Corpse Bride

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Corpse Bride

Postby Storm » Wed Jan 03, 2007 2:50 pm

I just saw this last night. Not a patch on 'The nightmare before Christmas', but the visuals are excellent and the Corpse Bride is somehow exquisitely beautiful, despite the fact that she is a corpse!

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Postby [Kate] » Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:57 pm

Havent seen it, I will maybe rent it.
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Postby Sercee » Wed Jan 03, 2007 4:15 pm

Well, it's hard for anything to hold a candle to 'Nightmare Before Christmas', that's one of my favorites by Burton.

I thought Corpse Bride was nice to watch, but I wasn't really able to identify with anyone, even the Groom (I forget his name). He was WAAAY to wishy washy. But I liked the single mindedness of the corpse bride, she really tried :)

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Postby Deirdre » Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:56 pm

I really liked the corpse bride...
I agree that it wasn't as good as nightmare before christmas, but i thought it was still very good... must have seen it about 20 times now :P
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Postby _Cheshire_ » Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:31 am

I fell in love with Nightmare before Christmas when I was still young enough to be the target audience, and I still watch it as an adult. Corpse Bride just didn't do much for my love of Tim Burton movies, it was alright. I watched it once, and that's good enough for me.

As far as NBC, I'll watch that every Halloween and Christmas until I die, methinks. lol.

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Postby Sercee » Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:20 am

As far as NBC, I'll watch that every Halloween and Christmas until I die, methinks. lol.
Ditto lol

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Postby Pessamistic Angel » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:09 pm

I third that , theres nothign like xmas coming and knowing you have an excuse to break open that film , he he he
i liked corpse bride but i was a little disapointed as it didnt hold to my expectations
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Postby Sobek » Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:29 pm

that burton guy obviously has mental problems...i did like batman though

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Postby jcrowfoot » Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:40 am

Yes, but at least he has *interesting* mental problems.

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Postby Sobek » Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:39 am

yeah, im just amazed his themes come under childrens things...who-ever decided the ratings is stupid!

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Postby Orion » Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:54 pm

I'm an oddball, I never saw Nightmare Before Christmas. Therefore, when I see the Corpse Bride, I see the Corpse Bridge not Nightmare Before Christmas 2 to the fourth power. And I thoroughly enjoyed it.

As far as Burton, he is a twisted mind with a camera that I enjoy. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory... I am simply a sucker for that one ;).

And the final delayed rant, lol, is the themes coming under childrens' themes. It is really not that surprising. And the ratings matter little. The movies, shows, and games rated "Never show this to small children" are bought by parents, given to small children, and then parents rant and create watchdog groups about it.


Just a random spiel ending in, the Corpse Bridge is good if you allow it to have its own worth instead of matching it to a cult classic like Nightmare Before Christmas. :P

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Postby Suppose; » Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:19 pm

Meh.
It was okay. I'm not going to deny it: I liked it because it had Johnny Depp in it. I don't think it's even close to being the best Tim Burton. I don't even think it can compare with The Nightmare Before Christmas. The only thing is, TNBC was a Disney flick, so I think Corpse Bride had some funnier, more adultish jokes.

But, hey, I'm not complaining. I love Johnny Depp, I love Tim Burton, and I love Claymation.

Can't go wrong.

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Postby Wolf Heart » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:21 am

I personally didn't like Nightmare Before Christmas too much. It might have to do with the fact that I had a friend OVERLY obsessed with it, and it annoyed me to no extent, haha.

I did like Corpse Bride though, not one of my favorites, but still a pretty good movie. I like Tim Burton, his kind of movies are "different" and I like that.

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Postby [EarthWitch] » Thu Nov 08, 2007 6:01 pm

I liked Nightmare and Corpse Bride...I thought they were warped and funny. But I am warped as well...I am not sure about the funny part...hehe
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Postby brokenxdreams » Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:28 pm

The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of my top favorite movies. The Corpse Bride was very good, but somehow it put me in a kind of dreary mood whenever it focused on the living. I always have to fast forward through those parts.


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