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Tim Burton: Genius or insane lunatic?
He's certainly directed some top films in his time, but they're hardly your typical Hollywood feel good movies are they?
Has there ever been another film with quite the same feel to it as Beetlejuice? Man, that movie was fantastic!
Another way of looking at it could be throught the Batman movies. He directed the original and Batman Returns, both of which were dark and mysterious. Batman Forever and Batman and Robin are incredibly poor by comparison.
But it's not the big hits that make me ask the question, it's the films like Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood and The Nightmare Before Xmas.
Who else would direct a film about a man with scissors for hands, or a biopic of the worst ever film director, Ed Wood!
So look at all of the evidence, the strangely wonderful films, his constant use of Johnny Depp. Are these the signs of a genius, or a madman?
He's certainly directed some top films in his time, but they're hardly your typical Hollywood feel good movies are they?
Has there ever been another film with quite the same feel to it as Beetlejuice? Man, that movie was fantastic!
Another way of looking at it could be throught the Batman movies. He directed the original and Batman Returns, both of which were dark and mysterious. Batman Forever and Batman and Robin are incredibly poor by comparison.
But it's not the big hits that make me ask the question, it's the films like Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood and The Nightmare Before Xmas.
Who else would direct a film about a man with scissors for hands, or a biopic of the worst ever film director, Ed Wood!
So look at all of the evidence, the strangely wonderful films, his constant use of Johnny Depp. Are these the signs of a genius, or a madman?
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I thought Beetlejuice and Mars Attacks were good, although your right not great. But this doesnt stop Burton from being a Great Director, most people would say Spielberg is a Great Director..and then he produced Jurassic Park 2.
My point is a few minor errors dont take away the fact that Burton has done some very good work.
My point is a few minor errors dont take away the fact that Burton has done some very good work.
Tim Burton is a great director, but not a genious due to Beetlejuice and Mars Attack. Many of you probably rthought it was a good film and so do I but it was not a great film. Ed Wood was a great film. Edwood Scissorhand was a great film.
The thing is Time Burton doesn't make enough films. Though I'm very excited with Planet of the Apes.
The thing is Time Burton doesn't make enough films. Though I'm very excited with Planet of the Apes.
As much as I like most of the work of Burton though, I just couldn't stand Mars Attacks!
I'm not sure exactly what it was about the film, but I just plain didn't enjoy it.
On the other hand Beetlejuice I've seen countless times, and think that it's great. The character Beetlejuice has to be one of the funniest ever to grace my screen. Michael Keaton did a top notch job there.
I'm not sure exactly what it was about the film, but I just plain didn't enjoy it.
On the other hand Beetlejuice I've seen countless times, and think that it's great. The character Beetlejuice has to be one of the funniest ever to grace my screen. Michael Keaton did a top notch job there.
i beg to differ
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Tim Burton is quite clearly a genius.
There is no-one else in Hollywood today capable of producing spellbinding films which manage to come closer than anything else in recent years to the timeless quality of fairytales. In this he is matched only by the short story and graphic novel author Neil Gaiman. If the two would pair up for a Sandman adaption I would be delighted. The Edward Scissorhands movie is a case in point. What could have simply been a quirky novelty piece became, in the hands of Burton and delightful modern fable, with some truly touching moments that never descend into schmaltz.
Burton's most striking feat is his breathtaking cinematography. In Edward Scissorhands the perfect pastel coloured houses of surburbia contrast sublimely with the high gothic style of Edward's creator's castle. Neither styles are realistic but both capture a poetic reality which most directors would ignore. Burton is skilled at creating fantastic moments of unreality, particularly with Edward Scissorhands and also the dream sequences of the constable Crane's mother in Sleepy Hollow. Sleepy Hollow is also beuatifully shot, every frame of the film is worthy of examination and it's monchromatic style contrasts magnificently with the freely flowing blood from the Headless Horseman's victims.
Faced with the camp legacy of the 60's Batman series, Burton was the perfect director to take Batman back to his darker roots and did a magnificent job stylisticaly, even if the script wasn't quite up to the job.
The greatest thing about Burton is that although he has a distinctive style he is never predictable veering from original fables, to comic book adaptions, 19th century literature and an animated piece about a Halloween king taking over Christmas. The Nightmare Before Christmas is possibly the purest distillation of Burton's sense of twisted aesthetics, wild imagination and ability to tell a warm, humane story.
I couldn't even fault his casting. Depp is not one of my favourite actors but his pale, delicate looks are perfectly suited to Burton's stories and you certainly can't knock the man for giving Winona Ryder and Christina Ricci more screen time!
In my opinion Burton is a master storyteller. Go on, argue. I dare you.
There is no-one else in Hollywood today capable of producing spellbinding films which manage to come closer than anything else in recent years to the timeless quality of fairytales. In this he is matched only by the short story and graphic novel author Neil Gaiman. If the two would pair up for a Sandman adaption I would be delighted. The Edward Scissorhands movie is a case in point. What could have simply been a quirky novelty piece became, in the hands of Burton and delightful modern fable, with some truly touching moments that never descend into schmaltz.
Burton's most striking feat is his breathtaking cinematography. In Edward Scissorhands the perfect pastel coloured houses of surburbia contrast sublimely with the high gothic style of Edward's creator's castle. Neither styles are realistic but both capture a poetic reality which most directors would ignore. Burton is skilled at creating fantastic moments of unreality, particularly with Edward Scissorhands and also the dream sequences of the constable Crane's mother in Sleepy Hollow. Sleepy Hollow is also beuatifully shot, every frame of the film is worthy of examination and it's monchromatic style contrasts magnificently with the freely flowing blood from the Headless Horseman's victims.
Faced with the camp legacy of the 60's Batman series, Burton was the perfect director to take Batman back to his darker roots and did a magnificent job stylisticaly, even if the script wasn't quite up to the job.
The greatest thing about Burton is that although he has a distinctive style he is never predictable veering from original fables, to comic book adaptions, 19th century literature and an animated piece about a Halloween king taking over Christmas. The Nightmare Before Christmas is possibly the purest distillation of Burton's sense of twisted aesthetics, wild imagination and ability to tell a warm, humane story.
I couldn't even fault his casting. Depp is not one of my favourite actors but his pale, delicate looks are perfectly suited to Burton's stories and you certainly can't knock the man for giving Winona Ryder and Christina Ricci more screen time!
In my opinion Burton is a master storyteller. Go on, argue. I dare you.
Tim Burton: Genius or insane lunatic?
He's certainly directed some top films in his time, but they're hardly your typical Hollywood feel good movies are they?
Has there ever been another film with quite the same feel to it as Beetlejuice? Man, that movie was fantastic!
Another way of looking at it could be throught the Batman movies. He directed the original and Batman Returns, both of which were dark and mysterious. Batman Forever and Batman and Robin are incredibly poor by comparison.
But it's not the big hits that make me ask the question, it's the films like Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood and The Nightmare Before Xmas.
Who else would direct a film about a man with scissors for hands, or a biopic of the worst ever film director, Ed Wood!
So look at all of the evidence, the strangely wonderful films, his constant use of Johnny Depp. Are these the signs of a genius, or a madman?
He's certainly directed some top films in his time, but they're hardly your typical Hollywood feel good movies are they?
Has there ever been another film with quite the same feel to it as Beetlejuice? Man, that movie was fantastic!
Another way of looking at it could be throught the Batman movies. He directed the original and Batman Returns, both of which were dark and mysterious. Batman Forever and Batman and Robin are incredibly poor by comparison.
But it's not the big hits that make me ask the question, it's the films like Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood and The Nightmare Before Xmas.
Who else would direct a film about a man with scissors for hands, or a biopic of the worst ever film director, Ed Wood!
So look at all of the evidence, the strangely wonderful films, his constant use of Johnny Depp. Are these the signs of a genius, or a madman?