Dead on Arrival

Rating: 1/10 (24 September 2005)

First off let me tell you I love Tim Burton's work. I live for his next film....but this film....it was D. O. A. I'm reading all these positive comments on this film, and I can't help but wonder....did we see the same film???? I found it very very dry and boring. The characters were just that....Boring. The kid behind me said to his mom half way through, "Mom can we go...this movie sucks..." I must agree with him. The Nightmare before Christmas was one of my favorite films from Burton...it seemed like it was an attempt to re-capture some of that film's magic and charm. It failed horribly. I am still shaking my head at what I just saw...
Danny Elfman...I love his work also. He must've been rushed in this film because a lot of the musical score in this film like he took the score he wrote for Nightmare before Christmas, changed a few words around, changed a few note positions around and viola! it was done. Very dull.
So I disagree with the people that wrote how great this film was and how it was Burton's best yet... 110% disagree... it was garbage.