Huh. I see that in the book
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Coraline saves herself with cunning and pluck. In the movie, she gets saved by the boy next door, a character I do not think exists in the book.
The 3D option gave me stabbing pains in my right eye within about five minutes so we watched the 2D version.
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I figured it was an ensemble effort to save Coraline. Still, it is different from the book.
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As others have said, Wybie is in the movie as someone to talk to. He's also, for most of the movie, someone who is not as smart, brave, or competent as Coraline. The fact that he helps out at the end means they can be friends on a more equal footing afterwards, which is a happier ending.
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Which meant, for me, that most of the movie involved him being a completely uninteresting character, and her being obnoxious to him, which made her a much less interesting character.
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