Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (DVD)

This is one of my favourite Tim Burton films of all time,i just love it!!! **Cast** This is an animated film and has some famous people doing the voices of the characters. Johnny Depp- Victor Van Dort Helena Bonham Carter-the corpse bride Joanna Lumley -Maudeline Everglot I don't think this is really necessary considering you can't even see them but i suppose its to do with the fact people might see the famous names and buy the film. **Plot(some spoilers)** Set in a European village in the 19 century this animation follows the story of Victor. One day he decides to propose to his girlfriend Victoria but ...  Read the complete review

Last year when I saw trailers for the Corpse Bride at the cinema I really wanted to see it but because it was a cartoon my boyfriend immediately told me he wouldn’t come with me because he didn’t like the nightmare before Christmas and it is the same animation. My sister didn’t come with me because her friend had been and said it was only ok so I had to wait until the Monday that has just gone to buy it. Me and Sam watched it on Wednesday night and I am sitting here watching it again as it is so much fun and this is why. ----- The story: (Reading from the back of the box) Set in a 19th-century European village, this stop-motion ...  Read the complete review

Tim Burton is well known for taking light, cheery tales and turning them on their head...or vice versa - taking dark, morbid situations and turning THEM on their head - witness The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands. So you won't be surprised to discover he has done much the same in his most recent stop-motion masterpiece Corpse Bride. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Story ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In common with many a fairy tale, the plot is quite simple to recount, yet has its own ramifications. Victor (Johnny Depp), the son of a family of upwardly mobile fishmongers (Tracey Ullman and Paul Whitehouse - both of whom ...  Read the complete review

When The Corpse bride was on at the cinemas, I didn’t fancy seeing it much. My eldest daughter went to see it with her friends and said it was great though, so when I had some Virgin vouchers to spend, I decided to buy the DVD. I knew the kids would like it and Helena Bonham-Carter (well, the voice of) is a draw for me, so I bought it and we watched it that evening. I have to say I was enchanted; it is a wonderful film with that magical feel that Tim Burton managed with Edward Scissorhands. This time, it is stop-motion animation like A Nightmare Before Christmas and the tone of The Corpse Bride is equally dark, almost gothic horror. But, perhaps surprisingly, ...  Read the complete review

I remember going to see this at the pictures...and having spent a good few months waiting for it to come out so I would have something new to dribble over! Tim Burton is one of my primary influences and has been since I was about sixteen and people seemed to think that you couldn't create something dark without being chronically depressed. Something dark, a little macabre but over all endearing is usually what you will get with a Tim Burton film and Corpse Bride is no exception. Set somewhere in Victorian Europe, the jittering Victor Van Dort finds himself betrothed to the daughter of the secretly destitute Everglots in a bid to save themsleves ...  Read the complete review