The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) - DVD

Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king of Halloween Town, is bored with doing the same thing every year for Halloween. One day he stumbles into Christmas Town, and is so taken with the idea of Christmas that he tries to get the resident bats, ghouls, and goblins of Halloween town to help him put on Christmas instead of Halloween -- but alas, they can't get it quite right.


I give The Nightmare Before Christmas a solid 67%

Now I have to admit my primary attraction to this movie is its weirdness and Tim Burton does a great job in delivering weird. I do get a bit tired of the rhyming, but it flows nicely with the weirdness of the movie. In fact, this movie is so over the top weird that is probably why I like it and give it as high of a rating as I do. It lacks so much, but still holds my attention. I think the thing that I really do not like is how some of the songs are just too silly. They blend well. But I tire of them.

Now to some this movie may be just way too dark for most tastes. But I don't get caught up in the dark stuff, I just think it is cool and weird. And really, I do like the underlying love story between Jack and Sally. In a really bizarre way, it is kind of cute.

Some of the more memorable quotes:

Mayor: Jack, please, I'm only an elected official here, I can't make decisions by myself!

Dr. Finkelstein: Sally, that's twice this month you've slipped deadly nightshade into my tea and run off.
Sally: Three times!