Burton's Best

Rating: 10/10 (3 October 2005)

I have just seen Tim Burton's Corpse bride and I believe it to be Burton's finest film so far. It brought together the the humor and wit of Ed Wood, the charm and emotion of Edward Scissorhands, the romance and beauty of The Nightmare Before Christmas and the utterly original story of Beetlejuice into a movie that will make you laugh cry and gasp with wonder at the ingenuity of stop motion animation. It's creepy yet emotionally humorous in a way that Burton fans all over have been waiting to see in a film ever since the production of Beetlejuice. I venerate Burton as possibly the greatest director of our time, and The Corpse Bride is the movie that truly defines him. It is a movie that anyone can find something special in. The voices worked with the characters in a way that The Nightmare Before Christmas lacked. The music's variety between the Land of the Living and the Land of the Dead was truly spectacular. A slide from the gray, classical music of the pathetically dull little town of Victor's upbringing to the colorful, jazzy music of the partying, rowdy world of the dead. i enjoyed the subtle sense of dark, creepy humor all through the movie. In the scene of the final wedding, where the dead rejoin the living, the touching moments where the little boy found his dead grandfather and Gertrude found her dead husband I found most enjoyable. A definite must see for any person, however old!