Posted by: Chad Van Alstin
What has Tim Burton become? The man who gave us completely
original works like Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands has really lost his
way. I know that Burton gets a lot of flack in the media already, but movies
like Dark Shadows are the reason why.
While I think this time around the visuals were spot-on, Dark Shadows still lacks that subtle, black, humor that once made Burton's films so interesting. Instead it's just more conventional humor, and it doesn't fit with the film's gothic tone very well at all.
While I think this time around the visuals were spot-on, Dark Shadows still lacks that subtle, black, humor that once made Burton's films so interesting. Instead it's just more conventional humor, and it doesn't fit with the film's gothic tone very well at all.
The sheer quirky, weird, nature of Burton's previous films
are what made people laugh -- awkwardly. This time around all we're given is
classic gags about people from the past being confused by television, lava
lamps, and other modern technology. It's all been done before, and it isn't done
well enough this time around to be that funny.
The visual flair that made me love Tim Burton's classic work is in Dark Shadows, but everything else that I came to enjoy about his movies doesn't make the cut. At one time you could watch a movie and tell, even if you had no idea what you were seeing, that it was a Tim Burton movie. He seemed to have his own distinct, auteur, style at one point. He really doesn't anymore.
I still think he's a very talented filmmaker, but his recent movies seem to leave me wanting so much more. I'm hoping that Frankenweenie is a return to form for Burton; however, the trailer leads me to believe it may just be an attempt to build upon the legacy of Nightmare Before Christmas -- a film often credited to Burton, instead of director Henry Selick.
The visual flair that made me love Tim Burton's classic work is in Dark Shadows, but everything else that I came to enjoy about his movies doesn't make the cut. At one time you could watch a movie and tell, even if you had no idea what you were seeing, that it was a Tim Burton movie. He seemed to have his own distinct, auteur, style at one point. He really doesn't anymore.
I still think he's a very talented filmmaker, but his recent movies seem to leave me wanting so much more. I'm hoping that Frankenweenie is a return to form for Burton; however, the trailer leads me to believe it may just be an attempt to build upon the legacy of Nightmare Before Christmas -- a film often credited to Burton, instead of director Henry Selick.
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