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Just got back from the midnight screening in Santa Monica and I must say that the movie lived up to my expectations. First off, the animation is simply STUNNING. What blew me away about Corpse Bride was how Burton used a moving camera quite often as if it was a live action movie. Some of the shots just make you wonder how they managed to pull it off. All of the voice acting is top notch, especially hearing Christopher Lee muttering on about "a ring" again. While the songs are not as brilliant or plentiful as those in Nightmare, Elfman manages to put together yet another fantastic set of musical numbers.

I could go on, but I'm tired. I'll probably see it again this weekend at some point as it's well worth another $10. After one viewing I wouldn't put it on par with Nightmare but it certainly didn't disappoint me.
 
There is just something about that style that has always turned me off to these films. They may be great but visually something about them makes me just not interested in watching them. Not sure what it is though...
 
[nitpicky geek]He didn't "do it" last time, Henry Selick did. [/nitpicky geek]

I'm glad to hear you liked it, I've been kinda concerned about this one based on his last run of feature films.
 
But Burton didn't really do it the first time, now did he? While he may have provided the story and art design for Nightmare, it was mostly Henry Selick and the crew of animators that did the real work.

edit: Damnit Flynn.
 
BuddyC said:
But Burton didn't really do it the first time, now did he? While he may have provided the story and art design for Nightmare, it was mostly Henry Selick and the crew of animators that did the real work.

edit: Damnit Flynn.
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It's not even just "mostly," Burton was on the set of Nightmare Before Christmas for less than 10 days. Henry Selick deserves all the credit he can possibly get.

I'm seeing this Tuesday. I'm not terribly optimistic though. Reviews make it sound rather lackluster in terms of scripting, and the ads and trailers are too filled with lame one-liners.
 
Yeah yeah, I know Burton didn't direct Nightmare but I still consider it his movie. I love what Selick did in his place and I enjoyed James and the Giant Peach as well. Why wasn't Selick attached to this project, does anyone know?

Anyway, I'll probably go see it again sunday. I tried looking for any hidden Jack Skellington imagery but I didn't notice anything. One nice little touch was the brand of the piano early in the movie is called Harryhausen.

Between Corpse Bride and Curse of the Were-Rabbit this is going to be a much deserved hype train for stop motion animation.
 
TJ Bennett said:
Why wasn't Selick attached to this project, does anyone know?
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Selick's working on several of his own projects, overseeing an up-and-coming animation company and somewhere down the line, if time permits, animating Wes Anderson's The Fantastic Mr Fox. Plus, it makes no sense to continue to be overshadowed by Burton, and it seems fairly obvious there's friction between them, with Burton never giving him any credit for Nightmare Before Christmas. In all his recent interviews about Corpse Bride he acts like he was the sole creative force on Nightmare, but the man was on a different fucking continent during its production. Shit, in one interview, he didn't even correct the interviewer when he implied that Burton directed both films. I don't think Selick even exists in Burton's mind anymore. Probably bitter that so many people consider it Burton's best film and he didn't even direct it.
 
I'm going to see it mainly for the visuals. Not expecting much more than that... but hey, Wallace & Gromit follows only two weeks later, and that's guaranteed awesomeness. (Anybody think it's odd that after all these years, there are two stop-motion films coming out 2 weeks apart -- well, using the wide release date for Corpse Bride -- and that they both feature Helena Bonham Carter's voice?)
 
TJ Bennett said:
Everyone knows Burton's best film is Pee Wee's Big Adventure.
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I think Burton's best film is Beetlejuice

I can't wait for this one although the songs I heard were quite disappointing nothing can step up against Nightmare Before Christmas songs that was Danny Elfman at his best.
 
Hold on, Corpse Bride is stop-motion?? I thought it looked computer-generated in the trailer I saw long ago, with a stop motion "style" to it.
 
Phoenix said:
There is just something about that style that has always turned me off to these films. They may be great but visually something about them makes me just not interested in watching them. Not sure what it is though...
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I know how you feel. I have no desire to see The Corpse Bride whatsoever. I've been big on movies lately but I can't bring myself to go see this one. It just looks dumb to me but I recognize what some other people may see in it.
 
he just needs to STOP REMAKING MOVIES and we'll be allright.

ed wood was brilliant. beetlejuice was great. pee wee was a classic.
 
Edward Scissorhands is my personal favorite (I'd go with Nightmare but as we've already discussed, it can't really be called Burton's).

So far, Corpse Bride is doing fairly well on Rottentomatoes (87% overall).
 
Around $410,000 over the weekend for Corpse Bride...should be interesting how it does in the box office next week. The success of Corpse Bride and W&G would be a real boost for animation in general.
 
planet of the apes, charlie (and for some reason, i always considered sleepy hollow and batman 'remakes')
 
TJ Bennett said:
Just got back from the midnight screening in Santa Monica and I must say that the movie lived up to my expectations. First off, the animation is simply STUNNING. What blew me away about Corpse Bride was how Burton used a moving camera quite often as if it was a live action movie. Some of the shots just make you wonder how they managed to pull it off. All of the voice acting is top notch, especially hearing Christopher Lee muttering on about "a ring" again. While the songs are not as brilliant or plentiful as those in Nightmare, Elfman manages to put together yet another fantastic set of musical numbers.

I could go on, but I'm tired. I'll probably see it again this weekend at some point as it's well worth another $10. After one viewing I wouldn't put it on par with Nightmare but it certainly didn't disappoint me.
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I hope it's not like the chocolate factory movie. Got rave reviews, but it fuckin sucked balls.
 
mattiewheels said:
planet of the apes, charlie (and for some reason, i always considered sleepy hollow and batman 'remakes')
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1. Charlie: I believe they went to the text, not the movie.
2. Sleepy Hollow: links to how they went to the old movies instead of going from the text?
3. Batman: from the imdb synopsis, the old and newer movies don't have similar plots.
 
Goodness! I think the point that guy's trying to get across is that Burton rarely creates his own material and that when he does, it's repetitious. He's good, but very... limited I guess. That said, I'm really taken towards most of his work.
 
Shoot. I wish they would stop remaking Cinderella, Batman, the American independence story, Sleepy Hollow, etc. The stuff made 50-100 years ago are the really original stuff. :(
 
Hammy said:
Shoot. I wish they would stop remaking Cinderella, Batman, the American independence story, Sleepy Hollow, etc. The stuff made 50-100 years ago are the really original stuff. :(
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yep...
 
Weekend estimates according to Box Office Mojo are showing Corpse Bride coming in around $411,000. That's pretty damn impressive considering it was shown on only 5 screens, giving it a $82,200 average.
 
TJ Bennett said:
Weekend estimates according to Box Office Mojo are showing Corpse Bride coming in around $411,000. That's pretty damn impressive considering it was shown on only 5 screens, giving it a $82,200 average.
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The truth is, very high per-screen averages are not exactly unusual when a film opens in extremely limited release (especially when it's been heavily advertised beforehand.) I'd hardly extrapolate a gargantuan opening weekend from that, though I think it should, nevertheless, open fairly well -- it only cost about $40 million, so a $20+ million opening would probably be considered a success.
 
Corpse Bride, bitches! I'm really, really excited for this movie (obviously) and as the board's self-proclaimed #1 fan of The Nightmare Before Christmas, I obviously cannot wait to plop my ass in the theater and take in another round of stop-motion animation and Danny Elfman-produced music. Yes, yes, I know Burton isn't exactly responsible for much of Nightmare, but I absolutely adore his original designs, and he did come up with Jack Skellington, so...I'll cut him some slack.

I'm trying to control my anticipation for Corpse Bride; my current guess at how I'll feel when I come out of it is 'satisfied, good, but not as good as Nightmare' and anything that's not a total disappointment is a win-win situation in my opinion. I just want to see more stop motion movies, Burton or not!
 
FoneBone said:
No Ed Wood is beyond idiotic.
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Haven't seen it. I know, stone me now! Unfortunately, I have seen his butchering of Apes, bleh. Didn't catch his version of Willy Wonka either, and have no interest to.

Edit: Batman was average, Batman returns stunk, and Big Fish was a bit dull.
 
Sleepy Hollow is my Burton favorite. :) Corpse Bride looks really sweet, I hope it opens soon where I live.
 
A couple of my friends told me that the movie was surprisingly dull, and the script was a corny mofo compared to the witty Nightmare and other Burton movies. I am holding on to the hope that they've suddenly gone retarded.

Can anyone agree/disagree without spoilers?
 
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