tim burton is one of the greatest artist/directors of our time. he can do anything from full animations, like nightmare before christmas, to making absolutely imaginative stories, like edward scissorhands. which are your favorites by him? have you seen stainboy?

He's my fave; good call. I hate to say it, but I really do dig what he did with Sleepy Hollow; I thought it was a little cheesy, but good. I also enjoy the first Batman immensely, as well as Edward Scissorhands and Nitemare.

Vincent?

my god what a perfect testament to Price (and he narrated too)

no, i haven't seen vincent. i'll have to rent that...

sleepy hollow was a bit cheesy, but you could just tell that it had too much influence from the production company. i don't think that you can really blame that on burton though.

i'd have to say my favorites are edward scissor hands and batman returns. ed wood was bad. i didn't like that film too much, it had some scenes that made me laugh, but over all it just bored me.

i'm really waiting for the release of planet of the apes. i've never seen the original, so i'm leaving my first impression up to burton's interpretation and then i'll watch the original. i'm surprised that he doesn't have johnny depp some where in the movie though...

you know what how the way they made jonny dep look in that movie called sleepy hollow. i think they should make him into a vampire. i think he would make a great looking vampire. but edward sicorhands was a good movie.

Arsinik... Sleepy Hollow was just as campy as Edward Scissorhands...

oh and u can find Vincent and Frankenweenie on the special edition DVD's (and i think VHS's) of The NightMare Before Christmas...

as for Stainboy... theyre short, but pretty damn good...

Batman

A nightmare before Christmas

Sleepy hollow

edward scissorhands

I am yet to see stainboy... Well, i guess my choices are no different than the other posts,..sheesh, a guy tries to be unique...

i think they felt completely different. the neighborhood in edward scissor hands was supposed to personify a typical pleasant little town and was "campy" to contrast edward. sleepy hollow was just full of cheesy characters.

mmm, not really (in my opinion anyway)...

the situations are different, but both had both serious veins and seriously goofy veins... is the goofiness in a retro tone that makes a movie campy...

He is one of my favorite directors. Beetljuice..Edward..Batman...Nightmare..Slepppy Hallow..Etc..etc.. you've got to love em! I even think Ed Wood was great too. (Ive notice how often he uses Johnny Depp in his films...yum..i was hoping he'd have him in Planet of the Apes too)

It doesn't matter what Tim Burton does. Even if it's a bad movie, it's still pretty good becouase Tim Burton directed it.

aww good ole timmy boy!! Indeed he is a great director!!



yeh yeah!

Yes, i agree Tim Burton is by far the best director. I love Nightmare Before Christmas, and Edward Scissor Hands. Didn't he also direct Pe-Wee's Big Adventure?

yes, wastn his finest hour, but yes

Check out

"The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Short Stories"


For those who are not familiar with the book, its a collection of Tim Burton's poetry addressed with all very familair Burton-esque illustrations.

Its done quite beautifully I think... Very dark yet childishly innocent at the same time, is the best that I can describe it

that's a book that everyone should own. for everyone that likes the stainboy series, well that's where it originated. it's incredibly dark and funny as hell.

well, what are you waiting for? go get it...

Word.

i know i am being incredible picky here......and i know NIGHTMARE was tim's idea, but lets give credit where credit is due...Henry Selick directed NBXMAS. he also did JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH another good flicker. and his stop motion short films are nice and surreal too...anyone see his SLOW BOB IN THE LOWER DIMENSIONS short film? twisted. sorry. i needed to pick that particular nit.

oh. and MONKEY BONE. but i would prefer to forget that one. good ideas and imagery...that just became lost.......somewhere.