Nightmare Before Christmas: Sally (updated)

In honor of the re-release of Nightmare Before Christmas, I thought I'd write some thoughts I had from the last time I watched it. I realize that these things stand out to me because of my theory about the spiritual meaning of the movie, but I'm ok with that. It's part of what makes the movie special to me.

If you haven't seen the movie (not that I can imagine that being the case), you might not want to read this until after you've seen it at least once. I just don't want to ruin it for anyone.

First, I noticed how bright and colorful Christmas town is compared to Halloween town. Almost everything in Halloween town is some shade of gray. Except Sally. I didn't realize this until later, but Sally has colored hair and a colorful dress and is filled with colored leaves. She's different.

Then, when she overhears Jack's song about his soul searching, she says she knows how he feels. Also, contrast her attitude and that of Jack with the rest of the town. Jack's tired of the same old thing, just turning on his wheels, and Sally doesn't want to be locked up in her house--she wants to be free.

Also, Sally has visions. She knows that Jack's pirating of Halloween is a bad idea.

I think the things about Sally are cool with the idea that the movie is really about Jack's dealing with spiritual awakening. Based on the differences between Sally and the others, I think Sally is already a spiritual person. It makes this conversation more meaningful:

SALLY
You don't look like yourself Jack, not at all.

JACK
Isn't that wonderful. It couldn't be more wonderful!

SALLY
But you're the Pumpkin King.

JACK
Not anymore. And I feel so much better now.

SALLY
Jack, I know you think something's missing. But --

Anyway, there's just some things to think about. I hope you watch the movie again.

Update
I went to see the movie in 3-D tonight and I thought it was great. There weren't any new scenes or weird 3-D things, but I'm really glad that they used the original footage to make it instead of doing some hokey George-Lucas-like thing with it. The new format just made it seem more real and alive. Go see it.