Coraline (book or movie)

[murlough23]

Coraline. Took a few shortcuts at the end, but otherwise fascinating. Interesting modern take on the Alice in Wonderland schtick. (I may have to re-rate it later - the projector went out and we missed a good ten minutes of the movie, though I picked up enough from the audio to fill in the blanks.)

[enemy anemone]

I want to see Coraline eventually, mainly because I heard that all the items used in the film were made by hand.

[Vlad!]

I kind of wanted to see it because Neil Gaiman is a fantastic writer, but then I realized I could just read the book instead.

[enemy anemone]

I haven't read any of his books, just exclamatory comments from extremely fannish fans. nothing coherent enough for me to gauge if his stuff is the sort I would be interested in.
some random knitters/crafters whose blogs I read had received mystery boxes with props from the movie, and I am intrigued by that aspect. 

[Vlad!]

I don't know if this is coherent, but it's all I have to offer.

[enemy anemone]

interesting--thanks. I vaguely recall reading that when you posted it, but it remained in its "book mentioned at the phorum" box and didn't stick a toe into the scary "people squealing about how much they love Neil Gaiman, which is the only thing I know about Neil Gaiman" box. anyway, I like this description a lot: "So far, the book is like sitting in a rear-facing seat on a train: the things that have just passed become very clear, but what's coming up ahead remains a mystery." it's the most helpful thing I've read so far that would incline me to checking out his books. I looked up a plot summary of that particular one, but it doesn't sound remotely comprehensible or interesting to me. =\

it is possible that I would see the movie Coraline and want to read the book and other books. this seems to be a pattern with me for certain sorts of things. it seems that with fantasy and sci-fi-ish stuff I need to see the characters and the world on screen and begin to be interested in and care about them before I can bend my imagination enough to read about them. imagination fail, I guess.

[Vlad!]

Gaiman does this interesting thing with foreshadowing. You know how sometimes authors will hint at something so broadly that once The Reveal (tm) finally happens your response is a resounding 'meh'? Well, Gaiman will hint at something and you think he's failing at foreshadowing and then he'll stuff it back down and you think he's forgotten about it and then it pops up and turns out to be not at all what you were thinking. At least, that was how I felt about American Gods.

it is possible that I would see the movie Coraline and want to read the book and other books. this seems to be a pattern with me for certain sorts of things. it seems that with fantasy and sci-fi-ish stuff I need to see the characters and the world on screen and begin to be interested in and care about them before I can bend my imagination enough to read about them. imagination fail, I guess.

I'm sort of the opposite. I read the book first and have these great pictures in my head of how it plays out, and then I see it on the big screen and the movie doesn't really match up with how I imagined it.

[enemy anemone]

that type of storytelling does sound like something I would enjoy.

I started listening to an audiobook of Coraline. audiobooks and I don't always get along very well, but I'm finding this very listenable and engaging. but the story has become quite creepy. black button eyes, augh!

[enemy anemone]

I finished listening to the audiobook and enjoyed it very much. I had been on the lookout for foreshadowed things but I had forgotten about one particular thing until it finally came into play. so that was cool. I'm looking forward to seeing the film--I imagine it will have a Tim-Burton-meets-Miyazaki feel to it, at least, I hope so.