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In Reply to: RE: I disagree posted by mdl on March 02, 2009 at 11:54:53
have changed a lot over the past decade or so. Kids are used to seeing lots of weird stuff on TV and films like "Alien" are watched by 7 and 8 year olds.
I liked the film but I thought it wasn't a classic.
Coraline has a VERY dark storyline with lots of troubling nightmarish images and concepts that aren't presented in an overtly musical comedy format (like Nightmare Before Christmas or even The Corpse Bride). It's an excellent film, but it isn't a 'kids' movie per se.
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I hear what you are saying. I have a neighbour that will let her kids watch the Saw movies at ages eight and ten (I also showed her that her twelve year old was watching hardcore porn around the clock, she did not seem too concerned about that either). I do not consider any of those kids movies either, and think maybe part of it is there is a big difference between being able to sit in front of it and being able to understand and appreciate it. In the case of Coraline, I think so much is simple appreciation of something so beautiful that I think it is lost on a lot of children used to rapid action and straight ahead CGI'ed magnificence (most of which leaves me cold).
I am not sure if it will be a classic either (I do think Nightmare Before XMAS is). I do think films like this are pretty rare though, and I am very glad I went and saw it in the theater in 3d.
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