Tim Burton, not the director he is seen as. he never was.

Rating: 1/10 (22 February 2006)

Why does everyone rate Tim Burton, clearly this film, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is testament to his lack of talent. why do we forget that this is the man who destroyed Planet of The Apes? anyway, my point is Tim Burton is not alternative or artistic to any degree that deserves the amount of recognition he is receiving. merely all he does with his films, is take a mainstream idea, an already conceived paradigm and subvert it slightly in order to give it an alternative edge in order for it sell better. he is the Good Charlotte of the cinematic industry. he is not a good film maker, merely good at marketing. i disagree profusely with the praise he receives for his (supposed) forward thinking artistic eye. Corpse Bride a cesspit of mediocrity that relied on a script driven by inane and poorly executed puns, and a visual style that clearly shows Burton to be plagiarizing himself. it is a sad day for the world when he is considered a master film maker and doesn't show the receptive powers of the general masses in a very good light. simply put, Mr Tim Burton is the ignorant man's Terry Gilliam.