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Tim Burton: you gotta love him
Oct. 29th, 2005 10:22 pmAs an antidote to a particularly explosive mood (no real reason, but I'm popping melissa pills like water today), I went and saw The Corpse Bride.
Short: Tim Burton's head is a scary place to be. Also, aww.
Long: A lovely nightmare with good tunes and better moves.
It's just such a trip - all the stops pulled, musical numbers galore, the priest thundering in a way that makes you very aware that yes, when Christopher Lee was recording the voice track, everyone else cowered under a table. And underlying all the creepiness - cuteness, sweet and pure and just making you go "aww" throughout.
Especially the dog.
The puppetry is absolutely astonishing - it's hard to believe there's almost no computer animation. Especially the Johnny Depp puppet is so lifelike, you start wondering whether someone was messing with spells for turning humans into clockwork figures. The musical numbers... well, it's Danny Elfman. You do the math.
DVD? Must have. Like, NOW.
In other news, my semi-main NaNo villain walked into my head last night. Name, Jibril. Profession, mad scientist. Ex-girlfriend, Rachel Malory, my NaNo's protagonist. This is going to be fun.
Short: Tim Burton's head is a scary place to be. Also, aww.
Long: A lovely nightmare with good tunes and better moves.
It's just such a trip - all the stops pulled, musical numbers galore, the priest thundering in a way that makes you very aware that yes, when Christopher Lee was recording the voice track, everyone else cowered under a table. And underlying all the creepiness - cuteness, sweet and pure and just making you go "aww" throughout.
Especially the dog.
The puppetry is absolutely astonishing - it's hard to believe there's almost no computer animation. Especially the Johnny Depp puppet is so lifelike, you start wondering whether someone was messing with spells for turning humans into clockwork figures. The musical numbers... well, it's Danny Elfman. You do the math.
DVD? Must have. Like, NOW.
In other news, my semi-main NaNo villain walked into my head last night. Name, Jibril. Profession, mad scientist. Ex-girlfriend, Rachel Malory, my NaNo's protagonist. This is going to be fun.
