Tim Burton to Direct Amy Adams/Christoph Waltz in "Big Eyes"

[lime]

The song is beautiful.

 

[Fallen Angel]

TV Spot

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[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Poor Amy, she might get her sixth academy award nomination... but she definitely won't win.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Poor Amy, she might get her sixth academy award nomination... but she definitely won't win.

Amy, Leo and Glen Close will all have to do a movie together for it.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Goddamnit, if Amy loses out on an Oscar to Jennifer "I'm not wearing makeup so give me an award" Aniston or Reese f***ing Witherspoon, I'm going to be so pissed.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Goddamnit, if Amy loses out on an Oscar to Jennifer "I'm not wearing makeup so give me an award" Aniston or Reese f***ing Witherspoon, I'm going to be so pissed.

Nope... it'll be to Julianne Moore for Still Alice.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Okay, that I could live with.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Poor Amy, she might get her sixth academy award nomination... but she definitely won't win.

Double that number and she will be the actress equivalent of Roger Deakins.

 

[Kane52630]

Goddamnit, if Amy loses out on an Oscar to Jennifer "I'm not wearing makeup so give me an award" Aniston or Reese f***ing Witherspoon, I'm going to be so pissed.

Nope... it'll be to Julianne Moore for Still Alice.

Okay, that I could live with.

Or maybe Rosamund Pike if they are pushing her for best actress instead of supporting.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

My theater will be showing this on Christmas. Now I have to decide between this and Into the Woods that day. Or see both. t:

 

[Brother Jack]

Poor Amy, she might get her sixth academy award nomination... but she definitely won't win.

She's a deserving actress and all but getting consistently nominated isn't something to be sorry about. Most actors would kill just to be nominated once.

 

[kvz5]

I LOVE Amy but I'm rooting for Pike or Moore for the win.

 

[Fallen Angel]

This comes out tomorrow.

I'm seeing it in the next few days but a friend who got to see it early because it's part of his job say's it's Tim Burton's best work since Big Fish.

 

[Loki882]

Peter O'Toole (RIP) never won an Oscar. It took until Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy for Gary Oldman to even be NOMINATED! It took Christopher Plummer until his 80's to finally win one and Al Pacino won for Scent of a Woman and not say The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, And Justice for All, etc.

Yeah, the academy can be weird like that. Peter O'Toole and Gary Oldman don't have Oscars, but Nic Cage does. Amy Adams doesn't have one, but Monique does.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Well in Leaving Las Vegas Nic Cage actually deserved his and is a dedicated, talented actor.

 

[Loki882]

I know that, it was a bit of hyperbole on my part. I actually think that Cage is a good actor, who often doesn't make the best choices when it comes to picking roles. I was more pointing out that you've got a guy with a "checkered" filmography who has an Oscar, but two of the greatest actors who have ever lived (one of whom is unfortunately no longer with us) have never won one.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Context, context, context. You say this with hindsight.

Cage was on fire in the 90's and the early 00's. In that context, Cage most certainly was on the same level of those others in terms of respectability and being sought after and made it fair game back then.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Went to see this today and I liked it.

Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz both gave excellent performances. There's a couple of scenes in the film which had me laughing, I didn't expect that don't know why. The court room scene is just frikin crazy and I heard Tim Burton had to tone it down because how it actually played out was much more fun.

Tim Burton is back I think this is his best film since Sweeney Todd well that's the last Burton film I enjoyed. All in all a solid movie.

8/10.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Went to see this today and I liked it.

Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz both gave excellent performances. There's a couple of scenes in the film which had me laughing, I didn't expect that don't know why. The court room scene is just frikin crazy and I heard Tim Burton had to tone it down because how it actually played out was much more fun.

Tim Burton is back I think this is his best film since Sweeney Todd well that's the last Burton film I enjoyed. All in all a solid movie.

8/10.

Glad you liked it... I'm hoping to see it soon. I better be quick though, as it doesn't look like it'll be in theatres very long.

And as is often the case, one of Tim Burton's better works is largely dismissed by the general public:

Playing at 1,307 theaters, Tim Burton's Big Eyes opened to a disappointing $2.99 million this weekend ($4.4 million four-day). In the long run, this could wrap up under $20 million.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3987&p=.htm

 

[Fallen Angel]

Yeah it was good film but I've been hearing people say it's not a Tim Burton film. Well it's not your typical Burton film but there is a touch of it here and there. But that's the whole point he said he wanted to do something on a small scale with actors and not a green screen.

The budget for Big Eyes, Burton said was $10m. That's less than what the budget for Ed Wood was back in the 94. So if it makes a small profit then I think Weinstein aint going to complain is he?.


Just checked on RT and Big Eyes is on 72% with 83 out of 115 reviews "Fresh" and a cinema score of 76%. Shouldn't it be certified fresh by now?

 

[Loki882]

To be fair, this does look like a more quirky pseudo-independent film that's most likely going to appeal more to a select audience. Those things "go mainstream" ever now and then, but it's limited. And there's nothing wrong with that as long as it's good, which this seemingly is. See Burton, you really can still make a good movie if you really put some heart/effort into it.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Yeah it was good film but I've been hearing people say it's not a Tim Burton film.

I always find that funny cause Burton's style was never just "goth" or "dark". It's like they never saw Pee-wee's Big Adventure or the suburbia scenes in Edward Scissorhands, or Ed Wood or the Vegas scenes in Mars Attacks with Tom Jones or Big Fish etc...

 

[BatLobster]

This was a good movie, in a very straightforward way. It's possibly the least "Tim Burton" Tim Burton movie ever (and I'm not saying that because it's not "goth"). It just feels like a movie that I could've pictured a number of other directors doing, it's a bit on the safe side, as movies that are based on true stories tend to be. That said, it's still a very well-made film, and the way it brings 1960s San Francisco to life is fantastic and gives the movie a very vibrant feel. It definitely still has some of his touches, and one specific sequence in particular SCREAMS Burton. And of course the aesthetic of the Big Eyes paintings themselves do feel at home in a Burton film. So it's certainly not a bad marriage of director and material by any means.

Overall, it's a very solid addition to his filmography and a nice change of pace for him with a couple of great performances. It's about what I expected.

 

[Jason Kane]

Yeah it was good film but I've been hearing people say it's not a Tim Burton film. Well it's not your typical Burton film but there is a touch of it here and there. But that's the whole point he said he wanted to do something on a small scale with actors and not a green screen.

The budget for Big Eyes, Burton said was $10m. That's less than what the budget for Ed Wood was back in the 94. So if it makes a small profit then I think Weinstein aint going to complain is he?.


Just checked on RT and Big Eyes is on 72% with 83 out of 115 reviews "Fresh" and a cinema score of 76%. Shouldn't it be certified fresh by now?

Only because the few things that come to mind when Burton comes up in convo is Beetlejuice, Batman Returns, Nightmare Before Christmas or the seven years of him, Depp, & Helena Bonham Carter (I.e. Charlie & the a Chocolate Factory through Dark Shadows)

 

[MrMaooz]

I agree with the reviews above. Anyway, that courtroom scene was hilarious. Christoph Waltz was amazing in this.