Sevi Rais
I pretty much agree with both of you. I want to see it because it looks similar to Burton's old style. But I have felt rather let down by his new works (although Alice in Wonderland was apparently really popular, which I don't get because I didn't care for it. I thought it was okay).
I think Alice as popular cos remember alice is a story that's very popular, everyone loves it most likely because you know how it has drug references, and people expected a lot from it because it was from a director who does twisted takes on things. I also think it's popular because most of the kids that went to see it weren't familiar with his old works, this was their first "burton" film, you know ? most were scene kids trying to fit in...the people who are familiar with his old works are the ones that saw through it
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I'm looking forward to it. Why? He has free reign on this one. Alice In Wonderland was made for Disney as a deal. It's not one he wanted to do, but they made a deal that if he made that movie for them and it was successful, he would get free reign on a remake of his short, Frankenweenie. Alice was successful despite him totally sleepwalking through it, so with this Disney has pretty much let him do whatever he wants.
I enjoyed Dark Shadows but it's painfully obvious that he clashed with Warner Brothers over that movie, creatively. I think he started with creative control when he shot it, or at least for part of the shoot, but at some point while they were making it somebody got pissed at somebody and it spiraled out of control. It's clear when you consider how they didn't start marketing until March, when the film came out in May, not to mention that it was released a week after a guaranteed box office giant. Finally, just think about this: Danny Elfman had a pretty great score written for it, and almost none of it was used. If that doesn't scream "conflict in the editing room" I don't know what does, because not only are there photos of the film from scenes that were nowhere near it, but apparently about an hour of footage had been chopped out of the film. The biggest complaint was pace and character development, and if Burton struggled in the editing room, that's not his fault. It's the execs who were probably breathing down his neck.
ANYWAY, Frankenweenie looks great. I think the fact that it's been done as stop-motion animation only helps keep it from being redundant, not to mention it's a long-form remake of a short-form film.
Yea I agree the fact that it's stop motion makes me hopeful as well and yea it's a longer version. Also I like how the characters have been made, especially "weird girl" she looks just like this illustration of his poetry book, she looks like the little girl who stares haha. But I get what you're saying, I discussed this with you before haha, yeah obviously Burton didn't have control over the last two films but if that was the case I guess we'll find out with this one...