{"id":3633,"date":"2016-07-23T13:22:17","date_gmt":"2016-07-23T17:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3633"},"modified":"2024-02-06T17:32:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T22:32:56","slug":"frankenweenie-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3633","title":{"rendered":"Frankenweenie-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Frankenweenie-2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Tim Burton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Catherine O&#8217;Hara, Martin Short<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott\u2019s Review #454<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/70219496.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3634\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/70219496-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70219496\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/70219496-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/70219496.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed July 23, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Frankenweenie is a very creative Tim Burton-made, stop-motion film that received a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 2012 Oscars.<\/p>\n<p>On the dark side, it is a pleasure to watch for the thought-invoked and left-of-center approach as compared to many safe modern animated features.<\/p>\n<p>The story revolves around a lonely young man who experiments on his recently deceased dog to bring him back to life.<\/p>\n<p>It is a black and white film, has nice horror references (Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein) and interesting characters.<\/p>\n<p>It is also heartwarming as the child&#8217;s love for the dog is evident.<\/p>\n<p>The movie is easy to compare to 2012&#8217;s ParaNorman in\u00a0multiple ways (lonely male teen, both dark films).<\/p>\n<p>As much as I give major props to this film for the creativity involved, somehow it did not completely connect with me (I liked ParaNorman better) and I&#8217;m not sure why, but I have great respect for the creative achievements it encompasses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oscar Nominations:\u00a0<\/strong>Best Animated Feature Film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frankenweenie-2012 Director Tim Burton Starring Catherine O&#8217;Hara, Martin Short Scott\u2019s Review #454 Reviewed July 23, 2016 Grade: B Frankenweenie is a very creative Tim Burton-made, stop-motion film that received a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 2012 Oscars. 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