**CORALINE** Is A Fever Dream (LITERALLY)... First Time Watching & Movie Reaction
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Coraline Movie Reaction and Commentary
today we're watching a classic fall movie - Coraline for the first time!
dolls are scary, that's what I want you to know.
hope you'll enjoy this reaction to Coraline!
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I need to hear your thoughts on this movie!!
Oh this movie scared the shit out of me when I was younger. I thought my own mother wasn't my real mother for a while X-X But now, I just vibe with the movie and look away from the Other Mother when I need to :"D
I have watched this movie once and i could tell you alot and it Scared The Living Fuck out of me i swear i prayed not to watch it again and now am here watching her again...
The banana split
Movie is great and stop motion work is amazing, I took my sister to see this movie in theaters recently
It is amazing
Neat little detail you may have not noticed: the doll at the beginning of the movie, before it gets changed into Coraline, is Wybie's grandma's twin. She was the last child who was lured by the Other Mother
And, I heard that in details that- When the other mother changed the stuffing from cotton to saw dust, has something between personality, or all sort
I never really noticed that...learn new things every day.
Ik
I just got that detail watching this, after how many years 💀
@@average-art3222 oh is it cause Coraline or more rough and the twin was probably a softer girly girl?
I remember leaving the theatre when this movie came out and there were two critics in front of me. I could hear some of what they were saying. What they said about Coraline was accurate and yet very funny.
Critic 1: “I really enjoyed that. Though I do think it might be too scary for some kids.”
Critic 2: “Are you kidding? It scared the s**t out of me!”
that has to be the funniest but most annoying thing, like, you make cartoons that have scary moments, you make movies for kids, that are based on dangerous animals or dark humor, and then theres adult jokes linked into the scenes, like, do people not realize that movies, and kids shows are made by adults
Appearently the ones who made it thought the movie was too scary for kids so they had one of the filmaker's kids watch it and they said it wasnt too scary. Later on he asked his kid if it was actually scary and they said that movie was terrifying but they couldn't stop watching.
@@crazyguy_1233 actually it was the book! They had the kid read a chapter of the book every night and he asked her if she was scared but she wanted to find out how it ended so she said she wasn’t! :)
I imagined that in the voices of the two critics from the Muppets.
Neat little thing that goes unnoticed:
Real mom says she locked the door because she saw some rat crap and wanted Coraline to feel safe.
Next time she goes into the other world, she discovers the mice are actually rats.
If you were paying attention to the Other Father's song, you'd realize that it was actually a warning.
Making up a song about coraline.
She's a peach (something to eat)
she's a doll (how the other mother spies on her)
she's a pal of mine (he actually cares about her.)
She's a cute as a button to everyone who ever laid their eyes on coraline (buttons for eyes)
When she comes exploring, mom and I will never ever make it boring (how the other mother plans to lure her into staying)
Our eyes will be on coraline (sewing the buttons into her eyes)
And then the pause right at the end, before he pulls away, he looks right at the camera like he's saying, "Did you get that?"
27:10 when he called Coraline crazy is when she told him that she saw the lost Twin. Coraline describes one of the ghost (his grandma sister) and he didn't believe her. When he saw the picture he realized that the description of Coraline was correct so she wasn't lying, that's what the movie is implying.
Fun Fact: the designs of coraline’s old friends on the photo she looks at are based on Ron Weasley and Harry Potter from the Harry Potter movies
NGL, I could totally imagine Dakota Fanning playing Hermione if the movies were set in America.
I always find it fascinating how much we don't notice or think about the first time through. We see this tiny snapshot of Coraline's life and assume that her parents are neglectful and indifferent. But if you look at the big picture, it's easy to understand that they're dealing with a cross-country move, a serious work deadline, and the mother is likely dealing with chronic pain from the accident. The situation is temporary but Coraline doesn't get it, and we're seeing it through her lens.
Exactly my thought! It's annoying that most of these reactors hate on the parents but clearly don't see/pay attention to the important details in the movie. Even when I first saw this as a kid I knew they loved her very much lol.
Well how can she can get it when it's never explained to her? definitely also lessons to be taken here on actually Communicating with your children
The reason horror movies like to use yellow is because of the contrast of the doom and gloom with a bright, happy color. In this movie, Coraline is walking through a creepy forest while wearing her bright, yellow coat. In IT Georgie wears is bright yellow coat through the dark rainy day. When they use the light against dark, they are conveying "another world" into the story. That's how I've interpreted anyway.
Also yellow raincoats are fire. I mean, it constrasts Coraline's blue hair and paler skin perfectly.
So there's this theory that Coraline's parents were being controlled by the other mother and that's why they're so indifferent to Coraline and that's how the mother knew what the right key was. And about the blue guy. If you notice he has a medal on his chest. He won this medal for volunteering in the Chenobyl incident.
Another theory instead refers to the housing crisis and that the family was forced to find somewhere cheaper to live. The real mother was in a car accident which is why she’s wearing a neck brace and is probably suffering from pain which is probably why she’s acting more snippy than usual. On top of that, the parents had a deadline for their next magazine/book coming up and this is why they were in a rush to get that done as that is their main source of income for them. They were pretty strapped financially which is why they didn’t have a lot of money to get coraline the gloves she wanted or have decent meals. Once they got the book/magazine off the publishers and got paid they were able to focus on coraline and buy her the things she wanted. We are essentially shown this story through the lens of coralines perspective. Coraline doesn’t understand that her parents were struggling financially or that they had to focus extremely hard on getting their work done because no finished book to give to the publisher means no money. The parents aren’t trying to be neglectful rather they are just trying to make sure they are secure financially and stuck doing the boring adult stuff that we all have to do to take care of ourselves.
That theory is not true at all. If she could control people she wouldn't have to lure kids in.
She didn't know that was the right key, she just tried it because it was different from all the others.
@@SirKolass the explanation is in the book: she just search for the more old key, because its a old house...
@@yildun53 Not in the movie, you can see she gives a weird look at it because it's different
The book this movie is based on was never supposed to get published because the editor said it was too scary for kids. The author convinced him to read it to his young daughter and if she could handle it the book would get published. the kid got scared but lied about it and didn’t admit to it until years after the book had come out
Oh, the kid is a trooper
Now I want the boom as well
The thing about Coraline's parents - they weren't actually neglecting her; they were stressed about work to meet their deadline so they could pay the bills and feed Coraline (as they clearly cannot afford proper food currently). What we saw in the movie, was just a brief window of their lives with Coraline, not representing the whole - and because we see it through the eyes of Coraline (who also happens to be an only child, and therefore accustomed to a lot of attention), it comes across like they are ignoring her completely.
But the moral of the story was that Coraline needed to be patient, accept that her parents had important work to do, and couldn't devote their entire lives to making her happy; she needed to learn that she couldn't always be the center of attention in the family.
This is one of those movie facts that you’ll see commented on every reaction of this movie, but the reason Mr. Bobinski’s skin is blue is because, looking at the medal he wears, he helped with the cleanup of Chernobyl. Also, Miss Spink and Forcibles bickering makes a lot more sense when you read the book and realise they’re a canon couple lol
Oh damn 😨
An amazing introduction to horror for younger audiences. The animation style holds up to this day in a perfectly chilling way, the plot is effective and the characters feel real. I feel like this along with Paranorman are two films that have been the closest to being horror films for children in the last decade or so.
I love ParaNorman. I haven’t seen it in like a few years.
Would love to see her react to Paranorman at some point!!
I feel so bad and sad for the Other Father, since he was being controlled and tried to warn Coraline multiple times during the movie. There have been multiple theories about the cat being the ultimate mastermind and villain and now I can't unsee it. Nevertheless, thanks for reacting to this, this movie brings me such nostalgia.
Yeah, the other father seemed so desperate and hopeless 🥺
What’s the theory? The only theory I saw of it was that either Coraline or The Beldam is a witch
@@Error_-ct2vp The Theorizer has made multiple analyses and theories about this movie, including the ones where the Cat is the real schemer and controlling the Other Mother. I highly recommend to check them out. 🙂
@@juliapakarinen7956 I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who felt the cat was suspicious!
@@juliapakarinen7956 Tbh to me the Theorizer is just a parody channel, also Moi.
The hardest scene they had to film for this movie was the mice circus performance. If you know anything about stop motion, you know it's ridiculously hard to pull off, especially like this.
Facts about Bobinsky, he has a medal for the elimination of the Chernobyl accident, he recommends beetroot (a remedy for radiation), blue skin may be a consequence of radiation
The other mother is the real villain, and the others characters were just puppets she created for impressing Coraline.
Whybie shows her the photo because Coraline described his grandma's sister but he didn't know how they were younger, so when he saw the photo, he understood what Coraline said was real.
By the way, did you notice the three portraits in the living room of the other world ? It's the three ghosts children
fun fact! wybie isn't actually in the books, so when they added his character into the movie they decided to give him the name 'wyborn' (idk how to spell it) 'why born'
For the Other Spink and Forcible, when they were shouting "Thief! Give it back!" Those are actually their real voices. When they're singing or just speaking normally, they're altered, but their real voices are so creepy, for that one scene, they just said, "let's just use them as is!"
This movie is the perfect example of what horror movies should be like. Horror beyond blood and gore. If more horror films were like this it'd be a bigger fan of the genre
Dolls. It’s about the bloody dolls.
@@SophieLents I used to like dolls as a kid. But not anymore.
And loud noises and jumpscares
@@ivanelugo I don’t like jumpscares either.
The picture is important because it shows the doll! It shows it looked different before he gave it to Coraline!
Also, about the other father, there’s a theory the other father and the other Miss Spink and Miss Forcible bodies are actually the bodies of the ghost kids. It’s mentioned in the book the other mother can’t create anything just transform other things. It’s also why other Mr. Bobinsky doesn’t have a true body, she didn’t have enough victims yet. Wybie only appears in the movie but it looks like he’s made of dust, may be the real reason he can’t talk?
It wasn’t a dream tho. Wybie’s grandmothers missing sister was still missing for a reason. The other mother took her and killed her. Coraline saw what she looked like and Wybie confirmed it with a photo. Everything actually happened.
Definitely the scariest and weirdest kids cartoon I ever seen.
I also found it sweet, enjoyable and entertaining with relatable characters like Wybie, Coraline and her father.
I watched this movie when I was a child, I think my mom wanted it to be a lesson of 'be careful of what you wish for', but I didn't need it and all it gave me was nightmares for a few days.
It gave me nightmares as a kid but now it's my favorite movie.
The moment when Coraline suggests the Other Mother a game makes more sense in the book (as for me) There, the ghost children ask Coraline to find their souls (not eyes), and when Coraline asks the Other Mother "what size souls are", she responds with eye-tapping, hinting that they are eye-sized
Girl, you done forgot some stuff lol Wybie mentioned a picture of his grandmas sister because Coraline described her in detail despite never having met her alive. But he didn’t know it so that’s why he called her crazy. That’s how he knew she was telling the truth and why he came back.
Also coraline burned the doll after finding it in the shape of her parents. It wasn’t a different doll. It was the same doll that looked like coraline. The other mother changed it so she could kidnap coraline’s parents.
Fellow Sandman fans:
In the DVD commentary for this movie, Neil confirms the cat is Dream/Morpheus!
OMG
So Coraline is from DC?
Sophie: "I don't like dolls." Me: *Suprised at counting what seems to be 8 dolls in the background.* I guess we are all a bit contradictory at times. ;-)
The photo of Wybie’s grandma and her sister was showing that her sister was the sweet ghost girl with ribbons in her hair that Coraline met. Also the photo shows her holding her doll that the other mother made for her.
I’m surprised so many people are just now seeing coraline. I remember seeing it in theaters when it came out in 2009.
As creepy as the button eye thing is, I always found it kind of humorous that the other mother offered her the different color choices besides black.
Just wanna say I've literally been binging your videos nonstop since I found the channel yesterday. Your comedic editing is f*cking sublime!
Thank you ❤️🥹
“And then she eats their eyes”
I think she just eats their lives using the buttons sewn into their eyes
Yep
Your humour and editing is one of the funniest and most enjoyable to watch with movie reactions i get so hyped when you upload a new video
Omg thanks for watching bestie!
@@SophieLents I love watching omg!! I am so exited to see what animated movies you check out next! Gonna google some good psychological thriller horror movies for you homie
So rarely do the vibe and art style of a kids book transfer so seamlessly to the screen. The book is a classic but the movie is just as good!
The real messed up part is that the Other Mother actually isn't the monster. She's a monster living INSIDE the monster.
The unknown creature from the book?
@@ivanelugo yes!
I was traumatized by the things coming out of the candy 😭😩
I just realized, Wybie lives with his grandma, probably because his parents named him Wyborn and then left him with his grandma because they didn’t want him
Sophie: *having visible trauma
cat in the back: *fully invested on his bath
21:15 21:23 The stone Coraline uses to see the ghost's eyes reminds me of the Seeing Stone from The Spiderwick Chronicles lol. I'd love to see a reaction to that film someday - it's such an underated gem.
It does-
One statement I've heard is that naming your kid Wyborn is like one step up from naming your kid mistake lol
Coraline burned the doll after she found it representing her parents, destroying it
Wybie believed Coraline after seeing the picture of his grandma's twin sister because Coraline described the dead ghost children, including describing what the twin sister looked like, which she couldn't have known otherwise since she hadn't even seen the grandma herself at this point, much less what she looked like as a kid
Mr. Bobinsky is blue because he helped clean up radioactive waste (the medal he's wearing is also a hint at this)
Coraline's parents appear very negligent on the surface, but if you really think about it you can tell that they're just REALLY struggling with money right now, barely even able to buy enough food, so they're trying their best to earn some money and by the end when they finally sell their catalogue they even immediately gift Coraline the expensive gloves she wanted
25:23 THIS shot scared me to death as a kid!
This movie is pretty good, it pushes the boundaries of what is appropriate for a children's movie.
Fun fact the black cat is voiced by Keith David. Best known as the shadow man and King Andrias
Fun fact, Mr bobinski has a little medal on his chest that’s givin to people who survived radiation, which is why his skin is blue and why he’s so odd in the head
Ahahahah
The "Why is this man russian" killed me)))
"Hes still blue. Why?"
Well cause he is russian! Everione have at least some shade of blue here even without the cold)
I adore this film it’s my favorite movie :) glad you reacted to it
When I first watched this as a young teen, it scared me. Lol. It was the button eyes and then the spider forms. At 25 i don't mind horror films now. Preferably the ones stories and not just jumpscares are my go to xx
According to Internet, it's a black tale.
I read the book at 13 and the movie came out when I was 16.
Also, have you ever watched Orphan? It's not as jumpscarey as most horror films attempt to do today. It's a really good and underrated horror thriller, with fantastic performances from Vera Farmiga and Isabelle Fuhrmann (from The Conjuring and Hunger Games, respectively), along with a shocking twist that you will never see coming. I think you'll enjoy it!
I always amazed by the work of Stop Motion on movie, all the work to do. I loved this movie , it's like this amazing movie "The Nightmare Before Christmas"
I wachted this movie when i was 7 and this movie made not able to sleep for the first and last time in my life so far, but one thing that i can definitly thank this movie for was making me resintant to horror movie.
Another horror type movie this is Paranorman, it brings so much nostalgia to me too.
Loved this film idk if it really scared me but it was creepy also loved Wybie and Coraline they are my fav characters even if I thought Coraline was being a bit of a jerk at times.Also I love your reactions sophie ❤
Ty for watching ❤️
This is one of my favorite CZcams channels reaction or otherwise. Love seeing when another video drops ong✅✅💯
Ok so here’s my list for horror
Terrifying:
-Hereditary (maybe Midsommar)
-The Babadook
-Incantation
-The Witch
Not super terrifying but very good
-Get Out
-Nope
-Black Swan
-Doctor Sleep
-Hard candy
-Gerald’s game
Hope you don’t hate me 😂❤
Thanks for your list!
4:13 We were shown here the plants that Coraline wanted to plant so much, and then in another world it was from these plants that a garden with Coraline's face was created
The medal Bobinsky is wearing is one that was awarded to Chernobyl liquidators for their efforts in the clean up campaign.
That's why his skin is blue, and why he's always eating beets.
The cat is voiced by the same guy that voices the Shadowman in princess and the frog!
Their house is sectioned off into apartments.
That’s why Bobinsky lives in the attic and Spink and Forcible live in the basement.
In the book, the door wan’t tiny and was bricked up to separate the 4th apartment, which no one lived in.
We only see the 4th section of the house in the other world in the book and it’s used as a trap when Coraline is looking for the eyes.
this is my first time on your channel and i've gotta say, your vibes are immaculate lol. you seem like a really fun person and i'm already excited to watch more of your reactions :D
Currently obsessed with coraline reactions, glad to see you react!
Great movie, undoubtedly - kids need more scary/creepy movies nowadays; all the recent kids films I've seen lately have been pap. They literally don't make them like this anymore. For some more of that type, I would suggest a couple of '80's classics: 'Return to Oz', and 'The Dark Crystal'.
Thanks for reacting to this! ive been waiting for you to react
For more halloween animation, I recommend you see Corpse Bride, Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Paranorman, Frankenweenie andd The Nightmare Before Christmas. Some horror movies I recommend are: Sleepy Hollow, Scream, Hereditary, Midsommar, Get Out, Us, Nope and Nightmare on Elm Street. And last but not least, I recommend Tim Burton movies :) There’s also another horror stop-motion animation coming to Netflix at the end of this month from the same director of Coraline and TNBC (Henry Selick) called Wendell and Wild that you might like.
Corpse Bride is next 👀
I remember as a kid being oddly mad at Coraline for tossing the beet too.
Glad someone acknowledged it too,lol.
I love this movie and your reaction was just gold!! Made me laugh too many times keep it up!
I love Coraline its my favorite movie and book. And I want a sequel
Thanks for the video Sophie! :)
I love what you're doing with your hair, girl!
Also, It’s been half a year since I lost my dad. But your reactions always make me feel better every week. ❤
@SophieLents
FUN FACT!
The reason why Mr. B is blue like that, is because if you see that metal that he's wearing on his shirt, you'll see that it has a symbol of the drop of blood on it, which he earned from the Chernobyl radiation back in the 80s when it happened, so he is a veteran. ❤
¡One of My favorite movies of all time! Thanks Sophie for this reaction. And a happy saturday to You as well. Hope i see You soon for more reactions like this, take care and God bless You.
The doll was burned before she went to search for her parents
FINALLY! THE DAY HAS COME FOR YOU TO WATCH MY FAV HORROR MOVIE- ALSO TEG MOVIE THAT GAVE ME TRAUMA AS A CHILD!
Fun fact about mister bobinski. The medal he wears is a real Russian medal given to those who participated in the cleanup of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. This would explain his blue skin (and maybe his alarming strength and acrobatic ability despite looking like four toothpicks sticking out of an orange)
The kid in a raincoat trope basically uses the raincoat as a symbol of innocence.
My mom was absolutely terrified of this movie, and she has seen live action horror 🤣
If you payed attention to the Other Mother during dinner, she didn't eat any of her food and we didn't see her eating. Prob means she doesn't eat human food and wants to eat Coraline or something-
1:40 On the Russian neighbor: Coraline takes place in Oregon in the Pacific Northwest of the US. Oregon and Washington have a large eastern European popluation, largely consisting of Russian and Czech people who immigrated to the US on religious visas during the collapse of the USSR. There's such a large Russian population where I live in southern Washington State that a lot of signage, especially in Doctor's offices and DMVs, are in both English and Russian.
What a treat!
You may not realize it but Coraline loses at the end. According to a fan on CZcams The Fangirl. Coraline ends up in the Pink Palace Limbo. The Other Mother is feeding off of Coraline life force. Once the key goes down the well she is trapped and the Other Mother has the key for the next victim.
10:59
Blue skin can actually happen in real life. There are reports out of Kentucky where a genetically inherited blood disorder has lead to blue skin coloration, heart abnormalities and seizures.
Despite the serious effects, the people with this condition have lived relatively normal lives. One woman lived to the ripe old age of 84.
I watched this on Halloween night and this movie is just as beautiful as it was when I first saw this
Hi Sophie hope you are having an great and awesome day
Neil Gaiman must be the most lovable weirdo in literature today, Laika is the best animation studio out there (sorry Pixar!) and Henry Selick the wizard of stop motion. Put all this together, and you have Coraline!
When they offered her buttons instead of eyes, the buttons were lying in a hexagonal box, like a spider's web
The reason why the mother chooses the key and know which one because she knew the door was vintage, she saw the door and its key hole knowing what key she needs and looks like, if you see all the meys there all modern expect the one with button thats why, shes not hidding sometimes, also mr b was a clean up getting a radiation spillages and thats why he has blue skin how i know its his badge from his well work from radiation spillage
(I do know the name i forget how to spell it)
Sophie! You are looking good! Always enjoy your watch-a-longs!
OMG I'M SO GLAD YOU WATCHED CORALINE!!! It's such a banger of a movie! This movie and Until Dawn are the only pieces of horror media that I love revisiting lmao, they're both AMAZING! (Until Dawn is a horror video game, but it plays like an interactive horror movie and also has Rami Malek as my favourite character, so like, WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT LOL) And as always, your commentary with it is perfectly hilarious! 😂BIG mood about nobody caring about the COPYCAT DOLL LMAOOO.
I saw a theory somewhere that said the medal/pin on Bobinsky's shirt is one given to those who tended to the Chernobyl disaster, which is why he's blue. Interesting theory to explain away the weirdness.
next watch should be paranorman its similar to Coraline but more comedic
The end credit song with the child's choir was creepy as hell I played that at Halloween just for fun.
In case it wasn't mentioned yet, Bobinsky is blue because he was a Liquidator of the Chernobyl disaster. The medal he wears was awarded to him specifically for helping clean up the aftermath.
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"Why is this man russian??"
It all began the day I was born...
Fun fact: the reason why Mr.B is blue and has a unnatural body is because of radiation poisoning, the badge on his shirt means he helped with Chernobyl radiation clean up