Burton can be a bit too--what's a good word...?--artificial-seeming to me. All the riotous colors, the crazy angles of Willy Wonka all turned me off so that I never saw the film. I was the same way with 'The Grinch", which I unfortunately did see: it was over-the-top, over saturated with bright colors, loud, insufferably long, boring, and just a waste of time. Taking an absolute classic like the cartoon (which is, by the way, my second favorite Christmas cartoon of all time, after "Charlie Brown Christmas") and stretching it from 27 minutes to two hours? Bad, bad idea!
-------------- Original message -------------- From: "tdemorsella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I agree, but if the can get Jackson, who has the imagination and vision? By the way, how was Willy Wonka. Depp's Michael Jackson performance in the trailers hs just creeped me out --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Burton's tastes run a bit to the more gothic and outre side; he's perfect for stuff like "Nightmare Before Christmas" and the dark "Batman", but I don't think he'd have quite the right touch of whimsy for *this* particular film. It's a tricky mix to get the humour, action, drama, FX, and magic down pat.... > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "tdemorsella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > What about Tim Burton? > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Gymfig@ wrote: > > > > The hobbit is a children's book. It is not a serious film about love > and > > lost. I don't think that there is a director out there that could > capture that. If > > Henson were alive I think that he could have done it. I think the > person that > > directed the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe could do a great job. > I heard > > the movie was great. > > > > > > > > > > > > **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes > > (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
