A pleasure to the eyes and ears, but about as lively as a corpse

Rating: Null/10 (17 February 2006)

"Corpse Bride" is a film by Tim Burton, who made most of his fans by impressing them with "Nightmare before Christmas." So, to put some extra cash in his pocket, he came out with "The Corpse Bride." Like most Burton films, "Corpse Bride" stars Johnny Depp. This time, he plays Victor, a soon-to-be husband of Victoria. Of course, he comes from a rich family, and the parents are making him marry for money. However, he can't quite master the wedding ritual. Instead of simply saying "I do" the ritual is long and quite difficult to remember. Anyways, while Victor is practicing the ritual in the woods, he slips the ring onto what he thinks is a stick, but it's actuallythe corpse bride! So, they get married, and Victor tries to find a way out of it.
This film was a lot like Burton's previous work "Nightmare before Christmas." Here are some similarities:

The main character is male and regrets something. Jack ("Nightmare") is tired of celebrating Halloween over and over, while Victor is ashamed he can't do the wedding properly.

Both main characters have a pet dog that happens to be dead.

-Both are in love with/going to be married to a disobedient daughter who often escapes out of her room.
-The song with the spider and the worm sounded very similar to one of the "Nightmare before Christmas" songs.
-Both have dead people, clay animation and music.
The visual and sound is stunning. The stop-motion animation was excellently used, and one of the best parts of the movie. The living and dead are almost vice-versa, because the living world is boring and the dead world is colorful. The sound is excellent. The songs are reduced to about three, but they sound pretty good.
But, that's the flaw. The main reason I enjoyed "Nightmare" was the music. I remember singing some of the songs by the time the film was over. This one had about three songs, and was lacking any background music when needed. Remember that this was supposed to appeal to "Nightmare before Christmas" fans? Well, I don't know why people would like it as much if it had no music.
Music is what brought the dead to life, and what made the film fun. "Corpse Bride" looks slow and short, and tries to fill in the little story it has into 80 minutes. It started in the boring living world and never seemed to get away from it.
Good: Visuals, some good songs (even if there are only a few), funny at times
Bad: Only a few good songs, seemed boring, similar to "Nightmare before Christmas"
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