I -TOTALLY- want an Other Coraline doll. That thing was adorable! And I agree. The first sequence was so very, very creepy.
The kids in the theater seemed to just enjoy the heck out of it, though. All the parts where I thought someone would have to leave the theater passed by without incident. My friend, who was sitting next to a kid, said she even glanced over at him to see if he was okay once or twice, and he was just chomping on popcorn while staring at the screen gleefully.
The only issue I had re: hi! audiences can be intelligent! is changing what Coraline had to find for the Ghost Children to "Eyes" (and then -- they didn't look like eyes) instead of Spirits/Souls. It just seemed unnecessary, and I think we all got that sewing buttons into place instead of your real eyes = bad.
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Date: 2009-02-09 07:02 pm (UTC)The kids in the theater seemed to just enjoy the heck out of it, though. All the parts where I thought someone would have to leave the theater passed by without incident. My friend, who was sitting next to a kid, said she even glanced over at him to see if he was okay once or twice, and he was just chomping on popcorn while staring at the screen gleefully.
The only issue I had re: hi! audiences can be intelligent! is changing what Coraline had to find for the Ghost Children to "Eyes" (and then -- they didn't look like eyes) instead of Spirits/Souls. It just seemed unnecessary, and I think we all got that sewing buttons into place instead of your real eyes = bad.