STORYLINE:  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.

      The holidays, Christmas Halloween Thanksgiving, I despise them all.  It is no secret that I truly dread the season. Ironically I throughly enjoy holiday movies. How appropriate I attended a 30th anniversary screening of The Nightmare Before Christmas.  

      The irony is this film features not one but two holidays: Halloween and Christmas. It is the perfect hybrid film to watch this time of year as one season ends and the next begins. Also to those with pre teens and teens this is one that I feel is a good one for the family. It is age appropriate and will hold the attention of the age demographic more then some of the classics. Those with little ones this one maybe a bit intense. 

   The Nightmare Before Christmas became the first animated feature film to earn an Oscar nomination for visual effects. Twenty years later Kubo and the two Strings became the second.  The Nightmare Before Christmas is a visual feast and there are rules to qualify for the category. It’s a fine line though. How ,u h of the films effects are animated due to this being an animated feature film?

   In the end it was great to see this one on the big screen. I continue to be an advocate for movies as a social experience and the movie theater is the great catalyst to bring people together for that experience. Look at the 80 minute feature. I went to see and enjoyed seeing something about something Intruly despise, the holidays. 

     Until next time I will see you at the movies!