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Frankenweenie

By Michele C. Hollow of Pet News and Views

One of the deepest loves is between a child and his pet. When that pet dies, the child often loses a piece of himself. But what if that child could bring his pet back to life?

Seventeen Victors and twelve Sparkys were made for the film “Frankenweenie.”

Tim Burton’s latest film, Frankenweenie, which opens in theaters today, explores the deep bonds between children and their pets. It also pays tribute to Frankenstein, Dracula, Vincent Price movies, and other classic black and white horror films.  Frankenweenie is beautifully shot in black and white. I bring this up because I saw the film with my 11-year old who cringes when I make him watch an old black and white film with me. At the opening scene he even remarked, “Is this movie going to be in black and white?”

After a few seconds, I don’t think it bothered him anymore.  He was engrossed in the movie, as were I and all of the other people at the screening.  Frankenweenie is in 3D, which did not add to the experience.

In addition to the homage to classic horror films, Burton has a political message about teaching science in the classroom, which I agree with. The movie is humorous and fun to watch. The only negative in the film for me was that I would have liked it to have ended a few minutes earlier. I hate spoiler alerts, and will not give the ending away.  I just want to say that I thought the movie should have ended at a key scene—about five minutes earlier.

I’m a Tim Burton fan. One of my favorite films is Coraline, and just like Coraline, Frankenweenie  is artfully filmed in stop motion animation. You can read about Tim Burton and his take on the making of Frankenweenie here.

You can  also read my interview with Charlie Tahan, the young actor who plays Victor.

October 5th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Pet Views

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