Corpse Bride

[Not Afraid]

Oh, I adore Boingonuts!

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

[Boingonut]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Oh, I adore Boingonuts!

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

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.

[blueerica]

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.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by blueerica

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.

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.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

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.

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.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Corpse Bride....I just hope it doesn't turn out to be a Nightmare clone.

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.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

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.

Hmm, looks like I just saved 10 bucks...

[Not Afraid]

Even Goth Boys have a sentimental side.

[€uroMeinke]

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?

[Gn2Dlnd]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

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?

That's because it was directed by Henry Selick.