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Tim Burton homage anyone?

posted 15 years ago by Nightlightknight
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I don't know bout the rest of you lot, but the first thing that came to mind when I watched this is how close ie indistinguishable the animation style was to Burton's stop motion masterpieces The Nightmare Before Christmas and The Corpse Bride. So was it stop motion ,or was there an intentional homage to that art form? I f so I thought it displayed a limited animation scope that was neither classy nor appropriate. The story was a good one, but the inclusion of such characters as Steve Buscemi as the immortal rabbit and Brian the brain smacked of simple jarring humour that in my personal experience, didn't even have the kids laughing, not to mention the adults. Don't know what the point of it was, mildly interesting parody of the frankenstein story with a bit of Annie thrown in for good measure.Put it this way; I won't be asking for my money back but I couldn't care less if I ever saw it again.
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[–] stimpy532000 15 years ago

I'm leaning more toward "Rip-off" as a homage to me should be acknowldged by the creator themselve and it should be more hidden plus many of the characters used in this film seem to be copies of other randomly picked characters like Quai-Moto and Tom Servo.

[–] defucter 15 years ago

Is everyone on here really that dumb? This is 3d computer generated animation. It has nothing in common with stop-motion. Quit calling this a Burton rip-off. The main thing they have in common is the dark theme. Burton's work is much better, but it's a real stretch to say this a rip-off. Do you really think they would wait this long if they were trying to cash-in on Burton's success? Most studios put out movie after movie with the same themes to cash in on current films that are banking. That's where we get all those Scare Movie, Not Another Teen Movie, Disaster Movie, etc. parodies from.

[–] eskimoboy 15 years ago

That's the whole point! Of course they're copies, the movie is based around those cliches, you stupid gimp!

[–] Xcalat3 15 years ago

once the movie started, the first thing I thought was Tim Burton

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[–] boydegg 15 years ago

Same here - it's not stop motion, but it's almost like they sat and watched Tim Burton's films and made notes.

The only thing that distinguishes this from Nightmare Before Christmas and The Corpse Bride is ... it isn't very good.

[–] lucygilroy1989 15 years ago

i am a huge tim burton fan and feel kinda insulted when people compare his films to mediocre films.

just because a cartoon had dark overtones doesnt automatically make it a burton rip off. im not saying they didnt watch his films and draw inspiration from it, but burton drew inspirations from other films as well. theres no such thing as originality anymore

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[–] claudia_vz86 15 years ago

Well I was really impressed with the animations in this film, in fact I couldn't help but admire the intricate design of the characters and the set. Just because something is reminiscent of another thing doesn't make it a rip off of it. I've seen and appreciated all the great Tim Burton films that some of you have compared with this one, and even though I was reminded of them watching this film, my experience wasn't dampened in any way. I love the dark, gothic-style cartoons.

Stop motion animation can be admired for the time, effort and attention to detail it demands. But all the advancements in technology have offered us the advantage of computer animation as well, which keeps improving rapidly. It depends on the personal preference of the director as to which animation method is used, but both demand a lot of work. If you look at the long list of crew in charge of animation and visual effects for Igor - and many other computer animated films for that matter - it is easy to see what a massive task it is to design and animate these types of films.

[–] Sogreth 15 years ago

no one is comparing it to the movie or praising it for the comparison every one is insulted that they TRIED to get a burton look alike pass off. it has bad comedy and an okay story line. but when i first saw this i felt that i to was watching a tim burton rip off even the mayor looked VERY similar to the mayor of halloween town.... not to mention Eva looked like the girl from TNBC

[–] lovetellslies 15 years ago

"even the mayor looked VERY similar to the mayor of halloween town"

they're practically identical

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