The Artistic Genius of Tim BurtonAnything But Typical

Rating: 9/10 (21 January 2014)

Tim Burton is at it Again with this Never Ending Display of Horrific and Beautiful Gothic Imagery Framed with the Ever Present Johnny Depp and Danny Elfman. Additionally the the Director is Aided by one of the Best Cinematographers and what Results is a Fantasmagorical Canvas that is Artsy, Disturbing, Tongue In Cheek, Gory and Relentlessly Impressive Entertainment.
Burton is an Artistic Genius with a Unique, Personal Style that is Unmistakable (like all great Artists) and Always Bent Enough to Please those that Lean toward the Avant Garde and Embrace that what is Not Mainstream. This, like all His Movies is Anything but Typical.
The Cinematic Tricks are a Treat and Arguably Tim Burton Films are in a Category of Their Own. The Film is a bit too Heavy on Plot Backstories and Keeping all the "Vans" and other Names and Motivations in Some Kind of Coherence may be Difficult but not to the Distraction Point.
Because in the End this is All About Style and the Canvas is Filled with so Much Energy and Quirk that it Overwhelms and Strokes the Senses in the way that Art can be so Effective. Wholly Enjoyable Slants on Science, Witchcraft, Religion, and Superstition the Film Lays Out a Cloak of the Newly Emerging Enlightenment and it is all done with so much Layered Fun, it is just One of the Many Head Feedings, not to Mention Harvestings.