PhoenixDark
Banned
In my most recent exile from GAF I saw Corpse Bride. The movie made me even more depressed.
Not because it was sad, but because it was...well...bad. Tim Burton is one of my favorite directors. I LOVED Nightmare Before Christmas. Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors. Danny Elfman is one of my favorite composers. The movies they have worked on together in the past (like Edward Scissorhands) have blown me away.
So clearly I had high hopes for Corpse Bride. I wanted to go see it at the theater, but I decided to see Willy Wonka (great movie) instead. Well, when I finally watched Corpse Bride last weekend, I was majorly disappointed. This is the most disappointing movie I've seen since The Village. Oh god.
The pacing of the movie is terrible. It never really explains why the characters "have" to get married, or maybe it did and I was too bored to pay attention. There is no character development. You see Johnny Depp's character (don't even remember his name) is a quiet guy, but that's it. Burton doesn't give us anything else. And his fiancee? We know she doesn't want to marry so fast, but Burton fails to shed more light on her too.
To make matters worse, the story is painfully predictable. It was obvious who the "villian" was, and to tell the truth he was a sucky villian. It's not too often in a movie that you see a villian who's villany solely is based on insurance fraud.
The music of the movie is a very mixed bag. On one hand, Elfman's score is amazing. But on the other hand, all the original songs are terrible/meh. I didn't hear one song that I could bop my head to or sing in the shower. With Nightmare Before Christmas, every song is classic. Everything is amazing. But in this movie the whole thing is meh. "It's a Terrible Day for a Wedding" is a decent song, but it just doesn't do anything for me.
The movie only has two things going for it. First off, the art design/animations are all amazing.
Second off, the movie has the best clay/robotic breats I've ever seen. Every single female in the movie seemed to have a C-E cup or something. FHUTT indeed.
Alas, I was very disappointed by this movie. It really felt like a tech demo that someone (say...Nintendo) tried to sell you for $20. Sure, there's an interesting idea behind it, and it has great potential. But it's just a tech demo, with little polish to boot. For the first 30 minutes I felt like I was waiting for the movie to start going and get better, but it never did. Sure, the part where the bride raises from the dead is cool, but after that meh. If Burton had spent more time on it, I'm sure this could have been a great movie. Nightmare Before Christmas is an award winning movie cherished by people for many reasons, and one of them is that it's clear the makers of the movie took their time with it. The movie has a lot of depth, and it's like this brilliant world Burton shared with us. Corpse Bride is more like an idea he wrote down on a paper napkin and then blew a load in. Sure, you can find little hints of Burton in there, but I want more.
6/10 >_<
Not because it was sad, but because it was...well...bad. Tim Burton is one of my favorite directors. I LOVED Nightmare Before Christmas. Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors. Danny Elfman is one of my favorite composers. The movies they have worked on together in the past (like Edward Scissorhands) have blown me away.
So clearly I had high hopes for Corpse Bride. I wanted to go see it at the theater, but I decided to see Willy Wonka (great movie) instead. Well, when I finally watched Corpse Bride last weekend, I was majorly disappointed. This is the most disappointing movie I've seen since The Village. Oh god.
The pacing of the movie is terrible. It never really explains why the characters "have" to get married, or maybe it did and I was too bored to pay attention. There is no character development. You see Johnny Depp's character (don't even remember his name) is a quiet guy, but that's it. Burton doesn't give us anything else. And his fiancee? We know she doesn't want to marry so fast, but Burton fails to shed more light on her too.
To make matters worse, the story is painfully predictable. It was obvious who the "villian" was, and to tell the truth he was a sucky villian. It's not too often in a movie that you see a villian who's villany solely is based on insurance fraud.
The music of the movie is a very mixed bag. On one hand, Elfman's score is amazing. But on the other hand, all the original songs are terrible/meh. I didn't hear one song that I could bop my head to or sing in the shower. With Nightmare Before Christmas, every song is classic. Everything is amazing. But in this movie the whole thing is meh. "It's a Terrible Day for a Wedding" is a decent song, but it just doesn't do anything for me.
The movie only has two things going for it. First off, the art design/animations are all amazing.
Second off, the movie has the best clay/robotic breats I've ever seen. Every single female in the movie seemed to have a C-E cup or something. FHUTT indeed.
Alas, I was very disappointed by this movie. It really felt like a tech demo that someone (say...Nintendo) tried to sell you for $20. Sure, there's an interesting idea behind it, and it has great potential. But it's just a tech demo, with little polish to boot. For the first 30 minutes I felt like I was waiting for the movie to start going and get better, but it never did. Sure, the part where the bride raises from the dead is cool, but after that meh. If Burton had spent more time on it, I'm sure this could have been a great movie. Nightmare Before Christmas is an award winning movie cherished by people for many reasons, and one of them is that it's clear the makers of the movie took their time with it. The movie has a lot of depth, and it's like this brilliant world Burton shared with us. Corpse Bride is more like an idea he wrote down on a paper napkin and then blew a load in. Sure, you can find little hints of Burton in there, but I want more.
6/10 >_<