Nothing on Nightmare Before Christmas

Rating: 4/10 (6 January 2006)

I think that Tim Burton and Johnny Depp are very talented and I have an will always be interested in any film that either does. This film however doesn't show either of them at their best. The visuals are stunning and are reminiscent of Monty Python and Nightmare Before Christmas, but you're still left wanting more. The problem that I see it is that there are not enough of the dead parts. The land of the dead in both Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride are great fun, beautiful and show the macabre talents of Tim Burton off at his best. Unfortunately in Corpse Bride the story is hardly there and suffers for it. If Tim and Johnny weren't the people they are you could excuse this as a way of making a it of quick cash, however it just ends up as a nice idea that just doesn't come off. Perhaps the problem was that I loved Nightmare Before Christmas and expected too much from this film. Unfortunately though the story wasn't great and I actually fell asleep through boredom towards the end. Whatever the film is this isn't a good thing.