Tim Burton is a genius!

[jeff30997]

I just watched Big Fish and I must say that I was really moved...

Tim Burton is really an artist,and I really can't say the same

about the vast majority of directors in Hollywood.

At the end of the movie I cried,the story was so good and so tragic and

at the same time funny and wonderful...

There are a couple of Burton's movies that I haven seen like

The Corpse Bride which seems like a very good animation movie,

like The Nightmare Before Christmas (Witch I loved).

What is the Tim Burton movie that you enjoyed the most ?


PS: Tonight I met my little nephew for the first time...

He's 3 months old and I was very moved...

[nytemare]

1. Big Fish!

That is one of the most charming movies I have seen. The only others that have fit in that category lately for me are Amelie and Everything is Illuminated.

I can't think of a Burton movie I haven't liked, but Big Fish was an absolute work of art.

[Lyric]

15. Everything Is Illuminated---WONDERFUL movie

I got it after seeing the trailer online, and I don't think I've laughed so hard and cried so bitterly over a movie in years. Really--it's charming and funny and light when it needs to be, but shatters your heart when you least expect it.

Everyone should see that movie.

[tigereye]

20. I loved Everything is Illuminated. Wonderful.

[nytemare]

35. Great little film.

And, if by chance, you haven't seen Amelie yet, you should check it out. If you like Big Fish and Illuminated, you will like Amelie.

[ghostsofgiants]

2. I'm a Beetlejuice fan.

Watched it this evening, actually.

[jeff30997]

8. First Tim Burton's movie I ever watched!

That movie made me a fan!

[driver8]

17. Beetlejuice is awesome!

I love that movie more and more every time I see it.

[ghostsofgiants]

21. Me too.

A couple of my friends dressed up as Beetlejuice and Lydia for Halloween, it was great.

[driver8]

34. That is a great idea!

I will file that one away for future reference.

[Radio_Lady]

3. I loved Big Fish and The Corpse Bride. Burton is a genius --

but he was off his mark with the Willie Wonka movie... Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! Big disappointment, at least for me.

[Radio_Lady]

5. Oh, I forgot about Edward Scissorhands! Thanks for reminding us!

[jeff30997]

9. Willie Wonka movie...

Big disappointment for me too.:(

[Yukari Yakumo]

22. If you thought that was bad...

Just try to watch Mars Attacks! That one was truly godawful.

[spinbaby]

29. I LOVE Mars Attacks!

It's one of the funniest movies ever.

[TommyO]

40. To each their own

When I need a mindless movie, Mars Attacks is one of my favorites.

Ackk Ackk...

[Lethe]

38. Was Corpse Bride any good?

that looked cool, but i never saw it....

[RevolutionaryActs]

4. I love Big Fish, Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman. Yeah, he's good. :7

[VespertineIconoclast]

12. Yah, for Sleepy Hollow!

I loved how he drained a lot of the color out of the film to add to the awesome atmosphere and mood. :thumbsup: Johnny Depp's interpretation of Ichabod was priceless! :D

[Lethe]

36. awesome movie!

loved it!

[AlCzervik]

6. i saw that when i was on a plane and i was crying my eyes out at the end

My 12 year old daughter is i swear the biggest Tim Burton fan ever.

[jobycom]

7. Big Fish is my favorite, too, Ed Wood was brilliant. Beetle Juice ahead of its time

He's a great director, no question.

[jeff30997]

10. So true !

[Redstone]

11. He's a helluva good actor. And I'm glad you had fun with your nephew.

Redstone

[Shakespeare]

25. You mean director, not actor, don't you? n/t

[ghostsofgiants]

13. Speaking of Tim Burton...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym3NkcUWaa0 (This version of his story isn't as good as the one he tells in An Evening With Kevin Smith, but it's all I could find.)

[Neoma]

14. Mars Attacks!

Totally.

[terrya]

16. "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" is my favorite Burton film.

Although "Big Fish" and "Ed Wood" are up there, also.

[Shakespeare]

24. Have you ever checked out the director's commentary on the PeeWee DVD?

It's pretty much just Tim Burton and Paul Reubens shooting the shit with each other as it goes from scene to scene, and it's HILARIOUS.

[philosophie_en_rose]

18. Big Fish is my favorite Burton movie.

It's perfectly cast and the story is lovely.

[tigereye]

19. isn't Big Fish wonderful?

and yes, Burton is astounding. Not sure I can pick a favorite.

Oh wait, it's Ed Wood!

[Earth_First]

23. We went and saw A Nightmare Before Christmas at the IMAX in 3D...

about two, maybe three weeks ago. Unbelievable. You should check it out and see if is is making a run in your area. Definately worth the night out.

[Orrex]

26. As a director, Burton is a cultishly over-praised hack (warning: RANT)

:rant:

He's got a skilled eye as an art designer, but his films are almost without exception vapid snoozefests whose only watchable moments come from the skilled efforts of talented performers. So I guess I'll also give him credit for knowing which actors to pick.

Sorry, but he's never done anything really innovative or ground-breaking. His real hackiness started with 1989's Batman, which (excluding its awful sequels) may just distinguish itself as the worst major superhero film of all time.

If you took Johnny Depp out of Burton's stable of actors, the entire watchable portion of Burton's films could be summed up in five words: Martin Landau and Ewan MacGregor.

YMMV, of course...

[Shakespeare]

27. You even feel that way about his animated films?

He's done some real sinkers in live action (Pee Wee and Beetlejuice are exceptions), but I've found his animated films highly innovative and charming.

[Orrex]

30. Yes, alas

I haven't seen Corpse Bride, but Nightmare didn't appear to elevate the artform (animation) in any great way. It was just an extension of stuff that had been done for 70+ years by that point, and I found the story to be ultra-linear.

[Lethe]

37. you forgot Danny Elfman scores...

which always add that somewhat whimsically dark atmosphere....


btw i do like Burton though :)

[Courtesy Flush]

28. I haven't seen it yet

It's been on my NetFlix queue forever, in the depths of two hundred other titles. I think I'll go right now and move it to the top.

[Rising Phoenix]

31. Big Fish....wow

I just me my nephew for the first time....he's a year and a half and a joy....Love you little Liam

enjoy!

[China_cat]

32. I loved the movie

until I read the book.

[Zookeeper]

33. I am very seldom moved to cry by a movie...

but, Big Fish really got to me.

I like most Tim Burton films, especially Pee Wee's Big Adventure.

[WCGreen]

39. Big Fish is one of the movies I will watch whenever I see it

on the cable...

It's just a good, solid piece of stoty telling that is downright fun...

BTW, Batman was probably one of the best reivention of a Superhero ever...

[LynneSin]

41. I bawl like a little baby everytime I watch that movie

It's so heartbreakening wonderful!

[Patiod]

42. I didn't like it the first time I saw it, but loved it the second time

have no idea why it took me 2 viewings. Maybe because the first time was on a 8"x10" screen on an airplane!

Very haunting.