Sometimes kids think their parents are just really annoying. I
think this too occasionally but I’ve never wished to have an "other
mother". The movie Coraline appears to be just about a child that is mad
at her parents so she tries to escape in her own way. The banal parent child relationship story set the
movie up to look like your regular teenage angst but soon Coraline, our hero,
finds herself in another world with an "other family", with my
favorite villain.
"You're just in time for supper dear. :)" When I heard that I
didn't think the "other mother" was going to be the villain of the
movie. She was cooking dinner and singing, which was about as far from
Coraline's real mother as you can get. At first she is just this really kind,
mystery lady that happens to look like Coraline's mother. OM cooks for
Coraline, asks her about what she wants to do and even made the annoying kid
from Coraline's real world, a taciturn companion Coraline can stand being with.
This lady didn't seem at all evil, and I didn't think she could possibly be
villainous. But then I started seeing her true colors and man, are they scary.
This OM has been luring children into her world by emulating theirs but giving them everything they
want. After trapping them, she eats them or keeps them as toys, whatever she
feels that day I guess. The woman must have an insatiable appetite for little kids, I mean hey, they are
delicious. The OM isn't my favorite villain because she goes about catching
kids in a smart way. If I went through a door and saw everything I ever asked
my parents for with this nice lady, I think I would stay. OM does her job of
being nice and then evil in a perfect way that makes me love her. It's her coffee
blend of fake cheerfulness mixed with a hint of duplicity which makes
me like her and cheer for her to keep eating children. Even her trap for
Coraline was impressive. All she had to do was kidnap Coraline’s parents, and Coraline
came running. Most villains don’t try that trick until they’re already half
dead and out of ideas. OM is pretty original, which is why she is my favorite
movie villain.
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