classic burton/elfman

Rating: 10/10 (14 June 2015)

First of all, this film isn't meant to be 100% serious, it's a Tim Burton film, it's "weird". Some things are just there because they're artistic, abstract, dark, weird. The world isn't supposed to make sense. You have to free yourself from thinking "that would never happen, that looks stupid" etc, to enjoy a Burton film, and look for the underlying emotion, artistic appreciation, humour, symbolism etc instead.
The thing I enjoyed most about this film is the soundtrack, I think it's great, and the music I enjoyed most is the strings sounding so cat like, miaowing, for cat woman.. if you didn't notice it watch the film again, the strings really emulate a miaowing sound. The soundtrack to this and the first Burton/Elfman Batman film are great, to any student of music I'd recommend them because they do some interesting things such giving the hero dark music, the villain happy waltz music which even though its non diegetic music which seemingly no other character in the film is aware of, he dances around happily to (symbollising his insanity maybe), then we have Batman Returns with the great strings emulating cat sounds, great scenes like Selina going a bit mad (I actually find that scene quite emotional and the music great too!). They are great films, you can get a lot out of them, but I guess you have to have an artistic mind as well and know what you're looking for maybe.