! Dead walk the Eaa- aarth !"

Rating: 9/10 (9 February 2006)

" Rehearsal ruined by the Van Dort boy !" just when you think your life...or afterlife, for that matter - is heading for the better, everything, every tiny little microscopic things starts going NOT according to plan. and if it weren't bad enough, you find out your parents are conservative, ego-centrist morons ( you were in denial about that). well, wouldn't you just like to scream until your eye pops out? tick - tack, tick -tack, make the clocks. tick - tack, does the broom in the hands of the street-sweeper. the tick - tack follows almost through the whole movie. It grows and evolves every second - and that's a good thing, because the film is quite short. It doesn't matter one way or the other, how many tick - tacks the clock toes for us, we all end up in the Ball and Socket Pub eventually. I suggest to grab for ear - plugs to lessen the damage done by Mrs. Plum...but I guess it doesn't matter when you're already dead? unless you want to play Fascinating Rhythm on the piano. Can a heart that's stopped beating be warm and gentle? Corpse Bride shows it can be. How can a person, who's already brutal and coldblooded, even die? well, just wait till the Maggot gets to him. Oh, the Maggot - first guy with estonian blood to play a character in a Tim Burton movie. even if it is just a freaking'worm...ahem, maggot.
generally I liked this flick. some are disturbed by too many too powerful songs - well I thought there were a couple of spots that were missing a song. It is technologically, of course, a novelty, but I've seen dozens of stop - motions made in my own country that are visually just as compelling ... But it's definitely one of the best Burton movie in years.