Burton's best film; a masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (13 May 2020)

POSITIVES:
1) Most of Burton's films get annoying by how much of an outsider they make the lead character, and how the villain is always society for brandishing the lead as an outsider, but in this film Burton is much more restrained and this adds to the validity of the film
2) The film still has all the great Burton elements, including the gothic production design and the front and centre score from Danny Elfman
3) The dynamic that Crane is a man ahead of his time, with far more advanced methods of detective work than what was normal in 1799, adds a very interesting dynamic to the film
4) I could wax lyrical about this film but I'll stop there
NEGATIVES:
1) I can understand why people would see some negatives in the film, especially people who don't enjoy the dramatic tendencies of Burton, but I would be lying if I said that I wasn't completely swept up in the film to the point that there was no obvious negatives for me