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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 4, 2017 20:54:10 GMT
I thought someone else has posted a similar poll, but I can't find it now, and I'd like to use this poll as a springboard for discussing Mr. Burton's films, what happened to their quality (if anything), and what (if anything, again--now I sound like Perry Mason!) could be done to restore said quality.
Burton's is an impressive talent, but I believe he hasn't made a wholly satisfying film since Big Fish. What say you?
1. Ed Wood
2. Sleepy Hollow
3. Batman Returns
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Post by movielover on Sept 4, 2017 21:04:27 GMT
1. Ed Wood
2. Beetlejuice
3. Pee-wee's Big Adventure or Sleepy Hollow
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Post by SciFive on Sept 5, 2017 1:04:45 GMT
1. Beetlejuice
2. Batman
3 Batman Returns
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Post by sostie on Sept 6, 2017 10:29:28 GMT
Top 2 Easy
1. Pee Wee
2. Ed Wood
Third no so much - between Batman Returns, Sleepy Hollow, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Mars Attacks
Went for Mars Attacks...saw it again very recently and thoroughly enjoyed it
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Sept 10, 2017 6:29:49 GMT
1.Batman
2.Batman Returns
3.Edward Scissorhands
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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 15, 2017 19:41:42 GMT
movielover, SciFive, sostie, FridayOnElmStreet, and anyone else who has voted I suppose this raises a question, then: what went wrong? Looking at the results thus far (which I largely expected), Planet of the Apes and Big Fish have received only one vote each, and nothing from the entire 11-year period from 2005 to 2016 has received a single vote. Has Burton become too out-there--or has he just become repetitive and dull? In other words, has the novelty worn off (as I believe)?
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Post by SciFive on Sept 16, 2017 17:17:52 GMT
movielover , SciFive , sostie , FridayOnElmStreet , and anyone else who has voted I suppose this raises a question, then: what went wrong? Looking at the results thus far (which I largely expected), Planet of the Apes and Big Fish have received only one vote each, and nothing from the entire 11-year period from 2005 to 2016 has received a single vote. Has Burton become too out-there--or has he just become repetitive and dull? In other words, has the novelty worn off (as I believe)? Yeah, I think the novelty has worn off, too. Tim Burton has been kind of a "sick puppy" for a long time and I don't think it's as appealing as it used to be. |
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Post by James on Sept 18, 2017 20:56:49 GMT
1. Batman
2. Edward Scissorhands
3. Batman Returns
The Nightmare Before Christmas was produced by Burton (then again, who doesn't know?), but if it were, I'd probably put it in the top 3.
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Post by kaasa on Sept 19, 2017 12:28:34 GMT
1. Pee-Wee
2. Beetlejuice
3. Ed Wood
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Post by Raimo47 on Sept 20, 2017 0:26:48 GMT
1. Batman
2. Sleepy Hollow
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2017 2:59:17 GMT
Batman
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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 20, 2017 23:01:09 GMT
1. Batman 2. Edward Scissorhands 3. Batman Returns The Nightmare Before Christmas was produced by Burton (then again, who doesn't know?), but if it were, I'd probably put it in the top 3.Indeed, which is why I used the catch-all term "Tim Burton movies" rather than "movies directed by Tim Burton." In many ways, producer Tim Burton's spirit hovers over director Henry Selick's Nightmare Before Christmas as producer Howard Hawks's hovered over Christian Nyby's The Thing from Outer Space, or how producer Steven Spielberg's did over Tobe Hooper's Poltergeist. |
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Sept 23, 2017 1:29:50 GMT
Ed Wood
Edward Scissorhands
Mars Attacks!
HM to Beetlejuice.
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Post by hardball on Sept 23, 2017 11:39:35 GMT
Sleepy Hollow
Batmaan
Alice in Wonderland and Beetlejuice
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Post by detour on Sept 27, 2017 15:11:36 GMT
1. Ed Wood
2. Batman Returns
3. Batman
I haven't really enjoyed a Tim Burton film since. I did like Alice in Wonderland, but I am a fan of the books, so always enjoy seeing interpretations of the source material.
ED WOOD is a masterpiece and a loving tribute to the underappreciated Bela Lugosi.
EDIT:
Meant to add that all his films seem the "same", lately. If I never see another Tim Burton film starring Johnny Depp and Helen Bonham Carter, it will be too soon.
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Post by Peter B. Parker on Oct 1, 2017 7:51:52 GMT
Beetlejuice
Edward Scissorhands
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
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