Coraline
I saw CORALINE in 3D last night with friends. 

Wow.  It was an amazing feat of stop-motion animation and the story was great too, right on par with ALICE IN WONDERLAND or WIZARD OF OZ.  I haven't read the original Neil Gaiman novella yet, but I plan to at some point.  When it comes to movies based on books, if I have any interest in the film I try seeing it before reading the book.  Reading the book first tends to make the film version more disappointing.

I don't know if this was in the original story or not, but there were a lot of shout outs  to Michigan--Coraline and her family are from Pontiac originally and her dad is always clad in a Michigan State sweatshirt.  Then there is her mom's favorite snow glob, which is of the fountain at the Detroit Zoo. Very cool.

The character design of the film was amazing.  Exaggerated features and expressions all around.  And I loved how the characters moved and how they had their own body language (something you rarely see in computer animation).  The 'sets' were equally breathtaking and I adored all of minute details.

The film did drag a bit here and there, but the plot kept things moving and all of the eye candy kept me interested.  It is very much worth the extra money to see this in 3D, although there were only a few moments where the 3D really got my attention beyond the depth of field stuff (part of me wonders if my having to wear regular glasses under the 3D glasses affects this at all).  I loved the creepy and spooky stuff of the story--it gives it so much more depth.  This film is hardly just a 'kids' movie.

I don't know if I liked more than Heny Selick's previous masterpiece, NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (which he directed, not Tim Burton), but CORALINE is at least on par with NIGHTMARE in my book. The music was great too, but the film is not a musical like NIGHTMARE (although some characters do sing). 

This is certainly a film worth seeing on the big screen--and in 3D (better hurry too, it is only in 3D for a limited time).