The Boxtrolls

I watched this the first day it was out on digital release, having sadly missed it in the theatres. I had a terrible cold, but was so excited... I watched it even though I nearly passed out a few times. Needless to say, I was slightly underwhelmed, being a Laika fan that had hyped up the film in my head prior to viewing. I tottered off to bed without a word to my boyfriend, who I always force to watch these sorts of movies. He doesn't get romantic comedies, he gets digital animation, anime, stop motion, etc. I don't think that is such a rough deal, personally!So, the next day, I thought about it and realized I hadn't felt like the story was quite as magical as Coraline or ParaNorman. I hadn't felt as close to the main characters as I had to Coraline and to Norman, or even the side characters. I decided to watch it again.I really don't know what changed, perhaps besides me not being so ill or in a medicated stupor, but on the second viewing I was struck by all the little subtle nuances. I noticed more little details. I felt closer to the main character "Eggs" - and less irritated with the previously viewed-as-snotty girl character "Winnie". And the BoxTrolls themselves, though perhaps a touch less individually developed than the side characters in Coraline or ParaNorman, were a lot more personable to me on second viewing. They gave off that "you don't have to even talk to be endearing" Wall-E vibe. And I adore Wall-E!Anyway. I was so much happier on second viewing that I rewatched the film again right then and there. And I have watched it a couple times since then, too. Just like Coraline and ParaNorman, The BoxTrolls offers an experience for children (and large, aged children!) which doesn't paint everything black and white, but instead seems to ask the viewer to consider the good, the ugly and the gray areas in life - sometimes with a serious tone, at other times with humor, but always with great wit.Excellent children's film, and excellent film in general. As always the artistic side and the amount of work that goes into Laika's films (and of course any animation or stop-motion animation film) just leaves me in awe... as you will see in the fun little bit with the former henchmen at the end of the flick.Hope you enjoy this one! :-)

This is a great animation!It's not all for kids thought. It's more for adults just like <NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHIRSTMAS> or <CORALINE>. Also if you like movies like <THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN><DELLICATESSON> that is directed by Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet.A bit dark and very visually stunning high contrast, Production design award worthy animation film.If you expect something like Disney skip this one.The story is also pretty original.There are a bumch of monstrous looking but very fragile kind that are living in a box. It's like a cloth.They are shy and delicate people- people? well,..They are known to human as man eater or baby stealer or carnival at best but in fact they are not. They are some kind of victim from the society cause they are living in the dark because of the false image.They meets this boy EGGS who was abandoned when a boy and keeps him as their son or something.He is not a boxtroll but they gives him a small box and he thinks that he is one of them.One day he meets a girl. Yes there is always a girl.She is a daughter of a rich powerful man A Lord and slowly figures out that he is one of the human kind.Then he figures out that his true father was sacrificed by that lord's colleague Archibald Snatcher a true evil.They are fake known to human because the Archibald and other evil made them their image that way.Now there comes a time that Archibald decides to get rid of all the boxtrolls and for the first time for the help of the girl Winnie Portley-Rind , boxtrolls stand up and fight against the Archilabald and their gangs.The story is good the visual is pure amazing that my eyes were totally blind by it.I will have to watch this again and again.It felt like watching the movie <CORALINE>. The same old feeling came back to me.It's sad that this movie was not a big hit at the boxoffice because it didn't found the proper audience of course the stroy was too dark for kids or because the adults hesitated to watch an animation alone not bringing their children.It needs to be re-known and the new treatment too.

I bought the 1080p Blu-Ray as soon as it came out many years ago. I loved the vivid colors and the stop-motion photography. About four years ago, I finally got a theater-quality OLED and this movie stuck with me as one that I wish would be released in 4K. I pre-ordered the week it was available, and my family watched it last night. Well worth the wait, and well done to whoever made the decision to let us see the movie with the same detail in which it was made.For those who have never seen the movie, it is a great film for the family - to a younger child it is a good vs. evil story. To the adult, it is a well-crafted and layered allegory that seems to get more poignant over time.

Good movie