SassyBlonde

A shout out, because the fantastic Mr. Gaiman asked that this be passed on and around, for the fantastic movie Coraline coming out on February 6th:



I agree that this is my favorite trailer so far-- much more in the style and spirit of the story than some of the more lighthearted trailers I've seen.

I don't think it's a secret that I pretty much unashamedly adore Neil Gaiman's work, and I'm so completely excited to see this film. The fact that it's done all by hand and in old-school stop-motion just blows my mind and I can't imagine a better treatment for such a fantastic story. I first read Coraline just after we moved into the house where we now live, full of its old doors and bendy closets and crawlspaces and was delighted by its darkness and the fantastic warped reality he created-- one of the many reasons I love his writing: the fact that he is utterly committed to the full body of the story in all of its glorious, beautiful, and unabashedly twisted and often frightening dimensions. To see that brought to life on the screen as apparently this production has done will be a dream, or rather a nightmare, come true.

And by the way, have you seen some of the promotions they're doing for this film? It's some of the absolute best P.R. I've seen in ages. For instance, the Coraline boxes. And the Alphabet cards and ads. Fantastic.

You can pretty much bet that I'm skipping a show that weekend to go on opening night somewhere, because honestly, how could I not?