Oogie-Boogie: the Anatomy of a Monster
The Nightmare Before Christmas has become a movie staple for both Christmas and Halloween. While the debate on whether Nightmare is more a Christmas movie or more a Halloween movie, one element which never needs debating is how Oogie-Boogie is one of the scariest villains exposed to children. What makes Oogie-Boogie a good villain, and quite frankly a scary monster, is his confusing nature, and how he stands in such contrast to the rest of the characters in the film, while still being clearly a part of that world
How Soul is Anti-Capitilist
Disney Pixar's Soul is more than just a movie about the connection of music or the a discussion of how beautiful life can be. In its exploration of "purpose", Soul disrupts the idea of success as something financial, and through it the role of vocation and predestination. By disrupting these pillars on which modern capitalism is built, Soul explores a different direction of life, and therefore questions the ideals of capitalism.