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Atropa - Oct 06, 2012 10:51:38 am PDT #22623 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Tim Burton: How did it all go so wrong so fast?

Hmmm. There are parts of that article I agree with, but the writer thinks Big Fish is a bad movie, which is such an utterly wrongheaded statement that I am just sitting here sputtering.

Everyone knows I am a huge Tim Burton fangirl, but I admit he's made some crap. I don't think I'm ever going to get over my sense of betrayal about Alice In Wonderland. But Dark Shadows was fun (and far less "zany" than I had feared), and Frankenweenie is note-perfect.

Amy - Oct 06, 2012 10:54:47 am PDT #22624 of 30000
Because books.

the writer thinks Big Fish is a bad movie

He lost me there, too. He clearly doesn't like Southern gothic magical realism, but that doesn't make it bad. I love that movie.

Atropa - Oct 06, 2012 11:00:04 am PDT #22625 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

It's my favorite Tim Burton movie, even over Beetlejuice. I don't watch it very often because I sob all the way through it (and I haven't tried to watch it at all since my mom passed away), but I do feel it's Burton's best work.

Amy - Oct 06, 2012 11:06:07 am PDT #22626 of 30000
Because books.

The fairy tale/tall tale feel of it is just perfect.

le nubian - Oct 06, 2012 11:10:34 am PDT #22627 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I did not know what to expect when I first saw Big Fish, but after 15 minutes, I just ran with it.

I'm not a person who naturally embraces magical realism (most times I have to be sold on it), and I was taken with Big Fish. I think you kind of have to be a Scrooge or have a contrarian personality to hate that movie.

§ ita § - Oct 06, 2012 11:10:44 am PDT #22628 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Steph, given [link] I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. Now, I go look.

le nubian - Oct 06, 2012 11:11:29 am PDT #22629 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

re: comments on Iron Man 3 image spoiler

hell yes, my shoes sometimes fall off walking, so the MINUTE I'd be airborne, neither shoe would be on.

Steph L. - Oct 06, 2012 11:25:36 am PDT #22630 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Steph, given [link], I honestly have no idea what you're talking about.

Ahahahaha! Now I know why RDJ didn't look so tiny next to Hemsworth and Hiddleston.

re: comments on Iron Man 3 image spoiler

hell yes,

That's why my fancy shoes have straps. Otherwise they flap around like they're beach flip-flops.

Juliebird - Oct 06, 2012 11:26:39 am PDT #22631 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

I wanted to like Big Fish, but I remember leaving the movie still angry at the dad.

But I liked all the fantasy stuff with Ewan McGreggor.

Atropa - Oct 06, 2012 11:42:04 am PDT #22632 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I wanted to like Big Fish, but I remember leaving the movie still angry at the dad.

Huh, really? Because I spent most of the movie being furious with the son. But then the dad in Big Fish is pretty much my dad, so ...

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