Vissually fantastic. And a alright movie over all.

Rating: 6/10 (7 April 2020)

A good movie, clearly was made with a a focus on the visuals. It won an Oscar for its visual style and set design, which it deserved. I would say that acting is fine as well, or even really good. Just a bit cartoonish characters. In fact the entire movie is a bit cartoonish, it almost have this Disney feel about it, besides the gore. I mean the action and gore scenes are fun, but a bit over the top, even if it's perhaps the most fun parts of the movie.
The movie is visually very good with great set design and art to it. But it's badly cut at times, just jumping into scenes with no explanation why the characters are where they are or how they got there. And story not fleshed out, it becomes silly, too unrealistic. Also a bit wierd how Deep's character first is this pragmatic realist who only believes in science, but swiftly becomes an expert in understanding and figuring out all the black magic and witchcraft behind the horseman. Also, what was the thing about his flashbacks to his childhood, is that suppose to tell us something? Okey, he has a dark past and doesn't like the church, so that's why he's a nonbeliever and a detectiv? Is that really necessary information? Seems it was more about the visuals.
The humor is kind of fun but still, it's not that fun. I don't think it should be a comedy, wierd mix. Some might like it. I didn't find it that appealing. Couldn't really find the tone of the movie, is it suppose to be a comedy, a kids movie, horror movie or a thriller mystery? Maybe it's suppose to be like a mix of all those things, since it's based on a classic horror fairytale. It's kind of a horror story for kids. So in that regard it's depicted right. But is that the purpose? And what about the gore? I mean, it's kind of extreme for small kids (not the worst but still). Don't know what rating this movie got.
Still, I would have liked it more if it had a more serious approach with not so cartoonish characters. Instead taking the story very serious, trying to be realistic even if in reality it's unrealistic. And that it focused more on the mystery and creepy element of the story. Also the psychology of the characters, to really understand what's behind their decisions and behavior. Instead of art design, quirkiness and strange artsy flashbacks. But then again, visually it's an alright movie and the gore is fun and story not extremely bad, executed well for what it is. An alright movie. Wouldn't really recommend it though, only to teens or someone who's into goth art style or something (but I think a person like that would already know about this movie). Again, it's an alright watch. It's Tim Burton, what would you expect?
As a kid, this was one of my favorite movies. Haven't seen it in many years. Gave it a watch reasently, since I bought it on blu-ray. It didn't really hold up to me. But still, it's alright. Visually it's fantastic. It's definitely better then Alice in Wonderland at least.
But if I want to be visually stimulated, I would look at drawings or play a video-game. From movies I want to be told a good story first hand. But hey, that's just me. Not a bad movie, just that I would want something more or something else I suppose.