Corpse Bride

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

And then he had to go and cram the same father-son sappiness into Charlie. What's with that? Burton used to be all about estranged children, children who might as well have been conceived by aliens and delivered to their parents (Vincent, Beetlejuice, every poem in The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy). This new spate of "I love my daddy" films doesn't suit him.

I do agree with this. I liked Charlie and the Chocolate Factory more than anyone I know, but I didn't like that element. Or Big Fish. I loved the book, though.

Burton lost his father right before he made Big Fish, I think. Maybe that's why he made that film, actually. But if he's imitating life, it's not really working for him, IMO. Still, I cannot wait for The Corpse Bride.