R_J_K75
Legend
I'm not a big fan of Tim Burton. I know of the movie, but I have never seen it. Doesn't the story take place during Halloween?
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R_J_K75
Legend
Ulfgeir
Hero
Well kind of. It mostly takes place IN Halloween-land. Jack Skellington accidently finds himself in Christmas-land, and he wants to take over Christmas. And well let's put it this way, things don't go quite soe well when he actually tries to bring his take of Christmas to people...
It is imo probably the best Tim Burton movie.
Mad_Jack
Legend
Actually, it was my brother - he fired the shot that ricocheted and shattered the lens in my sunglasses when I was twelve...
(I was the one whose shot ricocheted and shattered the glass in our patio door.)
Fun fact, though: I really did have an icicle fall off our roof and hit me in the face half a dozen years earlier, wrecking my actual glasses when I was young enough to still wear them.
You guys don't understand, I'm part of the Ralphie-verse...
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R_J_K75
Legend
Cmon really? What about batman 89? Or Returns, thats a Christmas movie. My brothers went to see it didn't invite me, in their defense I was roaming the earth. 7 was another I missed out on in the theater
R_J_K75
Legend
Im in the NE USA, Buffalo NY right off Lake Erie, so I know about leaky rainspouts and the icicles that come with it. They can get large and scary.
Sherlock Holmes board game called 221B Baker Street. There was a case where the vic was toast but laying in a puddle of water. Turns out...murder by icicle
Clint_L
Legend
It's definitely set in and around X-mas - the set-up is that Jack Skellington has post-Halloween blues and tries to take over X-mas, so much of it is him trying to teach the residents of Halloween Town how to execute his warped version of Christmas. And the climax is entirely set on X-mas Eve/X-mas.Well kind of. It mostly takes place IN Halloween-land. Jack Skellington accidently finds himself in Christmas-land, and he wants to take over Christmas. And well let's put it this way, things don't go quite soe well when he actually tries to bring his take of Christmas to people...
It is imo probably the best Tim Burton movie.
Calling Nightmare a "Tim Burton movie" is a huge bone of contention for the people who actually made the movie. Despite the title literally being Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, he had minimal involvement in the actual production. It was his concept and the art was largely based on his original drawings, but he didn't direct it and had almost no day-to-day involvement. According to the folks who made it, he would mostly show up for occasional meetings and be kind of an ass.
His name is so prominent on the title because he was a hot commodity back then and it was his concept. But calling it his move is kind of an insult to Henry Selick, who actually directed it. And Danny Elfman, whose songs provide the backbone of the story (literally, as they had the songs before they had a finished script).
trappedslider
Legend
Which version? MST3K, RiffTrax or normal?
And due to Nightmare having Tim's name on it, it's now part of Goth culture.
Clint_L
Legend
I showed it to my 12s this year as part of a unit on horror, alienation, and Goth culture. We are doing Simon Armitage's poetry cycle Black Roses next. The unit is History of Horror -> Get Out -> Nightmare -> Black Roses -> Tales from Outer Suburbia.
Ulfgeir
Hero
OK. those old Batman-movies are very good, and very fun.
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