Hitchcock and Herrmann might have something to say about that. Or Leone and Morricone. Or...

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Dud or Mediocre: everything else

The Terry Gilliam comparison's pretty interesting: Gilliam worked his way back into being allowed to write his own material after directing Twelve Monkeys/The Fisher King, and then blew it in one film (Fear and Loathing), and became box office poison (Lost in La Mancha), though now he's directing The Brothers Grimm (Heath Ledger/Matt Damon!) and Good Omens, both for next year. I don't know why Tim Burton gets more breaks.

! Ed Wood never got a film/director Oscar Nomination?

Fucking NO. Martin Landau did pick up an Oscar for best supporting actor -- I think deserved, though Samuel Jackson (this was the year of Pulp Fiction, remember) admitted he was sorta bored by Ed Wood and wished he'd won! Can't blame him!

thus no oscars

As noted, one Oscar.

maybe there are rights complications that have prevented it from being released on dvd?

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!

ARAGAHDFASDFBAFA.

I think your duty is to ensure good people have access to this fine product.

Sleepy Hollow was shockingly bad, even from the design point of view, surprisingly.

If not, why not?

please don't let him fuck up Maleficent

Palmer/Gaiman would mop the street with Burton/Carter's asses.

please don't let him fuck up Maleficent

― you have to forgive me (surm), Wednesday, January 20, 2010 3:17 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark

please don't let Angelina Jolie fuck up Maleficent!

http://www.usmagazine.com/moviestvmusic/news/angelina-jolie-in-talks-to-play-wicked-godmother-in-sleeping-beauty-1970241

:(

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1343971/David-Cameron-Helena-Bonham-Carter-New-Year-Hill-climb.html

I only recently noticed that just about all of this guy's work has been remakes or reimaginings, all processed through the same kooky "Tim Burton, Auteur" filter. And I really, really want to say he's nothing but a big assembly-line hack, but then every few years he does something I like (Mars Attacks, Ed Wood, Sweeney Todd), which makes me think, huh, maybe this guy actually knows what he's doing. Which then in turn makes me think he's even more of a hack, for doing all the hacky stuff, when I know he's capable of better.

Two out of three of those were from scripts or source material he didn't write, which may explain something.

(And I realize yeah, remakes etc., but he seems to put a more 'personal' stamp on those versus something like Ed Wood in particular -- probably his most non-Burton film in the end. Also about the only one that doesn't have Danny Elfman doing the music; if it wasn't Depp as the star it would stand out even more, but I think it's also one of Depp's best performances, so.)

yeah I still think Sweeney is a mediocre take on a brilliant musical, any credit for that movie is Sondheim's imo

never saw the musical but the film was really good, and I was prepared to hate it, hating almost everything else burton does these days. but I still always give him a chance, because, like with Sweeney, he sometimes really delivers. but often he's just crap. frustrating. at least he finishes movies, unlike gilliam, though.

is this frankenweenie thing gon be stupid

well, it is called Frankenweenie

Pre-judge for yourself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE10-Mforlo

It's like if Brad Bird decided to do a feature length remake of Family Dog.

meh, 2019

In case you failed to see it upthread...

Morbs, you temper your fabled vituperation over the weirdest things.

― WAS ACTING A FOOL AND FELL ON GRILL (Old Lunch), Friday, March 29, 2019 2:06 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Also golf clap for strawmanning all of the zero people in existence who ever called Tarantino original. Yeeeeesh.

i was thinking about this yesterday and its now starting to make more sense to view Disney originals like...broadway musicals or whatever and these remakes as revivals.

revivals which just happen to allow disney to extend the copyright on their properties

thus keeping alive the goose that lays the dollar-crammed eggs

I hope I live long enough to see like the fifth or sixth iteration of a Disney remake where it's just like this crude and barely recognizable rendition of Pinocchio standing in a stark white field for two hours and endlessly repeating 'Hi, I'm Pinocchio!' to the camera from a variety of angles.

Pinocchio (2042): Not as bad as I thought it might be, Pinocchio's enunciation was flawless, and Disney has really upped their game on the presentation of the glaring void in which all of their films are now set. *** + 1/2*

My greatest dream is somehow stripping Disney of all their copyrights and filming everyone crying who will be hit hard in the bank balance by this, so I can watch these crying videos everyday for immense sexual pleasure.

I can't believe he got Mars Attacks! made. I can't believe he assembled that cast.

really liked it when it came out and it goes up in my estimation every time i revisit, some kind of lunatic masterpiece

that and Ed Wood have become my abiding favorites

i haven't seen it in years but every so often, the phrase "the international sign of the donut" pops into my head

It's definitely more Joe Dante than Tim Burton.

Wednesday sucks, right? Is it just me? made it three episodes and decided "nah". the humor doesn't work at all and this cutesy goth thing is so played out.

i was the opposite- i’m surprised by how much i really enjoy it … like there are a lot of dopey jokes and puns and fan service but the mystery is kinda compelling & i like all the main characters

also there is a great scene where she dances to the Cramps “Goo Goo Muck”

clip here bc it’s truly excellent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE2bY2gOBhk