EXTRA POINT: Coraline

 Watching Coraline made me go back and read it. I will do it whenever I have time. It was a fantastic story with a unique style where everything is stunningly weird. I liked worldbuilding the most and the duality of everything. In my opinion LAIKA succeeded in every aspect of this stop motion feature. There is a lot of foreshadowing and great exposition to prepare the viewer for horror. It is done mostly by threads and needles. I really liked the contrast between the parallel worlds and the way evil is introduced in this “perfect” form. Everything is nice and normal except the eyes of the “other” characters but it seems like Coraline is not bothered with it that much until she realizes that they want to sew a pair of buttons for her eyes as well and opposes them. The character arc and the relationship between the two main characters is very interesting as well making us root for them. Most importantly there is an obvious and important  high concept and she learns her lesson at the end. Despite being scary for younger children this is a very good educational piece.

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