On the movie's website, here, anyone can learn about the characters, play games and watch clips from the movie. anyone can learn about the characters, play games and watch clips from the movie.
The trailer above presents the main character Jack Skellington, The Pumpkin King, who is waiting for something to happen that's different from his usual schedule. He rules Halloween, that is his domain, but he's become to hate it. He longs for some place new. And with enough seeking he finds Christmas Town which sparks his imagination, creating a monster that takes over Christmas. With the help of his followers he nabs Santa before he can deliver toys to the waiting children of the world and accidentally terrorizes them, until he realizes his wrongs and releases Santa.
Sally, Jack's loving friend, is the second main character in this story. Though she is not mentioned in the trailer, she plays an integral role in the way things pan out for Jack. All her life she's been oppressed by her creator and is finally breaking free from his control. She loves Jack and helps to guide him towards achieving his goals and not ruining what he's worked so hard for. When she realizes that things are doomed from the beginning, she tries to plead with Jack to drop his version of Christmas. But when he doesn't she still has his back and is looking out for his best interest. Without Sally there would be no Jack and in the end The Nightmare Before Christmas wouldn't be a love story.
This story portrays Jack, the main character, who wants a change and later, after causing lots of trouble, realizes that he has everything he needs already. He has a community and Sally, his love, which are there for him no matter ideas he cooks up in his head. I've noticed that in life I had observers, people who watch me grow as a person, but I tended to neglect them when I got a kooky idea that I would do in order to prevent me from living a dull life.
Jack realizes that his life doesn't have to be dull, he looks for something new to keep his mind occupied. He finds solace in planning Christmas. However, being the Pumpkin King makes things a little more difficult. Tim Burton and Danny Elfman in the creation of The Nightmare Before Christmas used a powerful juxtaposition of the colorful Christmas Town and the dark and dreary Halloween Town. The advertising aficionados at Touchstone Pictures laid out a trailer that would entice its viewers to watch and enjoy the story of a skeleton who's tired with his life and ready for a new challenge.
I don't know if it was their intention, but when growing up this movie was my way to escape. I would watch it multiple times wondering if I could ever have an exciting life like Jack and be able to find my Sally. I always wondered who the specific audience of this movie was. I figured it was for young children like me who, at the time, believed in Santa Claus. But now I realize that I only understood the plot superficially and am just now able to get the deeper meaning that I couldn't get as a young child
– we have the life that we have but it gets boring sometimes and needs to be spiced up in the end we always go back to what we had before because we feel safe in the niche we had created.
I personally believe that I identify with both Jack and Sally. I wish to separate myself from my family and strike out on my own. It will be hard and there will be times that I fail, but I have my loved ones to fall back on, as I will be there when my loved ones need someone to listen to their problems. Friendship and love are such an important part of life so when we don't have it, life becomes incomplete. I'm not sure if this trailer represents me as a person to other people but I like to think that if they think hard enough they can see a little of themselves and hopefully me in this great cinematic feature.
