蔡淳佳 陪我看日出

百听不厌，谁来陪我看日出？

A night's mare or dream?

The first time i watched 1993 Tim Burton's Nightmare before Christmas, i fell in love with it.  Jean once said Jack and Sally (the skeleton male character and his love) are so ugly that she cannot appreciate them. Well, she is right because how pretty can these characters be since they are from the dead and unless you watched the movie one can hardly have an inkling of fondness for them.  However if she had watched the movie, the story behind these hideous creatures will probably change her views.

After more than a decade, i rewatched today and found that my perspectives and reviews of the movie has slightly altered. I still love the show and my loyalty for Jack and Sally will perhaps only ceased on the day i die. Yes, Jack made a mistake for trying to be Santa Claus instead of the pumpkin king he used to be and for that he tried too hard and almost ruined Christmas. Thank goodness he realized his mistakes and managed to save Christmas. I applaud him for the sheer bravery by at least attempting to create Christmas in his halloween town. There are people in this world who must have been like him perpetually trying to do great and creating a difference. Wozniak Steve and Steve Jobs are such people who created affordable computers and formed Apple Inc. in the early 1990s. I recalled that when i first watched this movie, i took side with Sally and agreed that Jack should not attempt to create Christmas, for i always believed in women's hunches (still do now).

'What is meant to be is meant to be'. The truth in this statement still holds out for me but this should not halt our pathway to making a difference in this world. Until you try, you never know....for the least, i try...