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viridian5

Temptation, My Precious

Dec 08, 2002 18:01

I just finished Coraline by Neil Gaiman and found it disappointing, though it may be that some of my disappointment comes from how it flirted with something I would have found far more interesting, then dropped it ( Read more... )

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mei_x December 8 2002, 15:26:50 UTC

Labyrinth had the added benefit of being explicit about how sometimes it might not be healthy or right to get what you want or sometimes you might not always actually want what you think you want.

Interesting post. I just rewatched Labyrinth last night, and was struck with the mixed messages about evil and one's desires. Like you say, part of the message is:

(You will be a princess, and your world will be beautiful and magical every day. Obey me, and I will be your slave. You hate your baby brother anyway....).

I also think that the thing about Sarah being too special a girl to be stuck caring for the baby is also true, which makes sifting through the lies behind all of Jareth's promises all the more difficult.

viridian5 December 8 2002, 17:09:39 UTC

Being a teenager expected to care for a new, unwanted baby brother as an unpaid babysitter has to suck beyond the telling of it. It is unfair.

djinanna December 8 2002, 18:01:00 UTC

Baby half-brother ( ... )

viridian5 December 8 2002, 18:21:32 UTC

It's been a while since I've seen the movie, so I'd forgotten the half-brother/step-parent thing. Sarah really did have plenty of reasons to resent Toby.

Photos in Sarah's mirror show mom with mom's boyfriend -- also David Bowie.

Now that's really creepy.

I noticed that everything in that world had some version in the real world. Being a packrat, I was disturbed by the junkyard scene, though the whole carrying all of your possessions on your back thing could also be symbolic of mental baggage.

I never thought that it was a dream. I always felt that it was tailored to her. Of course her cherished toys would come to help her. When she refuses to play along anymore, the force of her rejection tears the world apart.

kasha December 9 2002, 16:53:51 UTC

Huh.
I always thought that Sarah was an idiot and that I would sure as hell have stayed with David Bowie.
Cause. Um. David Bowie. In tight, tight pants. And the hair. And the gloves.

The ending always annoyed me.

Screw the baby, live as the queen of the goblin king for the rest of time.
Sounds much more fun to me.

But then again you know that I have a rather...odd view of things.

viridian5 December 14 2002, 20:08:13 UTC

Pretty as he was, his tendency to screw with my head would have put him on my shitlist pretty quickly....