A great movie with not as great songs

Rating: 8/10 (24 September 2005)

Tim Burton has always created imaginative movies, many starring Johnny Depp, and this certainly is one of them. The story takes place in Victorian era England, where Victor VanDort(Johnny Depp) is forced to marry Victoria Everglot. Victor however is a clumsy young man, so he has to go out to the forest and practice his vows, where he uses a "stick" for Victorias finger. But truth behold, ti's was the finger of the CORPSE BRIDE!!
As a character says in the movie, its a tale of romance, passion, and a murder most foul! And all of this is shown through the most amazing stop motion techniques yet seen to tread the silver screen. Having these amazing armatures covered with the beautiful silicon skin give the puppets realistic shadows. The main characters have very skinny bodies, showing how fragile they are, but many have just the most outrageous designs you could think of!
But now comes the part that I was most disappointed about... The songs! The music itself was amazing as usual, coming from Danny Elfman, but his songs were not as topnotch. They were few and far apart, and only one was really good. The rest was mostly approximate rhyming and in a hard to understand beat, which is a pity too, since because of that I missed a lot of story in the beginning.
But this is a great movie none the less. Great animation, music, cast, and overall, a great story. You will simply leave the cinema with an urge to see it again!