Just saw utterly magical "Coraline"

[pegkerr]

elisem sent me a message: "Email me. Something cool has come up."

And indeed, something had. Neil Gaiman's book Coraline has been made into a movie of the same name, which will be released (in 3-D) in February. The director is Henry Selick, who did "The Nightmare Before Christmas." (see some photos of Neil together with the director here at an earlier event.) And a small, select screening was being held tonight here in the Twin Cities, attended by Neil and the director. Elise extended the invitation to us. (This was Neil's first opportunity to see it, and they wanted to get some kids' reactions, too.)

Fiona and I went. Delia is still a bit sensitive about movies that can be tense or scary, and so decided to wait. There were about fifty people there, and we got to talk with Neil and Mr. Selick afterwards. We were stunned and delighted with the movie; it truly is marvelous. The 3-D was perfect, the score was spot-on wonderful (I am certainly going to get the soundtrack when it comes out) and the movie was just delightful. Highly recommended. This one's going to be a hit.

Here is the trailer:

Here is the autograph of the book that Neil kindly signed for Fiona:

Neil's autograph for Fiona

So, yeah. Squee!

(Fiona said, "Boy, my friends are going to be sooooo jealous when I tell them tomorrow. . .")

Comments

[schnoogle.livejournal.com]

:D I know I'M jealous!

[eal.livejournal.com]

Way cool!

[corinnethewise.livejournal.com]

That's so cool. I'm jealous!

[http://users.livejournal.com/anam_cara_/]

What an amazing opportunity!!

[airemay.livejournal.com]

I am so envious of you both!!!

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

I'm jealous RIGHT NOW.

[pinkfinity.livejournal.com]

Oh! How fantastic! To get to see it - and with Neil - and Fiona is definitely right! But let her know that all your friends will be jealous, too!

[elisem.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad it all worked out and you guys could come with me. What an excellent evening!

[flourish.livejournal.com]

Fiona's friends are jealous?! I'm jealous!!!

[nmsunbear.livejournal.com]

Envy envy envy!

I'm so happy to hear that it's good! Now I can't wait to see it!

[gwendolyngrace.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, am I jealous!

The ads are already up here on the T and such. The animation looks awesome! And it sounds like they're very faithful to the story.

etakyma and I first picked up Coraline on tape, read by Neil, to take in the car down to the cape for a weekend. Loved it immensely. I can't wait for the film!

[fredcritter.livejournal.com]

"Squee!" indeed. I pinch myself again. Yeah, I was there too. Squee!