Hee! I'd love to babble until your ear falls off talk about Coraline with you! Eeee that'd be awesome! I'll email/post my number in friends-locked post. Seriously, it'd be so much fun to talk with you.
Ok, I know what I'm doing this weekend. And YES you are so completely right about everything in that paragraph. I never realized how stifling childhood can be, from that point of view. In the movie, the Other Mother not only wants Coraline to be her daughter but also her doll (which adds some interesting comments on women's identity and roles). Coraline has to rebel against that passivity - in both versions - in order to define herself; and like you said, part of what she's fighting for is the adult ability to see other people as individuals with their own dreams and desires (and this is an ability that Other Mother doesn't seem to have).
I can't wait to hear your thoughts on the movie! I really really really hope you like it. It needs at least two viewings, I think; Pete and I liked it much much more the second time around.
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Date: 2009-07-02 06:49 pm (UTC)babble until your ear falls offtalk about Coraline with you! Eeee that'd be awesome! I'll email/post my number in friends-locked post. Seriously, it'd be so much fun to talk with you.Ok, I know what I'm doing this weekend. And YES you are so completely right about everything in that paragraph. I never realized how stifling childhood can be, from that point of view. In the movie, the Other Mother not only wants Coraline to be her daughter but also her doll (which adds some interesting comments on women's identity and roles). Coraline has to rebel against that passivity - in both versions - in order to define herself; and like you said, part of what she's fighting for is the adult ability to see other people as individuals with their own dreams and desires (and this is an ability that Other Mother doesn't seem to have).
I can't wait to hear your thoughts on the movie! I really really really hope you like it. It needs at least two viewings, I think; Pete and I liked it much much more the second time around.