surprisingly good

Rating: 9/10 (15 June 2007)

I know why Tim Burton is considered one of the best directors of our time. I have not seen a lot of his movies, but all of them are always en enjoyable movie experience. This was a silly film with little in terms of a story, but it was so well executed and the MUSIC. Danny Elfman is the man. The two of them really do make a great team. I was talking to a friend of mine, Pat, what makes a movie enjoyable is the ability to make the viewer get drawn into the world that is created. Just knowing this is a Tim Burton film made it very easy. I was totally ready to get drawn into anything he threw at me. I loved Johnny Depps performance and I am starting to see why people think so highly of his acting ability (I was thinking he was just a pretty face who played a pirate). He really did a very good job with this role. I loved the world that Burton created and big props to the set design. I think the best thing about the movie was how Burton takes a ridiculous creation and made people love it at first and it was only until it started threatening their morals was he rejected. I loved how the town people loved their new haircuts and dog's haircuts. But they kept the styles even after they started hating him. The snow idea was brilliant and I have to say that it was very well written. I have to say that a lot of the movies I have been watching I am giving very high ratings, but I am only trying to watch movies that I feel as if I would like going in and I am getting better at choosing them.