Aren't you tired of taking your kids (or your kid self) to animated movies that spew out the same story, different animal? Just because it's an owl this time and not an eagle, doesn't mean it's not the same story fellas. So of course, I was elated to see the new animated ghoulish refreshment ParaNorman , which by the way doesn't feature any Lady Gaga songs, and its characters don't painfully attempt to mimic the language of what 45-year old screenwriters think our youth talk like, or want to hear. The makers of the also amazing Coraline (2009) bring you a story about a boy who can see and speak to the dead. He's super normal. Monsters are cursed with being perceived as what they appear to be on the outside, and little misunderstood Norman who is voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee ( Let Me In ) must bring harmony back to his ghost town. The creators make sure to cite their horror genre pre...