Also, though, since Neil Gaiman was involved with the movie, I don’t know that it needs to be compared with the book – it’s his creative work (partly, anyway – he gives much credit to Henry Selick).

Kind of like the various versions of Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams was involved with the books, radio plays, movies, etc., so even if the movies were different from the books, they were still Douglas’ creations, and, apparently, not supposed to be like the books.

Anyway, back to Coraline – the movie was pretty creepy, but it might have been moreso for adults rather than kids. The theater I was in was loaded with kids (I thought most of the seats were empty, but I just couldn’t see their heads), because when the theater finished, all the kids were happy and cheering.