Tim Burton
K.H. MacLean | Friday, April 2, 2010 at 10:00AM I once thought Tim Burton was a genius, then I turned sixteen.
His hair wasn't always crazy, but his teeth were always bad.
I don't want to completely hate on Tim Burton. He's got some good flicks. I like Ed Wood, Big Fish, Beetlejuice is alright, and of course Pee Wee's Big Adventure is a timeless classic. Yes, Burton has accomplished a lot since his modest days as the host of "Goth Talk".
But lets be real, this guy gets way too much cred for his quality. It's like he is continuously trying to remake Edward Scissor Hands (from 1990!) every time he gets behind the camera.
Every one of his movies is a little dark, a little whimsy, has a lot of people dressed in dark clothes looking very pale, and Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter acting "quirky". Okay, not everything he makes is like that, sometimes he is ruining Planet of the Apes with Marky Mark.
Let's see, stay and be king of all humans with a super hot wife and probably anything else I want OR fly through a worm hole that will take me... somewhere. Hmmm, well guess I should get going! Oh and one more thing, I like the ape lady better!?
His movies always do really well in the B.O. and get pretty strong reviews, so I'm not going to try and deny he has talent, but if he is going to tell an off beat story he could at least make it original. His last three movies wereCharlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sweeney Todd, and Alice in Wonderland. All three of them remakes and all three of them look exactly the same.
Are you really being original if you just make everything look unusual yet exactly the same? Look at Stanley Kubrick. The Shining, Clockwork Orange, 2001. All twisted and great, and all unique.
Ah, it seems like only yesterday.
So this and the fact that Kevin Smith does a pretty good job at making Burton seem like a prick (one of the only things Smith does well these days) and you'll excuse me if I don't go crazy over this guy's next movie. Tim Burton, you're Overrated.
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