Comments on: Frankenweenie

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 01:34:15 +0000

Sure, I was joking about it in case someone thought that was the only criteria I used.

By: Argo Plummer

Argo Plummer — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:47:15 +0000

I never meant to imply that it had to pass that test to make it good–rather I just wanted you to know that while there are some really fine actresses in the movie–Allison Lohman, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, and Marion Cotillard (whom I personally don’t care for, but she is well thought of by the public)–they really only have a purpose in the film that serves the main character (Albert Finney), though it kind of works in this film, but I’ll let you watch and will be interested to see what you think.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 03:51:10 +0000

Oh, not everything good passes that test. I knew that it had a strong father/son component to it, so that doesn’t surprise me. I’ll check it out, thanks.

By: Argo Plummer

Argo Plummer — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:01:28 +0000

Yes, it’s actually one of my favorite Tim Burton films. Much smaller and more personal than most of his other films even though it’s not an original work of Burton’s (It’s based off a novel which is pretty good as well). Great performances from Albert Finney and Billy Crudup and the usual solid performances from Ewan McGregor, Allison Lohman, and Helena Bonham Carter. It may not pass the Bechedel test as it is pretty guy centric, but still a fun and good movie.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:11:45 +0000

He did Big Fish? I need to watch that at some point.

By: Argo Plummer

Argo Plummer — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:19:06 +0000

Plus, let’s look at Burton’s whole body of work–dark, demented, but ultimately sentimental. Most of his movies have endings that favor a happy ending over darker fare–Beetlejuice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Big Fish just to name a few.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:59:05 +0000

I was surprised to see it came from the original film. I guess that makes sense, if at that time, Burton still thought Disney had a chance of releasing it.

By: Ed Sizemore

Ed Sizemore — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:21:04 +0000

I loved this movie. Burton has the same love of Universal horror films, Japanese monsters, & Rankin and Bass claymation as I do. I felt the happy ending was a bit out of place in this movie too.