KyleTheGhost wrote:
IdahoRose wrote:
Even though I wasn't that impressed when I first learned about it, Frankenweenie is starting to grow on me. I've done more research on the characters and it really seems like it could potentially become one of my interests. It's got Tim Burton's signature style written all over it, which is great because he's my favorite director. Plus it's stop-motion animation and a story that he came up with himself, so how wrong could it possibly go?
That sounds good. I like his stop-motion work.
So do I. As a matter of fact, I haven't met anyone who has seen Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride and didn't like them. They are widely considered to be among Burton's best films, alongside Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands (which weren't stop-motion films, but were still his own original stories). I'm hoping that Frankenweenie will follow in all of their footsteps and prove to everyone that Burton still knows how to make great movies. I mean, don't, get me wrong - I have supported him in nearly everything he's done, but the sour taste in my mouth left by Dark Shadows rattled my belief that Tim Burton is the world's best director a little bit. Anyway, I predict that Frankenweenie may turn out to be similar to Edward Scissorhands, since both of them were based on Frankenstein and Burton prefers bittersweet endings rather than happy ones. It would be kind of funny to go into the theater with my friend and a bunch of parents with their kids with all of us hoping to see a zany movie about an adorable zombie dog - only to have all of us come out of the theater crying at the end. In a way, I almost
hope that's what happens - I prefer movies that move me emotionally compared to ones that leave the status quo alone.
Sorry for rambling; I'm very sleep-deprived but still have a strong desire to discuss my interests. Not such a good combination.