Word: halloween
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...toss each other bottles of gatorade. In the doorway, a balding man scratches at his lotto ticket, breath held in suspended anticipation. Robert places a black, plastic bucket upside down in front of one of the registers. It reads, "CLOSED," scrawled in black and orange ink across its belly (Halloween colors). The lines have disappered: the store grows suddenly quiet. Robert and Bonnie relax. Their shift only half-over, they wait casually for the next rush...
Based on a story by Burton, the film centers on Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloweentown. After a perfectly executed Halloween--another one--Jack experiences a mid-death crisis. He longs for something to take away the monotony of endlessly scaring boys and girls. So when Jack discovers neighboring Christmastown, where children dream of sugarplums sans monsters under the bed, he will not rest until he has conquered the secret of this strange "Christmas...
...common with that movie than the Mad magazine spreads it visually resembles. Uplifting to the last, the film maintains a child's-eye-view of the wonder of Christmas. And like those television specials it is a very secular celebration of Christmas. With the blending of the holiday with Halloween, it's probably just as well that Burton steers clear of the disturbing religious overtones of the plot...
Danny Elfman is as much in his element here as Burton. A frequent Burton contributor, his soundtracks have finally found the most ideal visuals possible. Blending the hurdy-gurdy eeriness of Halloween with the jingle-bell enthusiasm of Christmas songs yields a varied collection of hysterical musical numbers. They range from festive yuletide riffs to a Cab Calloway parody sung by the aptly named Oogie Boogie...
...typical Harvard student, Halloween has lost its luster. In this month when lecture material gets serious, when the first paper deadlines lurk in the shadows, when the GRE and LSAT rear their ugly heads, October 31 is just not that scary...