The Nightmare Before Christmas - Nostalgia Critic

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I feel like an idiot. I never noticed the mayor was literally a two-faced politician.

I think my favourite subtle scene after watching all these years is while Jack is contemplating the most complex ways to explain Christmas, Sally arrives to give him a gift out of kindness while he is struggling. In essence, she gets what Christmas is in its most honest form. Showing you care for someone during their most trying of times.

"There's no... hidden adult humour" "Jack, please, I'm only an elected official here, I can't make decisions by myself!"

My favourite part is when Jack opens his paper snowflake, and does a double take because he's made a perfect creepy spider when he cut without thinking. He's just naturally a spooky guy, it's like he can't help what he puts out there.

It's not just that Lock, Shock, and Barrel's masks look exactly like their faces, it's also the fact that their real faces are even scarier than the masks.

For me the fight with Oogie Boogie didn't feel weak or unimportant. Jack easily dealing with all Oogie Boogies traps shows he's back in his right element and unlike his previous failures, this is something you don't beat him at.

When he says “curiosity killed the cat you know” and Jack says “I know” I don’t think it’s a weird line, I think it’s supposed to be a joke because they’re all dead.

Fun fact: in Italy Jack Skellington was entirely dubbed by Renato Zero, a hugely famous singer, and he did such an amazing job a lot of people in my country would choose his version of this movie's songs over the original one

I always felt like that “I know..!” was Jack just kinda like “Yes yes, dead cats, can we just get to work!?”

The final scene between Jack and Oogie has always been one of my favourite scenes in the entire film. How often do we get to see a final battle between hero and villain where the hero never has that cliche "looks-like-they're-about-to-fail-but-then-wins-by-some-miraculous-feat" moment? Jack never falters, never struggles, and remains confident the entire time. He just straight up murders Oogie. For most of the film, Jack is revered and respected by the townsfolk, and this one scene makes it very plain and simple as to why. He can go from walking like a gentleman to crawling like a spider in a heartbeat. Bonus points for none of that hero's remorse we also often see, where they sometimes toss up whether or not to kill a villain. Jack just gets it done.

I always liked the line: “How dare you treat my friends so shamefully!”

Jack is the greatest Disney princess, complete with song lamenting how he has everything, but oh, if only he had something more...

Fun Fact: when you kept mentioning how Christmas encrouching on Halloween was ahead of its time, its actually the reason this story exists! Tim Burton said he was inspired by seeing a window display trying to edge out their Halloween decor with Christmas the day after Halloween ended

Producer: “Is this a Halloween movie or a Christmas movie?” Writer: “Yes.”

I feel like there's definitely an implied rivalry between Jack and Oogie just from the way they address and react to each other.

9:23 there’s actually a really interesting theory that Sally, being a reanimated corpse, was killed by humans for witchcraft (ya know, the psychic ability). She was supposedly dismembered, which is why all of her body parts fit and sew like a doll.

Doc: You know curiousity killed the cat? Jack: I know. I killed it.

When Nostalgiaween doesn’t start with Stephen King Time: “Somethings wrong, I can feel it”

Fun fact: in the video game sequel, Oogie's Revenge, Chris Sarandon not only does Jack's speaking voice, but does his singing as well! He does a great job of it, too; sounds almost as good as Elfman in the film. Worth looking up the songs if you've never played the game. ^_^