We watched the movie Coraline. The setting is at Coraline's new apartment that her family moves into in order to continue in their job. Coraline is bored with her life and thrives for adventure, she gets angry when her mother won't do what she wants, like buy her a pair of gloves she likes or decorate her room the way she wants. One day in the living room of the apartment, she finds a small trap-door that is hidden in the living room behind a layer of wallpaper. Her mother opens the door, only to find that there is a layer of brick wall behind the door.
Later that night Coraline opens the door again, and finds an alternate universe where her parents love her and do whatever she wants to do. Her "other mother" gives her yummy food, cool clothes, and whatever she desires. Coraline visits the alternate world each night and thinks it is all fun and games, until it turns horrible. The other parents want Coraline to stay in the alternate universe forever, and sew buttons into her eyes so she can match the alternate world where everyone else has buttons for eyes instead of real eyes.
The main purpose of the film is to say "You don't know what you have until it's gone" because even though Coraline hated her parents and how they act, she begins to realize how much they mean to her when the alternate universe goes bad. Her parents vanish one day, and it is up to her to save them before it is too late, and she has to stay in her alternate world forever. The theme being "love conquers all" she realizes she loves her parents more than she thinks.
I loved the animation of the movie. It was very well done, and Tim Burton's screenplay is very good. The way the characters move, act, think, and speak make the movie all the more realistic. The background music fits the music theme and made the creepy moments creepy, and the happy moments happy.
