Total waste of time, and just plain weird. I have no idea why this film is so raved over, it's a total let down compared to the book, the script is wordy, the characters are dry and dull and the story has no satisfying ending or decent character development. The animation is something people find appealing and unique apparently, but I just found it weird. The eyes and front on grins of the characters are just creepy and the stop animation wasn't even done well. Can't believe I actually finished it.