Oh, I adore Boingonuts! ;)

I haven't told you about the time I saw Mystic Nights.......at the Gold Bear, have I?

Oh my! I loved Big Fish! I know it's a departure from the OP, but...

I suspect that those that aren't so much into character development as opposed to other story elements (like traditional plot, action, you-name-it) didn't care as much for Big Fish, as it was almost entirely character driven.

I'm looking forward to Corpse Bride. Steve, on the other hand, is not. While I had always assumed he really liked Nightmare Before Christmas, I learned it was not as much as I had thought, and he views CB as being another NBC, and therefore not worth more than seeing it at matinee prices, or just waiting until someone else rents it.

No, I enjoy character development, I just didn't enjoy the characters or the development in this one. NA called it "deeply emotional", I didn't find the emotion particularly deep. It seemed entirely predictable from a character development standpoint, it didn't offer me anything particularly inciteful to me.

But then again, I've never had any sort of long standing animosity with any family member, so perhaps I just don't get it.

Heh. Damn perfect family. ;)

On the other side of the spectrum, I've had plenty of long standing animosity with my family members, and I still felt no empathy for these characters. But then again, this genre, what I'd call "fvcked-up relationships", just isn't my thing. Be they family or romantic, I just don't enjoy watching people dislike each other, even (especially?) when there's a weepy reunion at the end. I still can't believe they shoehorned that same weepy junk into Charlie. :mad:

This is Tim Burton?

Anyway, I hope none of that will apply to Corpse Bride....I just hope it doesn't turn out to be a Nightmare clone.

Even Goth Boys have a sentimental side. ;)

I hope to see the Corpse Bride someday - maybe even in a theater. I'd like to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, that last Star Wars film, and something else I can't remember.

I like Tim Burton's art direction more than anything, so I'll probably like this film. I'm reminded of a panel discussion of Nightmare and all the voice actors talking about how "abscent" Tim Burton really was from actually directing the film - perhaps that's the key?

ohhh, I'd love to hear about it sometime, I am trying to kind of do a one man Mystic Knights type thing with video projection. :cool:

That's because it was directed by Henry Selick. :decap:

I don't believe that CB will have the as some here have called the sappy father-son element at all. I am still intruiged as to what/who Vincent's true love will be. The living marriage was arranged and the corpse marriage was accidental, sooo....

It seems that the "misfit" element that TB is so well known for may be returning perhaps?

From what I hear from people I trust who've seen it ... it's nothing but a Nightmare rip-off, splendid-looking (d'uh), but pointless. Songs crammed in for no reason, and a 10-minute story stretched to an hour longer than that.

I'm beginning to believe that Tim Burton films should be seen and not heard.