Best Musical Ever!!!

Rating: 10/10 (28 December 2001)

I never liked musicals. They were always stupid love stories with silly characters who started singing in the middle of the road... This one is really different.
For once the characters are puppets which makes it easy to watch them sing and dance for no apparent reasons. Then there is the music. Danny Elfman has come up with the best original soundtrack for a musical ever. I am no stranger to other famous musicals like My Fair Lady and such, but the best versions of these soundtracks were always made by third parties, usually jazz musicians. Take for instance the version of "On The Street Where he Lives" by Peggy Lee. Much better than the original. Also, the voices are superbly cast. Even if they are by no means what we usually consider beautiful voices, they fit the characters and the feeling the actors put to the wonderfully written words is astounding. The movie itself is gorgeous, in a dark, funny kind of way. Tim Burton has outdone himself. The story is imaginative, original and has something to do with an original subject and not the usual, boring, silly, overused, tiresome, and artificial Hollywood-made version of love.
Those of you who are really incapable of loving this movie deserve my pitty and sympathy. It must be really sad to live in a world with no fantasy.
As for all the others who haven't seen it. For your own sakes and mental growth, see it!!!