Great Tim Burton film!

Rating: Null/10 (2 April 2006)

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride/2005/***1/2
Main Stars: Johnny Depp Helena Bonham Carter Albert Finney Joanna Lumley Emily Watson Christopher Lee
Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" is a delightful story about a young man named Victor Van Dort (Johnny Depp) who is living and a young woman named Emily, the corpse bride (Helena Bonham Carter) who is dead. You are probably thinking this movie is about these two and no one else. But actually there are quite a few other characters involved. There is Victor's "living" fiancé he was originally going to marry (you'll find out what happens to those two toward the end). Then there are the sets of parents for Victor and his "living" fiancé; the butler; the maid; the priest; etcetera. All the characters (except for a few) have either weird looking faces, bodies, hairstyles or walks. The story is definitely original but had one problem most movies have: it was too short! I can see why the movie was too short though; it was made with frames (like "The Nightmare Before Christmas"). What I mean is it was made by taking a picture of a character, moving them slightly, taking another picture of them, moving them and a few people in the background again, and then taking another picture. This way of making films is very time consuming but worth it because it is entertaining to watch. This movie is involving a real life situation and a fantastic situation (the living world and the nonliving world). Victor is in love with a "living" woman named Victoria Everglot (Emily Watson) and is at a rehearsal wedding and can't get his vows right. The priest (Christopher Lee) becomes very impatient and tells him the wedding is off if he can't get his vows right in time. The strict parents of Victoria, who are named Finnis and Maudeline Everglot (Albert Finney and Joanna Lumley), are not to fond of Victor and think Victoria should marry someone a bit more wealthy like Barkis Bittern (Richard E. Grant) and you'll soon find out what happens to him! HAHAHAHAHAHH! Victor goes into a forest and practices his vows (still getting them wrong). He then finds objects in the forest to practice with. He uses a tree branch as a hand to put the ring on and that's how Emily, the corpse bride and Victor meet. The tree branch cracks and out comes a skeletal hand out of the snow. Emily had thought all this time that he was talking to her but really he was practicing the vows with a tree branch. When you do watch this movie and you better, you'll be heading in the direction of adventure. Movie directed by Tim Burton and Mike Johnson.