I am the biggest fan of Tim Burton, I love all his movies. They are not your normal happy movies, they usually have a dark side to them. My favorites so far are BeetleJuice, Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride and of course my all time favorite The Nightmare Before Christmas.
When I was invited to a screening of Frankenweenie I was really excited, even more than my kids. LOL! First off, let me say I was super impressed with the theater the screening was at. It was our first time there, but the seating was really comfortable. Plus they had tons of security and even checked everyone with a metal detector to make us feel safe.
The movie Frankenweenie is basically about a boy who loves science and his dog, but his parents want him to be like everyone else. They sign him up for baseball, which he is not into. After he hits a home run at a game, his dog runs after the ball and gets hit by a car.
he is devastated and comes up with a plan to bring him back to life, which works. A friend finds out and tells everyone. The whole town rallies against the science teacher for teaching the kids nonsense.
This was my husbands favorite part (he is a scientist). The science teacher says that everyone is ignorant and think that science is magic. when it is not.
After everything a few Classmates of Victor decided to bring their old animals back to life, but the animals become monsters and attack them. Sparky saves the day and dies again.
I am going to leave it at that, if you want to know the ending go see the movie.
I loved the movie, Tim Burton has made a masterpiece again. The movie is black and white, but is still worth seeing. Even the meaning behind the movie stood out. Trust me, like I said my husband is a scientist and was raving about the movie all night. How true it was that most of america thinks science is all magic and just want the latest and greatest gadgets, but don’t care about how they are made or what needs to happen to make them work. He also commented about the science teachers looks and how they fit. He said that most scientist are not personable and a bit scary. He immediately just started calling people stupid instead of answering questions.
Overall my family and I loved the movie and we will probably see it again in theaters.
Frankenweenie will be in theaters nationwide October 5, 2012
Disclosure: I was invited to a screening of the movie by Disney. No other compensation was received. All opinions are 100% my own.
