Beautifully animated film

Rating: 9/10 (29 March 2007)

Kudos to Tim Burton for creating this excellent animated films-this is his recreation of Andersen's The Little Mermaid. Amid many light-themed animated films, Tim Burton created the Gothic, gory world of the dead so convincingly attractive that the real world (the "upstairs") felt rather lifeless.
His cliché use of colours and musics, to contrast the living world and the dead world, not to mention the subtle difference in animations of characters themselves, is very effective. Even Victoria looks and acts monotonous. Voice acting and animation themselves were top-notch, 'nuff said.
I believe the true heroine of this film is Emily, the Corpse Bride. Despite being dead, she is full of... vibes, colourful. She's also virtuous, compassionate, talented... what more do you want from a heroine? All the other dead people were also very attractively positive, sociable, original, and humorous.
The only problem I have regarding this movie, that prevented me from giving it 10, is that firstly, this is too short IMHO for such a great movie, and secondly, Tim Burton is never going to release The Corpse Bride 2.
Highly recommended. Should have watched in a theatre, not in DVD.