Thank you for recognizing that the parents were just super stressed out, and not just neglecting their daughter. So many UA-cam reactors don’t see that. Besides the catalog, Coraline’s mother is still recovering from an accident which is why you see her wearing a neck brace. There were other signs that they were financially struggling. They were eating poorly at first, but got pizza and had a party with the neighbors after the catalog was finished. They tipped the moving men a dollar. They didn’t have much food in the refrigerator, etc. The story is told from Coraline’s perspective, so you really have to pay attention to details to see what’s going on with the parents. Again, props to you guys for noticing and mentioning it! 🤗
NowThatIsAwesome I was impressed how observant they were, had quite a good understanding of the movie for it being their first viewing and also predicted a lot lol
@NowThatIsAwesome most of the time people don’t mean to harm others. That doesn’t mean their actions are okay though. It’s very common for causes of neglect to be caused by troubles a parent is facing but it’s still neglect and it will still harm their child. Luckily the parents in this movie were able to sort out their financial struggles quickly both for their sakes and for the sake of their child
@@bluegirl278Well, I disagree…they weren’t neglecting her, her mother and father still were eating with her and buying things to go school and trying to tell Coraline that for now they can’t pay the attention they used to. Honestly they are exactly as all the parents I ever knew in my life, and they weren’t “neglecting”, they had problems but still love their children and took care of them pretty well. Coraline is not a baby to need her parents 24/7🤔🤨, they were fine, normal.
M Brr Yeah a lot of details in the movie are missable like Coraline's mom being genuinely concerned about her "dreams" of the other world. Makes the movie have more rewatchability though haha
I think it's because coraline is perfectly shown from a child's perspective. Coraline doesn't understand the financial crunch of moving or work deadlines or how a serious injury can all affect people. Her mom is wearing a neckbrace so it's safe to assume she's probably missed work due to whatever accident caused it.
The Other Father throughout the whole film is subtly warning Coraline. From the song he sings his song to Coraline to him getting her the first ghost eye.
The book is creepier. Also, there was no Wyborn character in the book. Coraline had to face it all alone(aside from the cat). Fun Fact: Bobinsky wears a medal that was given to the people that had participated in the Chernobyl clean up. I recommend another stop motion movie called Paranorman.
The other mother's finger tapping on her button eye turning into the sound of water dripping was actually a line directly from the book. It's not integral or crucial to the plot or storyline but it is one of those things that makes for a cool little detail and I'm glad they decided to keep it in ✨️✨️
If you guys like stop-motion, I definitely recommend Kubo and the Two Strings and ParaNorman if you haven't seen them! I think you guys will appreciate the animation, music, story, and all of it in both movies. Glad you liked Coraline - it is a little unsettling at times lol
This was a great introduction to horror for the younger audiences. In addition, it jump-started the stop-motion company, Laika, which is popular and continues to make more stop-motion films that is never done before.
@joakim berg Well there's Coraline, Paranorman, Kubo and the Two Strings, The Boxtrolls, Missing Link, and Corpse Bride, although I think it just produced Corpse Bride. It's admittedly a short list, but a very good one.
@joakim berg I highly recommend Paranorman if you like Coraline, Kubo is gorgeous, Boxtrolls and Missing Link aren't my favorites but they are very charming in their own rights.
Some of the lore and implications for the book make this so much creepier too. It's made fairly clear the cat is likely some other-worldly being similar to the other-mother who's voice somehow was directly in her mind and the gateway in the wall was something 'alive' (and breathing) so to speak that even the other-mother feared. The description implies it as being something akin to some part of some massive eldritch being. The ending when the cat disappears behind the sign even hints that his power to walk between worlds had nothing to do with the other-mother.
I don't think the cat is being hinted at as something other than a regular (maybe slightly above average intelligence) cat. Cats have always been seen as magical, showing up places out of nowhere, coming and going as they please, and generally understanding more about us and our world than they let on. The implication that *all* cats can reach this other world, and talk there, and that the other mother hates them because of this.
The term ‘the eyes are the windows to the soul’ indicates that she traps their soul using the buttons. She has another other worldly realm, I think without time which is why she knows ahead of time that coralline was coming. She fills the doll with sand rather than cotton like the former doll as well, I think because coraline is tough/hard compared to the other girl whose personality may have been softer.
Laika is the only studio right now really pushing the stop-motion art form. This film, ParaNorman, Kubo and the Two Strings, and one or two others. All films I recommend.
Actually, the Beldam [Other Mother] didn’t turn Other Father _into_ a pumpkin; she originally made him *_from_* a pumpkin, and because he wasn’t cooperating, he was slowly being turned back.
Fun fact: seemingly the reason Mr b is blue is because he was a soldier at Chernobyl you can tell this by the military medal he wears, it's a special medal given to soldiers who helped at Chernobyl also a lot of people who helped with Chernobyl suffered having blue skin from the radiation
One of the few movies I had to see twice when it was in theaters. I love this movie so much, it's so creepy and mature for young audiences. The book itself is kind of unsettling but the film is scarier than them book ever was even though the book has all stuff in it that wasn't adapted into the film. Great to see you reacting to it this promises to be entertaining
22Tesla Yeah the movie toned down some of the visual horror compared to the book I think but still brought new horrors in like the Other Wybie having his mouth sewn shut and then into a smile, not to mention having his clothes strung up. Fun fact there's actually concept art of him hanging from the flagpole by his arms, but I guess they thought that'd be too much. Admittedly I wish they'd kept things like the Spink and Forcible spider egg sack, and the dog bats being hairless but I guess they just didn't want the movie to get panned for being too scary for kids or something lol
Henry Selick actually recently made his comeback with Jordan Peele with the movie "Wendell and Wild" only months ago. If you like Coraline's aesthetic, you'll love the vibes in that movie. Hope you guys watch it
Actually I think I now get why she was looking for the well (after watching it so many times). 😆 Because she really wants to grow a garden, she wants to make sure there's a water source to help tend to their plants.
This is a great film. I watch it often. I love how you can see Bobinski on the roof of the apartments at the beginning as Coraline and her family drive up. There are a lot of great things about this movie. Read some of the facts and theories about it. I think you guys will like it.
First, why are you guys' expressions always so funny? 😭Second, I was at an animation panel when this movie came out and the described how there is only one shot in the entire movie with CGI. Even the rain drops on the window are individually animated drops of hardened glue and the entire time I was like "WHY WOULD ANYONE DO THIS TO THEMSELVES???" Thirdly, if you guys like Stop Motion I highly recommend the brand new Pinocchio movie on Netflix! it's Del Toro and despite never liking the Pinocchio story, I really fell in love with it.
Such a phenomenal film! You'd be even more surprised by this. The book Coraline almost never gotten published because it was scary for younger audiences. The daughter of Gaiman's coworker read the draft and had it approved for publishing. Years later, it was revealed the daughter lied about how it wasn't scary because she wanted to know what happened next. My God without that brave kid, there would've never been a book. And no book, no fantastic movie!😲😲😲 That's the magic of suspense: Curiously hyped about what happens next.
This is one of my favorite movies....I'm 34 years old and when I wanna watch a movie my first is either Coraline or Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory...
Here is a cool little fact for you. There were 24 different puppets of Coraline used in the making of the movie, each one took 10 individuals and 3-4 months to construct. It was a 55-week shoot and included 109,440 individually animated frames.There were at total of 207,336 possible face combinations for Coraline with all the pieces they had. Also, the song that the other father sang to Coraline foreshadowed other mother wanting to put her button eyes on Coraline. "When she comes around exploring Mom and I will never ever make it boring Our eyes will be on Coraline"
Ooh, I love this movie so much! It's funny re-watching this as an adult because I now understand all the small details I missed when I was younger, like why the parents, mainly the mom, were so grumpy throughout the movie. Thank you for reacting to this awesome movie! This was a fun reaction and you guys did a great job piecing things together! I can't wait for your next reactions.
I know, right? It personally took me until I was 21 to realize that the thing around the mother's neck was a neck brace (I always thought it was a weird collar). Yeah, I may have been a smart kid, but I was also weirdly dumb as well.
I was the only adult without a child at the cinema when I saw it (I'm a Neil Gaiman fan). It was interesting to see the reactions of both parents and children throughout. I'm also a fan of animation, especially stop motion, so adore this film. I have a Coraline doll, my only movie merchandise.
I remember watching this when I was 5, alone, in the dark, camping. It took me 3 days to finish because I was so scared 😂. Now, I love the movie and it's one of my favs! The animation is so cool, and I love how it was real and stop motion, such cool things can be made like that
What’s even crazier is before the movie ends, the garden looks like the Beldum (Other Mother). I know a few people think seeing the cat disappear means the Beldum got the key back, but my theory is, maybe there’s something else that’s more powerful or another witch she may face in the future.
One of the darkest stop motion animated movies ever made! It's from the book by Neil Gaiman, author of THE SANDMAN comics and the live action Netflix series based on the comics.
One of my childhood favorites (I was 9 when this was released) and as a child, freaked me out, but not to a point where I had to turn it off which is what makes this movie very intriguing. Although I will say to this day 24:08 still makes me incredibly uneasy from the combo of button eyes, a mouth shaped like ghost face, and a voice that still sounds playful. Besides that, the color, animation, and sound design were 👌. And this very twisted way of doing the, "too good to be true," moral lesson felt much needed for children despite the imagery. It just felt like so much passion and effort went into this more than I can say for MOST cartoons (not exaggerating). Every Halloween I put this on for the nostalgia mostly but also cause the freaky scenes are what make me come back to it. Quality film, glad y'all reacted to it.
BruteSaint I was 9 too and the part that really scared me was Coraline taking off Wybie's mask to reveal his mouth sewn into a smile. It was just such shocking and disturbing imagery, even moreso because he looked like he was in pain. Still my favorite movie, so polished with a lot of details and stuff to theorize about
I had no idea going in, what the movie was about or how it would look. My son said he wanted to see the new animated movie called Coraline. Ok! 🤷 During and after the movie, my face looked like yours, but upon a second viewing, I went from WTF 😳 to "I F*ck with this movie." 👌💯 😂
I'm really glad that you guys caught onto there being more going on with the parents than what we saw and the fact that it seems like they really were pretty good parents, just very stressed at the point in the film. We never get their side because we dont need to for the story, it's all Coraline's side because it's supposed to be, but if you pay much attention it's not hard to see that they are dealing with A Lot. They moved, probably at least partially to save on rent because the apartment is kinda run down and sketchy when they get there, they are clearly flat broke (a one dollar tip, theres no food in the fridge, refusing to get the gloves initially but buying them as soon as their articles sell and there is something in the bank) and trying to focus on getting their work done so that they can afford stuff. You can also tell that her mom was recently injured, because shes still wearing a neck brace, so I'm sure that's not helping any. They really do seem like loving and caring parents when they start getting their feet under them, but they're not stable for the majority of their screentime, and I see too many people calling them neglectful bad parents because of that. The Other Mother, aka the Beldam, created everything over in the other world as an idealized version of the real world specifically to impress and entice Coraline. She gave her the things she wanted so that she would want to stay, and that's why some of the other characters there are invested in helping her as much as they can. The other father was created specifically to be an ideal father to Coraline - naturally he wants to protect her and help her accomplish what's best for her, because he is a loving and supportive father who puts her needs and wants first, that's what he was made to be. Of course the other Wybie breaks her out of the mirror and helps her escape before he is killed for it, and of course he is unhappy at Coraline returning back to the Other Mother's house after the show -- he is Coraline's ideal best friend, so of course he tries to help and warn her and doesnt want to see her get hurt. It's what he was made to be. Both of them just know that if they fight any way except subtly she'll end them for it--which is ultimately the price both of them decide to pay.
I bet Coraline and Wybie would become paranormal investigators when they grow up, hoping to find more instances of whatever the Other Mother was and stop those entities to help people
Fun fact: the song the other father was singing in the movie was a way to try and warn her. The are hidden messages in the lyrics for example. "Making up a song about Coraline" Trying to warn her "She's a peach" The other mother is trying to eat her "She's a doll" The other mother is sipping on her "She's a pal of my" Saying that he is not on the other Mother's side. Here's a video explaining the other lyrics. ua-cam.com/users/shortsptAy2VKs2wY?feature=share
I’m glad you noticed with the parents being under stress and trying to get things done after a move and a car accident, I’ve seen other reactors just write them off as terrible parents because they only see Corolines perspective
You wanna know the most terrifying part? In the books they hint at the Tunnel being more than just that. A living breathing thing. It hungers.... The otherMother or Beldam is not even the most terrifying thing, though the book's drawings are even creepier. The cat too is something of a strange being, clearly far more than a regular house cat. Btw if you want another good story check out Neil Gaiman's short story The Price it is about a black cat too. When it comes to the Laika style try Paranorman, Boxtrolls and Kubo and the two Strings too.
Just the fact that you guys said “twin brothers react..” the fact that that is your title, I can tell your love for each other. It’s so…something else.
A circle of mushrooms is called a fairy circle which in angient times people would caution others from entering it because they might be spirited away and may be replaced with a changeling which is a fairy child.
I honestly believe that you would like The Secret of NIMH: beautiful animation, a deceptively simple but nuanced story, and an unconventional but compelling protagonist. Don Bluth at his finest, and I feel like he would love Coraline. He has a high opinion of children's nerves.
You guys need to react to Laika's other films such as Paranorman, Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings, and the Missing Link. Laika is a wonderful studio that creates stop motion films and they are criminally underrated! Everything they do is phenominal!
Its about the loss of innocence and becoming an adult. Going through the portal/tunnel is symbolic of growing up and entering a new world of adult responsibilities and concerns. Coraline, Alice In Wonderland, Wizard of Oz, Pan's Labyrinth, Spirited Away... every generation has seen some version of this theme.
Keith David voices the black cat in this movie. I love Keith so much, he's a great actor. He's Captain Anderson from the Mass Effect games and the U.S. president from Rick and Morty.
This was my favorite Halloween movie when I was a child. It had a great final, but some people used to think Coraline never escaped. There is a theory about the tunnel: maybe it was another portal to the Other World, so the Other Mother would have obtained the key.
I used to bike past Laika's studio in Portland OR. They have since moved to Hillsboro just outside of Portland but they are still very beloved in Oregon. A few years ago they did a huge exhibition at the Portland Art Museum. It was wonderful to see all the detail and imagination of the sets. My favorite was the Coraline garden which took up a whole room. They also had the 16 ft tall Skeleton from Kubo which is the largest stop motion character ever created. I highly recommend that you watch Kubo next as it's truly amazing and beautiful plus a great storyline.
Portland Art Museum did a huge exhibit a few years ago that featured all their movies. (Laika is an Oregon based studio.) I went to see it three times.
This movie is literally my all time fav. Your reactions are so real and amazing to see like,, I rarely see reaction vids where those reacting to it are genuinely focused and sucked into the film they’re watching. Y’all looked legit worried and scared at every spooky moment this movie threw at y’all and I adore it 😫. Cause,, again, most reactions just hide their feelings.
The movers are modeled after Joe Ranft and his brother Jerome, On August 16 2005 Ranft 45 and his friend Eric Frierson 39 were passengers in Ranft's 2004 Honda Element which was being driven by another friend Elegba Earl 32, Earl suddenly lost contact and crashed through a guard rail while northbound on highway 1, the suv tumbled down a cliff and plunged 130 feet (40 m) into the mouth of the Navarro River where it meets the Pacific Ocean in Mendocino County, Killing both Ranft and Earl instantly, Eric survived by escaping through the Sun roof, though he received moderate injuries, Ranft died during the production of Cars
This is a great movie for parents to watch. I remember so many people and reviews talking about how they had nightmares about their kids running away this movie scared the hell out of so many parents😂
My daughter was 6 and her sister was 4 when they asked me to watch this with them… ( they watched it with their grandparents previously) … i love this movie and we go back to it every year. They are now 9 & 7
Hope you get better soon my dude Love this movie by the way there are a lot of secrets in it and I feel like I always discover something new everytime I see it with my nephews
I heard a theory that her throwing it in the well was probably her giving it to the entity posing as the other mother. Like wybie said in the beginning something about the well being so deep that if you fall you can see a sky night full of stars, in the “other world” it was always night time and the mushrooms around it as well it’s been said they represent portals if in a circle like that
grew up watching this movie and love it also love the cat and always have thought that the cat and other mother were god like being stuck in a game that she would try to claim children lives so she could live meaning she won the game until the new one started with a victim came along while the cat would try to save them and help them but i have found out that over the past year that i was kinda slightly wrong about some of the stuff i thought but i still like my original ideas that i grew up thinking about
I suggest other Neil Gaiman adaptations like Star Dust, Good Omens (short series) or The Sandman. I also hope that one day they adapt THE GRAVEYARD BOOK with this type of animation.
Coraline was one of my favorite books that I read when I was a kid so I was super excited when the movie came out. The movie was just as great as the book!
Fun fact: in the book, Coraline is English cuz the author, Neil Gaiman is English. Fun fact #2: there’s a theory that Coraline never left the other world once she went through the door for the first time. Cuz in the book, the ghost boy said that once he saw the Beldam, he never saw his true mom again
I don't think it's necessarily true based on just that one line, especially since I'm pretty sure he was the youngest and thus the easiest for her to take advantage of, unlike Coraline who is older and more skeptical so the Beldam probably thought it better to slowly gain her trust. Not to mention that; even if it were to be the case, it'd be a terrible idea for it to be confirmed as it would invalidate everything that happens past that point, so it's better to leave the story with enough hints to make it possible without confirmation regardless.
@@ravwoofles3858 Yeah but Coraline was sus the minute she walked in the door in the book and the Beldam could def see that cuz Coraline left after being offered the buttons
@@ju2545 Exactly? Which is why she was slow about trying to get Coraline to accept the buttons at first and then gave that up entirely once it was obviously not working. So there's a good chance that the younger kid was far easier to manipulate, hence why she probably got to him instantly; and so the line about not seeing his mom again right after still makes sense without the theory of Coraline not leaving the other world. Heck you could even theorize that Beldam took the ghost boy's mom like she did Coraline's parents later on because circumstances called for it. Basically no matter what way you cut it that one line isn't enough to base a strong theory on.
I went to school for animation and had a full year of tradional animation, starting will pencil animation and then a full class of stop-motion, using things like sand, cut paper, meat, and clay.
Stuffed dogs are a little odd, but my grandparents had a stuffed wolverine in their house. Apparently I hated it as a kid but then I grew up and it was my favourite thing 😎
Thank you for recognizing that the parents were just super stressed out, and not just neglecting their daughter. So many UA-cam reactors don’t see that.
Besides the catalog, Coraline’s mother is still recovering from an accident which is why you see her wearing a neck brace.
There were other signs that they were financially struggling. They were eating poorly at first, but got pizza and had a party with the neighbors after the catalog was finished. They tipped the moving men a dollar. They didn’t have much food in the refrigerator, etc.
The story is told from Coraline’s perspective, so you really have to pay attention to details to see what’s going on with the parents.
Again, props to you guys for noticing and mentioning it! 🤗
NowThatIsAwesome I was impressed how observant they were, had quite a good understanding of the movie for it being their first viewing and also predicted a lot lol
you said it😊
@NowThatIsAwesome most of the time people don’t mean to harm others. That doesn’t mean their actions are okay though. It’s very common for causes of neglect to be caused by troubles a parent is facing but it’s still neglect and it will still harm their child. Luckily the parents in this movie were able to sort out their financial struggles quickly both for their sakes and for the sake of their child
@@bluegirl278 This! I don't understand why people think that neglect is fine as long as it's unintentional. It makes no sense.
@@bluegirl278Well, I disagree…they weren’t neglecting her, her mother and father still were eating with her and buying things to go school and trying to tell Coraline that for now they can’t pay the attention they used to. Honestly they are exactly as all the parents I ever knew in my life, and they weren’t “neglecting”, they had problems but still love their children and took care of them pretty well. Coraline is not a baby to need her parents 24/7🤔🤨, they were fine, normal.
The Other Mother pounding on the door screaming “don’t leave me, I’ll die without you!” sent me to the afterlife as a little girl 💀
No fr that scene is trauma 🤣 still sends shivers all over 😖
Between that and Rat Bobinski slinking around with his distorted voice🫠🫥
The door getting closer & closer that fast with the banging is what gets me.
@@Shythalia Same that one scares the bejesus outta me lol.
It’s the scariest moment out of the entire movie for me. Holy shit.
I was impressed that you caught the severity of thier financial problems. Most people just think that the parents are being mean and neglectful.
M Brr Yeah a lot of details in the movie are missable like Coraline's mom being genuinely concerned about her "dreams" of the other world. Makes the movie have more rewatchability though haha
Well they are being cold just not intentionally neglectful
@M Brr they were being neglectful, just not purposely or out of malice. They love her but we’re too stressed to properly give her love and attention.
The parents have a work deadline plus all the added stress from moving to a different state.
I think it's because coraline is perfectly shown from a child's perspective. Coraline doesn't understand the financial crunch of moving or work deadlines or how a serious injury can all affect people. Her mom is wearing a neckbrace so it's safe to assume she's probably missed work due to whatever accident caused it.
The Other Father throughout the whole film is subtly warning Coraline. From the song he sings his song to Coraline to him getting her the first ghost eye.
The book is creepier. Also, there was no Wyborn character in the book. Coraline had to face it all alone(aside from the cat).
Fun Fact: Bobinsky wears a medal that was given to the people that had participated in the Chernobyl clean up.
I recommend another stop motion movie called Paranorman.
Paranorman is INCREDIBLE. I did a video on it back in October and I could kick myself for not having seen it sooner.
@@RhetoricalThrill fr Paranorman was awesome, I want to watch it again now
The other mother's finger tapping on her button eye turning into the sound of water dripping was actually a line directly from the book. It's not integral or crucial to the plot or storyline but it is one of those things that makes for a cool little detail and I'm glad they decided to keep it in ✨️✨️
yes! Neil Gaiman is one of the greatest modern authors
@@anopenbook8883 absolutely 💯
Yeah I actually didn't know why Coraline was shocked when she turned around in the movie. But then I read the book.
If you guys like stop-motion, I definitely recommend Kubo and the Two Strings and ParaNorman if you haven't seen them! I think you guys will appreciate the animation, music, story, and all of it in both movies. Glad you liked Coraline - it is a little unsettling at times lol
Coraline, ParaNorman, and Kubo and The Two Strings. The Laika Trinity.
ParaNorman was really good but made me so sad. I felt bad for the little witch who was killed. I was not expecting child sacrifice in a kid film.
Kubo was sooo good!
Oh yes....Kubo is fantastic!
and "Isle of Dogs" and the probably most impressive stop motion imo "Mad God"
I like how there's signs the cat can understand what Coraline's saying before you actually hear him speak, the level of detail in the movie is great
This was a great introduction to horror for the younger audiences. In addition, it jump-started the stop-motion company, Laika, which is popular and continues to make more stop-motion films that is never done before.
And to be honest, Laika has yet to fail in making amazing things. I can't even say that any of their movies are bad, mid at their very worst.
@@darkmelodies2694 what movies have they made?
@joakim berg Well there's Coraline, Paranorman, Kubo and the Two Strings, The Boxtrolls, Missing Link, and Corpse Bride, although I think it just produced Corpse Bride. It's admittedly a short list, but a very good one.
@@darkmelodies2694 thanks, I've only seen coraline
@joakim berg I highly recommend Paranorman if you like Coraline, Kubo is gorgeous, Boxtrolls and Missing Link aren't my favorites but they are very charming in their own rights.
Some of the lore and implications for the book make this so much creepier too. It's made fairly clear the cat is likely some other-worldly being similar to the other-mother who's voice somehow was directly in her mind and the gateway in the wall was something 'alive' (and breathing) so to speak that even the other-mother feared. The description implies it as being something akin to some part of some massive eldritch being. The ending when the cat disappears behind the sign even hints that his power to walk between worlds had nothing to do with the other-mother.
I don't think the cat is being hinted at as something other than a regular (maybe slightly above average intelligence) cat.
Cats have always been seen as magical, showing up places out of nowhere, coming and going as they please, and generally understanding more about us and our world than they let on.
The implication that *all* cats can reach this other world, and talk there, and that the other mother hates them because of this.
The term ‘the eyes are the windows to the soul’ indicates that she traps their soul using the buttons. She has another other worldly realm, I think without time which is why she knows ahead of time that coralline was coming. She fills the doll with sand rather than cotton like the former doll as well, I think because coraline is tough/hard compared to the other girl whose personality may have been softer.
I'm 90% sure it's sawdust and not sand, as it was occasionally used as a doll filler
I like your read on the sand though
Fun fact: When the cake says Welcome Home, the Home has a double loop which means it’s a lie. So even though she’s welcome, she isn’t home.
Laika is the only studio right now really pushing the stop-motion art form. This film, ParaNorman, Kubo and the Two Strings, and one or two others. All films I recommend.
And if there's any studio that deserves more returning patrons for their films, it's Laika. Hands down.
Box Trolls and Missing Link we're awesome too!
Well it and ardman
Actually, the Beldam [Other Mother] didn’t turn Other Father _into_ a pumpkin; she originally made him *_from_* a pumpkin, and because he wasn’t cooperating, he was slowly being turned back.
Neil Gaimans' imagination is amazing! He wrote/writes some truly interesting and one of a kind works.
Mirrormask he wrote, but designed and directed by Dave McKean, is one I've seldom seen reacted to.
Fun fact: seemingly the reason Mr b is blue is because he was a soldier at Chernobyl you can tell this by the military medal he wears, it's a special medal given to soldiers who helped at Chernobyl also a lot of people who helped with Chernobyl suffered having blue skin from the radiation
15:21 Fun fact: The doormat saying "No whistling in the house" is a reference to how it used to be believed that whistling on stage brought bad luck.
Thanks for that, I always thought it was so not to rile the dogs up
Keith David really has a great voice; he's one of the main reasons why I love Gargoyles so much.
me too!!! Goliath has become my favorite character in the show!
@@CoaTravelNut Great minds th.. well, you know lol
The old well was a good choice to toss the key. When metal is trapped in water for years, it rusts and rusts until it's as brittle as a dry leaf.
One of the few movies I had to see twice when it was in theaters. I love this movie so much, it's so creepy and mature for young audiences. The book itself is kind of unsettling but the film is scarier than them book ever was even though the book has all stuff in it that wasn't adapted into the film. Great to see you reacting to it this promises to be entertaining
22Tesla Yeah the movie toned down some of the visual horror compared to the book I think but still brought new horrors in like the Other Wybie having his mouth sewn shut and then into a smile, not to mention having his clothes strung up. Fun fact there's actually concept art of him hanging from the flagpole by his arms, but I guess they thought that'd be too much. Admittedly I wish they'd kept things like the Spink and Forcible spider egg sack, and the dog bats being hairless but I guess they just didn't want the movie to get panned for being too scary for kids or something lol
i loved that y’all named the cat scruggly 😂😂 they never gave him a name in the movie😂
Henry Selick actually recently made his comeback with Jordan Peele with the movie "Wendell and Wild" only months ago. If you like Coraline's aesthetic, you'll love the vibes in that movie. Hope you guys watch it
I always love the scene of the doll getting disassembled and then reworked
Actually I think I now get why she was looking for the well (after watching it so many times). 😆
Because she really wants to grow a garden, she wants to make sure there's a water source to help tend to their plants.
This is a great film. I watch it often. I love how you can see Bobinski on the roof of the apartments at the beginning as Coraline and her family drive up. There are a lot of great things about this movie. Read some of the facts and theories about it. I think you guys will like it.
First, why are you guys' expressions always so funny? 😭Second, I was at an animation panel when this movie came out and the described how there is only one shot in the entire movie with CGI. Even the rain drops on the window are individually animated drops of hardened glue and the entire time I was like "WHY WOULD ANYONE DO THIS TO THEMSELVES???"
Thirdly, if you guys like Stop Motion I highly recommend the brand new Pinocchio movie on Netflix! it's Del Toro and despite never liking the Pinocchio story, I really fell in love with it.
Such a phenomenal film! You'd be even more surprised by this.
The book Coraline almost never gotten published because it was scary for younger audiences. The daughter of Gaiman's coworker read the draft and had it approved for publishing. Years later, it was revealed the daughter lied about how it wasn't scary because she wanted to know what happened next.
My God without that brave kid, there would've never been a book. And no book, no fantastic movie!😲😲😲 That's the magic of suspense: Curiously hyped about what happens next.
This is one of my favorite movies....I'm 34 years old and when I wanna watch a movie my first is either Coraline or Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory...
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I’m 34 too and I love these movies 😊
Coraline was an amazing movie! I can't wait to see your reactions 😊
Here is a cool little fact for you. There were 24 different puppets of Coraline used in the making of the movie, each one took 10 individuals and 3-4 months to construct. It was a 55-week shoot and included 109,440 individually animated frames.There were at total of 207,336 possible face combinations for Coraline with all the pieces they had.
Also, the song that the other father sang to Coraline foreshadowed other mother wanting to put her button eyes on Coraline.
"When she comes around exploring
Mom and I will never ever make it boring
Our eyes will be on Coraline"
I always thought he said "All eyes will be on Coraline"...As in, her parents will 'finally' pay attention to her.
Ooh, I love this movie so much! It's funny re-watching this as an adult because I now understand all the small details I missed when I was younger, like why the parents, mainly the mom, were so grumpy throughout the movie. Thank you for reacting to this awesome movie! This was a fun reaction and you guys did a great job piecing things together! I can't wait for your next reactions.
I know, right? It personally took me until I was 21 to realize that the thing around the mother's neck was a neck brace (I always thought it was a weird collar).
Yeah, I may have been a smart kid, but I was also weirdly dumb as well.
I was the only adult without a child at the cinema when I saw it (I'm a Neil Gaiman fan). It was interesting to see the reactions of both parents and children throughout. I'm also a fan of animation, especially stop motion, so adore this film. I have a Coraline doll, my only movie merchandise.
I remember watching this when I was 5, alone, in the dark, camping. It took me 3 days to finish because I was so scared 😂. Now, I love the movie and it's one of my favs! The animation is so cool, and I love how it was real and stop motion, such cool things can be made like that
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinnochio is a must watch. The stop motion is masterful and the story is updated to be much darker. The film is a masterpiece.
What’s even crazier is before the movie ends, the garden looks like the Beldum (Other Mother).
I know a few people think seeing the cat disappear means the Beldum got the key back, but my theory is, maybe there’s something else that’s more powerful or another witch she may face in the future.
At least your theory is not like those that says Coraline is still stuck in the other world bc, man, I think those theories does not make sense imo
My read on it was that the cat had his own special magic, and that the world is just more mysterious then it appears.
One of the darkest stop motion animated movies ever made!
It's from the book by Neil Gaiman, author of THE SANDMAN comics and the live action Netflix series based on the comics.
One of my childhood favorites (I was 9 when this was released) and as a child, freaked me out, but not to a point where I had to turn it off which is what makes this movie very intriguing. Although I will say to this day 24:08 still makes me incredibly uneasy from the combo of button eyes, a mouth shaped like ghost face, and a voice that still sounds playful.
Besides that, the color, animation, and sound design were 👌. And this very twisted way of doing the, "too good to be true," moral lesson felt much needed for children despite the imagery. It just felt like so much passion and effort went into this more than I can say for MOST cartoons (not exaggerating). Every Halloween I put this on for the nostalgia mostly but also cause the freaky scenes are what make me come back to it. Quality film, glad y'all reacted to it.
BruteSaint I was 9 too and the part that really scared me was Coraline taking off Wybie's mask to reveal his mouth sewn into a smile. It was just such shocking and disturbing imagery, even moreso because he looked like he was in pain. Still my favorite movie, so polished with a lot of details and stuff to theorize about
I was living in Ashland, Oregon (location of movie) when this came out. So cool.
I loved reading your guys emotions through your body language, body, and eyes 🤗thank you guys SO much for this reaction 💗💗
I had no idea going in, what the movie was about or how it would look. My son said he wanted to see the new animated movie called Coraline. Ok! 🤷 During and after the movie, my face looked like yours, but upon a second viewing, I went from WTF 😳 to "I F*ck with this movie." 👌💯 😂
I'm really glad that you guys caught onto there being more going on with the parents than what we saw and the fact that it seems like they really were pretty good parents, just very stressed at the point in the film. We never get their side because we dont need to for the story, it's all Coraline's side because it's supposed to be, but if you pay much attention it's not hard to see that they are dealing with A Lot. They moved, probably at least partially to save on rent because the apartment is kinda run down and sketchy when they get there, they are clearly flat broke (a one dollar tip, theres no food in the fridge, refusing to get the gloves initially but buying them as soon as their articles sell and there is something in the bank) and trying to focus on getting their work done so that they can afford stuff. You can also tell that her mom was recently injured, because shes still wearing a neck brace, so I'm sure that's not helping any. They really do seem like loving and caring parents when they start getting their feet under them, but they're not stable for the majority of their screentime, and I see too many people calling them neglectful bad parents because of that.
The Other Mother, aka the Beldam, created everything over in the other world as an idealized version of the real world specifically to impress and entice Coraline. She gave her the things she wanted so that she would want to stay, and that's why some of the other characters there are invested in helping her as much as they can. The other father was created specifically to be an ideal father to Coraline - naturally he wants to protect her and help her accomplish what's best for her, because he is a loving and supportive father who puts her needs and wants first, that's what he was made to be. Of course the other Wybie breaks her out of the mirror and helps her escape before he is killed for it, and of course he is unhappy at Coraline returning back to the Other Mother's house after the show -- he is Coraline's ideal best friend, so of course he tries to help and warn her and doesnt want to see her get hurt. It's what he was made to be. Both of them just know that if they fight any way except subtly she'll end them for it--which is ultimately the price both of them decide to pay.
My aunts 8 year is one of those kids where she gets scared of everything yet this is one of her favorite movies we done understand it
I just love that you guys get so invested in these animated movies! I
I bet Coraline and Wybie would become paranormal investigators when they grow up, hoping to find more instances of whatever the Other Mother was and stop those entities to help people
Also the other mothers hands are made from sewing needles. That’s why they’re sharp and it’s fitting for her character
Dakota Fanning did a great job in this movie
Fun fact: the song the other father was singing in the movie was a way to try and warn her. The are hidden messages in the lyrics for example.
"Making up a song about Coraline"
Trying to warn her
"She's a peach"
The other mother is trying to eat her
"She's a doll"
The other mother is sipping on her
"She's a pal of my"
Saying that he is not on the other Mother's side. Here's a video explaining the other lyrics. ua-cam.com/users/shortsptAy2VKs2wY?feature=share
This is actually one of my all time favorite animated movies!
You were both really engaged. Love that. Coraline is a wonder!
At the end of the book, it's revealed that the well was a tunnel to the other mother's world. Caroline delivered the key back to her.
I’m glad you noticed with the parents being under stress and trying to get things done after a move and a car accident, I’ve seen other reactors just write them off as terrible parents because they only see Corolines perspective
You wanna know the most terrifying part?
In the books they hint at the Tunnel being more than just that. A living breathing thing. It hungers....
The otherMother or Beldam is not even the most terrifying thing, though the book's drawings are even creepier. The cat too is something of a strange being, clearly far more than a regular house cat.
Btw if you want another good story check out Neil Gaiman's short story The Price it is about a black cat too.
When it comes to the Laika style try Paranorman, Boxtrolls and Kubo and the two Strings too.
Just the fact that you guys said “twin brothers react..” the fact that that is your title, I can tell your love for each other. It’s so…something else.
Seeing this movie when it came out in the theatre with the 3D glasses was definitely an experience lol 😂
He was blue in the 'real world' as well. He was a liquidator in the Chernobyl incident that's why he had that skin color.
A circle of mushrooms is called a fairy circle which in angient times people would caution others from entering it because they might be spirited away and may be replaced with a changeling which is a fairy child.
I honestly believe that you would like The Secret of NIMH: beautiful animation, a deceptively simple but nuanced story, and an unconventional but compelling protagonist. Don Bluth at his finest, and I feel like he would love Coraline. He has a high opinion of children's nerves.
coraline been my favorite since i was 9 years old
This is one of my favorite movies
Yesssssss another cool animated movie to watch here we go. You two are legends 😁😁😁😁
I feel like Coraline would make a great point and click adventure game.
Yes, good idea
You guys need to react to Laika's other films such as Paranorman, Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings, and the Missing Link. Laika is a wonderful studio that creates stop motion films and they are criminally underrated! Everything they do is phenominal!
I feel like you guys would be sewing in the buttons after seeing the gravy train lol
Its about the loss of innocence and becoming an adult. Going through the portal/tunnel is symbolic of growing up and entering a new world of adult responsibilities and concerns. Coraline, Alice In Wonderland, Wizard of Oz, Pan's Labyrinth, Spirited Away... every generation has seen some version of this theme.
Keith David voices the black cat in this movie. I love Keith so much, he's a great actor. He's Captain Anderson from the Mass Effect games and the U.S. president from Rick and Morty.
This was my favorite Halloween movie when I was a child. It had a great final, but some people used to think Coraline never escaped. There is a theory about the tunnel: maybe it was another portal to the Other World, so the Other Mother would have obtained the key.
I used to bike past Laika's studio in Portland OR. They have since moved to Hillsboro just outside of Portland but they are still very beloved in Oregon. A few years ago they did a huge exhibition at the Portland Art Museum. It was wonderful to see all the detail and imagination of the sets. My favorite was the Coraline garden which took up a whole room. They also had the 16 ft tall Skeleton from Kubo which is the largest stop motion character ever created. I highly recommend that you watch Kubo next as it's truly amazing and beautiful plus a great storyline.
I watch Coroline every Halloween. The aesthetic and music is beautifully creepy. One of my absolute favorite animated films.
They had the props from this movie on display at Universal Hollywood some years ago. It was amazing to see.
Portland Art Museum did a huge exhibit a few years ago that featured all their movies. (Laika is an Oregon based studio.) I went to see it three times.
People have made many theories that Coraline never left the other world
Scrunkly is officially in my lexicon from this moment forward
My 6 year old niece made me watch this with her. She had already seen it & wanted to put me on to a good movie. There is hope, 😂!
I adore this movie and everything about it 💜🖤💜
This movie is literally my all time fav. Your reactions are so real and amazing to see like,, I rarely see reaction vids where those reacting to it are genuinely focused and sucked into the film they’re watching. Y’all looked legit worried and scared at every spooky moment this movie threw at y’all and I adore it 😫. Cause,, again, most reactions just hide their feelings.
Bobinsky is blue and eccentric because he was part of the Cherynobl cleanup. Based off he medal
"This has got to be a horror film for bald people.." LOL 😂😂
Also "Skrunkly". LMAO
Coraline was the most horrifying animated film I ever saw in my life when I was young
Same here.
The movers are modeled after Joe Ranft and his brother Jerome, On August 16 2005 Ranft 45 and his friend Eric Frierson 39 were passengers in Ranft's 2004 Honda Element which was being driven by another friend Elegba Earl 32, Earl suddenly lost contact and crashed through a guard rail while northbound on highway 1, the suv tumbled down a cliff and plunged 130 feet (40 m) into the mouth of the Navarro River where it meets the Pacific Ocean in Mendocino County, Killing both Ranft and Earl instantly, Eric survived by escaping through the Sun roof, though he received moderate injuries, Ranft died during the production of Cars
This is one of my favorite animated movies besides The Halloween before Christmas
This is a great movie for parents to watch. I remember so many people and reviews talking about how they had nightmares about their kids running away this movie scared the hell out of so many parents😂
My daughter was 6 and her sister was 4 when they asked me to watch this with them… ( they watched it with their grandparents previously) … i love this movie and we go back to it every year. They are now 9 & 7
I did a whole analysis on this movie in my first semester of my community college. Very good movie
Hope you get better soon my dude
Love this movie by the way there are a lot of secrets in it and I feel like I always discover something new everytime I see it with my nephews
I heard a theory that her throwing it in the well was probably her giving it to the entity posing as the other mother. Like wybie said in the beginning something about the well being so deep that if you fall you can see a sky night full of stars, in the “other world” it was always night time and the mushrooms around it as well it’s been said they represent portals if in a circle like that
Awesome, getting my popcorn now! Creepy cool movie
I love that you guys immediately named the cat😂✨️ Great movie choice! Definitely check out some more Stop-Motion you'll love them!
grew up watching this movie and love it also love the cat and always have thought that the cat and other mother were god like being stuck in a game that she would try to claim children lives so she could live meaning she won the game until the new one started with a victim came along while the cat would try to save them and help them but i have found out that over the past year that i was kinda slightly wrong about some of the stuff i thought but i still like my original ideas that i grew up thinking about
This is one of *those* PG films that are truly worth the rating and yet way too scary for children. A genuine modern classic!
Not many of those kinds of PG rated movies these days. Unlike the 1970s and 1980s. Those PG movies were not afraid to takes in traumatizing kids.
OH HELL YEAH, excited to see how you liked it!
Fun fact: in the book it's an actual hand at the end and it stalks her for a few days before going down the well
Couldn’t help but notice your Cape Breton Island tshirt! Always so cool to see my hometown island out in the wild! ❤
I suggest other Neil Gaiman adaptations like Star Dust, Good Omens (short series) or The Sandman. I also hope that one day they adapt THE GRAVEYARD BOOK with this type of animation.
Second Stardust! Gorgeous and fun film.
I knew I recognised his name! The graveyard book is excellent!
Bro literally EVERYONE has been getting sick this week, I just got over it myself
“It’s got peaches and bugs” 😭
Coraline was one of my favorite books that I read when I was a kid so I was super excited when the movie came out. The movie was just as great as the book!
Fun fact: in the book, Coraline is English cuz the author, Neil Gaiman is English.
Fun fact #2: there’s a theory that Coraline never left the other world once she went through the door for the first time. Cuz in the book, the ghost boy said that once he saw the Beldam, he never saw his true mom again
I don't think it's necessarily true based on just that one line, especially since I'm pretty sure he was the youngest and thus the easiest for her to take advantage of, unlike Coraline who is older and more skeptical so the Beldam probably thought it better to slowly gain her trust. Not to mention that; even if it were to be the case, it'd be a terrible idea for it to be confirmed as it would invalidate everything that happens past that point, so it's better to leave the story with enough hints to make it possible without confirmation regardless.
@@ravwoofles3858 Yeah but Coraline was sus the minute she walked in the door in the book and the Beldam could def see that cuz Coraline left after being offered the buttons
@@ju2545 Exactly? Which is why she was slow about trying to get Coraline to accept the buttons at first and then gave that up entirely once it was obviously not working. So there's a good chance that the younger kid was far easier to manipulate, hence why she probably got to him instantly; and so the line about not seeing his mom again right after still makes sense without the theory of Coraline not leaving the other world. Heck you could even theorize that Beldam took the ghost boy's mom like she did Coraline's parents later on because circumstances called for it. Basically no matter what way you cut it that one line isn't enough to base a strong theory on.
One of my favorite movies thank you
I went to school for animation and had a full year of tradional animation, starting will pencil animation and then a full class of stop-motion, using things like sand, cut paper, meat, and clay.
Stuffed dogs are a little odd, but my grandparents had a stuffed wolverine in their house. Apparently I hated it as a kid but then I grew up and it was my favourite thing 😎
The taffy hand snap gets me every time.