My Corpse Bride Review

Rating: 9/10 (22 October 2005)

I went and saw this movie on the opening night in the UK (last night...) And it is one excellent film! The storyline isn't quite up to "The nightmare before Christmas", but the animation is much smoother and subtle than Nightmare. The characters expressions are probably the closest you could ever get in stop-motion (i.e. Almost perfect), and a lot of the time, the character's expression tells you exactly what they are thinking. How they managed to animate the skeletons perfectly I have no idea, but I know that they would never have attempted it on nightmare!
As far as I can tell, there are only three or so CG shots, these are (Sort-of Plot spoiler following) the smoke that the driver breathes out, the rain splattering on the buildings, and the butterfly shots (Opening Scene and Closing Scene... I won't ruin that for you!)
If you haven't been and seen this film... What are you doing?! Run to your nearest cinema now! (Finish reading my review first!)
Corpse Bride is definitely a come-back for Burton, after the sentimental Big Fish and sickly-sweet Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. I'd say this film isn't better than Nightmare, but it's certainly as good as, with lots more visual jokes and humour, but it's let down slightly by the linear plot. Apart from that it's great!