[johnny]

I thought the book was much, much better than the movie was.

The book is one of my favorite books. I don't think it translated very well to movie format at all.

They had to add characters, plot elements, etc. and it really stripped away from some of the aspects of the book that I found compelling - especially the "solitary" nature of the main character. Pretty much 90% of the book was Coraline feeling/being cut off from the rest of the world, whether it was because she actually was physically alone or because she felt like no one understood her. She didn't have a best friend (the addition of which in the movie actually angered me), no one in the house really paid attention to her (a running theme was that neighbors couldn't even get her name right) and it all added to the creepy atmosphere of the story when she finally found herself in a world that was all about her.

I don't think it should've been made into a movie. I suppose if you've never read the book, it's an enjoyable film, but for me - as a lover of the book - I thought it was lacking.