Tim Burton strikes again! Though I was a little disappointed with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Tim Burton (Dir. Big Fish) has avenged himself, and made amends. Corpse Bride is absolutely fabulous. Its art direction and claymation work is amazing, and really just beautiful. Some of the shots are incredibly intricate and beautifully crafted.
It’s the classic tale of the two sets of parents of unequal standing who have arranged a marriage between their children who don’t even know eachother. The whole thing gets fouled up when the boy can’t remember his vows, and splits, running off into the woods. Although he and the girl hit it off, he’s a mess, and while reciting his lines in the forest, he accidentally awakes a dead woman who was slain in the forest while waiting her secret fiancée.
The boy is whisked away to the underworld and sits in betrothal to his corpse Bride, all the while wishing he were in the place where he belongs, the land of the living.
In the end, it’s all resolved, and some absolutely hilarious visual humor as well as some delightful jokes, make Corpse Bride a winner. A 2, for sure, and I think it was even better than the Nightmare before Christmas, which is way good.
Yeah, you really have to see this movie.
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