Thank You Tim Burton

[Infinity9999x]

I really like some of Burton's films (Big Fish, Beetleguise, Batman, and Nightmare to name a few) but I have to say, the guy makes some strange movies sometimes.

I saw Sweeny Todd a few days ago, and that film is just downright weird. And not weird in a bad or good way, just weird. I liked parts of it, but it was mostly just weird.

I did like however, how it showed how dangerous it can be to get caught up in your revenge

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it really showed how much it damaged him, and even though I figured that the old hag was his wife a while before he killed her, it still made it that much more poignant that he was so caught up in his own desire for revenge and insanity that he would destroy that what was most precious to him simply because he couldn't take the time to see what was in front of his face

 

[Dr. MIX]

It could be argued that Burton is very hit-or miss, but that could easily be said of any filmmaker. As Sidney J. Furie once said - "Filmmakers are like gunslingers, and you don't win every duel."

I beg to differ about that quote, Stanley Kubrick was very consistent in making great films one after an other, yes, even Eyes Wide Shut IMO.

 

[LastSunrise1981]

As far as Tim Burton films are concerned here are my favorites:

Edward Scissorhands
Sleepy Hollow
The Corpse Bride
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Batman
Batman Returns
Beetlejuice
Mars Attacks
Ed Wood

 

[Tempest19]

I saw Sweeny Todd a few days ago, and that film is just downright weird. And not weird in a bad or good way, just weird. I liked parts of it, but it was mostly just weird.

That's what sets him apart from the crowd, he's a weird guy- which is AWESOME! t:

Sometimes the weirder his movies get= the more interesting...

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

As Sidney J. Furie once said - "Filmmakers are like gunslingers, and you don't win every duel."

So says the acclaimed director of the Iron Eagle trilogy, Lady Bugs, Superman 4, and that wonderful Pamela Anderson TV show V.I.P.

 

[Agentsands77]

He himself seems very in love with himself and incapable of realizing his many weaknesses, so he doesn't really grow as a filmmaker.

I think SWEENEY TODD actually demonstrated a whole new level of growth for Burton. It's on a completely different level from anything else he's ever done (including his previous successes, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS and ED WOOD).

And it's by far his most beautiful film (which is due, largely, to the cinematography of Dante Ferretti - he's never worked with him before, but I hope they continue their partnership after this).

 

[DACrowe]

I rank them like this:

Frankenswenie: 3.5/4
Peewee's Big Adventure: 3/4
Beetlejuice: 3/4
Batman: 3.5/4
Edward Scissorhands: 3.5/4
Batman Returns: 3/4
Ed Wood: 4/4
Mars Attacks: 2/4
Sleepy Hollow: 3/4
Planet of the Apes: 1.5/5
Big Fish: 3.5/4
Corpse Bride: Never saw
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: 2.5/4
Sweeney Todd: 4/4

I really just don't get the hate. Especially for movies like Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Big Fish and Sweeney Tood, those were brilliant.

I wouldn't call him hit or miss. Sure he has had two bad movies, but from what I've seen that's two out of the 14 Burton movies I've seen, that ain't bad. Every director has had misfires and I think Sweeney Todd is the sign of a change in his career, though.

 

[Figs]

I don't like all of his films, Planet of the Apes was lame, Corpse Bride was crap but mainly because Nightmare Before Christmas overshadowed it for me. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was a remake I felt didn't really need to be made.

It's just funny at some of the comments though were people say his movies don't have a story to them...which boggles my mind since every movie has a story to it, otherwise it would have never gotten greenlit. That and there was a comment about how he makes a lot of useless and unnecessary films. Uh...when it comes to entertainment whether it's film, video games or literature, unnecessary should never apply. It's entertainment and many different types of people have different tastes.

If a lot of "types" of films were never greenlit because some stick up the ass executives felt they were unnecessary or weird I think the world of film would be fairly boring.

Almost forgot to add the fact that everyone, everyone, has their own style. It's sad how too many people knock on Burtons, saying it's gotten old or he's been lucky all this time. Someone earlier had a good example of how a lot of those hypocrites don't complain about Scorcese(sp?) and how 98% of his films are all Italian Gangster films.

Or Michael Mann with most of his films being kind of the same always about cops and robbers.

 

[LeChuck]

I want to thank Tim Burton but he hasn't made the Grim Fandango movie yet. After he does, I will worship him as a god.