Post by Mist On Fire on Aug 27, 2008 0:05:31 GMT -5
Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas is a stop-motion animated feature with a story theme focusing on finding yourself and your true place in the world.
The story.....
In Halloween Town,Jack Skellington is the Pumpkin King,ruler of all things scary,buried,and frightful. But Jack has grown weary of the annual routine and longs for something different. The ragdoll Sally knows how he feels,for she too wishes to experience the wonders of her world. She frequently drugs her creator to sleep to sneak out and do so. One night,during one such escape,she overhears Jack's yearning song he sings aloud as he departs for a long walk into the forest.
Lost in thought,jack loses track of time and finds himself in a remote section of the woods with a strange circle of trees. Each tree has a door shaped like the symbols of each holiday.The Christmas tree shaped door has him mesmerized and he opens it to investigate. He is then swept inside to a whole new world called Christmas town.
Believing he has found what was missing in his heart,he returns to town and shares his newfound wonder with them.At the town meeting,everyone has joined Jack in "improving" the holiday and while the three top Trick or Treaters,Lock,Shock,and Barrel set off to kidnap "Sandy Claws" and take him to the lair of Oogie Boogie for safe keeping ,Jack prepares to take his place on Christmas Eve. Sally has a vision of a Christmas tree burning and tries unsuccessfuly to stop Jack from leaving.
The children are not happy with the scary presents and screaming erupts that Jack mistakes for thankfulness. Sally is listening to the disaster unfold on the radio and goes to find where Sandy Claws was taken to free him and fix the mess. The national guard has been called in to stop the reign of terror Jack is spreading and blasts him out of the sky.
As Jack lays among the wreckage of his skeleton sleigh,he realizes all along he was perfectly fine the way he was and also goes to set things right.He arrives at Oogie Boogie's lair and finds that Sally is his captive guest as well.Jack fights to save his friends and defeats Oogie.Once freed,"Sandy Claws" rescues Christmas.
Jack and Sally walk off together as snow begins to fall on Halloween Town.
The End