Coraline

CORALINE (2009) - May 19, 2009
About a young girl who finds a portal to a strange alternate world, which at first seems perfect, but slowly reveals itself to be completely sinister. The film's striking visuals and animation were clearly the highlight -- the film itself wasn't quite as good as the visual style, but it was definitely entertaining throughout. The version I was was in 3D, which worked fairly well and was impressive in parts, though I still would have preferred to watch the non-3D version (wearing those glasses gets cumbersome as the movie goes on, not to mention the fact that they are practically sunglasses and make the film seem much less vibrant). ***