| Show tl Tim Burton fans await Corpse Bride t ti c p. p i Amanda Chamberlain Chamberlai n The Globe Hes He's morbid Hes He's fantas fantas- Hes He's creepy And hes he's at it again I love Tim Burton I really really really real real- ly just love the guy said year old Luke Meadows li Tim Burton hl the original al 4 M Pumpkin King has already I been around for years making making mak mak- making ing movies and producing film Back in the everyone with a VCR witnessed witnessed witnessed wit wit- a Halloween Town- Town native Jack nearly destroy Christmas and a household half-household- item human misfit learn what life is like outside outside out out- outside side his creepy neighborhood neighborhood neighborhood neighbor neighbor- hood castle H recently Burton has flashed his creative creative creative cre cre- twist on family films at modern audiences with the release of ethereal Big Fish and his wacky version version version ver ver- sion of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory And now once more hes he's going to either dazzle or scare the hell out of little boys and girls everywhere with his next next family film oJ w z t The title of Corpse Bride makes it a little hard not to go into the film with some sort of pretense but the storyline of Burtons Burton's new film proves remarkably remarkably remarkably remark remark- ably sweet The story screenplay by John August and Caroline Thompson is set in a grey bleak village in nineteenth century Europe The casts cast's main man Victor played by Johnny Depp is approaching approach approach- ing a wracking nerve-wracking marriage marriage marriage mar mar- to his proper lady I Victoria Emily Watson I But things take a turn below when by Victor falls into the underworld and marries a loving fun-loving whimsical dead maiden the Corpse Bride Helena Bonham Carter But world of the living calls Victors Victor's name when he begins to r i 4 J yearn for his true love Victoria sending a certain dont try to be somebody youre you're not moral into play Burtons Burton's good feel-good plots arent aren't the only element reeking of film Burton-film past The veteran director is no stranger to similarity He repeatedly casts the same group of actors in a plethora ra of Burton roles For instance Johnny Depp starred in Edward Scissor hands Sleepy Hollow and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Helena Bonham Carter was spotted in Big Fish and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory You get the picture Corpse Bride I also directed by Mike Johnson takes on an image that's also not unlike his previous film his classic The Nightmare Before Christmas The gath cult ering stop motion production production production tion style for this film cameto cameto came cameto to life from an alliance with previous Nightmare Before Christmas comrade comrade comrade com com- rade Director of Photography Kozachik Kozachik's work on Nightmare undoubtedly showed Burton that hes he's more than capable of creating creating creating creat creat- ing just the right amount of eerie special effects and i cinematography And being how the eerie but humorous Nightmare I Before Christmas created a massive movement of gothic Halloween dark- dark lings and increases in Hot Topic frequenting Corpse Bride is already steadily awaited by Burton fans Nightmare was really good so Im I'm going to see Corpse Bride said student Bret Peters Im looking forward to seeing Johnny Depp in this one Burton fans are hoping for fora a movie worthy of plastering plastering plastering plaster plaster- ing all over merchandise and one possibly worthy of adding to their cult list of top Burton films And with the anticipated star cast undeniably stable score by film Burton-film alumnus Danny Elfman and intriguing intriguing intriguing ing plot fans and non-fans non alike are bound to take a unique humorous and above all entertaining ride into the Land of the Dead with Corpse Bride This film is rated PG for scary cary images action and mild language |
