This is my third adventure with Tim Burton and so far I have loved every moment of it.  The Nightmare Before Christmas is a stop motion musical film.  I didn’t know there was going to be sining so it kind of caught me off guard but in a good way.  I loved the music in this film.

Jack is the king of Halloween.  He lives in Halloween Town where they plan all year long to make sure Halloween is the scariest, creepiest, most oozing holiday to date.  The town is celebrating the best Halloween ever but Jack is feeling like he’s lost his purpose.  He’s just not feeling the love for what he does.

He wanders into the forest and finds the door to Christmas Town which leads to my favorite scene from the whole movie.  Jack is mesmerized by the snow and the lights and cheerfulness and goes back to Halloween Town filled with new hope.

Unfortunately Jack does not understand the meaning of Christmas and decides that Halloween Town will give Santa the year off and take over.  This does not go well.  Fortunately a rag doll named Sally is looking out for Jack and Santa cleans up the rest of the mess.

I do not plan on showing this movie to my kids because at this point in their lives they do not view Halloween as scary.  It is merely a time to dress like super heroes and get candy and I’d like to leave it at that.

For the adults out there I say watch this soon.  It is fantastic.  The two guys that do the voice of Jack, Chris Sarandon and Danny Elfman, are incredible.  I was totally taken in by their combined efforts.  I really felt that jack was powerful and domineering even though his body is so scrawny.

I realize I may be the only one that hasn’t seen this movie but better late than never right.  I 100% absolutely loved it.  Have you seen it?