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Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland
rynne:
--- Quote from: Ozymandias on 23 Jun 2009, 10:21 ---I can't get behind Burton hatred. Yeah, he's sort of gotten into a rut, but at least it's a unique, interesting rut as compared to the rest of Hollywood.
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I don't think it's a hatred so much as a tiredness. Burton has a fairly unique vision, and when he first came on the scene it was certainly refreshing to see films like Beetlejuice and Batman and Edward Scissorhands and Nightmare Before Christmas. But---and this is the problem with having a vision so personal as Burton's---repeatedly applying that style becomes a crutch.
I think that from a purely technical standpoint, as separate from a stylistic one, Burton's a good director. That's why he hasn't sunk into self-parody like, say, M. Night Shyamalan did. I'd like to see him more often apply that skill to something that's not a cracked re-imagining of an existent work (see Planet of the Apes, Sweeny Todd, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Alice in Wonderland).
Dimmukane:
What rynne said, basically. I don't hate the guy, but for me to like him he needs to make something different from everything else he's done. If someone wants to take me to see this, I won't protest. But I'm probably not going to see another Burton-helmed movie until he stops relying on his stylistic vices. Last one I saw in theaters was Big Fish. Which admittedly still had his stamp on it in a Scissorhands kind of way, but it wasn't subjected to Johnny Depp/overeager & gloomy color palettes/macabre images like his other stuff.
LittleKey:
Am I the only one really looking forward to this movie? Sure Burton is repetitive, but to me it's repeating something very good, so it doesn't bother me.
Alex C:
Yeah, a lot really depends on how much you enjoy his aesthetic. My sister for example has always really liked it and she has a ginormous crush on Johnny Depp, so there you go. Personally, I'm not really bored of the Burton's films, but that's probably in large part due to the fact that I've seen less than half of them.
McTaggart:
Hmm. I liked the concept art, but the costumes are just ugly.
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