Coraline

Coraline was good, but could have been better. It was a little bit of a let down. The story seemed solid, but the movie did not really develop it at any point. Coraline was the main character and the movie focused so much on her, it never really developed other characters. She didn't even connect strongly with other characters, so there was no real strong feeling for her friend, her parents, or her neighbors. Without that, I never cared much about what was going on, because when it came down to it, that's what the movie was about - people connections. The animation was good, but not unique. The idea was good, but undeveloped. No real building of tension or exciting climax. This one was unfortunately, super so-so.

http://s.video.rottentomatoes.com/video/video/article/950/950579/coraline_1_020309_qtlow.mov

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