Corpse Bride : Movie Review


Corpse Bride (2005)Comparisons between Tim Burton’s stop-motion endeavors The Nightmare Before Christmas (which he co-wrote) and Corpse Bride (which he co-directed) are inevitable and unfair. The former will always be the Neil Armstrong of this particular animation genre, the first feature-length example of its kind that injects a challenging medium with creativity and heart.

Bride, now the Buzz Aldrin of Burton’s stop-motion movies, strains under the effort to duplicate Nightmare’s success, but it simply lacks that new-car smell. While still inventive in parts, it’s nowhere near as innovative. Burton and collaborator Mike Johnson are content to walk an established path where the superior Nightmare feverishly broke hallowed ground.

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Author : Sean O'Connell