Tim Burton Films - so what's your favorite?
Tim Burton Films - so what's your favorite?
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Maladomini
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Aether_Angel wrote: I recall Burton replying to the question of a sequel that he would rather jump out of window...I wonder if they'll drag him back into the horror...
After all that hard work,and the negative reviews by both critcs and his fans,I seriously doubt that Burton would waste his time even thinking about a sequel...well,I heard his new movie is coming along well,so that's good. (note:his new movie is titled "Big Fish",and will star Albert Finney and Ewan McGregor,though I'm not quite sure what it's about at the moment.)
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| Thu Sep 12, 2002 3:35 pm |
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Lexxe
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Eek, it was a toss-up between Edward Scissorhands and NMBC. It had to go Nightmare because of Danny Elfman's lyrics.
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| Thu Sep 26, 2002 12:37 pm |
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I really liked Sleepy Hollow.
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| Fri Sep 27, 2002 1:13 pm |
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blckencht
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It is so hard to choose. I love Tim Burton's films so much. With the exception of Planet of the Apes all of his films that I have seen are great and full of his evident talent.
My favourite's are Nightmare Before Christmas, Vincent, Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, Batman and Batman Returns. Mars Attacks was a good film too though it wasn't dark in the typical sense or anything that you would normally expect from Burton. I find it interesting that he came up with the whole idea for the film from bubblegum cards.
As for the whole Disney thing I am glad Burton left them and does his own thing. It would have been very sad if Disney had managed to get their own way with him and watered everything he does down to 'family values'.
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| Tue Oct 01, 2002 3:09 am |
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I agree...Planet of the Apes wasn't really his best work. However, the rest of his movies were absolute magic! I love them all, and hope to soon own them on DVD.
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| Sat Oct 05, 2002 7:26 pm |
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dark_goddess
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Nightmare before Christmas all the way... though oh so hard to place it over Edward ScissorHands and Sleepy Hallow... since Johnny Depp was in both and he is soooooooo very fine
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| Tue Oct 08, 2002 8:58 am |
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Charlotte Sometimes
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I chose Sleepy Hollow, just because Johnny Depp was so hot in it.
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| Fri Dec 06, 2002 10:40 am |
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Aether_Angel wrote: Jeezus - where's Pee Wee's Big Adventure represented here?
Exactly! It's one of Tim Burton's finest! If it had been on the list, my mouse would have been there in an instance. But as it goes, it had to be NMBC, because Danny Elfman kicks major ass. He even did the singing parts for Jack. I still remember seeing it in the theatre, it was during one of the roughest times of my life too.
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| Sat Dec 07, 2002 7:46 pm |
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Doth
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Forcing me to chose between Edward Scissorhands and Nightmare Before Christmas. :0
Oh well, I picked NBC in the end, purely for the Danny Elfman soundtrack (which I own a copy of)
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| Mon Dec 09, 2002 8:13 pm |
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spiraldoun
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Hmm tough choice. I chose, in the end, sleepy hallow, because of the pure enjoyment of the visuals. He was able to capture the dark, classical American tale and modernize it to the nth degree. And since Danny Elfman scored the music, why wouldn't you chose this one. Agreeable, that Elfman has done other Burton flix, this one is perfectly haunting. The lighting, in its almost black n white quality, the symbolism.. nee, I digress. Go watch it now if you haven't already seen it.
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| Wed Dec 11, 2002 2:49 am |
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I have to say the "Nightmare Before Christmas", not just because I thought it was so innocently creepy, but because my brother was scared of Jack Skellington and would cry violently if we ever even spoke of the film. Hilarious =:)
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| Thu Jan 09, 2003 6:01 am |
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Sweet_Misery
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Hmm, Beetlejuice, Nightmare Before Christmas.. or.. Sleepy Hollow... ahh.. I'm going with Nightmare before Christmas.
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| Thu Jan 23, 2003 6:51 am |
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Dissipated
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"Ed Wood" and "Sleepy Hollow" are the only ones I thought were any good. The short film he did for Disney was pretty amusing. "Ed Wood" is best.
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| Thu Jan 30, 2003 8:08 pm |
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lil miss dead girl
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Edward Scissorhands was good. Sleepy Hollow was also very good. And a few years ago i would of said Beetlejuice but watching it recently it seems different, not sure why. I saw Planet of the Apes last night and i didnt think it was anything special. So it has to be The Nightmare Before Christmas. It kicks ass. The lyrics are also very good, my favourite has to be when Jacks in Christmas Land and he says ''There's children throwing snow-balls instead of throwing heads''. It seems so sweet the image of little children playing in the snow, yet very disturbing when combined with them throwing heads! A brilliant film. In fact a may go watch it now.
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Gemma
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I'd definitely go with Scissorhands. Johnny Depp's performance was great, good casting(Vincent Price), awesome set sesign,great story, the list goes on...
Nightmare's definitely a close second. Classic stop motion filming, great characters. And it was actually quite funny.
I didn't like Planet of the Apes at all.
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| Sat Mar 08, 2003 2:05 pm |
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