Comments on: Back home, tired, and there’s work to do

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:47:05 +0000

In reply to soccer dad. Well, you won't like it if you hate Burton that much. I didn't like Beetlejuice on first viewing, but the more I saw it, the funnier it got. I like it now. Edward Scissorhands is my favorite of his films. Didn't like what he did to Batman, though. Didn't care for his version of Sweeney Todd for two reasons. Three, actually. Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter can't sing. Plus, there was far too much blood. Buckets and buckets of blood. Because that's just what an already dark story needs, more darkness.

By: soccer dad

soccer dad — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:23:27 +0000

I’m sorry if my note seemed severe. I was trying to work in as many Jabberwocky words as I could. I was trying to be silly. I guess it didn’t work.

To date I’ve seen two Tim Burton movies, Bettlejuice and Batman. I can’t say I have any great interest in seeing either again. (I’d love to see Sweeney Todd again, but since it’s a Tim Burton movie, if I ever see it again it will have to be a filming of the Broadway show.)

The commercials for Alice in Wonderland totally turned me off to the movie. It was very clear that there’s an invented plot to string the story together, and I’m too unimaginative to appreciate that. Additionally, Alice in Wonderland is whimsical; nothing Burton does is.

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:37:13 +0000

In reply to soccer dad. Well, David, all I can say is that I grew extremely bored with the books years ago, after a lifetime of loving them, and Tim Burton has reignited my love for the stories. I think you should go see the movie and see what I mean.

By: Rahel

Rahel — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:38:07 +0000

The real question is: when was the last time the Cheshire Cat had a good skritch?

By: soccer dad

soccer dad — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:12:55 +0000

I hope you’ll pardon me for sharing an uffish thought with you. This is, simply put, heresy. When a slithy director such as Tim Burton takes his own story and puts the name “Alice in Wonderland” on it, he is not enhancing the story. I am disappointed to read such manxnome opinions on this frabjous blog.

Sincerely,

David, Knight of the Vorpal Sword