The epitome of darkness which is TIM BURTON

Rating: 10/10 (24 November 1999)

I believe that Tim Burton has once again hit the jackpot. With his surreal darkness and ultimate gloomy M.O. for his movies, Sleepy Hollow was destined to be told through his eyes. It's just one of those stories that are made for him, like Brandon Lee and The Crow, it was if he was born to play the title character. Seriously though, I was more that just entertained with leepy Hollow, I was captivated. Not only because of Burton finally going the whole 9 yards into the domain of R-ratings, but because of the atmosphere he creates everso elequently. The movie had NO color what so ever, it was merely shades of grey and black. Even the blondes (i.e. Christina Ricci) in the movie looked more like white. The fact that the movie had no rays of sunshine, just a coating of dark grey clouds that forever was the scenery for the movie put a smile on my face. This was my kinda movie. Johnny Depp portraying a quirky character, and all the other Tim Burton veterans as well, Jeffrey Jones, Michael Gough, and Martin Landau (did you catch him at the start?) all feed right into the story line, playing the all-knowing-too-much town elders, with the looks on their face that just makes you quiver with interest to what they may know. This isn't much of review, but more of a praise to Tim Burton. All I'm saying is that I'm not naive, but I gave this movie a 10 just like the 121 other voters before me who I'm sure know what they are voting about, an impecable motion picture that shall remain forever one of my favorite films.