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I wish I was somewhere that I could see this movie today in its limited release. I'm so excited to see it... several years of waiting, and now we have one week left. I know this isn't the kind of movie that's going to appeal to everyone, but as far as I can tell, it was made for me... and people like me. It looks awesome. I suppose we'll know soon enough.

If you want to hear the songs, you can on this site:

http://www.warnerbrosrecords.com/corpsebride/

The soundtrack will be available on Tuesday... I can't wait to hear the score too. Danny Elfman is great! I'm glad Tim Burton does what he does.

I still have never seen nightmare before Christmas but this new Burton release looks nice. You'd never know it was stop-motion in the trailers. It looks like CGI, but he sure saved money by not making it a CGI film. I think it looks funny.

I'm going to be seeing it for my birthday! I can't wait!

I love stop-motion animation, I love Nightmare Before Christmas, I love Johnny Depp and I love Tim Burton's imagination. This is gonna rock!

Actually all the stop-motion stuff I like is Rankin-Bass specials. Maybe a feature film will do well on that list. (Or was DW's Chicken Run stop-motion as well?)

Sorry that was a bit OT...

I m so excited about this movie the corpse bride looks freakin awesome can't wait !!!

<b>A 'Bride' to die for</b>

<i>Delightful 'Corpse' has the ghoul of your dreams</i>

<b>***1/2</b>

<i><b>TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE.</b> Animated, with voices of Johnny Depp, Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman, Helena Bonham Carter. Directors: Tim Burton, Mike Johnson(1:17). PG: Scary images and action, brief mild language.</i>

Stop-motion animation may be the hardest and most tedious job in Hollywood, but on the assumption that somebody has to do it, the makers of "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" deserve a couple of years in Tahiti celebrating their effort.

The job entails creating animated puppets and sets and moving them incrementally between still photos that, when strung together at 24 frames per second, create the illusion of three-dimensional, real-time action.

The story of "Corpse Bride" could have been done any number of ways, but stop-motion - as it was done with Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" - gives the story the unique look it deserves.

Setting aside the sweat and tears that went into it, the story itself is a smooth little gem.

Vaguely inspired by a Russian folk fable, "Corpse Bride" tells the tale of Victor (voice of Johnny Depp) and Victoria (Emily Watson), a young man and woman in aristocratic England whose arranged marriage is foiled when he accidentally proposes to a dead woman.

In the woods where Victor has gone to practice his marriage vows, he places the ring upon a twig that turns out to be the bony wedding finger of Emily (Helena Bonham Carter), a deceased bride who rises from the earth in her tattered gown to accept his proposal.

That she is about 50% decomposed - with a wisecracking maggot inhabiting her empty skull - is a mere annoyance to her. Before he can object, she whisks him into the underworld of lost souls to announce their alliance.

Above ground, Victoria worries for the fiancé she'd barely met, while their parents - hers are old rich, trying to save face, his are nouveau-riche embarrassments - fret about the intended merger.

The design conceit of the film is to show the living in black and white and the dead in living color. The lives of Victor and Victoria's families are dead, but below ground, where the souls of prematurely ended lives flourish, it's a fiesta!

Emily is a dish, despite the missing flesh on her cheeks and the tendency of one of her legs to fall off. And the creatures in Deathland - a herd of black widows, a jazz band of skeletons, the lively remains of Victor's old dog, Scraps - make it hard for a guy with a pulse to give it up.

Eventually, that is Victor's dilemma: Either give up his mortal life for an endless party among the dead or find a way to get back to sweet Victoria and have a traditional, if wholly ill-conceived, marriage.

Despite their differences, Emily and Victoria get along fine when the girls finally meet.

On Victor's behalf, I was sort of hoping something could be worked out in the way of an inter-mortal ménage à trois. I mean, you can't be a polygamist if only one of your wives is alive.

I used to be interested in this movie, now I'm just bored. I've never been a big fan of claymation anyway. I think I might have liked Nightmare Before Christmas when that came out, now I can barely stand it. I do like the beginning of NBC though, when they're singing the Halloweentown song. Kinda creepy actually.

musicradio77 wrote:<b>A 'Bride' to die for</b>

<i>Delightful 'Corpse' has the ghoul of your dreams</i>

<b>***1/2</b>

<i><b>TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE.</b> Animated, with voices of Johnny Depp, Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman, Helena Bonham Carter. Directors: Tim Burton, Mike Johnson(1:17). PG: Scary images and action, brief mild language.</i>

Stop-motion animation may be the hardest and most tedious job in Hollywood, but on the assumption that somebody has to do it, the makers of "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" deserve a couple of years in Tahiti celebrating their effort.

The job entails creating animated puppets and sets and moving them incrementally between still photos that, when strung together at 24 frames per second, create the illusion of three-dimensional, real-time action.

The story of "Corpse Bride" could have been done any number of ways, but stop-motion - as it was done with Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" - gives the story the unique look it deserves.

Setting aside the sweat and tears that went into it, the story itself is a smooth little gem.

Vaguely inspired by a Russian folk fable, "Corpse Bride" tells the tale of Victor (voice of Johnny Depp) and Victoria (Emily Watson), a young man and woman in aristocratic England whose arranged marriage is foiled when he accidentally proposes to a dead woman.

In the woods where Victor has gone to practice his marriage vows, he places the ring upon a twig that turns out to be the bony wedding finger of Emily (Helena Bonham Carter), a deceased bride who rises from the earth in her tattered gown to accept his proposal.

That she is about 50% decomposed - with a wisecracking maggot inhabiting her empty skull - is a mere annoyance to her. Before he can object, she whisks him into the underworld of lost souls to announce their alliance.

Above ground, Victoria worries for the fiancé she'd barely met, while their parents - hers are old rich, trying to save face, his are nouveau-riche embarrassments - fret about the intended merger.

The design conceit of the film is to show the living in black and white and the dead in living color. The lives of Victor and Victoria's families are dead, but below ground, where the souls of prematurely ended lives flourish, it's a fiesta!

Emily is a dish, despite the missing flesh on her cheeks and the tendency of one of her legs to fall off. And the creatures in Deathland - a herd of black widows, a jazz band of skeletons, the lively remains of Victor's old dog, Scraps - make it hard for a guy with a pulse to give it up.

Eventually, that is Victor's dilemma: Either give up his mortal life for an endless party among the dead or find a way to get back to sweet Victoria and have a traditional, if wholly ill-conceived, marriage.

Despite their differences, Emily and Victoria get along fine when the girls finally meet.

On Victor's behalf, I was sort of hoping something could be worked out in the way of an inter-mortal ménage à trois. I mean, you can't be a polygamist if only one of your wives is alive.

I enjoyed this review very much. A pleasure to read.

And I was debating whether this movie took place in England or in Russia where on which the tale is based on. I can now say England.

Why is it that my theatres aren't showing it? Something has to be wrong.

magicalwands wrote:Why is it that my theatres aren't showing it? Something has to be wrong.

It's only in a limited release this week, but next week, you'll be able to see it in your local theater. I know I 'll be seeing it then!

lord-of-sith wrote:

magicalwands wrote:Why is it that my theatres aren't showing it? Something has to be wrong.

It's only in a limited release this week, but next week, you'll be able to see it in your local theater. I know I 'll be seeing it then!

Aha! My problem is solved. Thank you!

Haven't seen anything posted about this movie, so here goes.

The wife and I went to see this film, I went very reluctantly because I am not a big fan of "Nightmare Before Christmas".

Wow! I think that I enjoyed this film more than anyone else in the theater. Johnny Depp was great, he voiced this character just like he looked. The story line was very humorous, and I think that a lot of people are going to be surprised by just how good this movie is.

Also it is rather short. So those of you who are bothered by claymation animation won't be bothered to badly.

I may have to go back and watch "Nightmare" now that I have seen this fine film. On a scale of 1-10, I would give this movie a solid "8".

dvdjunkie wrote:Haven't seen anything posted about this movie, so here goes.

Hope this helps.

http://www.ultimatedisney.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=10208

I'm really excited about this movie. Tim Burton is a genius, and Danny Elfman's songs are so catchy and fun to listen to. Plus, it's being praised by the critics. I can't wait to see it.

Timon/Pumba fan wrote:However I won't see The Chocolate Factory though. Willy Wonka looks weird!

Willy Wonka is supposed to look weird, Ronald Dahl wrote it that way.

magicalwands wrote:

Timon/Pumba fan wrote:However I won't see The Chocolate Factory though. Willy Wonka looks weird!

Willy Wonka is supposed to look weird, Ronald Dahl wrote it that way.

FYI, I wrote that comment about 2-3 months ago and by now I have seen the movie so my opinion has somewhat changed.

I didn't think Roald Dahl would like this new movie that much. To me Willy Wonka's character in the book really wasn't "weird". Okay he was kinda quirky, but he definatly didn't match Johnny Depp's character that's for sure.

Now is that a bad thing? No. In fact I really enjoyed this film, including Depp's hilarious performance, I just thought he was a bit weird and that Dahl wouldn't like it that much.

Well I was thinking of bumping this thread as well since today's the official release date of Corpse Bride.

I'm seeing tomorrow! When are you guys seeing it?

I'm seeing it this upcoming Tuesday and Wednesday!!

I really want to see Corpse Bride, as I have since we found out about it last January.

However, I still want it to do worse critcally than Howl's. Currently on Rottentomatoes.com: Corpse Bride- 82% fresh, Howl's Moving Caslte- 84%.

Im So happy that this this is out

but there are so many movies i wanna see from

Coprse Bride
Bro Grimm
40 year old virgin
Flightplan

Im debating should i wait to see this around halloween

but I mite see it around 11 tonite or tomower

Timon/Pumba fan wrote:

Kenai wrote: Understandable. His films were meant to be that way. I suggest you buy Sleepy Hollow, that movie was awesome.

I find TNBC to be too overrated.

Yeah Tim Burton's imagination is really weird, but that's why I like it. While I do admit the Chocolate Factory was a very good movie, I thought Johnny Depp's performance was more weird than anything in TNBC. IMO.

I personally don't see how TNBC can be overrated. While it did get good reviews, and it certaintly has it's fans, it was actually a box office bomb, and maybe it's just me, but I always thought this film was ignored and it was never anybody's favorite when I thought it was one of animation's best. And you have to admit, NBC is not that overrated when compared to Finding Nemo and Shrek 2.

Well actually now I wanna see it

I saw sleepy hollow from him i thought it was very good and i saw others like batman, big fish, planet of the apes, etc

I thoght they were all good but my 2 favorite were Charlie and The Choclate factory and Sleepy Hollow

Im gonna give this movie a try... It looks like the first half will be good but then the 2nd half okay from what i saw in the previews

I saw the Corpse Bride today. I love it. It's such a good story. I feel terrible for Emily though. =(