The Nightmare Before Christmas Patch

Seeming as it's Halloween soon, I thought I might as well start a topic for my favorite Christmas movie of all time, The Nightmare Before Christmas  ^*

. I don't care how overrated people think this film is, or how many people thought it underwhelming, I still consider it one of, if not the best animated film during the The Renaissance Age Of Animation.

edited 25th Oct '10 3:32:45 PM by Mattonymy

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It's an awesome movie, and great animation, but I better see nobody refering to it as a Tim Burton movie. It's not. He wrote a poem, drew some character, got the money and the greenlight, and that's it. The rest is the work of the screenwriter, whose name escapes me, and of the director Henry Selick.

Never mind.

edited 26th Oct '10 9:21:09 AM by Ultimatum

New theme music also a box

Huh, the screenwriter for this film (Caroline Thompson) also cowrote Corpse Bride.

edited 26th Oct '10 12:52:03 PM by OldManHoOh

I'm not surprised. She also worked on Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands.

Yeah, about the Tim Burton comment, totally agree. It has Tim Burton influences certainly, the pencil thin sketch like anatomy and long jaded art deco buildings and curving mountains, but it's certainly Henry Selick's film than anything else.

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Thanks, her name was escaping me. I know it was a woman, but I didn't remember her name.

Yeah, I have no problem giving Tim Burton his lion share, but it's not a Tim burton film. What is even more frustrating is when people think Coraline was directed by Tim Burton.

I don't know if it's more of a Hallowen or Christmas movie. It still contains some genuinely scary moment, and Christmastown is not seen that much. It's a hybrid surely. personally I watch it on Haloween because come Christmas it's Die Hard time!

It's my favorite of all time. Amazing visuals, amazing music, amazing characters...it's the perfect movie for me. I first fell in love with it when I was in second grade or so. My mom even helped me carve Jack and Sally jack-o-lanterns that year. But all my friends thought it was weird and wouldn't even see it. Then many years later in high school the whole Kingdom Hearts thing happened and one of those very same friends became obsessed with the movie and rekindled my obsession. I was ecstatic to find I could now get my true love Jack Skellington's face on just about any article of clothing imaginable (even if it does make people think I'm some sort of Hot Topic emo/goth wannabe.)

Corpse Bride is pretty good but I felt the music was pretty unmemorable, and the one song felt like a "Making Christmas" knock-off. Watching it just makes me want to watch TNBC.

edited 26th Oct '10 3:14:46 PM by SevenOfDiamonds

Whenever Halloween comes along, I blast the soundtrack 24/7 and get all the songs stuck in my head.

Do-do-doo-do-do-do-dee-do.....

I have exactly one Nightmare Before Christmas t-shirt, and it's a huge hit with the ladies. Even my friend borrowed it from me one time (long story short- he needed a t-shirt right now and that the one I had on hand) and when he came back with it he said "You were right, this really works with girls" Never underestimate the power of the NBC t-shirt!

What kind of awesomeness does the shirt in question look like?

Since it hasn't already been said, I absolutely love the score and animation for the film. Danny Elfman and the team really went all out for this film and it looks as great as it sounds. Also, whenever I hear someone badmouthing 3D, I just redirect them to TNMBC's 3D re release.

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I'm bummed they don't play that in theaters anymore. Does anyone else sense a 3D release on Blu-Ray coming?

Dude, I'm hoping for a TNMBC Nintendo 3DS version with an Augmented Reality Halloween Town.

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My husband and I were just arguing about whether it's more of a Halloween movie or a Christmas movie.

I say Halloween on the logic that there are loads of specifically-Christmas movies, but hardly any specifically-Halloween movies, particularly if one isn't a fan of horror.

I can definitely see the logic behind that, especially since the majority of the film is within Halloween Town, but think about it. How many "Halloween" holiday scenes do you see in the film vs how many "Making Christmas" and "Christmas Montages"? At the very least, it's a Halloween Themed Christmas Movie.

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...hmm. The film was apparently released over Halloween, so I'm not sure which it is.

Well most Christmas movies are released around late October to Mid November, just so that word of mouth and reviews can be passed around before Christmas comes. Not unlike how Disneyland's Haunted Mansion Holiday is put up on Halloween.

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