Tim Burton’s Corpse
Sat Sep 24, 2005 22:35 (UTC -5)Today I went to see Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride (a Tim Burton film) with some friends. I thought it was a pretty good movie. It’s reminiscent of The Nightmare Before Christmas without copying it too much. And even though Danny Elfman does it again with some good songs, they aren’t as memorable. Some people complained that, like Burton’s other stop-motion films, it was too short (only 76 minutes), but that wasn’t much of a problem for me.
Of course, the animation is spectacular; I thought it was CGI from watching the TV commercials on the small screen, but it is indeed stop-motion (for the most part, at least). The animation in Tim Burton films is such a step above all others that in my mind it is something more. In fact, while watching a preview for Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, I actually thought to myself, “Who would want to see a lousy stop-motion movie?”
After we got home, my sister (who was there also) looked at her ticket and realized that the full title of the movie (“Tim Burton’s” and all) was too long to be displayed fully. The most that could fit was “Tim Burton’s Corpse.” I doubt many people would want to watch that, even for 76 minutes.
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4 comments
#1 by kevin: Sun Sep 25, 2005 17:40 (UTC -5)
what’s a stop-motion movie? what’s the difference between that and a CGI movie (computer graphics right?).
#2 by Jordon: Sun Sep 25, 2005 19:01 (UTC -5)
Stop-motion is when they have models of the characters on miniature sets, and they move the characters little by little, taking a snap of the camera each time to give the illusion of motion.
CGI is animating with computers.
#3 by kevin: Mon Sep 26, 2005 14:32 (UTC -5)
wow, i can’t believe that’s a stop-motion movie, that’s so long and meticulous, jeez.
#4 by shannon: Sun Dec 30, 2007 17:56 (UTC -5)
my name is shannon and i am nine years old i would like it if i could star in a tim burton film with johnny depp and i am a very big fan of you and him i hope that you can get back to me xx