Day 247: ParaNorman

Directed By- Sam Fell, Chris Butler

Written By- Christ Butler 

Starring- Kodi Smit-McPhee, Casey Affleck, Anna Kendrick, Tucker Albrizzi, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Leslie Mann, Jeff Garlin, John Goodman, Elaine Stritch, Ariel Winter, Bernard Hill

Critics Review- "Truly, this is one animated film that would work just as well as a live-action movie."- Bill Goodykoontz "Arizona Republic"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 86% Audience- 79%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 5 stars

My Review-

This movie is now one of my favorite stop motion movies. I loved the story and everything about this movie, even down to the little jokes they had from other horror movies to make this one memorable. When I went to Universal Studios I saw with some friends how this movie was made, and I wanted to see it even more. Now that I have seen it I loved every minute of the movie, from Norman's room to him talking to the ghosts in his town. All the characters in this movie, left their own mark on the film and the voice cast was amazing; especially John Goodman, Casey Affleck, and Anna Kendrick they were all particularly very funny in this movie and they should do voice acting more. What I really likes about this movie is that it was a mixture of horror and comedy in a animated kids movie that had a really good story too it. There was no part of this movie I found boring, or too long, for being from the makers of Coraline it was way better than that movie and by far possibly the best animated film I will see in theaters this year. Even though I did not see it in 3D I think I would have enjoyed it either way. What I also loved about this movie is that they used zombies as part of the story line and that is established early in the film, which comes back later and used more, the reason why I loved stop motion animation is that at times they can make it seem so real, and lots of dedication is used to make a movie like this since it takes to long to film every frame and every move of all the characters. I feel like this movie is going to go really underrated and won't get noticed like it should be. In some animated movies now a days lot of the music does not go well with the movie, that is not the case the music was really awesome in this movie, and I liked how in the movie they were singing "season of the witch," as it was used in the trailer. I agree with the critic 100% this movie could also work as a live-action film and I still would have loved either way, since it was like a throw back to the old school horror movies. I am surprised it has lower rating with the audience than it does with the critics I had expected it to be a little higher with the audience and with the critics I agreed with my friend Gophrr a 86% sounds about right but I was hopeing it would be a little higher than that like in the mid 90s. If you really like animated films, or stop motion films, I suggest that you check this movie out, its really good and worth the watch. I suggest you watch in theaters well you still can or you can wait for DVD either way it is still a really good movie that should not be missed. This one animated movie I will buy the day it is released or maybe even pre-order it.