ParaNorman (2012)
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
ParaNorman (2012) Poster.
It's all fun and games until someone raises the dead.
You don't become a hero by being normal.
"The film avoids the pandering of many animated features, bringing an acerbic edge and a thrilling intelligence to its story." - Bruce Diones, New Yorker.
"An entertaining and visually attractive family-friendly story." - Claudia Puig, USA Today.
"ParaNorman has plenty of rambunctious thrills to give the kiddies goosebumps, while older connoisseurs of stop-motion animation will appreciate the Laika studio's inventive visuals." - Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
"It's filled with clever detail, both old-school and state-of-the-art." - Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times.
"Everything in this movie is carefully and beautifully crafted. With plenty of virtuous and classic horror elements from the beginning until the end, the movie as a whole is a little dramatic yet quite an amusing adventure." - Rosalyn Lim.
Genre/Tags
Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy Friendship Horror SupernaturalStop Motion Halloween Rosalyn's Favorite Animated Feature
ParaNorman (2012) Trailer
ParaNorman (2012) at a glance
ParaNorman (2012) is a horror family comedy animated feature directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler. It is the first stop motion film that utilized full-color 3D printers for animation and it has won several Best Animated Feature from Film Critics Society/Association around the US.
ParaNorman (2012) Synopsis
ParaNorman is set in the town of Blithe Hollow, whose locals profit from mining the town’s history as the site, 300 years ago, of a famous witch hunt. 11-year-old Norman Babcock spends much of his days appreciating the finer points of scary movies and studying ghost lore. In fact, Norman is gifted with the ability to see and speak with the dead, such as his beloved grandmother. Most days, he prefers their company to that of his flustered father, spacey mother, and deeply superficial older sister Courtney. At middle school, Norman dodges bullying Alvin, confides in the impressionable Neil, and tries to tune out his blowhard teacher Mrs. Henscher.
Norman is unexpectedly contacted by his odd uncle Prenderghast, who floors him with the revelation that a centuries-old witch’s curse is real and is about to come true, and that only Norman will be able to stop it from going into overdrive and harming the townspeople. Once a septet of zombies – led by The Judge – suddenly rises from their graves, Norman finds himself caught in a wild race against time alongside Courtney, Alvin, Neil, and Neil’s musclebound older brother Mitch as Sheriff Hooper chases them all. Worse, the town is up in arms and taking up arms. Norman bravely summons up all that makes a hero – courage and compassion – as he finds his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.
Movie Review: ParaNorman (2012)
The Typical Screaming Lady in Horror Movies.
ParaNorman (2012) is possibly one of the best animated halloween movies for all ages that you can find and it sure is in my own list. With plenty of virtuous and classic horror elements from the beginning until the end, the movie as a whole is a little dramatic yet quite an amusing adventure.
Crying Aggie.
Everything in this movie is carefully and beautifully crafted. Each of the distinct characteristics of the characters are usually funny but they are also charming and endearing in their own ways. All these, cordially invite us to live a Norman life in the claymation world which is a reflection of our reality but the true fear in this film is fear itself, not the curse of the witch or the resurrection of the dead.
Courtney, Norman, Alvin, Neil and Mitch.
It's true that people often make mistakes when they are afraid or lost as they have decided to do and said terrible things during those circumstances and although unpleasant things such as bullies, assumptions and accusations cannot be completely avoided, there will still always someone out there for every one of us; we just have to have faith.
Norman hugged by his mother.
Biggest lesson from this movie? It's okay to be weird, abnormal, whatever the society thinks as long we are true to ourselves and we do not harm another soul. And, we must never take our loved ones for granted. Remember that trust, patience and communication are equally important. #Weirdwins!
Movie Ratings
Will write a page regarding this and add this to all animated feature entries in the future.
Fans of stop motion animation and horror family comedy movies!
Details of the movie
Director: Sam Fell, Chris Butler
Producer: Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner
Story: Not sure.
Screenplay: Chris Butler
Cinematography: Tristan Oliver
Music: Jon Brion
Studio: Laika Entertainment
Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jodelle Ferland, Tucker Albrizzi, Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Leslie Mann, Jeff Garlin, Bernard Hill, Elaine Stritch, Tempestt Bledsoe, John Goodman, Alex Borstein
Full Credit: [IMDb]
Distributor: Focus Features, Universal Pictures
Country: American
Language: English
Genre: Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy Horror
Running time: 92 mins
Budget: USD 60,000,000 est.
Box office: USD 107,139,399 est.
Official website(s)
http://www.laika.com/
http://www.paranorman.com/
http://www.focusfeatures.com/paranorman
http://weirdwins.com/
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ParaNorman (2012) Behind the Scenes
Recipe for Baking ParaNorman
8000 lbs of printing powderFavorite Movie Character
77 gallons of superglue
300 puppets
40000 faces
50 stages
5000 X-Acto Blades
66400 rare earth magnets
729 sheets sandpaper
2 gallons of white resin
25000 purple nitro gloves
1 massive warehouse
127 human years
Neil and Norman.
For the first time, I am writing two favorite characters for one movie! Reasons because I was torn between Norman and Neil as both of them are very adorable and kind! (And I didn't want spend too much time thinking who to choose and write here haha)
These two boys seems to be unlikely friends but they became quick friends as they have several things in common; they don't discriminate, they accept people for who they are although they are always the outcasts and being bullied by their peers due to their uniqueness!
Most of all, Norman is logical in thinking and he has the ability to see and speak to the dead which is super cool and Neil is a great friend, he always defend and stay by Norman no matter what!
ParaNorman (2012) Movie Quotes
Special thanks to Springfieldx2 for the movie transcript!
- My other car is a broom!
- Welcome to Blithe Hollow, A Great Place to Hang!
- Witchy wieners.
- I want to break up after homeroom.
- Trick or trim.
- Here lie buried the seven victims of the witch's curse, 1712.
- He's a zombie. It's what they do.
- Tell him to turn up the thermostat too, will you? My feet are like ice.
- What are you watching in there?
- Can't you be like other kids your age? And pitch a tent in the yard or have a healthy interesting carpentry.
- I thought you said kids my age are too busy shop lifting and joy ridding.
- How many times do we have to go through this, son? Your grandmother is dead!
- Then why you keep on talking to her?
- Because she talks back?
- I'm not making this up. I swear! She talks to me all the time.
- She said it's not very lady like to hide photos of the high school quarterback with his shirt up in your underwear drawer.
- No she's not. She is in the living room.
- Sensitive is writing poetry and be lousy at sports. Not this.
- Hi! How is it hanging?
- You stink of illiteracy. Pilgrims, the myth.. Don't any of you know anything about the history of this town?
- Puritans were strict and devout who came here to build a home, a place without sin.
- Why is the witch always the hideous old with ponytail and a broomstick? I don't believe this is historically accurate, Mrs. Henscher.
- It's not suppose to be. It's suppose to sell postcards and key chains.
- "They put her on trial and hanged her. But the vengeful witch cursed her accuser, seven of them in all, to die have a horrible and gruesome death and rise from the graves as the living dead! Their souls...doomed to an eternity of damnation!"
- I keep telling you, Neil. I like to be alone.
- So do I. Lets do it together.
- You shouldn't let them get you down. They always do stuff like that to me.
- Because I'm fat. My allergies, make my eyes leak and I sweat when I walk in class. And I have a lunchbox with a kitten on it. And I have Irritable Bowel Syndrome. I guess it's a bunch of stuff.
- You can't stop bullying. It's part of human nature. If you were bigger and more stupid, you'd probably be a bully too. It's called survival of the biggest.
- That statue just "psssst" at us.
- was told not to talk to you. Sorry.
- Actually, we're learning about it in school.
- I'm a tree!
- Leave him alone. Don't make me throw this hummus. It's spicy!
- Can you see ghosts, like, everywhere all the time?
- Do you think you could see my dog, Bub? He was ran over by an animal rescue van. It was tragic and ironic. We buried him in the yard, could you see him?
- Hey Mitch. We're going to go play with the dead dog in the garden and we're not going to dig it up first.
- Neil, isn't he that weird kid You know "I'm talking to ghosts, so people don't pay attention to me."
- Can you stop doing that? It's kind of stupid.
- So does everyone comeback as a ghost?
- My grandma told me it's usually people who still have stuff to figure out. Or sometimes it's the one who dies suddenly or in a bad way.
- That's not his chin.
- No! I dont wanna go! I want to go home. I don't wanna go!
- Great. Now we never get to remember this moment.
- I curse you accusers to die a horrible and gruesome death and rise from your graves as living-dead. Your souls doomed to an eternity of damnation.
- Aren't they adorable?
- Kill the witch! Kill the witch!
- The dead are coming!
- It's one thing being mental case in front of your family. But not the whole freaking town. There's not going to be anymore talking to ghosts or your grandma's or what is it now...
- I think it's tree.
- You are grounded. Do you hear me?
- This is ridiculous. I wish everyone could see what I see. I don't ask to be born this way.
- You know sometimes people say things that seem mean but they do it because they are afraid.
- He's my dad. He shouldn't be afraid of me.
- He's not afraid of you. He's afraid for you.
- Couldn't you use another stall?
- I've been holding back the witch's curse for years, but now I'm dead. It has to be you.
- Read from the book at the spot the witch was buried.
- Do I look crazy to you ?
- Tell me you do this. Swear!
- Like the "F" word?
- You might want to give that a few minutes.
- I don't have boobs, these are pectorals.
- Come to the window!
- Want to play some hockey?
- Mr. Prenderghast appeared to me in the bathroom.
- So, you wanna come play a bit later?
- Just go home, Neil, I'll be better off on my own anyway.
- Dad says I'm not to talk to you anymore, grandma.
- Jackass. If I was a poltergeist, I'll throw something at his head.
- You know, by rights... I'm suppose be frolicking in paradise with you grandfather but I'm not.
- There is nothing wrong with being scared, Norman, as long as you don't let it change who you are.
- "Girl come back and talk to me when your basket toss gets 12,000 hits on YouTube."
- This is it. Read from the book, stop the curse, go home, pretend this never happened.
- "Once upon a time, in a far off land there lives a king and a queen in a magnificent castle."
- What? A fairy tale?
- Are you freeze framing mom's aerobics DVD again?
- Neil, would it kill you to get off your butt, and answer the door?
- God. I'm going to kill them! I know you are in there. A slumber party is over, dorks.
- Can I help you?
- That's great. Your brother and my brother are like best friends. I'm Courtney.
- Do you know where Norman is? He is kind of disappeared.
- Neil, better start talking buddy.
- I didn't really think he was serious about going up to the old graveyard on his own.
- I told you he was trouble. Sorry, but I did.
- No, it's fine. He's sucks. But I gotta really make sure he doesn't you know die or anything tonight. Would you help me? Please.
- Okay. I guess I should go get some clothes on.
- Come on... It has to be something. We really need... to get home... because I got a seriously early curfew.
- But I was like, "I want to do something like that helps people that's less fortunate, thank you very much." You know, like the poor or... People who are dying. or ugly or something... I really think that ecology and world peace are like totally important today.
- Do you use "free weight"? Because your deltoids are huge.
- I've never use deltoids in my life, I swear, you can test me.
- Ugh, kill me now.
- Is he dead or what?
- Does anyone knows CPR or..
- We saw them burst out of their graves for real.
- Just so you know I totally saved his life and I could totally save yours.
- Oh right. Pesky kids with their phones. Burning up the ozone. That's what it is.
- Sorry, my fault. When I get nervous I get mouth diarrhea.
- I understand that this all getting completely out of... Hand!
- So, Norman, let me get this straight. You guys all go on this big supernatural adventure and you're calling me in the middle of the night, because you need someone to help do your homework.
- If you care to pay attention some of the time, you would know that we covered this in 5th grade history class.
- You know I would google this myself if it wasn't a 300 years old dead guy trying to rip my face off.
- I really think it might help if you tried to see things from his point of view.
- Not believing in the afterlife is like not believe in astrology.
- Delinquent drivers! Where are the police when you need them?
- Baby... I'm so sorry, You'll be alright. We gonna get through this together.
- Move along now people There isn't anything to see here.
- Yes, book number one, finish, That is 26 pages. Oh yeah.
- You never listen. No one ever listens.
- I should've known you wouldn't understand. No one ever does.
- Everyone in the real world thinks I'm a freak. And you know what maybe they're right. Maybe I am a freak, but I never asked for their help. Just go! Get out!
- I'm not going anywhere, You can't make me.
- Dude, you're really heavy.
- I'm not speaking to you.
- No, you can't do this. I didn't do anything wrong.
- You are to be taken to the place of execution where you'll be hanged by the neck until you are dead.
- I was only playing...
- Stop! Leave me alone or I'll make you sorry! I'll make all of you sorry!
- How could you? She was just a little kid. She was no different from me.
- I believe we were doing what was right But I was wrong. Now, this is our punishment. We thought we knew our way in life But in death we're lost.
- Every year, someone read this story to her grave. Before me, it was Mr. Prenderghast. before him, there were others The curse doesn't ever go away. Nothing gets better. It's not enough.
- What will you do?
- Something nobody ever did before. I've got to go talk to her.
- Mitch, Mitch, if we die tonight, this may be the last chance I get to tell you how I feel.
- Well, no, unless we get brought back as zombies then technically, we'll live longer.
- I'll comeback and haunt Norman. Maybe then he'll start listening to me.
- The curse isn't about the zombies hurting you. It's about you hurting them.
- Everybody, listen up! You all need to stop trying to kill my brother! You're adults! Stop it! I know that this seems crazy. Believe me, I am with you on that. But I think he does actually know what he's talking about.
- All night, he's been trying to save you, from the witch's curse.
- And all what do you want to do is burn and murder stuff. Just burning and murdering. Yeah, shame on every single one of you. How dare you all?
- Does it looks like any of them are trying to hurt you? They're just people. Well, at least used to be. Just stupid people who should've known better. They did something unforgivable. Because they were scared. And they were cursed for it. Now it's happening all over again. Don't you get it? They were just like you. But now it has to stop.
- I've cheered the uncheerable Norman. I'm not letting you to give up now.
- Maybe we should pull over and ask someone.
- You're not like me at all.
- I don't want to go to sleep. And you can't make me!
- Once upon a time, long ago, there was a little girl. A little girl who was different, who was different form any other people in her village. She could see and do things that nobody could understand. And that make them scared of her. She turned away from everyone and became sad and lonely. And had no one to turn to. The more she turn away from the people, the more scared they were of her. And they did something terrible. They became so scared, that they took her away and they killed her! She turned away from everyone. and became sad and lonely. And had no one to turn to. And this part of her wouldn't go away after 300 years. The longer it stays, the less there was of the little girl. Because you want everyone to hurt just as much as you are. So whenever you wake up, you play this mean game. But you don't play fair!
- They hurt me!
- So you hurt them back?
- I wanted everyone to see how rotten they were.
- They did something awful but ot doesn't mean you should too. All that's left of you now is mean and horrible
- This is wrong and you know it! You spent so long remembering the bad people, and you forgot the good one. There must've been somebody who loved you and cared for you. You don't remember them?
- I remember my mommy brought me here once. We sat under the tree and she told me stories. They all had happy endings. And then those horrible men came and took me away. And I never saw her again.
- Sometimes when people get scared they say and do horrible things. I think you got so scared that... You forgot who you are. But I don't think you're a witch.
- I think you're just a little kid with a really special gift. Who only wanted people to understand her. So we're not all that different at all.
- What about the people who hurt you? Don't you ever want to make them suffer?
- Well yeah, but... What good would that do?
- You think just because there's bad people out there, there's no good one either? I thought the same thing for a while. But there's always someone out there for you. Somewhere.
- That story you were telling... How does it ends?
- I think that's up to you. Is this where they buried me?
- It's a pretty good place to sleep. So you can be with your mom again. Sleep tight.
- Yeah, you know what me and Norman are a lot in the same class We're pretty much inseparable, best buds. We do a lot of psychic investigation together. We've a blog actually, you should check them out.
- So, I was thinking if we could catch a movie sometimes. Nothing scary.
- You're gonna love my boyfriend. He's like a total chick flick nut!
- You stop the witch's curse and made the zombies goes away.
- I just wanted to say thanks. You stood by me all the time.
- Is she... Is she sitting next to me?