Did I ever tell you how much it sucks to live in a small town in the outskirts of a small city? This applies if you're a movie-fan, and ESPECIALLY if you're a gamer... just imagine being both (like me)! The cinema where I live sucks... BIG TIME! It shows more opera than movies and most are movies that has been showing at other places for weeks, sometimes even months! That's why I usually have to go (usually by train) about 30 km whenever I want to see a movie or buy a game, because there lies "Hudiksvall"! This movie, however, didn't air there either! Instead, I had to go to "Gävle" which lies even further away! Enough ranting now, let's talk about the film!

Coraline Jones is an eleven year old girl who one day moves with her family to a new place that seems to be located right out in nowhere! She is very bored and feels lonely since her busy parents are neglecting her. One day, however, she finds a secret door that leads to another world! A world much like her own, but more fun! Her parents there wants to play with her and tries to please her all the time... it's like a utopia for young Coraline. There's one problem, though... the people of the other world have buttons for their eyes and if Coraline is to stay, she has to sew buttons on her eyes as well! Before long, there's no option about it anymore, so it becomes a wild adventure for poor Coraline to try to escape from the vicious world!

I know I kept the plot summary brief, but I don't want to spoil too much... this movie was absolutely amazing! Not only is it a creative and unique idea for a film (even though it's based on a book) but it's also made with clay-animation instead of CGI! I'm not against CGI or anything, but it's become WAY too dominant and not counting Wallace and Grommit, what's the newest clay-made movie you can think of? Corpse Bride? I'm not surprised, because the guy who directed "The Nightmare Before Christmas" is also the director for Coraline!

I absolutely loved this movie! Not just because it was original or unique or because it had clay in it, but because it was SO well executed! The story-telling sucks you in and Coraline herself is such a sympathize-able (new word?) character! It's been so long since a movie have given me an inner naw-moment, but Coraline pulls it off with flying colors (that IS a werid expression, isn't it?)! It's a movie that not only sucks you in emotionally, but it's also one of the scariest family films since the Don Bluth-days! Yeah, it's rated "11+"... but I'm 19 and was at the edge of my seat (metaphorically speaking) on several occassions!

So now, let's get some more ranting done! Not did I have to take a train to Gävle to see this film, but you know at what time they showed it? 15:30! Yeah, I'm not making that up! For crying out loud, people, this isn't Spöket Laban! It's a movie that I think adults will enjoy more than children, so why such a messed up time-slot? What's worse is that I haven't seen a single ad for this film, which resulted in me and my company being the only people in the theater (fun fact: my blind date from last year was part of that company) and it just begs to be labelled an underrated gem! Granted, I'm not really glued to the tube (unless it has a video game console connected to it) but I doubt there has been any commercials at all of this movie!

The reason I said I didn't love the Watchmen-movie (which, I might add, still hasn't gone into theaters where I live and probably never will) is because I usually have a hard time loving what so many other people already love. Coraline is far different! Coraline is a movie that's passed beneath many people's radars, not getting the attention it seriously deserves! Coraline seriously deserves my affection, I fucking loved this movie!

My closing statement is that this is the kind of movie where I can say "You know what? I had to go about 70km by train to see this movie in the theaters... and it was so worth it!"

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