This Is Halloween

waltdisneyconfessions:

“Nightmare Before Christmas is one of my favourite movies, period. However, I sometimes feel like Disney cheapened it quite a bit with its superfluous merchandising. It’s really too bad that this wonderful film has gained the false reputation of being another marketing gimmick for shallow teenagers trying to be “dark” or “edgy”. I try not to let that dictate my enjoyment of the film, but I would still much prefer it if the commercialization never happened.”

Truth to end all truths. I’ve loved this movie since I was 7 years old and when I see 14-16 year olds talk about how it speaks to their goth attitude and makes their dark lives more dark, I die a little. It’s not about being dark or goth, it’s the coming together of two different worlds/cultures/races/whatever and having them accept one another. I love buying TNBC merchandise, but I agree that it has gone so overboard to the point of being upsetting.