I am a huge fan of Utah Symphony's Films in Concert series because it is so much fun to watch a movie on the big screen at Abravanel Hall while the orchestra performs the score live! Last night I had the opportunity to see The Nightmare Before Christmas and, frankly, I had been looking forward to it for months. It was the perfect way to get excited for Halloween (my favorite holiday). Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King and leader of Halloween Town, is getting bored with scaring everyone with the same old tricks every year, so when he accidentally discovers Christmas Town while wandering in the woods, he decides that Christmas is a more appealing holiday and that he should take it over this year. Santa Claus is kidnapped and all of the residents of Halloween Town are put to work making terrifying toys to disastrous effect. Will Santa Claus be able to save Christmas in time? I love this movie because of the spectacular world-building using stop-motion animation. Only Tim Burton could dream up such a macabre, yet strangely enchanting, world filled with quirky characters and dazzling images on the screen that are so inventive and imaginative that you cannot look away. Danny Elfman's iconic score is absolutely brilliant and having the Utah Symphony play it live was amazing. I enjoyed this so much! It will be shown again at Abravanel Hall tonight and tickets may be purchased here.
Note: I wish that I could have seen The Nightmare Before Christmas at the El Capitan Theatre (it is screened there every October) while I was in Los Angeles but I ran out of time! I will just have to go back!
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