After a long, stressful and sleepless week, I finally got some time to relax when watching the “Nightmare before Christmas” in the dining hall with a few of my friends. To be quite honest, when I was younger, I used to never watch this movie when it was on during the Halloween and Christmas season. Well, it was for a few reasons. This movie never appealed to me because of the skeletons. I never seemed to find horror appealing so I was always like no thanks.
However, now that I had to sit through this movie, I realized that this movie is completely different that what my perception of this movie actually was. I realized that the movie is more about going out of one’s way to understand and adapt a holiday that is new to them. Jack was sick of Halloween and he wanted to pursue something that was different because he genuinely loved it. His passion to understand and celebrate Christmas can be seen but the way he executes his plan and kidnaps Santa is pretty funny. The music and the plot combine to create a wonderful experience for the viewer. Though this is a childhood Disney film, I’m happy I was able to watch it as a young adult.
I like this. Makes me think of Jack as like a struggling college student who doesn’t know what to do with his life. So maybe it was meant for people in our age group and not children all along?
I think it’s really cool that you had a change of heart with this movie. Having seen it for the first time when I was young, I can’t help but wonder to what extent that has influenced my love for it now. I think it offers great perspective to revisit things from our youth with a more critical eye.