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Corpse Bride
Nov. 13th, 2005 06:59 pmI was supposed to go down to Sydney today, but they changed the train timetables and I missed the one at Cardiff by 5 minutes. Rather than wait and then get to a meeting an hour late, I went to Glendale and watched Tim Burton's Corpse Bride.
Loved this film -- it's a return to form from Burton that I haven't seen since Sleepy Hollow..I was disappointed with both Planet of the Apes and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (which, while following the story more or less faithfully is lacklustre), but this one makes up for it.
The big comparison of course is with Nightmare before Christmas, though he only produced that. I love: the story (though I was able to predict it almost 70 minutes in advance); the mix of gruesome story and strange fifties look and sound; that fact that the "land of the dead" is more colourful than the "land of the living" (and it isn't a Wizard of Oz thing either, as the dead retain their colour when they go "upstairs").
In short, it was just the film I needed to watch just now.
Loved this film -- it's a return to form from Burton that I haven't seen since Sleepy Hollow..I was disappointed with both Planet of the Apes and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (which, while following the story more or less faithfully is lacklustre), but this one makes up for it.
The big comparison of course is with Nightmare before Christmas, though he only produced that. I love: the story (though I was able to predict it almost 70 minutes in advance); the mix of gruesome story and strange fifties look and sound; that fact that the "land of the dead" is more colourful than the "land of the living" (and it isn't a Wizard of Oz thing either, as the dead retain their colour when they go "upstairs").In short, it was just the film I needed to watch just now.
