Batman Returns and Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas are two of the best Christmas movies. Tim Burton directed Batman Returns while for Nightmare Before Christmas he was the producer but the overall style of these two films are very Tim Burton which is why he's heavily connected to these films.
@@EntertainmentFan11 That’s not quite true. Burton personally directed the animated films Corpse Bride and Frankenweenie. A window of opportunity came along when Burton was very hot and Disney agreed to take a huge chance on an unconventional dark departure from what Disney was known for. Disney owned all the characters and story as Burton conceived it in his time working as a Disney animator. Burton had to jump on that chance to get this film made in the pure creative vision he saw. He couldn’t tell Warner Brothers and the world to hold off on a Batman sequel to take two years to make a stop motion movie with characters no one had heard of. Selick was hired as a work for hire director to facilitate Tim Burton’s vision. Tim Burton created all the characters, came up with the plot, developed the story with Danny Elfman as they closely worked together coming up with all the songs which told the story before there was any script pages ever even written.
For me , this is one of those musicals where you don't know the lyrics off the top of your head but once the music starts you follow along perfectly with the tempo and gusto
In the 80's, I was a huge fan of a band called Oingo Boingo that was lead by Danny Elfman, who wrote all the music for this movie as well as being the singing voice for Jack. Most recently he wrote the theme for the new series "Wednesday" which I recommend.
This movie is my personal record for movie seen the most times while it was in theaters. It's been so long I forget the exact number but something like 12-15 times in the first 3 months it was out. It would have been more but my parents refused to take me to the movies to see it again after month 3 (though they only saw it with me once. They just dropped me off and picked me up afterwards) and everyone from friends to cousins I had tagged along with didn't want to see it again. I have it on VHS and DVD (the special edition with Vincent and Frankenweenie on it). When this came out I was just obsessed with it. I mean, the only stop motion animation stuff I'd ever seen in movies was like the original King Kong and Ray Harryhausen films (Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans) but those were mostly live action with stop motion scenes here and there. This was just all stop motion animation of a quality beyond anything I'd ever seen from start to finish. I didn't even know movies like this COULD be made.
If you loved this, then you'll absolutely LOVE The Muppet Christmas Carol!!! I recommend the fully restored version (find it under extras), 'cause otherwise, you'll be confused about one certain scene. The movie wasn't made by Tim Burton's team, but if you loved the story of "A Christmas Carol", then the Muppet version is for sure one to watch (that's not to say that other screen adaptations are good in their own right (for example, "Mickey's Christmas Carol"), but the Muppets' take on it is the most well-known and most beloved). And hey, check out the 2009 film starring Jim Carrey. If you've seen him in films like "The Mask" and "The Grinch", you'll like that film, too. Edit: Ladies and gentlemen, Paul Reubens as the voice of Lock.
It's a musical AND it's got long sections of poetry as the narrative. Quite a whimsical work of genius, supreme artistry, and patience! It's also a lesson in being satisfied with what you do best as well as approach a new "project" with less than reckless abandon.
It was a box office and critical success, making $90 million dollars against a $17 million dollar budget, and it was nominated for Best Visual Effects but lost to JURASSIC PARK.
Jack Skellington's singing voice (and the composer of the score) is Danny Elfman, who used to be the frontman for a rock band called Oingo Boingo. That was one of his first scores. He's done well over 100 scores, and released some solo efforts as well. Oingo Boingo used to play places around Southern California every Halloween season. They broke up in 1995.
Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands is another great "Christmas movie" (of sorts) that I'd highly recommend. Danny Elfman, who wrote the music for Nightmare Before Christmas also wrote the music for Edward Scissorhands, as he did with many of Burton's movies.
Alyska, i'm glad you liked it, i had the vhs of it , and Patrick Stewart from the Xmen originally did the intro speech about the holiday tree doors, but they later took his voice out of it and replaced it with Otho from Beetlejuice, i don't know why. but that made me think that Patrick Stewart might be Mr Freeze in Batman 4 by Tim Burton because this came out after Batman Returns by Tim Burton i think, which had Catwoman and Penguin.
One of my favorite childhood films. A straight up masterpiece, loved this movie so much. I performed Jack's Lament in elementary school 😂😂😂You have displayed excellent taste by watch this classic👌🏽👌🏽
Stop-motion animation is by far the most difficult form of animation you could ever imagine because everything has to be done all at once and it’s not good to just stop because the lights would not come back the same intensity as they were before. Just to get a minute of film in stop-motion would take 150 hrs.
I haven't seen Nightmare in aaaaages, might just have to go back and do the watch along on Patreon later. Kubo and the Two Strings is another really good stop-motion movie if you haven't seen it yet.
Missus is obsessed with this movie (the song they sing to eachother at the end formed part of our vows...I know, seems change but was sweet at the time hehe)
You should watch more Christmas movies such as The Grinch (both full lenght versions and the Chuck Jones' special from 1966), The Muppets Christmas Carol, Mickey's Christmas Carol (though it's a featurette barley 30 minutes long) and the Rankin-Bass specials such as Rudoplh the Red-nosed Reindeer and Santa Claus is Comin' to Town.
Saw this in theaters and was blown away on how good it was. It's been a staple movie to watch just after Thanksgiving for me ever since. The Songs are fantastic. The Art style is crazy good. I vibe with the aesthetic.
You can watch Nightmare Before Christmas any time between October and December. I used to like to go to Disneyland around this time of year because they change The Haunted Mansion from Oct to Dec to a Nightmare Before Christmas theme
If you like the music then I highly recommend an album called ‘Nightmare Revisited’ which is the soundtrack re-imagined by contemporary artists such as Marilyn Manson, Korn, Fall Out Boy and Amy Lee (of Evanescence) among others. It’s awesome!
No offense but while i really love the movie and the soundtrack is arguably best thing Danny Elfman did to date, the whole covers disc really felt short for me. Hard to improve something so perfect.
My uncle loves this one. I've never been a fan of still motion picture cause I thought it looked creepy but the songs in this one are really good. I especially like Jacks lament. If you react to another musical I request it'd be Tick Tick Boom. Merry Halloween/ Happy Christmas.
With Christmas coming up, may I make a recommendation if that's OKay? I recommend Ernest Saves Christmas. It's a Christmas classic. It has Douglas Seale as one of the best movie Santa Clauses ever. Plus, it's just really funny and heartwarming. It's got that certain Christmas charm that's perfect for the holiday. It's a perfect way to continue celebrating the Christmas season.
Well, if you think about it, Jack is literally the ruler and figurehead for, not just a country (or a city-state; whatever Halloween Town is), but an entire holiday. For one night a year, he effectively rules the world - at least, all parts of it that celebrate Halloween (and that's a fair amount, these days). With that degree of importance, why wouldn't he have an ego? Really, it's amazing he's so humble.
I have seen almost every Tim Burton movie and my favorites are Edward Scissorhands, Batman, Batman Returns, and The Nightmare Before Christmas I hope you react to Tim Burton's Batman it's really good so is Superman: The Movie those movies are in my opinion the greatest superhero movies ever made and I hope you react to them one day because you can see how much they influenced modern superhero movies
Interesting personal fact: this is one of my all time favorite movies and I am actually exactly 2 weeks older than this movie, making us nearly 31 years old now lol 😆💖💖💖
This is one of my First Favorite Movies when I was Little Kid still Classic Love This Movie I Still Get that Same Feeling when I was Kid I First Seen it for First Time Classic
@Alyska I agree this movie is definitely should have been watched in November between the Halloween 🎃 season and Christmas 🎄 season. Every year during the last 3 months of the year I always feel nostalgic and excited for both holidays ☺ 🎃🎄
I watched this film for the first time last week and it was a good film I think I would have enjoyed it alot more if I watched it as a kid then as an adult.
Batman Returns and Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas are two of the best Christmas movies. Tim Burton directed Batman Returns while for Nightmare Before Christmas he was the producer but the overall style of these two films are very Tim Burton which is why he's heavily connected to these films.
Tim Burton usually directs the live-action stuff he works on. For animation, he's usually the producer and executive producer.
@@EntertainmentFan11 Oh shit yeah Henry Selick was the Director. edited my comment.
You forgot about Edward Scissorhands as a Christmas classic as well
@@spiritscar Is that really a Christmas movie, though?
@@EntertainmentFan11 That’s not quite true.
Burton personally directed the animated films Corpse Bride and Frankenweenie.
A window of opportunity came along when Burton was very hot and Disney agreed to take a huge chance on an unconventional dark departure from what Disney was known for.
Disney owned all the characters and story as Burton conceived it in his time working as a Disney animator. Burton had to jump on that chance to get this film made in the pure creative vision he saw. He couldn’t tell Warner Brothers and the world to hold off on a Batman sequel to take two years to make a stop motion movie with characters no one had heard of.
Selick was hired as a work for hire director to facilitate Tim Burton’s vision.
Tim Burton created all the characters, came up with the plot, developed the story with Danny Elfman as they closely worked together coming up with all the songs which told the story before there was any script pages ever even written.
For me , this is one of those musicals where you don't know the lyrics off the top of your head but once the music starts you follow along perfectly with the tempo and gusto
In the 80's, I was a huge fan of a band called Oingo Boingo that was lead by Danny Elfman, who wrote all the music for this movie as well as being the singing voice for Jack. Most recently he wrote the theme for the new series "Wednesday" which I recommend.
He made some of the best and most well known movie themes and music! Such a brilliant man
Stop motion is so crazy too 😩
This movie is my personal record for movie seen the most times while it was in theaters. It's been so long I forget the exact number but something like 12-15 times in the first 3 months it was out. It would have been more but my parents refused to take me to the movies to see it again after month 3 (though they only saw it with me once. They just dropped me off and picked me up afterwards) and everyone from friends to cousins I had tagged along with didn't want to see it again.
I have it on VHS and DVD (the special edition with Vincent and Frankenweenie on it). When this came out I was just obsessed with it. I mean, the only stop motion animation stuff I'd ever seen in movies was like the original King Kong and Ray Harryhausen films (Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans) but those were mostly live action with stop motion scenes here and there. This was just all stop motion animation of a quality beyond anything I'd ever seen from start to finish. I didn't even know movies like this COULD be made.
This is my favourite movie. Also I love Christmas town! 4:39
Jack and sally at the end ❤❤❤❤
THIS is Halloween, not CURSES Halloween. 🤣 🎃 👻 Merry Christmas, Alyce!!!
If you loved this, then you'll absolutely LOVE The Muppet Christmas Carol!!! I recommend the fully restored version (find it under extras), 'cause otherwise, you'll be confused about one certain scene. The movie wasn't made by Tim Burton's team, but if you loved the story of "A Christmas Carol", then the Muppet version is for sure one to watch (that's not to say that other screen adaptations are good in their own right (for example, "Mickey's Christmas Carol"), but the Muppets' take on it is the most well-known and most beloved). And hey, check out the 2009 film starring Jim Carrey. If you've seen him in films like "The Mask" and "The Grinch", you'll like that film, too. Edit: Ladies and gentlemen, Paul Reubens as the voice of Lock.
It's a musical AND it's got long sections of poetry as the narrative. Quite a whimsical work of genius, supreme artistry, and patience! It's also a lesson in being satisfied with what you do best as well as approach a new "project" with less than reckless abandon.
16:48 Good call 🤣💀😂
😅😅😮😮😅😅😅says the first
If you like The Nightmare Before Christmas then you would also would like to see the movie The corpses bride . ☺👍
It was a box office and critical success, making $90 million dollars against a $17 million dollar budget, and it was nominated for Best Visual Effects but lost to JURASSIC PARK.
Jack Skellington's singing voice (and the composer of the score) is Danny Elfman, who used to be the frontman for a rock band called Oingo Boingo. That was one of his first scores. He's done well over 100 scores, and released some solo efforts as well. Oingo Boingo used to play places around Southern California every Halloween season. They broke up in 1995.
This is one of my favorite movies of all time
I unironically say this is my 3rd favorite Tim Burton Christmas movie, after Batman Returns and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
4:41 There's a city called Leavenworth in Washington that looks very close to that during Christmas time. It's beautiful!
Aw look at her big old eyes loving the crap out of the movie, she's so sweet 🥲💔💔💔
Actually never seen this myself so gonna watch it on patreon tonight!! Thank you as always Alyce!!
Fantastic music (and Jack's singing voice) by Danny Elfman (who also made the Simpsons theme), former leader of the legendary band Oingo Boingo.
one of my favorite movies growing up watching!
I love this movie!
It does not matter that you hadn’t seen this before. What matters is you found a classic you love
If you're open to suggestions for reactions, then I HIGHLY recommend National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands is another great "Christmas movie" (of sorts) that I'd highly recommend. Danny Elfman, who wrote the music for Nightmare Before Christmas also wrote the music for Edward Scissorhands, as he did with many of Burton's movies.
You are gonna love it! I was probably 6-7 years old when this came out
And happy holidays Alice!
This movie is an absolute classic. You can watch it for Halloween or Christmas.
Alyska, i'm glad you liked it, i had the vhs of it , and Patrick Stewart from the Xmen originally did the intro speech about the holiday tree doors, but they later took his voice out of it and replaced it with Otho from Beetlejuice, i don't know why. but that made me think that Patrick Stewart might be Mr Freeze in Batman 4 by Tim Burton because this came out after Batman Returns by Tim Burton i think, which had Catwoman and Penguin.
One of my favorite childhood films. A straight up masterpiece, loved this movie so much. I performed Jack's Lament in elementary school 😂😂😂You have displayed excellent taste by watch this classic👌🏽👌🏽
i like the Werewolf when he yells, 364!
Stop-motion animation is by far the most difficult form of animation you could ever imagine because everything has to be done all at once and it’s not good to just stop because the lights would not come back the same intensity as they were before. Just to get a minute of film in stop-motion would take 150 hrs.
MY FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MOVIE OF ALL TIME!
This movie is a perfect parable of how evil cannot create, but can only imitate and corrupt.
So happy you liked the movie. It really is a classic Christmas movie
I saw this in theaters in 1993. It's been one of my all-time favorite movies since that night!
Better late than never, glad you love it! I highly recommend Corpse Bride aswell, always enjoyed a Tim Burton film
She said Sally reminded her of Corpse Bride, so I think she's already seen it.
@@jeremyfrost2636 oh ok my bad lol yeah Corpse Bride is dope still
@@BlackestEyes709 Corpse Bride is the dopest. You clearly have excellent taste.
@@jeremyfrost2636 oh yes lol you 2
An absolute classic, so glad you enjoyed it! Tim Burton is one of a kind
Can't wait to watch this over on Patreon at some point! Holding out hope for Polar Express! 🙏 Thanks, Alyce!
I would love to see you get into the Aardman movies
MY FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME 💜💖💜
Oogie Boogie doesn't have a foot fetish. He is tickling Sally's foot because he is a torturer. And isn't this a form of torture?
Well it came out way before you were born
I'm shocked the Pumpkin King I suspected have fun
I haven't seen Nightmare in aaaaages, might just have to go back and do the watch along on Patreon later.
Kubo and the Two Strings is another really good stop-motion movie if you haven't seen it yet.
Amazingly made movie
Oogie Boogie's Song is, by far, the best song in this movie!
Missus is obsessed with this movie (the song they sing to eachother at the end formed part of our vows...I know, seems change but was sweet at the time hehe)
There's a book called Long Live the Pumpkin Queen that takes place right after the movie and it follows Sally
You should watch more Christmas movies such as The Grinch (both full lenght versions and the Chuck Jones' special from 1966), The Muppets Christmas Carol, Mickey's Christmas Carol (though it's a featurette barley 30 minutes long) and the Rankin-Bass specials such as Rudoplh the Red-nosed Reindeer and Santa Claus is Comin' to Town.
The fact that you predicted the head in the box was amazing🤣
Saw this in theaters and was blown away on how good it was. It's been a staple movie to watch just after Thanksgiving for me ever since. The Songs are fantastic. The Art style is crazy good. I vibe with the aesthetic.
You can watch Nightmare Before Christmas any time between October and December. I used to like to go to Disneyland around this time of year because they change The Haunted Mansion from Oct to Dec to a Nightmare Before Christmas theme
This was truly a fantastic movie back in its day... OG status... Nice reaction... Love the giggles...
A whole city of monsters and the only one to be scared of is a bag of bugs.
If you like the music then I highly recommend an album called ‘Nightmare Revisited’ which is the soundtrack re-imagined by contemporary artists such as Marilyn Manson, Korn, Fall Out Boy and Amy Lee (of Evanescence) among others. It’s awesome!
No offense but while i really love the movie and the soundtrack is arguably best thing Danny Elfman did to date, the whole covers disc really felt short for me. Hard to improve something so perfect.
And besides it's a Halloween 🎃 movie.
love your video and this made my day and keep up the great work.
My uncle loves this one. I've never been a fan of still motion picture cause I thought it looked creepy but the songs in this one are really good. I especially like Jacks lament. If you react to another musical I request it'd be Tick Tick Boom. Merry Halloween/ Happy Christmas.
With Christmas coming up, may I make a recommendation if that's OKay? I recommend Ernest Saves Christmas. It's a Christmas classic. It has Douglas Seale as one of the best movie Santa Clauses ever. Plus, it's just really funny and heartwarming. It's got that certain Christmas charm that's perfect for the holiday. It's a perfect way to continue celebrating the Christmas season.
Well, if you think about it, Jack is literally the ruler and figurehead for, not just a country (or a city-state; whatever Halloween Town is), but an entire holiday. For one night a year, he effectively rules the world - at least, all parts of it that celebrate Halloween (and that's a fair amount, these days). With that degree of importance, why wouldn't he have an ego? Really, it's amazing he's so humble.
Kidnap Mr Sandy Claws is an amazing Christmas song!
Cant wait to watch this later! 🎄
Nightmare Before Xmas is my favorite animation movie and Bicentanary Man is my favorite movie.
Brooo, this is one of my absolute favorite Xmas movies! I hope you liked it! Hope you're havin a great holiday season Alyce! 🤩🎄❄️✨⛄🎁
Completely unrelated but you HAVE to finish Andor, it's a damn masterpiece.
I love your voice and accent!!!❤❤✨✨
What's wrong with Jack so much and this is I'm on Jack the pumpkin every Christmas
Lol I just noticed the 8-ball over Oogie's cauldron.
i also like the Sesame Street Christmas movie from a long time ago and the Star Wars Holiday special from 1978
I am writing this to help out Alaska and this video and this channel with the algorithm ♥️✌️😘😀
Alyska what do you think about batman reveal in suicide squad game????
The only other ‘Christmas’ film I love (besides the grinch of course) because of the Halloween in it!!!
Like your reaction you're the best keep up the good work
One of my favorite movie's produced by Tim Burton great movie ☺👍
I love it at Disneyland when they redo the Haunted Mansion and it’s all Nightmare Before Christmas themed!
I have seen almost every Tim Burton movie and my favorites are Edward Scissorhands, Batman, Batman Returns, and The Nightmare Before Christmas I hope you react to Tim Burton's Batman it's really good so is Superman: The Movie those movies are in my opinion the greatest superhero movies ever made and I hope you react to them one day because you can see how much they influenced modern superhero movies
Easily one of my all time fave stop motion movies. Also love Fantastic Mr. Fox, Coraline, Wallace & Gromit
i have the perfect How it should of ended scenario in one sentence “Let’s make a Christmas for Us.”
It's so good. ! The music, and the songs❤️❤️
I'M SO EXCITED 🥰
Interesting personal fact: this is one of my all time favorite movies and I am actually exactly 2 weeks older than this movie, making us nearly 31 years old now lol 😆💖💖💖
What this, ... what's this... Lol. My fav is when the 3 goul kids placed a head in a present lol
I've been away from the channel for a bit because of work but Holy crap that chair is the greatest
Stop motion movie I would love for you to check out is it my favorite movie of all time is Coraline!
I’ve got a quick Hishe Jack Skeleton announces Let make a Christmas for US!!!!
And I love you Alyska!!! Your videos are so cool.
My Grandfather introduced me to the world of Tim Burton. R.I.P.
I love this movie 🍿🥤, it is one of my favorite movies of all times
My too! I’m such a huge fan of this movie.
This is one of my First Favorite Movies when I was Little Kid still Classic Love This Movie I Still Get that Same Feeling when I was Kid I First Seen it for First Time Classic
Happy Christmas!
It’s funny that this is both a Halloween and a Christmas movie
Alyska, gotta do a new reaction to Jim Carrey in "Dr Suess: How the Grinch Stole Christmas" on HBOMAX
Jim Carrey plays as the Grinch🎄🌠🌈
Beautiful
Watch Corpse Bride! You will love it!
18:30 I thought this was Burton, not Tarantino. 😂
Is this a halloween movie? or a christmas movie?//// yes...
Haven't herd a blackopps reference in 5 years
@Alyska I agree this movie is definitely should have been watched in November between the Halloween 🎃 season and Christmas 🎄 season.
Every year during the last 3 months of the year I always feel nostalgic and excited for both holidays ☺ 🎃🎄
I love seeing you on my timeline you are so gorgeous
great movie
Hope u watch the Charley brown Christmas also 🤭👍..Beetlejuice is also awesome to watch...a must watch is The polar express..
1:43 Jack Skellington is 6ft and the mayor is 5ft 11
I watched this film for the first time last week and it was a good film I think I would have enjoyed it alot more if I watched it as a kid then as an adult.