The Shadow Of The Nightmare Before Christmas Looms Large Over Corpse Bride

The fact that Sweeney Todd and Big Fish exist in Tim Burton's 21st-century filmography is kind of astonishing when you look at the rest of the output he's produced over the past 16 years. Sweeney Todd and Big Fish are great, well-crafted films and the other stuff he's put out is....not. The very nadir of his career as a director has managed to arrive in the form of those absolutely abysmal Planet Of The Apes and Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (the latter film being the first motion picture I distinctly remember seeing in a theater despising) remakes. So, in the realm of Tim Burton's 21st-century works, where exactly does his 2005 effort Corpse Bride (which he directed with Mike
Johnson) fall?

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street Review (Classic Write-Up)

The Todd Are About To Get Even

Tim Burton is strongly associated with the macabre, but I find it interesting how rarely he divulges from the world of films that are rated PG-13 softer. That's not a bad thing at all, but it is an observation I find interesting considering how much Burtons career relives on dark storytelling. That darkness can usually fit into a family friend format (like in the abominable Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, which I hate with a strong passion), but in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, we get only the second R-rated movie of Burtons career, as well as one of his better movies.