Review: It would take a while to sum up the princess bride starring Cary Elwes as Westly and Robin Write as Buttercup, but it still serves as an entertaining and humorous movie adaptation, directed by Rob Reiner, of William Goldman’s 1973 novel of the same name.…
Charlie and the Chocolate factory, Edward Scissorhands, and Big Fish are all exceptional movies directed by Tim Burton. Each movie has a special theme and creates the importance of relationships. Tim burton uses dark lighting, contrasting sets, and close ups to exemplify the importance of relationships.…
In today's society we struggle as a race to accept differences. With our life being influenced by media and people in power it is easy to follow and believe what everyone else believes rather than standing out as an individual. In Edward scissorhands,Edward never backs away from his differences he teaches people to tolerate him by being himself and showing that being different is acceptable.…
Tim Burton is an amazing author, producer, artist, and animator. Although he has many things on his plate, he’s also an extraordinary director. Many of his films were nominated to get awards, and many of them got awards. So as you can see, he is a very successful man.…
In a very far away land, lived a man, a man with a very different life compared to you or me. He doesn’t know right from wrong. He sits by himself all alone, wondering what his purpose in life is. He’s always wondered what’s going on in the town below him. One day something very scary happened, a visitor came. He doesn’t know what to once he was exposed to the town. This is very usual in Tim Burton’s films. Tim Burton’s eerie style is best conveyed through his use of pan, establishing shot, and front/back lighting.…
From imaginative chocolatiers to a man with scissors for hands, Tim Burton’s use of unique and outcast characters make his films some of the most recognized in the world. Burton’s style is as distinctive as his characters by creating fantastical but mysterious worlds. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands are some of his most popular films and both illustrate characters who are outcasts onto the society around them. Burton uses the contrast of lifestyles in the characters, low key lighting and characterization within Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands to show that even though outcasts may not ever fit it, they can have a positive change on society and aspire great success.…
In the film Night of the Living Dead there were many unimaginable, grotesque things that are taking place throughout the film. We know that people are afraid of two things, death and the unknown. Johnny began by badgering his sister, Barbara just like he did when they were children by saying “they’re coming to get you Barbara” while visiting their father’s gravesite. This shows that Barbara, even as an adult, she is afraid of the unknown. Unbeknownst to Johnny, Barbara was actually attacked by the unknown. Johnny jumps on “the thing” to protect his sister. This is the first sighting of a “thing”. The sighting of the thing connotes fear and death. Barbara runs off and finds safety in a house not far from the graveyard. Barbara meets Ben when he enters the house for safety as well. The house is another connotation of safety and warmth. Ben jumps right in to protection mode because Barbara appear to be in a state of shock due to the gory sighting of “the thing” and its attack on her brother.…
Corpse Bride. Tim Burton style is best described as a creative. He uses irony, flashbacks, and…
Some conceal their differences while some use their differences to an advantage. From a young age Burton has directed unique films. A great example of this is his 1982 Hansel and Gretel, which aired only once due to the strangeness in its entirety. Burton uses non-diegetic sounds, low key lighting, and long shots in his work to display how one who overcomes his fear of being different has the potential for success.…
When looking at the movie cover of Halloween, you first feel terror. The fire, masked figure, and apparent suffering in the still images make you naturally feel uneasy. You are then drawn to the caption, Evil Has a Destiny. If you weren’t feeling uneasy already, this caption should do it. It brings up questions and makes you want to know the answer. This visual is effective in instilling a feeling of mystery, it does this through not showing the face of the figure, scrambling scenes from the movie, and giving a vague setting.…
This is actually the first of the Dead films I saw growing up. I'm fairly sure it was on TNT's monster-vision and if not that then it was on a similar show. I actually prefer this 1990 remake directed by Tom Savini, over the original film. I really enjoy what Tom Savini did with this film as a director and can't help but wonder why he hasn't done more as director. The update to color is nice, but the film does lose something in the transition. That said what was lost is more than made up for.…
Tim Burton is one of the most well known directors for his style of writing. He was inspired by Edgar Allen Poe, Dr. Seuss, and other famous children stories writers to make these kid movies, but add some kind of darkness to them somehow. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the darkness is resembled by every snotty, spoiled brat learning their consequences. In Edward Scissorhands, the darkness is resembled by how Edward didn’t fit in to the perfect neighborhood. Tim Burton’s style of writing makes these stories some of the best in known history.…
Vlad III (Luke Evans) is famous for impaling his enemies on the battlefield. As a boy he was handed over to the Ottoman Turkish Empire, but this tradition stops and therefore Vlad’s kingdom is lured into a false sense of security. In 1462 his wife (Sarah Gadon), son (Art Parkinson) and people who are enjoying living in peace are threatened once again by the Ottoman and told to release one thousand of their sons to the empire. Desperation leads Vlad onto a dark path and he plans to make a deal with an old, strong vampire lurking in a forsaken cave. Seeing no other choice, he becomes a vampire and with this he has strength and speed unmatched by no other man. But it also means that he is weakened by silver and cannot venture out into the sun.…
It started as a 1960 Roger Corman horror comedy, filmed in two days; it then inspired a lavish 1982 Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman. Finally in 1986, Little Shop of Horrors (1960) graduated into a multimillion-dollar, all-star film musical. Rick Moranis plays nebbishy Seymour Krelborn, who works in a rundown flower shop on Skid Row. While his boss (Vincent Gardenia) bemoans the lack of business, Seymour seeks a way of bringing the shop -- and himself -- fame and fortune. He purchases a strange plant from an even stranger oriental street vendor (Vincent Wong), naming the plant after his girlfriend Audrey (Ellen Greene, one of the few carry-overs from the Broadway version). Gradually, Seymour learns to his horror that "Audrey II" (given the voice of R&B performer Levi Stubbs) craves blood and flesh. With each of Audrey II's "FEEED MEEE"s, Seymour must scare up human food to satisfy the plant's appetite. One such victim is dentist Steve Martin, a leather-jacketed Elvis type (the dentist's ultra-masochistic patient played by Jack Nicholson in the 1960 original is here impersonated by Bill Murray). The lighthearted tone of the film darkens as Audrey II grows in monstrosity, but the unhappy ending of the Broadway version is avoided herein.…
Lady Macbeth is responsible for her own downfall due to her involvement with supernatural forces, her ambition and her guilty conscience.…