Tim Burton's "9"

[SquidPuppet]

Excellent. Not an American-cookie-cutter movie at all. It's a very simple survival story, yet it succeeded at making me care about the characters, a lot. Kind of a balls-to-the-wall thriller right from the opening scene. I found it darker and scarier than Coraline. Geared much more toward adult audiences than little kids. Animation, "cinematography", sound design and the score were all awesome. Elfman was involved, but it didnt have that patented Elfman sound...at all. The details in the sound design were breathtaking, really. Fabrics rubbing, leather wrinkling, metal bumping, breathing. Reference stuff. There are a few events in the film that some folks may find "odd", but they really worked for me. Big screen? Yes. :-)

A+ all the way.