Saturday, August 18, 2012

ParaNorman

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Norman is your average kid... except that he can see and talk to spirits. His small town is haunted by a witch's curse. Once a year, she must read from a book to be placed back asleep for a year. If she wakes then the cursed dead shall rise from their graves. This year, Norman is told to read from the book, but when he fails to read it in time zombies arise from their graves. Now, Norman must fight to save his small town from the witch's curse.

This film was directed by Chris Butler and Sam Fell. This film is a horror film made for children. This has sort of become the norm for stop motion animation films. It was great to see this film poke fun and offer tribute to several of the classical films of horror. It is surprising that this film didn't come out closer to Halloween though. This film mixes both the stop motion animation with limited computer animation. The two work together very well instead of clashing. The story is great. It takes elements of true historical events, superstition, and recent beliefs in the supernatural and combines them. They are used to create a great story full of comical humor for both adults and children. There are moments that do make you jump. There isn't anything too gory or violent though. 

The voice acting for this film was great. Kodi Smit-McPhee voiced the character Norman Babcock. He was great in this role. He gave his character a lot of heart. Tucker Albrizzi voiced the character Neil. He was great in his role. He added great humor to the film. Anna Kendrick voiced the character Courtney Babcock. She was good in her general role. Christopher Mintz-plasse voiced the character Alvin. He was good in his general role, and added some humor to the film. Casey Affleck voiced the character Mitch. He was good in his film. 

I give this film 5 out of 5 stars! It has a great story that children and adults can enjoy. It is a dark film with some adult humor.

Answer to last blog: Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger played the role of Douglas Quaid in the 1990 film Total Recall.

Que: Director Chris Butler was involved the films Coraline and Corpse Bride as a ...?

Art Director
Character Creation
Assistant Director
Scriptwriter

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