but didn't want to appear childish, so she lied about not being scared.
Poor thing 😂 I’m only laughing because I’d probably do the same thing
If it’s any consolation a good friend of mine told me recently that his daughter is obsessed with this movie and he’s involuntarily watched it about a hundred times.
Actually, Gaiman encouraged the editor who didn't want to publish the book to read it to her child and see how they reacted. Then exactly what you said played out. She said she wasn't scared at the time because she wanted to know how it ended, and didn't come clean about being scared until years later lol
Tbh, I think that if Gaiman is your dad, you'd be comfortable conversing with Demons and spirits. By osmosis.
In this day n age you only need to show a pair of work boots to the children to have them scared to death.
Man I love this movie. It's one of the few movies that I paid full price to watch twice in theaters just to support the creators. Also about Mr. Bobinski, if you look at the metal He's wearing. It was given to the Russians who went in to Chernobyl to clean it up. That's also why he's blue
Oh wow! I just started watching Chernobyl too
@@funnylilgalreacts you keeping tabs on me weirdo lol I started it last week
@@strawberrylotlizard I swear she's on a roll with her unintended future predictions with the shirts, comments, and reactions. 😅
@@funnylilgalreacts oh, most brutal choice on Halloween - horror which is not fiction
Mostly, the producers said he was blue from being outside all the time in skimpy clothing but I like the radiation thing better.
The thing Spink and Forcible gave Coraline is an adder stone, a rock that's been naturally worn by water to have a hole through it. In folklore they're also called snake eggs or witch stones. Looking through the hole is meant to break fey illusions to reveal the true nature of things.
6:05 “I’m sensing evil at the same time, this can’t be good. “ good to know the survival instinct is strong 💪🏽 😂
I basicaly only discovered Laika studio works this year, and I'm loving them so much, not only because stop-motion(altrough I hugely respect the effort), but because characters and stories, despite horror elements, are actually sweet and realistic.
Kubo and the two strings from Laika is so good and underrated, I’m obsessed with that movie
@@ChespinCraft is is next on my list, still can't stop rewatching ParaNorman.)
Coraline is not only a great movie ( especially at this time of year) it`s also a work of art, much like all of Laika studio movies and hope to see more from them on your great channel.
Apart from being a brilliantly told story, this movie is stunningly impressive from a technical point of view. That's almost entirely old school stop-motion animation, they only used computers to enhance it (e.g. by removing seams on the puppets). The amount of work that goes into making something like this is mindboggling.
See I like this, I like a hybrid style that lets them have a bit of both. Stop motion as such a solid foundations with just a hint of cgi for clean up
So the parents aren't neglectful, they just made the move to help their business grow and are low on money, they are working on their garden catalogue that they're on short time to finish, but once it goes through then they have a big paycheck coming in from the initial creation of it as well as their profits from the sales, so the parents have to focus their work for a few days to meet the crunchtime deadline. Coraline being young doesn't understand this and sees them as neglectful, but they really are loving parents
Yeah the parents emotional state gets more understandable and relatable the more you watch the movie. The mom especially since she mentions an “accident” and is seen in a neck brace for a majority of the film. So she’s probably in pain in addition to being on a hard deadline.
@@Gumgumgamer009in pain, dealing with US hospital bills, no money and in crunch time. Oh yeah, parents are stressed
These are all reasons for why they acted that way but they aren't really excuses for snapping at or just completely ignoring your kid like that. So for that time frame they literally were being neglectful. You can't say "oh they were abusive but only for a few days so it doesn't count".
@@Jeebeo7 but they weren't abusive. a little neglectful? yes, but not abusive. and nobody is perfect all the time, especially in stressful situations.
@felipelcavalcante I don't expect them to be perfect but parents should still be held accountable even if 'they're stressed' and they were being textbook neglectful (which *is* a form of abuse) and people downplay it too much.
Spoilers, maybe?
Un-fun fact, in the beginning with the doll the tools being used are not for sewing, they are used for embalming
True and the two old ladies' were into that for their dogs. They also had the dates that the children were lost on the dates of their candy. They had a much deeper connection to the Beldam and the missing kids than the surface story lets on.
So, a lot of people tend to confuse/miss this, but Ms. Spink and Ms. Forcible aren't sisters ...they're a couple. The director did some smoke and mirrors work to have it pass under the censorship radar/general perception, but it becomes really clear when you realize it and really look at the hits in their scenes.
It kinda funnily reminds me of the "They were just really good lifelong friends and roomates" - schtick history likes to throw on real life lesbian couples. 😂
Interesting! I got that vibe, but I wasn't sure if I wasn't reading too much into it, especially ironic as they weren't actresses, by the pictures, but more, uh, adult entertainers for men whose song in the Other World is about vying for male attention... but after the show, they're together, their hands held.
@@Sinewmire oh yeah! They were vaudeville striptease performers for sure! Lol.
I also love that for the search for the eyes at the end, the one they have, the pearl, is is being held between both of their clasped hands. And that they are entwined in the cocoon (egg? Shell?) together.
Yeah, I caught it on the first watch. It's really not subtle at all. They're the perfect example of a "Boston marriage".
@@Finkeren same honestly. Lol. But I think most viewers, especially at that time, had straight people blinders. "They're just really good friends" 🤣
It's stop motion animation indeed. Which I think adds another layer to how amazing this film is. If you want another stellar example of stop motion, I HIGHLY recommend watching Kubo and the Two Strings. Very different vibe, but I think it's a wonderful piece of art.
A second for Kubo; fantastic movie!
When the book came out, Gaiman did a book tour. I don't about the other stops, but at least with the one I attended, he read the ENTIRE book to us in person! It was a magical night!
He also mentioned the movie being developed, but at that time it was live-action with Michelle Pfeiffer as the Mother/Other Mother.
I am a sucker for stop motion animation, so I don't think anything could of topped getting the master himself, Henry Selick, to direct this. I would have been interested to see Pfeiffer as the mother/other mother.
I once convinced my friend to watch Coraline, after she watched it, we were talking on a video call about the film, and at one point she said that she was afraid and that she was glad that it was only a film. When she was talking about it, I hid my face and stuck big black buttons on my eyelids then turned to camera and with full seriousness I asked her if she was sure it was just a movie and she started shouting at me that I shouldn't do that again
😂😂 love it
This movie was WONDERFUL in 3D, in the theater. One of the few films offered in 3D that was truly well done for it.
We got to see it again in 3D a few months ago for the anniversary showing.
This is my nonverbal 10 year old daughter's absolute favorite, at least up to about 45 minutes. I've seen the first 40+ minutes of this movie hundreds of times. She falls asleep to it every night. I'm so happy to see that you're doing this reaction.😀
I love the scene where the door is chasing down Coraline through the tunnel.
39:17 The absolute top of my Halloween recommendation list is Over the Garden Wall. It's a short miniseries (10 episodes, each about 11 min, so you could watch it all at once like a movie). Most people I know who have seen it will watch it every October.
Seconded
Can we just take a moment to appreicate how amazing Keith David (The Cat) is in everything he's in?
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There are behind the scenes on TH-cam. I definitely recommend watching. The art of stop motion animation is truly impeccable. This movie is such a gem in all aspects.
I just recently came back to this film and re-watched it and there is even more in it than I first realized. Coraline is a true fairy-tale in the old tradition of the Brothers Grimm.
I love getting to rewatch things I love with you
"Hand-Making Coraline: Behind LAIKA’s First Feature"
For context, Henry Selick is one of the giants of stop-motion, having also directed "The Nightmare Before Christmas" for Tim Burton. I was lucky to work on his latest feature "Wendell & Wild" as a Story Artist, and he's truly one of the greats.
For those in the know: Jerk Wad was the password for an online contest to win some custom-made Coraline shoes.
Also. Laika. Their studio work is AMAZING, and I'd highly recommend watching Kubo, one of their other fantastic labors of love.
The references to Michigan do make me homesick sometimes for Michigan as well. This was a great find - glad you enjoyed it 😁
I got confused with trolls thing - is there enormous bridge covering all Michigan?)
Fun fact: The first time i saw this movie was in theaters in Ashland, Oregon. Where, if you look at the address on the letter, this movie takes place. The only time I've seen a movie on location.
If you want another movie similar to Coraline, try MirrorMask (also written by Gaiman). It's massively underrated imho.
Yesss!! Every bit as good, eerie, unnerving, beautifully creepy as Coraline, but I never hear anyone talk about it!
My niece is 5 years old and absolutely loves this movie. Shes actually dressing up as coraline this Halloween.
For creepy Halloween vibes "Trick or Treat". An anthology of stories expertly woven together into a film.
I love your Michigan hoodie. As a Minnesotan, I love seeing the Upper Midwest representation in this reaction.
the UP on her sweatshirt kinda looks like Serenity ... just saying' 😁
I LOVED THIS MOVIE SO MUCH AS A KID it was one of my favourites to put on at movie night, so much nostalgia in this lmao
Glad you see you react to this one. Coraline is one of the best stop-motion animated movies, right up there with Corpse Bride, Nightmare Before Christmas, and Kubo and the Two Strings (all of which I highly recommend).
Your reaction to Other Ms Forcible's uh....outfit in the show was pretty much everyone else in the theater. LOL!
The amount of passion that went into this movie is insane. The making of is worth a watch.
LAIKA Studios is from here in Hillsboro, Oregon, and exists in part because of a co-creator of Nike. Won't give more details than that, it's a fun story to read up on :)
Gotta love stop-motion animation. Always so unique and detailed ♡
One of my favourite childhood movies!! So good 😅
I only watch reactions to things ive watched before so this is my first time seeing the new opening LOVED IT!! Great reaction per usual 💕
Perfect movie for the season.
Paranorman is by Laika, and its even more visually impressive than this. It's also good for Halloween.
Most reactions are caught off guard by the actors. It's a blink, and you'll miss it, but their theater posters are of burlesque shows.
19:47 To answer your question (in case no one else has), that is an adder stone, though they’re also called witch or hag stones. This one is likely made of jade, but they are any stone that has a naturally worn hole through it. They’re often seen as good luck and to look through them would allow one to see the unseen and the truth magical illusions. There are other legends too of course, but for the relevance of this story that is the folklore behind such a piece.
I love Coraline reactions. Really needed this today, thanks Angela
Mastery of adaptation but of course all his books are. This one is for his daughter, written slowly when he had time after working on other projects. He had the base idea that children can handle this type of stories. He wasn’t wrong.
First was the name. coraline. Then he had to find out what’s the story behind it. There is always a new story.
OMG, Laika films (that I have seen) are the best! Paranorman AND Boxtrolls could work for Halloween...and all other times of the year! You are in for several treats in the Laika catalogue.
Earliest I've been to a FLG reaction, lets go!
There are a lot of cool behind the scenes video of them “animating” the puppets, one was all over TH-cam where the stop motion figure of Coraline interacts with the real world animator.
Next up: Kubo and the Two Strings!
Still Halloween time so ParaNorman should be up next.
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@@curtisbme the Sisters are DEFINITELY Halloween material
@@tetsuoishiki4677 Aunties are scary as a general statement. They are just extra creepy ones.
Fun fact! I believe those little critters are actually jerboas, not chinchillas or mice. Jerboas are real animals that look pretty much identical to how they're portrayed in the film. They're cute!
Thanks for sharing your reaction to Coraline!
The things laika is able to do with stop motion is just next level, and the way they mix stop motion with computer animation especially in their later movies even more impressive
I love the reveal at the end that her parents arnt neglectful, just too just at the moment, they are good parents the were just stressed trying to get their article out on time
the alternate reality making Coraline happy and complacent by giving her everything she wants is very Haunting of Hill House coded (10/10 recommend even outside of spooky season)
I love this movie. Im not a plushie kind of guy, but I did end up buying a Coraline plushie that has sat on my computer desk for many many years. This movie has so much heart and soul to it, and you know the folks who worked on it gave it their all. I love every little detail that is sprinkled throughout. Especially in regards to how the mist is ever present and always creeping towards Coraline.
Also, I don't think people paid it much attention apart from the initial surprise when they first see the buxom sister. I saw it as a teen and there's just so much happening in the world of Coraline, that it sort of just comes and goes. I know I was pretty much wowed by the stop motion.
I saw this when it came out in theaters. Was absolutely breathtaking. Loved your reaction
I missed this when it originally came out, but getting to see the rerelease in 3D this year was an absolute treat. This film balances the wonder and the horror of its story brilliantly; it was also Laika studios’ first feature film, which is a crazy high bar to set for yourself out the gate
This movie takes place in the foggy mountains near Ashland, Oregon, where I’m originally from, so it was so cool seeing it also remind you of your home in Michigan. It puts things a little more into perspective for Coraline, and just how far away from her friends and “normal life” it must seem at the creepy old Pink Palace.
OH MY GOD I CANT BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING U ACTUALLY MADE CROLINE REACTION.
Btw i was big fan of your Avatar Aang and Korra reactions!
Oh yes, the laika studios era begins a new
Perfect time posting this. At the end of this month the anniversary rerelease is getting encore showings back in theaters on Halloween.
This is a great movie!
A good follow-up would be PARANORMAN -- also by Laika Studios and a great treat for Halloween!
It's a lot like a cautionary tale about how to avoid cults. They often target desperate people in tough situations and promise solutions and help. It may seem nice to start with, but there are always cracks in the surface if you look closely.
And you are right. Parents that are less than perfect doesn't have to be bad parents. As long as no parents are worse than having the "bad" ones they are at least some good. Growing up I lost more and more respect for my flawed parents, but I still loved them. Now that they are long gone I miss them.
I got this on dvd on a whim not knowing what it was about, ended up loving it the style and story are just brilliant add on to that fabulous soundtrack we have a great movie experience. ❤
I LOVED this movie as a kid, I ended up checking out the book from my library in middle school- it scared me!
Studio Laika made Coraline. They also made Kubo and the 2 strings, the missing link, Paranorman and more.
For Halloween movies similar to this, "Paranorman" is fun and "Monsterhouse" are both worth a watch.
In terms of the parents treatment of Coraline, if this was their true behavior, I agree completely. HOWEVER, this is seen through Coraline's eyes...the eyes of a child, and as such, she's an unreliable narrator. Any subtlety is gone, and since she's not getting what she wanted, she's not happy and everything seems like the worst. That's actually the growing that she goes through during the film...learning to recognize what the people around her are really like, rather than the surface scratches that she first sees.
Lot of people don't seem to get that part. That the drabness of the world and neglect of the real parents is amplified through her perspective, not reality. The colors and the constant clouds and fog of the real world vs the ending where the air is clear and things are more colorful highlight her shift in perspective given her experience.
This is one of the best marvels of stop motion out there, such an incredible movie. I have it on a double sided DVD, flip it over and you can watch it in 3D, using 3D glasses that came in the case!
Fun fact, the song that plays during the end credits was written in a way so that you could pick out individual words but not pick out any individual language in order to give it an extra eerie feeling.
PARANORMAN! Same studio. And it’s currently available on Amazon Prime.
This movie always comes back to theaters, you should check out how amazing it is on the big screen too! :)
LAIKA studios in Portland Oregon made Coraline. Took 500 animators 4 years to make it.
John Linnell of They Might Be Giants provided the singing voice of Other Dad, (the duo originally got brought in to provide more songs for the soundtrack but whilst Selick liked their contributions only ended up using the song mentioned.)
They had an exhibit here in Seattle for a while that showcased the entire line of Laika movies. Obviously the biggest section was dedicated to Coraline as their first and biggest hit so far. A bunch of different props and models actually used in the movies. They're all great movies but my personal next favorite after this is Kubo and the Two Strings.
Pointing at your right hand to tell folks where you're from is the quintessential Michigan thing, ha! Spooky season is the best time to visit for anyone who's never been, crazy leaf colors and yummy apple cider!
Ever since I was a kid, I have loved the creapy, strange kids stuff. The weird adventures that happen inside their heads all the time (or did for me, at the very least). Things that embraced the "You can show kids anything, as long as there is a happy ending" that Don Bluth lived by. The "Secret of NIMH" and "Neverending Story" kind of movies. I would have loved this one as a kid... instead I just have too love it as an adult. :)
‘Monster House’ is such a good movie, and I think it’s pretty underrated. When my kids were little, we used to watch it all the time, but especially around Halloween, since it takes place around this time of year.
Really enjoyed and loved her reactions
CORALINE!! 😍😍😍
Glad you watched this, I love this movie. It is also one of the only times that I have really enjoyed something in 3D. The 3D for this was very good.
I was lucky enough to see it in 3D when it first was released in 2009. the purple portal parts were a trip.
The figures used in stop-motion are often called puppets. They're still being manipulated by people, just one frame at a time.
Coraline is one of my favorite films of all time!😆
Love the intro!
You are the best!💚
It's stop motion. This movie was directed by the same guy that directed Nightmare Before Christmas, Henry Selick (not Tim Burton).
The lesson of this book is: maybe your life is not ideal. But you have parents who love you even if they have to work hard. So when she looks into the idealistic way she has to realize the truth about the fake things around her. She chooses to be with her imperfect family. That’s the moral imperative.
yeah, form me it's about child egoism and narrow child perspective. Coraline is not bad, parents are not bad, it just she is too young to understand, and they are too tired to explain.
i had the same "GAHHH!" reaction to the button eyes. if i were coraline, i'd have noped right out of there.
Neil Gaiman is one of my favourite authors of all time.
*Monster House* is a fun, scary, animated film I enjoyed far more than I thought I would. I'm guessing it's too late for this Halloween, but maybe next year. . .
Oooo, this came out of left field! I’m excited to see your reaction to easily one of my favorite animated films ever! (I honestly liked the movie much more than I liked the original book.)
There definitely are making of docs, on the bluray/dvd, i was watching some of them a few months ago after a rewatch with my 10 yr daughter and her little brother, she was going to bed and saw me watching the making ofs and had no idea it was stop motion puppets/clay and shocked and said that's completely crazy the work that was needed.
And +1 w/comment about Kubo being another great candidate for a reaction
Put on your blue wig and grab some popcorn! It's Coraline.✌️
Never thought about subscribing to this channel but she referenced “Rowdy” from Scrubs. Now I’m obligated.
It's a fantastic movie that's a great example of a good family horror movie. It's not my personal favorite Laika movie (Paranorman is my favorite) but it is technically impressive for its stop motion and was great to see in theaters as its also shot in 3D which I believe this was the first film to do that (I could be wrong about that....its at least among one of the first)
I would LOVE seeing you react to more Laika films, especially Paranorman and Kubo & The Two Strings
LAIKA studios is sheer delight and their stop motion films are legendary. Coraline will always be S-Tier but another one up there for me would be Kubo and the Two Strings.
My favorite detail from the behind the scenes (which is well worth your time) is the gloves. The fiber artist actually knit them TOO SCALE, with the finished pieces the size of a thumbnail. Still boggles my mind.
7:14 In the book when Coroline flees the other world for the last time realizes that the tunnel to the other world is alive and something ancient and evil, older than the other mother.
Jerk Wad was a code for kids to enter a contest for a wining a pair of custom Coraline Nike shoes.
Coraline is one of my favorites ❤
The film '9' is a good one, it does a similarly good job blending the fantastical adventure and dark creepy aesthetics. Computer animation trying to mimic the feel of stop-motion as best they could in 2009. ...but if you want the true stop-motion experience that will leave you confused and disturbed, while also questioning your own sanity, you go with 'Mad God.' A project that took 30 years to make, by hand.
I can't recall why I started watching this film. I think it was because I'd purchased a 3D TV and so obviously went through a period of grabbing any 3D films I could find for niece and nephew to watch... ok and myself. If I remember rightly I watched it on my own first, good job too, and just loved the story. Yes, I think it creeped me out, but it was so fascinating that I had to watch it all even though I was originally just checking it out.
But I've never watched it since then, I remember liking it but not sure why and do remember the sense of unease, so glad I get to experience it again through someone else's reaction to it.
This movie is so much fun in 3D.
So glad you got to enjoy this, and it really looks like you enjoyed it. Highly recommend you check out the other Laika studios productions, Particularly Kubo and the Two Strings and Paranorman.
Then we can get started on Ghibli films