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| Topic | THE Snake Ranks Anything Horror Related (Vol. 5) *5th Anniversary* *RANKINGS* |
| Snake5555555555 10/05/20 5:47:01 PM #82: | 113. ParaNorman (12 points) Nominated by: PrinceKaro (3/4 remaining) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgwSpajMw3s Importance: 4 Fear: 3 Snake: 5 ParaNorman is a movie that has never seemed to click for me. I'm generally a huge fan of Laika's work; Coraline is my favorite animated movie of all time and Kubo & Missing Link are both superb. All the animation work in ParaNorman is top notch, featuring stop-motion characters in photo-realistic environments that blend seamlessly together to form a creative & spooky atmosphere that never once lets up throughout the film. Judging this film on this quality alone, it's a 10/10 easy. However, the way the film is written, and its characters, are just not very exciting for me. The cast of ParaNorman hits on all the stereotypes of horror movies, the problem being that they are just that and the film tries to extract humor from it, and none of it lands. Norman in particular is a very cliched outcast, who, along with an underwhelming voice performance, has predictable interactions with the rest of the cast, and when it comes down to it, with Aggie, which is supposed to be the emotional crux of the film. Aggie is actually the one interesting character here, with an extremely macabre backstory, one of the darkest I've ever seen in a children's film. It's just too bad she has to interact with blank slate Norman mainly; the film could've easily been about her and I think that would've been superb and provided the same lessons the film tries to go for. I know I'm in the minority on this film, people love it, I won't deny that its certainly a great, dark kid's film that strays from the mainstream, I love that aspect of it, but on its own, plot & characters, it fails to enrapture me in its world of zombies & witches. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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