A Visual Masterpiece

Rating: 9/10 (3 November 2016)

Looking for a Halloween movie for the whole family to enjoy? Look no farther than Tim Burton's "The Corpse Bride" (2005). It's a film filled with romance, greed, murder, and musical numbers. Johnny Depp and Helen Bonham Carter, staples of Burton films, play the timidly awkward Victor Van Dort and the corpse bride, Emily, respectively. Burton's films are a visual experience that blends the pastels of the 1950s with dark shades from the Victorian Era and this one is no different. Though his use of Claymation, Burton is able to exaggerate the character's physical features as well as make the living world seem dull and dreary while the world of the dead is colorful and fun. While the living tend to embody the worst of attributes, it is the living who have the best human qualities.