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ParaNorman is a 2012 American animated comedy horror film directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler (the latter's feature directorial debut), and written by Butler. Produced by Laika, the film stars the voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jodelle Ferland, Bernard Hill, Tucker Albrizzi, Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Leslie Mann, Jeff Garlin, Elaine Stritch, Tempestt Bledsoe, Alex Borstein, and John Goodman. It is the first stop-motion film to use a 3-D color printer to create character faces, and only the second to be shot in 3-D. In the film, Norman Babcock, a young boy who can communicate with ghosts, is given the task of ending a 300-year-old witch's curse on his Massachusetts town.
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Coraline
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Coraline but it's really close but movies are amazing and so fantastic
I like how Judge Hopkins and the zombies of the old townsfolk realize how cruel they were to Aggie after experiencing mob mentality from her perspective. Hopkins knows what he did was unforgivable, but still does and do what he can to make it right so they can all rest in peace.
Agreed. Sometimes, all it takes to become better is a little change in perspective.
@@watershipup7101 the third act of this movie is awesome!!
@@watershipup7101 Tell that to Marleyans.
Best part of the zombies feeling bad is its historically accurate. After the salem witch trials when the people came to there senses they apparently deeply regretted what they did with one of the judges writing a public confession and fasting annually in atonement for his role in it.
I liked that Mitch was hesitant to let Neil befriend Norman, not because he was a bully, but because he didn't want his brother to be bullied alongside Norman.
possibly the first sign that Mitch was gay, a big muscly guy who looks alright understands that kind of thing? he was being bullied for some reason and it wasn't his intelligence, he seems to be fine with that.
What a film. It always cuts me up when he says, "The longer it stayed, the less there was of the little girl." Hatred can make us into monsters. Kindness makes us human.
💯💯💯Exactly
@@chasehedges6775 so true!!
That reminds me of the RPG horror game Misao. Where a bullied Japanese school girl came back and put a curse on her whole school after she was quite literally harassed and bullied to death. And there’s a scene in one of the endings where you go to her grave, hold up a mirror and show her her face and she’s turned into a horrifying monster cause of it.
The scene were Agatha surrounds Norman and starts pushing and shoving him reminds me of the part of the game where Misao surrounds one of her bullies with clones of herself and start pushing and kicking them. And you have to throw salt on them to make her stop.
@@ToxicCatt-y7c Interesting
@@chasehedges6775 Not only did she lash out at people who hurt her, she also ended up raising the dead much like Agatha. The whole school was flooded with ghosts and zombies. There was even a ghost girl who you gotta avoid in the one of the restrooms. Which coincidentally reminds me of Norman’s uncle coming out the toilet.
This movie had surprisingly deep messages about discrimination, mob mentality, and how we deal with the past. Note that the whole town has turned the horrific hanging of a little girl into a tourist attraction so they can profit off it. However, just like the ghosts that Norman can speak to, the past will not stay buried forever, and we as people need to learn how to live with that.
Unfortunately, this stuff still happens in 2024 no thanks to social media. Just without the lynching.
@@ToxicCatt-y7c You're sure about that?
@@arlenfreeman3439 considering the many cases of people being falsely accused online…yes
@@ToxicCatt-y7c I meant the lynchings.
I'm not sure if the townspeople knew Aggie was a little girl, it could be a detailed lost to history (wouldn't be the first time that happened).
"What about the people who hurt you? Don't you want them to suffer?"
"Well, yeah. But what good would that do?"
That is my favorite line in the entire film. Even when Norman was bullied, he knew that even if he fought back, nothing was gonna change the situation. It is better to forgive and understand then to just let the hate continue. A true masterpiece!
And I thought Pixar Mom's had ridiculous proportions. The cheerleader and the cop specifically might have them beat.
“All of us can get lost in our own extremism and lose our humanity to it, as well as destroy the humanity of others.”
I needed to hear this quote. Thanks for reviewing one of my favs ❤️
GOOD LINE! ❤
That quote is necessary considering what’s going on today.
sasuke be like
Mitch being gay was actually an idea from the director to stay true to the film's message of not judging people. Plus, I love how Courtney's reaction to "You're gonna love my boyfriend" wasn't something like "What? He's gay?!" and instead was something like "What? He's taken?!"
I’m not sure if they weren’t allowed to explicitly have Mitch “come out” to Courtney. This was only 3 YEARS before gay marriage became legal in all 50 American states.
I wish modern entertainment handled such subject matter half as well as they did with Mitch.
I disagree. I always took her expression at the end as sort of bit pissed off because despite everything she did he would've never been interested in her anyways. The joke does come from the fact that he's gay but not at his expense.
That doesn't make it good
No it was the opposite. It was to show that anyone is capable of prejudice including those who belong to a persecuted group
I think ParaNorman was more of a reflection on society and how people working together can do both great and awful things.
Coraline was more of a personal story, pitying Coraline not just up against the Other Mother, but her own fears and the self-centeredness that hopefully, most of us grow out of.
Funny how both Parnorman and Scooby Doo Zombie Island as zombies be a red herring
I mean when you think about it beeing a zombie is pretty sad. Like you are a living corpse with no brain, you are barelly a treat since you are easy to take out unless you are with a legion, you do nothing but looking for food wich is not that much and you are basically an infected freak.
Beeing a zombie is a pretty sad story compare to monsters who are aware of their doings and do awfull things.
That’s actually kind of funny because one of ParaNorman inspirations is Scooby Doo!
Now if you only had two nickels due to how weird that it happened twice.
@@motor4X4kombat
Very true! Imo, another great zombie movie that really showcases how tragic and sad being a zombie would be is Return of the Living Dead. It's the movie that popularized zombies going after brains - but something people forget about why the zombies go after brains is because they're in constant pain, seek living people's brains for relief from that pain.
Definitely recommend the movie - it's full of 80s-ness and has some dark comedy moments, but also has some moments that made me, tear up in my experience.
@@nicholassims9837
A large portion of zombie films actually has zombies as the red herring. The main point of zombies as a sub genre/villain is not the zombies themselves, more often than not, but that other people, specifically desperate people, are much more monstrous than the monsters.
This film is so damn good.
That whole sequence at 19:30 with him trying to get through to her, her screaming at him and herself and splitting apart and screeching - followed by the calm when she lets go of her hatred makes me cry every time
Soooo true.
As I’ve discovered, it’s one of the best films of 2012. FOR A DARN GOOD REASON!
THAT ENDING IS SO AMAZING! 😭😭😭
@@Stopmotionfanartist IKR
I do like the story with the judges, the reason Agatha tried to rise them up every time was for the same reason she died, because they're different, and thus will be killed by the town, just like she was, and the fact their souls only went away once Agatha passed on means that they had no choice but to wait in their graves for decades, hoping one day to either be killed or able to move on, they were bad people, but back then they weren't sure how the world worked, and compared to modern times, it's just another story, but for them this is a nightmare, and that's exactly what Agatha wanted.
And them not smiling really shows just what they thought of all this, regret and sorrow, they can move on, but after what they've experienced, it's difficult to truly be happy, because they know what they did.
Exactly
The epitome of a fate worse than death.
Paranorman, Frankenweenie, and Hotel Transylvania were the trifecta of animated horror theme movies for kids in 2012, unless you count Ooogie Loves and the Great Balloon Adventure.
Sooooo true
Not to mention coraline
*PARANORMAN😊
@@chasehedges6775 The spellchecker is evil
The Oogieloves in the big balloon adventure is live action not animated but still scary for kids
The twist reveal is extremely dark for a kids' film, and I remember being shocked to my core as a child. Also, they causally had a gay character admit that he had a boyfriend, showing how it's no big deal.
This film was really good. 💯
It’s dark until you realize that a lot of the accused were young women and slaves.
Most of the accused were young women so, it’s not surprising they chose a young girl for the twist part.
“What’ch you watching?”
“Sex and violence.”
This line deserves far more love
Yea the Muppets are great
Still blows my mind a kids movie had the main antagonist be a literal child that was hung in the 1600s. Yeah we never see it, but we're told multiple times the Witch was hung.
It’s disturbingly brutal for an animated film.
@@chasehedges6775 agreed
Hanged*
Hanged.
I mean, I can't say for sure that she wasn't also hung, because I cannot and would rather not check, but she was definitely hanged.
What's hangin'?
Something I really like is when Aggie asked Norman if he wanted to see his tormentors suffer, instead of saying “no that’s evil” or “no because- (insert cliched speech about forgiveness here)” He actually says “yes” without much hesitation
Fun Fact: During the last few weeks leading up to the film's release, Laika sent 49 packages to 49 people (including Neil Gaiman and Kevin Smith and Jenny "The Bloggess" Lawson). Each package consisted of a wooden crate from "Blithe Hollow" full of "grave dirt" which recipients had to dig through to unearth a coffin. Inside the coffin was one of the seven cursed zombies, complete with background information and name.
So that’s where Gaiman got the grave he likes to roll in, but where did George Lucas get his?
@@mattphillips3537 George Lucas probably got a lightsaber
Going to start flagging these as spam. You've been warned about cluttering up the comment section with copy-paste after copy-paste but you keep doing it. It's not AS bad as the repetitive spam bots but it's getting too close to that point.
@@chasehedges6775 a special lightsaber that cuts and alters film reel?
A Post Credits Scene Fact: There is an after-credits scene showing in time-lapse the designing and construction on a workbench of the Norman character, which ends with Norman coming to life as if waking up from sleep and leaving the scene.
I always adore the post credits of Laika movie show the wonder and hardwork of Stop Motion.
wtf?? Your comment had the tiktok thing where a phrase turns searchable when you tap it
Sometimes I somehow missed seeing post-credits scenes during movies when I was younger. But the end credits song "Little Ghost" by The White Stripes is a banger!
Happy Leif Erickson Day!
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Yingin-hinga-dinga!
Hinga dinga durgen
Hinga Dinga Durgen!!
Vinland ho!
“You’re got to meet my boyfriend.” That statement just saddens her and it was hilarious.
A Behind the Scenes Fact: Animating the cheesy horror film that Norman is watching at the start of the movie was reportedly very difficult for the filmmakers, as they had to intentionally make a bad film (bad camera angles, poor focus, bad "acting" etc) while still working in the very technically demanding confines of stop motion animation
That is understandable! When you are good at something, it honestly takes a lot of effort to be bad.
Enforced Method Acting (from TV Tropes): Kodi Smit-McPhee (the voice of Norman) has recalled in interviews that for certain scenes (such as the bathroom scene and car chase scene) he would have to shake himself in his chair or even stand up to achieve the desired effect.
Interesting
Such an underrated masterpiece that Im glad more people are recognising.
Norman is a character I can relate to; while I can't see ghosts, I understand the feeling of being isolated as a special outcast because of mental or psychological conditions you are born with that others have a hard time understanding, and for me personally Im autistic and mental psychosis. The scariest part of the entire movie is that accusing a child of being a witch and them executing her is DEFINITELY something that happened during that time period. I do appreciate how the zombies realise what they did was wrong and genuinely feel remorse after being cursed for decades, coming to understand the era of their ways. This movie has so many deeper themes, and the twist with the witch being a little really recontextualises the movie in the best way and makes its themes all the more poignant
"I didn't ask to be born this way."
"Funny; neither did we."
I'm on the autism spectrum. Parents who say things like that are not "afraid for" their special-needs kid; they wish their kid was "normal" so they wouldn't have to deal with their problems. That's how the Dad treats Norman throughout the whole film, and is the sole reason I find it unwatchable.
Another Behind the Scenes Fact: The chase scene was incredibly difficult for various reasons. "If you think about this van racing down these roads then the roads physically have to be built," said director Chris Butler. "And we had a road that was seventy feet long I think, and that, of course, is flanked on either side by hand-made trees, hand-made road, and the van has to be animated by hand with all these characters inside it."
7:25 of course, you'd gotta bring up the ol' Agatha All Along meme. 😂
15:28 the reveal about who Agatha really was, that truly makes this film stand out
My favorite quote
Agatha - Don't you want to hurt them for hurting you?
Norman - Well... what good would that do?
Thought-provoking
A lot of people need to watch it for that line alone.
@@MidnightSonnet Definitely
It is an interesting thing to think about, is either extreme right? where is the right spot on the range between no action and hundreds of years of torture.
Also considering that to inflict that pain on them she deprived herself of being with her mother in the afterlife.
Is the rest of your life and possible eternity a reasonable exchange to make for it? definitely not.
Should the judges have been punished also certainly.
Now if their ends were as painful as her own is that enough? Is the crime of ending a little girl repaid with the lives of middle aged people?
There is no right answer to any of this and if he had said "Well sure but what about you Agatha? Why not move on and be with your loved ones?" it would have been just as true and correct.
Funny at the 2013 Oscar's we had no only 2 horror stop motion (paranorman, frankenweenie)for Best Animated Feature but make it 3 whole stop motion films nominated (The pirates)
And they picked the worst possible option for the winner
At least 10 years later, another stop-motion movie would actually WIN best animated feature: “Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio”! 😊
15:46 I literally ha same reaction, I swear the truth reveal of this film is one of the best twists I ever seen in cinema! To say I was shock, jaw dropped and a grey is sugarcoating it. This film should have gotten an Oscar.
I agree with you. While Wreck-It Ralph did deserved an Oscar win over Brave, it should've have won (especially with non-Disney animated films in the recent years).
7:18 Fun fact: The teacher is voiced by Alex Borstein, the voice of Lois Griffin in Family Guy.
24:21 Gotta love that subtle “It’s Randy.” from the James and the Giant Peach review. XD
That reminder that I hope Burton and Selick make a stop motion film of Medievil.
Pretty sure they stopped making stop action movies after that one movie about the girl and those 2 demons
Just want to say off the bat that I *loved* "Mary & Max" - I stumbled across it on Netflix one night and put it on thinking it'd be a good one to fall asleep to. Cut to 4 AM and I'm still awake and thinking about how impactful the movie I'd just finished was.
The most disturbing part about the reveal with Aggie is that the movie makes it very clear how she was executed. Hanging. She's even buried under the tree they hung her from. Because hanging relies on body weight to break the neck, there's a good chance Aggie was too small and they botched it.
It probably took her a long time to die. Just horrible.
I love ParaNorman, that movie brought back stop motion animation towards 80s PG movies like Return to Oz! This is what animated PG movies should be!
Norman and Agatha being related was something that I only pieced together after seeing the movie a 3rd time. The fact they trust the audience enough to figure that out on is a mark of a great movie.
To quote the late great Norm Macdonald and something i'm sure John Goodman might be thinking about right now is “It is often better to be restricted to necessity than unconfined in the measure of our desires: prosperity destroys more individuals than adversity ruins.”
I fucking love Norm. It doesn’t seem like something he would say but also seems exactly like something he would say. He was able to straddle the line between brilliant and seemingly ignorant so effortlessly. He’d convince Larry King that he doesn’t know how to pronounce “iron” on one day, then school Neil deGrasse Tyson on cosmic existentialism on another.
Adversity definitely ruins more but some people don't handle prosperity well. I can only think of people who drugged himself to death while being really rich. Maybe with less money it would have been harder but that seems like a bell curve issue.
I once said, "The misunderstood are sometimes the ones rejected, and some can show they are not the ones to be feared but loved and cared."
Soooo true💯💯
The right way to do a sympathetic antagonist RIGHT! And properly.
Shrek would approve.
@@estebangutierrez160 Onions have layers.
@@chasehedges6775 Truer words have never been spoken
The animated kid film to features an openly gay character.
That we don’t even know is such until the last 5 minutes
@@silashurd3597 one of the best jokes in the whole movie!
@silashurd3597 Not explicitly but there's some great subtle hints to pick up on for those in the know.
Finally a true threat and horror to children!
And it was handle it greatly
ParaNorman was such a shock. The entire time I was pretty convinced the witch would be typical 'old hag' in the woods sort of monster because that's what everyone in town thought, revealing Agatha as a little girl genuinely hit hard. People might protest that it was too dark but this kind of thing happened a lot when people thought witches were a threat to their lives. It's a wonderful film, perfect for Halloween, and every time I watch I notice something new in the background.
Is Norman’s dad worse than Chicken Little’s dad?
Then again Little’s dad never directly said he hated him. 🤔
The whole movie's premise is better than the actual Chicken Little film itself. Even tho, he's not as bad as Buck Cluck.
ParaNorman is one of the few stop motion films that I like, Next to Coraline. Other than that I'm not that big a fan of stop motion stuff, I mean I don't hate it but I can certain appreciate it because like all animation stop motion is an art.
Well said. It’s a great Film
Coraline and ParaNorman are one of my favorite laika studio movies
Especially Box trolls
Kubo as well is amazing.
@@chasehedges6775 indeed, I still have a soft spot for Corpse Bride too
4:33 I do really hope he review Mary and max, it dark but possibly one of the greatest movies that touches on a certain sensitive subject and respects it to it’s core which not many movies do on that subject, beautiful and emotional no other word for it
PARANORMAN! Underrated gem! Called it! Happy spooky season 🎃
It’s fantastic and Happy Halloween🎃🎃🎃
Say NC, I got some ideas of Stop Motion films I would like you to review:
-Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Wererabbit
-Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
-Corpse Bride
-The Lego Movie
9:12-9:16 Dad here, it’s not quite the same as chicken little. Chicken little’s dad was cruel and abusive towards his son because all he cared about was what other people thought about him. Norman’s dad has been trying and trying to help his son get over his ghost issues because he wants to help him but nothing works. I doubt it started with him being angry, I bet it started with kindness and compassion that didn’t work at fixing the issue. And he progressively got angrier. And it’s probably extra painful because the ghost of his own mother got involved. Those feelings of being useless to help your son can compound into being angry and saying things that shouldn’t be said. I know from personal experience.
That twist about the “Witch” of the town was amazing, & this movie was more mature than many “adult” animated shows. It was a good example about the corruption of mob mentality on par with McCarthyism. Speaking of stop-motion movies, Doug should DEFINATELY review Guillermo Del Toro’s take on “Pinocchio”! ❤
Another Fun Fact: The film company Laika used 3D printers to generate all of the different faces needed for the characters. Except the zombies, which had mechanical faces with silicone skins.
Great! Now review these movies:
* The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It
* Young Frankenstein
* Dark Shadows (2012)
* The Dead Zone (1983)
* Spiral: From the Book of Saw
* Sleepy Hollow (1999)
* The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
* Mickey's House of Villains
* The Omen (1976/2006)
* Scream (1996)
Still hoping Doug will one day review the Boxtrolls. It's easily Laika's most underrated film. I think the marketing really hurt it because they tried to push it as a gross-out Minions knock-off when, in reality, it's an absurdist steampunk fairy tale reminiscent of old dark children's stories. It's not perfect, but it holds a special place in my heart.
One Last Couple of Facts: The story is set in the town of Blithe Hollow, whose name is a mash-up of two other ghost stories: Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit and Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Norman's ring tone is the Halloween movie theme song, At the beginning of the movie, Norman is watching a "scary movie". The "actress" is modelled after Jamie Lee Curtis in 1978's Halloween, while the plot is a spoof of 1968's The Night of the Living Dead, The brand name seen on Mr. Prenderghast's underwear is 'Mr. Fell', after co-director Sam Fell. Mitch wears 'Mr. Butler' underwear, after co-director Chris Butler, Jeff Garlin based his performance of Perry Babcock on his best friend Judd Apatow, The singular compromise the directors made was in cutting an early variation on Mr. Prenderghast's introduction. The finished version shows him hacking and coughing as he reaches for some medication, but the filmmakers originally had him reaching for a cigarette. They decided that would be frowned upon in a children's movie these days, The film is loaded with homage, including name references (Clive Barker, Tobe Hooper and Day of the Dead's Bub) and visual ones (John Carpenter's Halloween, Sam Raimi's camerawork from Evil Dead, Scooby Doo ) but there are also a handful of inside jokes. Two, for some unexplained reason, involve the directors' names sewed into Mr. Prenderghast's and Mitch's respective underwear. Both directors claim they've seen no residuals from the product placement, This is the first Laika film to be produced in a 2.35:1 widescreen aspect ratio; all of that company's previous films were produced in 1.85:1, Laika's 2nd Film, and first film of the 2010s, When the bar patrons come out and see the zombies, one of the couples look like Sonny and Cher, Jeff Garlin's 4th Theatrically Released Animated Film, after WALL·E, Toy Story 3, and Cars 2, as well as Garlin's first Animated Film to not be from Disney/Pixar, and his first animated film to be Rated PG by the MPAA, Christopher Mintz-Plasse' 2nd Animated Film, after How to Train Your Dragon, Leslie Mann's 2nd Animated Film, after Rio, Stars Anna Kendrick and Christopher Mintz-Plasse who also star together in the Trolls franchise, The title is a play on word of "paranormal", John Goodman (Mr. Prenderghast) and Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Alvin) shares the same birthday (June 20th) but were born in thirty seven years apart from each other. Goodman was born in 1952 and Mintz-Plasse was born in 1989.
First killer clowns THEN paranorman? Best nostalgiaween yet
Does anyone else get the impression that Mr Babcock maybe had a less than stellar relationship with his mother? He seems very awkward at the end upon realising that Norman was right, she is still living with them after he (Dad) had apparently been content to just say "Mom got sick and she died - end of story".
I have to admit I HATED him when I first saw this movie, especially when he said “Funny, neither did we.” about Norman being born “that way”. I wish that he became the only adult in town who joined Norman & company to defend the Puritan zombies, that could definately have redeemed him in Norman’s eyes. Such a missed opportunity.
Another small detail which could mean something or not is that Agatha, when she passes on, turns into yellow dust which floats upwards. To me it reads positively, as if she "went to heaven". The judges don't turn into yellow dust and it doesn't float upwards either. It's more like they just disappear. Could be nothing, but I'm glad they didn't get the same animation as Agatha.
Their souls are now in limbo. Ironically, just like the souls Norman (and possibly Agatha) always see.
Knowing that Norman and Aggie are related had me thinking that, either Aggie’s family line had powers that dwindled with each generation until the only powers left were seeing ghosts and prophetic visions, or Norman could one day develop more powers and maybe unlock Aggie’s lightning and storm magic, or her general command over nature like how she summoned spikes from the ground and blocked the way with trees. Since Aggie only mentioned her mom, maybe her mom and dad were separated somehow, and one or the other carried on having kids with witchy genes after Aggie’s death. Cuz Aggie died as a child, she wasn’t having any direct descendants, it would have to be siblings or half siblings who carried on the powers after she died.
I think a part of the reason movies like this gain more of a following as time goes on is because they've become rarer and rarer. Not just stop motion, but movies in general where they try to put actual heart into the characters and plot. We do still get some of course, but with movies in general getting larger and larger budgets, studios are less and less willing to take chances, and try so hard to make what movies they do create "appeal to everyone", which tends to end up with them appealing to no one.
Of course, there's a lot more to it than just that, as nothing is ever truly simple, but I do think it's a big part of why as time goes on, we get less and less that people will look back on in the future and think of as "classics".
ParaNorman was stop-motion? ...I always thought it was CG... Damn, they did a good job.
This movie has a lot of messages about how society can discriminate due to ignorance, how these actions can end up in grim ends, and why is not wise to judge others without knowing them, that truly has left a huge impact, and people still remember those moments.
A messed up thing that gets me more is how she died. (If you don't wanna think about this depressing fact, dont read)
I mean, they hung her.
A child.
When people are hung, their necks are meant to break and give them a quick death. If it doesn't break, then you are left there to suffocate to death....
Kids aren't heavy enough for the quicker option, so she had to wait and watch as the townspeople continued to condemn her and celebrate that the ‘witch’ is perishing.
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Same here my dude
Funny enough, even though this movie came out after Coraline, I watched ParaNorman more times than I did Coraline when I was a kid.
Thank you so much for acknowledging Mary & Max! That movie has excellent storytelling and character development!
I really appreciated this movie as a homosexual male because the Jock character is gay
They don't beat you over the head with it, they don't shove it down your throat or anything
She hits on him and asks him to go to a place with her and he responds with "I don't think my boyfriend would be all that interested going there" and that was it as he was not realizing she was hitting on him because he had no interest in girls and since that line she stopped for the rest of the movie trying to flirt with him
Agreed! It was also a silly joke. I miss when writing was like this. Characters were just characters and had unique characteristics. Then I’d say around 2018 things started getting shoved down the watchers throats and in our faces.
@@PointsMaster There’s honestly still cartoons with humor and such. Heck even Amphibia and The Owl House, despite their overarching stories, still had some excellent humor. And TBH both of those shows are the few examples of LGBTQ+ in fictional media written well and done right. Luz, Amity, and Sasha Waybright, while having specific sexualities, have amazing personalities and character outside of their sexualities, same thing goes with the Steven Universe cast (I mean as flawed as that show is, it’s honestly overhated), they may have started the train of LGBTQ+ becoming more common in animation, but at least the characters had more character and personality outside of “being their sexuality.”
What I’m trying to say is, it’s ok if a character is a certain sexuality, but they also need to have a more interesting character and personality than just that. That’s honestly why shows such as Steven Universe, The Owl House, and Amphibia for example handle the LGBTQ+ aspect in media right.
The reveal of the witch being a little girl haunts my creative mind.
This movie is basically the 6 sense but this takes itself more seriously
The PowerPuff Girls had the same message where people are afraid of things they don’t understand and do and say things cause they’re scared. And that also involved innocent children who were just playing tag.
Malcolm has that Tony Todd impression down pat.
To be honest it’s ultra rare for an animated film to take place in Massachusetts
0:49 ooh, Nintendo Power
I remember my grandma taking me and my older brother to see this movie. Though I'm not sure how Norman and Agatha could be related since she died as a child. Unless she had siblings.
This movie is soooo underrated, I have a hard time deciding if this or Coraline is better. I love the overall message of this movie and I feel that it has truly aged well, thanks for talking about this movie
ParaNorman has always been one of my favorite Laika films, especially the twist of the town’s curse about not being about the townsfolk being threatened by the Puritan zombies, but the other way around. This movie really does need more attentions,especially during Halloween
He's finally doing it, I feel like this has been getting review requests for years...and it should!
This movie hits a special place in my heart. Saw this in theaters when I was a kid
This movie (like many Laika movies) is often worth breaking out a vr headset and finding a means of watching it in 3d.
Stupid fast refreshers always posting before i do. Btw Great review.
wait i actually won?
Ideal crossover show would be slice of life spooky adventures with Norman, Coraline, and Kat from Wendell & Wild. Norman is a spirit medium with some newfound witch powers, Coraline is a seasoned witch hunter, and Kat is a Hell Maiden who commands demons. They solve supernatural problems and take out monsters.
Yes! I’ve been waiting for you to review Paranorman for years! Such a beautiful film and an underrated classic. The stop motion is gorgeous (Agatha’s animation in particular is stellar) and while the story is simple the character’s emotions is what carries the film. I love that Norman had common ground with Agatha and it’s chilling to know that if Norman lived in the 1690s he would have been killed because of his powers.
I also like that Agatha and Norman are cousins, it helps explain why he and his Uncle are able to communicate with ghosts.
I love Laika’s films and I can’t wait for their new movie Wildwood to release.
Another Fun Fact: A vending machine is shown to sell "Cujohs", a direct reference to Cujo. It even has a dog as a logo.
"Aggie fights" is one of the best pieces of music ever written for any movie. ParaNorman is just so incredibly good.
Agreed! Mary and Max is amazing! 2009 was one of my favorite years for film, especially with Coraline, Fantastic Fox and Where the Wild Things Are. I was starting my senior year in August and I could feel something shifting as we entered the 2010’s
Agreed!!
No words, just gratitude that a movie like this exists and people, like Doug here, appreciate it 😊 ❤
After October, I’d like to request “Waking Ned Divine.”
People knew it, I always thought it is Monsters Inc. Anyways, A perfect stop-motion animated film for Halloween, alongside Coraline, Corpse Bride and Frankenweenie. It was way back in 2012, where stop motion movies where overshadowed by massive blockbuster movies.
2012 was an awesome year for movies, IMHO
Was not expecting Mary and Max rep but that made me so happy, definitely under-appreciated and an emotional roller coaster. ParaNorman looks phenomenal as ever - the behind the scenes for the angry Agatha effects are SO COOL!
16:37 when I first saw the scene revealing Aggie, with her crying as she was sentenced for witchcraft, I thought her tears were like blood because of how the colored cheeks tinted the tear lines down her face, and it was a feature of her being a witch, but only much much later did I realize those were just regular tears that looked red because of the blush they added to the face model for the scene
I know I comment this all the time, but we'd appreciate it if you reviewed the following things:
1. HAUNTED CASTLE (2001 FILM)
2. 7 FACES OF DR. LAO
3. THE DR. PHIL SHOW
4. THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS
5. THE DARJEELING LIMITED
6. THE GREAT DEBATERS
7. DR. STRANGELOVE
8. THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL
9. THE THING (2011)
10. HORROR EXPRESS
11. MIDNIGHT EXPRESS
12. TITANIC (1996 MINISERIES)
13. THE CHRISTMAS TOY
14. DARK TOONS: LONESOME GHOSTS
15. ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (FILM)
16. 3615 CODE PERE NOEL
17. MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
18. BEING THERE
19. BLACKADDER
20. THE YOUNG ONES
21. FATHER TED
22. THE CAT FROM OUTER SPACE
23. DOWNTON ABBEY
24. LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
25. ALL THE MADEA MOVIES
26. OZ (TV SERIES)
27. HOUSE M.D.
28. RACE (2016)
29. THE DICTATOR
30. THE GREAT DICTATOR
31. DEAR DICTATOR
32. THE INTERVIEW
33. TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE
34. BORAT
35. MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE
36. IGOR
37. SPACE CHIMPS
38. MOM & DAD SAVE THE WORLD
39. HARVEY
40. FILTHY, RICH, & CATFLAP
41. LAUREL & HARDY
42. THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT
43. MAD MONSTER PARTY?
44. TO CATCH A PREDATOR
45. COMING TO AMERICA
46. CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
47. ROBOT CHICKEN
48. A BEAUTIFUL MIND
49. THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND (FILM)
50. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
51. THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS
52. GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM
53. WW2 PROPAGANDA CARTOONS (you could do a whole series of reviews on those)
54. ANIMATED ANIMAL FARM
55. NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION
56. LIVE-ACTION ANIMAL FARM
57. DOC HOLLYWOOD
58. MONSTERQUEST
59. ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS
60. JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
61. THE ADVENTURES OF MILO & OTIS
62. THE LAST EMPEROR
63. EMPIRE OF THE SUN
64. THE BOY IN STRIPED PYJAMAS
65. XIAOLIN SHOWDOWN
66. THE X FILES
67. SAGWA
68. NATIONAL LAMPOON'S EUROPEAN VACATION
69. CATCH-22
70. THE ANNOYING ORANGE
71. THE GRAND SEDUCTION
72. THE INVENTION OF LYING
73. THE DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC
74. ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS (1973)
75. AFRICAN CATS
76. GHOST SHIP (2002)
77. DON'T LOOK UP (2021 FILM)
78. WAR OF THE WORLDS (ASYLUM)
79. SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET
80. VOYAGE TO DARWIN IV/ALIEN PLANET
81. AN INTERVIEW WITH GOD
82. A ROYAL NIGHT OUT
83. AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK (FILM)
84. VICTORIA AND ABDUL
85. UNACCOMPANIED MINORS
86. THE DOG WHISPERER
87. IT'S ME OR THE DOG
88. CARGO (ASYLUM FILM)
89. BUBBA HO-TEP
90. FRIED GREEN TOMATOES
91. AS GOOD AS IT GETS
92. SCOOBY DOO AND THE LOCH NESS MONSTER
93. WHERE'D YOU GO, BERNADETTE
94. WAR OF THE WORLDS: GOLIATH
95. SCARY MOVIE 4
96. MADELINE: LOST IN PARIS
97. GODSPELL
98. ORSON WELLS' WAR OF THE WORLDS
99. JEFF WAYNE'S WAR OF THE WORLDS
100. ALIEN ADVENTURE
101. SPACED INVADERS
102. FRIGHT NIGHT
103. GREMLINS 2
104. EARTH VS THE FLYING SAUCER
105. HAUNTED HOUSE (2004)
106. THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES
107. NANNY MCPHEE
108. STRANGER THAN FICTION
109. FELIDAE
110. RAIN MAN
111. US (FILM)
112. LOST TAPES
113. THE MAGDALENE SISTERS
114. THREE O'CLOCK HIGH
115. RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN
116. 1917
117. BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE
118. BABE PIG IN THE CITY
119. YELLOW SUBMARINE
120. THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS
121. HARRIET
122. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
123. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
124. LUCKY (2017)
125. HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS
126. 12 MONKEYS (FILM)
127. WAR OF THE WORLDS 2021
128. COMMERCIAL: YOU NEVER LAMB ALONE
129. SPACEBALLS
130. THE CLASSIC WAR OF THE WORLDS
131. EPIC MOVIE
132. BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE
133. THE BACKYARDIGANS
134. THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN
135. MAN VS BEE
136. THE TWO POPES
137. THE MOUSE THAT ROARED
138. DEATH AT A FUNERAL
139. A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
140. BOO, ZINO & THE SNURKS
141. FRED: THE MOVIE
142. JOHNNY BRAVO
143. DARK TOONS: GRAVEYARD SHIFT (SPONGEBOB EPISODE)
144. DARK TOONS: VEGGIETALES EASTER CAROL
145. THE PIRATES WHO DON'T DO ANYTHING
146. WHEN FRIENDSHIP KILLS
147. EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
148. THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
149. TWINS
150. NIM'S ISLAND
151. YOU ON KAZOO
152. HAROLD & MAUDE
153. MS PALFREY AT THE CLAREMONT
154. THE MIGHTY (FILM)
155. A KID IN ALADDIN'S PALACE
156. BRINGING OUT THE DEAD
157. SCHLOCK
158. UNABOMBER: THE TRUE STORY
159. MIXED NUTS
160. O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU
161. DERRY GIRLS
162. MADE IN HEAVEN
163. OVERBOARD
164. THE AMAZING SCREW-ON HEAD (PILOT EPISODE)
165. THE ANDY MILONAKIS SHOW
166. GODS & MONSTERS
167. THE LION IN WINTER
168. AMERICAN GRAFFITI
169. MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM
170. THE LIVES OF OTHERS
171. YOU DON'T KNOW JACK
172. STAND BY ME
173. SIX FEET UNDER (TV SERIES)
174. THE CROCODILE HUNTER
175. THE GHOST & MR. CHICKEN
176. THE IMITATION GAME
177. SNOWDEN
178. THE ANGRIEST MAN IN BROOKLYN
179. BIG
180. PAUL BLART: MALL COP
181. GODMONSTER OF INDIAN FLATS
182. HOTEL FOR DOGS
183. ROBOT MONSTER
184. MR. MAGOO'S CHRISTMAS CAROL
185. MEET DAVE
186. G-FORCE
187. WINE COUNTRY
188. LEARNING TO DRIVE (2014 FILM)
189. MONSTER MASH (2000 FILM)
190. ARTHUR & THE INVISIBLES/ARTHUR & THE MINIMOYS
191. XAVIER: RENEGADE ANGEL
192. THE SANDLOT
193. FELIX THE CAT SAVES CHRISTMAS
194. TOP 11 HOTTEST ANIMATED MEN
195. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
196. LIFE AFTER PEOPLE
197. THE INCREDIBLE MR. LIMPET
198. NOSTALGIC RUclips VIDEOS (FRED, FACEBOOK PARENTING, ETC.)
199. TOP 11 BEST KORRA EPISODES
200. TOP 11 WORST KORRA EPISODES
201. ARE WE THERE YET?
202. ARE WE DONE YET?
203. ALL THE FANTASTIC BEASTS MOVIES
204. MUSIC VIDEOS (GANGNAM STYLE, LOSING MY RELIGION, ETC.)
205. THE STORYTELLER
206. STAR KID
207. THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO
208. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP
209. SAUL OF THE MOLE MEN
210. SECONDHAND LIONS
211. LOONEY TUNES BACK IN ACTION
212. LIBERTY'S KIDS
213. WAR GAME (2002 FILM)
214. SHUTTER ISLAND
215. NAPOLEON DYNAMITE
216. TALL TALE (FILM)
217. THE HAUNTING HOUR: DON'T THINK ABOUT IT
218. BLOW THE MAN DOWN (FILM)
219. BAGDAD CAFE
220. HANSEL AND GRETEL (2002 FILM)
221. CHUCK E CHEESE IN THE GALAXY 5000
222. MARCH OF THE PENGUINS
223. EINSTEIN AND EDDINGTON
224. CANNIBAL WOMEN IN THE AVOCADO JUNGLE OF DEATH
225. SUSIE THE LITTLE BLUE COUPE
226. THE MYSTICAL ADVENTURES OF BILLY OWENS
227. RAISE THE TITANIC
A stop motion classic
One of the best animated movies of 2012
The stuff in the third act is a big part of why I love Laika so much. They're not afraid to legitimately challenge kids with both dark and creepy imagery and more adult themes and ideas
Paranorman is one of those movies where you need to step outside of a rating scale.
I do like how Angry Joe does it. Something can get an 8, 9, or 10 and still get a Badass Seal of Approval. Paranorman is probably an 8, but absolutely gets a seal of approval
8:49 To be fair, if you've seen Chicken Attack, you'd be afraid of what chickens can do, too
Paranorman is definitely one of those movies I love revisiting this time of year. It has the most heart of any Halloween movie that I can think of and, growing up feeling alone, really resonates with me.
Laika movies are way too underrated, heck stopmotion doesn't get enough love
They’re brilliant and perfect for animation as an art form. Especially Laika.
It may not be as well known as Coraline, but ParaNorman is still a spooky classic in its own right too.
They’re both good, IMO.💯
I thought it was weird that the older brother wasn't a jock bully stereotype we casually see with older brother tropes in movies and TV shows. That was also awesome besides not being a gay stereotype either.
yeah, this movie is such an underrated gem. the twist ending really got to be too, the fact that the pilgrims finally admit what they did was wrong, and that the little girl becomes the villain by inflecting her suffering on to others to make them suffer, is some really deep stuff you don't see a lot in kids movies today.
all the stop motion movie references in the opening skit...i didn't realize i was such a nerd for this medium lol. i screamed when i heard mary and max get a shout-out, i ADORE that movie!
i'm team coraline personally but you really can't go wrong with any of laika's movies. i love the creativity and energy their stuff always has