the similarities between Coraline (2009 (and Coraline (novella, 2002)) and Spirited Away (2001) are certainly striking (girl is unhappy about moving to a new town, travels to a secret world controlled by a witch, witch steals her parents and she has to play a rigged game to save them and get home, almost loses her name, etc), but despite what the anime message board posters (2008) would have you believe (that Neil Gaiman cribbed the story to spite them for hating his translation of Princess Mononoke (1999)), it’s securely in the realm of hoe madge compared to Darren Aronofsky’s ew vrah

Rewatched Coraline on our vacation because my 3 year old imprinted on a Coraline doll at the grocery store.

The movie fuckin bangs. It’s so good, really witty, beautiful and creepy and unlike Nightmare Before Christmas (which I famously dislike). I love every character, I love the “you must collect 3 items” quest line. I love that the story is about parenting and childhood and isn’t just “my grand/parents are mean so we need to resolve that to move on”. I love the little dogs in their angel wings. I love the dreamlike sequences at the end.

I love it all. 10/10

All that to say, how THE FUCK did the academy choose Up over it!!! Up fucking sucks! It has a poignant little love story up front and then 90 min of boring dogshit. My least favorite Pixar film.

Might go on a hyperfocusing bender and list every time the Academy chose the wrong animated movie.