The Clackamas print., February 25, 2009, Image 3

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Wednesday,'Feb. 25, 2009
toraline dazzles the buttons
la Berge
Kamas Print
■virc Mice, there’s a new cat
■ Thankfully, with a new
■ a less cheery disposition,
»is a Imie more willing to
new Ji damsel in distress,
fH in ' ' tiuiV'tiimcnsioiiil
”V| ine s|ehds her days trapped
H ¡ni.il new life after moving
M w home with her dirt-fear-
[■ iv cuts. ()nce there, she
J b_\ those average cooky
i that ha\ e way too much
far. hands, and a bizarre
is |iM a little too nerdy,
loo close to her age. She
’a pesky Cheshire-like
^^Hwith no name, voiced by
lid, who guides Caroline
|r new adventure.
I the nights she crawls
small door, down a brightly
Bie that leads to the world
■ways dreamed of. In this
■orld, there is a full blown
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yus, a stunning opera, with
:wi Kturbing images, a magical
1 and caring, loving parents
!
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jenvy
to boot. Who would, in their right
mind, want to go back to the “real”
world?
■ However, like all things, this
awesome “other” world comes with
a price. If Coraline wants to stay,
she has to sew buttons over her eyes.
Look on the bright side “Black is tra­
ditional,” but there are other colors
to choose from.
Now the plot is good, but a little
family movie traditional. Like most
family movies, it starts out with a
girl who wants something more than
what her new life has to offer. But,
what happens when what you want
is really the spinnings of at child-nap­
ping psycho who, “just wants some­
thing to love?’ This is the recipe of
a good animated movie, laced with
a dark and creepy atmosphere, that
even Tim Burton and Lewis Carroll
can be proud of.
It can’t be easy for a family story
like this to step away from its happy
sun rays of “happily” ever after.
Who faces a ferocious dragon nowa­
days? Who still counts on a prince
that rides up on a shimmering stead
guided by dysfunctional fairies?
With the creative and already
dark minds ofNeil Gai man, the man
worth reading
ila Emily Bashaw
■Chief
|is unlike any other dog
pws it; he sees the world
e eyes of a human phi-
id tells the story -of his-
tein’s third novel, “Racing
^■1." begins with Enzo at the
■ his life, humbly reminiscing
^■enluro lie has shared with
l)ciin\ Swift, a mechanic
^K-cai di i\ er, w idowed hus-
BiJfather.
bom on a farm and
pn i than Seattle, believes that
[be
reincarnated as a human,
il he learned from a docu-
■bout Mongolian beliefs.
B e foundation of Enzo’s life,
■Aumans in awe and admi-
■wing one day he will be
■he while often seeing things
■can’t, including pending
His obsession with the human
condition, and opposable thumbs,
leads him to listen very closely to
what Denny says and does.
He learns quickly that life is often
like a race, it’s not about rushing or
thinking ahead, or in Enzo’s words,
.-¡memojy is time folding back on
itself. To remember is to disengage
from the present. In order to reach
any kind of success in automobile
racing, a driver must never remem­
ber.”
On his deathbed he shares mem­
ories of the birth of Denny’s only
child, Zoe, the death of his wife Eve,
and the never-ending struggle to win
the race called life, even when the
roads are wet and dangerous.
The story offers a heart-tugging,
storyline, with the thrill of a car-race
and contemplation on humility and
hope for everyone. Enzo takes the
reader on an unforgettable journey
of pain, redemption and self-aware­
ness through the eyes - and nose
- of a dog.
who wrote the book, and Henry
Selick, who converted Gaiman’s
novella into a screen play, the movie
companies have finally learned that
the girls don’t need that princess
charm anymore. If there’s a danger­
ous looking thing charging at her on
wheels, then she’s got a new gump­
tion to hit it with a dousing rod, and
knock it over on the ground.
The third dimension is now the
alternative to the mundane two-
dimensional movie. But, that’s the
exact attitude that ends up being
deadly to the little new star, Coraline.
The question is, is it really worth the
few extra bucks to see it in 3D?
It real ly depends on whether you
care about depth. There are not too
mahy places in the movie that things
pop out at the audience. The initial
needle and thread will draw out the
first “Oooo” from the audience, but
the viewer must wait to the ending,
after the credits, to get the “Aaaa”.
With all the semi-disappointing
three-dimensional effects, Coraline
is still beautiful to watch and enter­
taining to go see. There is the
alternative to go see Coraline in its
two-dimensional stage, but isn’t that
a little too ordinary?
Photo illustration by Kayla Berge Clackamas Print
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