I tend to be an extreme critic of movies that I see. For instance the latest installment of the Harry Potter (and the Half-Blood Prince) film is good, but not great. This has a lot to do because it is missing a lot of key action elements and most likely has to do with the PG rating. However it was good.
There is one director/producer in particular that I have been following since I was a wee lad. This probably has to do with the fact that he directed my favorite movie as a kid, Batman. That's right with the original movie Batman of Michael Keaton, aka Beetlejuice aka Jack Frost (for the younger crowd). This director/producer is Tim Burton.
Mr. Burton has produced a wide variety of films with sort of a dark twist. Movies such as Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factor, and Sweeney Todd just to name a few. One thing that Tim has really done well is put his signature on his films. This signature tends to be a dark, over exaggeration of characters, film shots, and even music. However, one other signature tends to be with the actors he works with. You can almost always find Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's films, or even Helena Bonham Carter and even more recently Alan Rickman (both of which can be found in the Potter films).
All in all I thoroughly enjoy Tim Burton's dark, twisted, and highly entertaining films. I look forward to his next film set to release in 2010, his take on Alice in Wonderland should be quite interesting. Of course it will be, with Johnny Depp taking on the role of the Mad Hatter it is sure to be an experience.
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