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Tim Burton's "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiars" Coming in 2015

Has some pretty funny moments, has that Burton kinda of heart to it. Worth a watch. The transitions in the beginning were a little weird though. It felt like the movie didnt really settle into itself until midway through if that makes any sense. I thought Asa's acting was noticeably bad in this. The accent didnt help at all. On the contrast the main girl was pretty good.
 
I feel like the blonde girl was Burton's attempt at a younger Helena Bonham Carter, haha. It had Burton moments, Jake is a classic Burton protagonist. Those twins, though....their moment during the final fight was awesome.
 
I liked this movie even though it was quite average. I felt like the build-up to the climax was quite off and when it ended I felt like it could have been a lot better. But it was okay. The children were fun!
 
this film was average at best probably below, took forever to get going as well. I did like the underwater scene and a couple of the kids had interesting powers, honestly alot of wasted potential.
 
me I highly enjoyed it Eva was awesome as always I agree on the kid who plays Jake he just did not work for me and was OK but Eva and the kids who play the children and Jackson were good.
 
I really enjoyed it. Hopefully it makes enough so they adapt more of the books.
 
Saw it last night. I liked it, but didn't quite love it.

If this had been made 10/15 years ago, I feel Burton would have produced a snappier and more kinetic cut. As it is, it felt about 15 minutes or so too long.

Samuel L. Jackson didn't feel menacing and hammed it up far too much. And did Asa Butterfield come across really weak in his performance for anybody else?

What I liked:

Ella Purnell and Eva Green were fantastic. Both were born for Burton's lens, even if Green wasn't given much to do.

The romance angle between Jacob and Emma was nicely done. I was actually rooting for them to get together, but then I've always felt Burton handles this aspect well in his films.

The score was beautiful (A refreshing departure from Elfman).

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Overall, it's a solid film that definitely deserves a second viewing and I agree with most that it is the most assured Burton has felt behind the camera in years. I can't say I'm eager for a sequel, but I mostly enjoyed this one while it lasted.

If your on the fence, I say give it a shot and you might be pleasantly surprised.
 
The score was beautiful (A refreshing departure from Elfman).

I thought the score suffered some because Elfman wasn't involved. You could tell that Burton encouraged Mike Higham & Matthew Margeson to emulate him, and they did to limited success. Parts of the main titles sequence (particularly the strings) and moments of awe are clearly modeled on his style. Elfman's specialty is main title sequences, and he usually knocks those out of the park.

It worked in the film, I just wasn't blown away by the score.
 
I've been really disappointed with Elfman's recent stuff with Burton (mainly Dark Shadows/Big Eyes). A little break is always a good thing.

Although, Elfman definitely should have favored this over Through the Looking Glass.
 
I did laugh at the inside joke about Jake being played by a Brit when the guy in the pub doesn't believe he's American and says his accent is terrible.
 
Although, Elfman definitely should have favored this over Through the Looking Glass.

Elfman was on board for Miss Peregrine up until the final date change. The scoring sessions for Alice (which he had already signed on) recorded a week before Miss Peregrine, and he had a violin concerto this past summer as well.

Oh, and LaLaLand Records will release the soundtrack album for Miss Peregrine on October 14. There will be a limited amount of signed copies as well.
 
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And did Asa Butterfield come across really weak in his performance for anybody else?
Definitely. He was noticeably bad.
Ella Purnell and Eva Green were fantastic. Both were born for Burton's lens, even if Green wasn't given much to do.
Ella was really great in this. Definitely a fan of hers now. She's a very unique beauty to her.

I did laugh at the inside joke about Jake being played by a Brit when the guy in the pub doesn't believe he's American and says his accent is terrible.
I wonder if they were actually trying to poke at Asa about that because his accent was pretty atrocious lmao
 
Having now seen the movie, I can now state what the moral of it was:

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No, really. That movie was so weird I felt like i was tripping balls.
 
Eva Green always looks like she's staring right at you.
 
Hey, I wouldn't mind Eva Green staring at me... ;)
 

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