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So it looks like Burton's Addams Family clearly isn't happening, considering the age of this thread and that he's now bringing out Dark Shadows which by the looks of it is just a third rate Addams Family knock-off with Johnny Depp as Fester. The truth is Burton has just become a pastiche of himself, churning out the same old identikit, kooky, goth-lite waffle. More
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and Dez gave a big yawn and settled down to sleep...... More
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| RE: Tim Burton Making The Addams Family? |
Bloody shame what this guy's career has devolved into. It's so easy to dismiss him as a hack who's latched himself on to a marketable aesthetic, and yet he is someone responsible for some of my all time favorite movies. Sad to see it come to this. More
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It's only nineteen years old - they'll be remaking lotr at this rate!!
ell, its not really a remake of the previous movies, its just based on the same source material.
If the look of it replicates the original cartoons, and someone else is writing it, it might not be just Burton's usual thing.
I just hope they don't think they have to put song and dance numbers in it just because its animated. More
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I WANT THIS TO HAPPEN NOOOOOOW!!!! More
Posted by Phubbs at 03:38 on 06 April 2012 | Report This Post |
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h.Was very highly praised upon release, with comparisons to Ed Wood. Its also based upon an original idea from Burton. 76% RT. robably nobody will see this at this stage but nobody's pointed it out. Big Fish is not based upon an original idea from Burton its based on the Novel "Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions" by Daniel Wallace More
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Give it to the team behind the Fantastic Mr Fox(the whole team!) and i'd be interested.
Stop motion and 3D,maybe with these guys.
Tim Burton no.
He is spent and devoid of ideas(sorry Edward!). More
Posted by BOHEMIANBOB at 00:48 on 27 May 2010 | Report This Post |
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It's only nineteen years old - they'll be remaking lotr at this rate!! More
Posted by Sphinx at 20:33 on 26 May 2010 | Report This Post |
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| Blah, blah, blah! |
"We finally really did it. You maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you. God damn you all to hell."
Joined to just post that Didn't like Alice in Wonderland, or Corpse Bride. Each to their own. Hope this "re-imagining" of the Addams Family doesn't star either Depp or Carter. Oh noes, it probably will.
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You mean Tim Burton didn't create The Addams Family?
I thought it was based on his childhood memoirs or something.
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Posted by Stingerblue at 20:13 on 26 May 2010 | Report This Post |
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You're not, I too look forward to a stop motion Addams Family version o be fair with Burton, yes he's adapting well-known stories but he's doing it in ways that have never been done before. Unlike most remakes etc out there he's actually adding something new to very familiar ideas.
Like what? Let me guess, twisted gothicky imagery, a skewed slant on well loved characters... Tim Burton has become a cliche of himself. We can guess what it'll be like b More
Posted by Edward Nygma at 13:49 on 22 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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You're not, I too look forward to a stop motion Addams Family version o be fair with Burton, yes he's adapting well-known stories but he's doing it in ways that have never been done before. Unlike most remakes etc out there he's actually adding something new to very familiar ideas.
Like what? Let me guess, twisted gothicky imagery, a skewed slant on well loved characters... Tim Burton has become a cliche of himself. We can guess what it'll be like befo More
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| RE: Burton's own visions |
*throws rotten apples at his face* More
Posted by Deviation at 17:52 on 21 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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(I thought Burton's of The Apes) More
Posted by Tech_Noir at 17:46 on 21 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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| RE: Burton's own visions |
Mars Attacks! is great you fool. More
Posted by Deviation at 17:15 on 21 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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Burton is obviously so scarred by of the Apese's never leaving his comfort zone again.
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rial]PLANET OF THE APES and MARS ATTACKS! - solid evidence that the guy can't do science fiction.r] More
Posted by Snake-Eyes at 14:54 on 21 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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Addams Family two is a really good film, it's dark and hilarious and has several great performances.
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Posted by TheSpleen at 13:41 on 21 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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I think it's such an obvious move from Burton, which is why people are so indifferent about it. I actually really like the Sonnenfeld films, but I think Burton could probably make something closer to the original Charles Addams cartoons, especially in stop motion. Then again,e and the Chocolate Factoryoser to the source than the Gene Wilder film, and it was really dull. More
Posted by Dirty Hartigan at 13:31 on 21 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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Guess I'm alone in actually wanting this to happen then! ote]
You're not, I too look forward to a stop motion Addams Family version o be fair with Burton, yes he's adapting well-known stories but he's doing it in ways that have never been done before. Unlike most remakes etc out there he's actually adding something new to very familiar ideas.
Planet of the Apes, putting aside the fact it wasn't very good, was at least completely different to the original, not j More
Posted by Edward Nygma at 11:53 on 21 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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But weren't the 90s films something Burton himself would have directed?
don't know, to me they were always second rate Burton rip-offs. I always felt the same about Men in Black, which felt like Burton-lite too.
Indeed. Like Mars Attacks - but less fun and satirical.
I guess that's why I get so frustraited with Burton, as given he has a track record including the likes of Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Batman Returns etc - he r More
Posted by Qwerty Norris at 01:48 on 21 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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L: Deviation
But weren't the 90s films something Burton himself would have directed?
don't know, to me they were always second rate Burton rip-offs. I always felt the same about Men in Black, which felt like Burton-lite too. More
Posted by adambatman82 at 00:55 on 21 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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But weren't the 90s films something Burton himself would have directed? More
Posted by Deviation at 00:34 on 21 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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Guess I'm alone in actually wanting this to happen then! More
Posted by juanvasquez at 19:48 on 20 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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And to be fair I forgot about the Corpse Bride and had my mind cast back to Planet Of The Apes instead, which I'm sure we can agree on is a stinker. More
Posted by Qwerty Norris at 23:47 on 19 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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I liked Big Fish. Hated Corpse Bride, and nearly slept through Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.... More
Posted by DazDaMan at 23:44 on 19 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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Why are people always moaning that Tim Burton only ever makes adaptations and remakes? After Killer's Kiss, every single one of Stanley Kubrick's movies was based on a book, and any director who hasn't written their own screenplay is basically adapting someone else's work...
Yes but none of Kubrick's films ever had a film or television series to compare it to, whilst Burton's last four or five films have - all of which h More
Posted by Qwerty Norris at 23:38 on 19 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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Because they're got a decent amount of acclaim from critics, they ] be above average??
f course not, but when someone is claiming that his last five films have been average to poor it only seems fair to counter that with the nearest thing the internet has to an informed/consensus opinion. More
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Because they're got a decent amount of acclaim from critics, they ] be above average?? More
Posted by FritzlFan at 22:29 on 19 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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Why are people always moaning that Tim Burton only ever makes adaptations and remakes? After Killer's Kiss, every single one of Stanley Kubrick's movies was based on a book, and any director who hasn't written their own screenplay is basically adapting someone else's work...
Yes but none of Kubrick's films ever had a film or television series to compare it to, whilst Burton's last four or five films have - all of which have been average to po More
Posted by adambatman82 at 22:24 on 19 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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Fuck off.
Raul Julia was PERFECT as Gomez. Depp isn't fit to wipe his arse. More
Posted by DazDaMan at 22:12 on 19 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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I cant weight to hear more news on this subject,i think burton will make a good re make of the addams family,i just hope he films it the same way he filmed nighmare before x mas and corpse bride that would be cool his movies are always sooooooooo different even when its a re make,the artical alos said the movie would be in 3D, i saw alice in wonderland in 3D it was soooo cool.
if all you have to say is negitive stuff about tim burton then dont post hear. More
Posted by hpmoviefan777 at 20:32 on 19 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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Why are people always moaning that Tim Burton only ever makes adaptations and remakes? After Killer's Kiss, every single one of Stanley Kubrick's movies was based on a book, and any director who hasn't written their own screenplay is basically adapting someone else's work...
Yes but none of Kubrick's films ever had a film or television series to compare it to, whilst Burton's last four or five films have - all of which have been average to poor.
The man has clearly More
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Why are people always moaning that Tim Burton only ever makes adaptations and remakes? After Killer's Kiss, every single one of Stanley Kubrick's movies was based on a book, and any director who hasn't written their own screenplay is basically adapting someone else's work... More
Posted by The Disciple at 18:59 on 19 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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Guess he's out of ideas again, Frankenweenie is an idea he had from the 80's and if he's going there i can't see it doing him any favours. Never thought i'd say this but after reading other people's frustrations does Burton have a shelf life?
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Posted by TheSpleen at 17:47 on 19 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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Burton is obviously so scarred by Planet of the Apes that he's never leaving his comfort zone again. More
Posted by The Hooded Man at 17:30 on 19 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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Why the need for all the remakes??? I mean come on...Maleficent, The Addams Family, Alice in Wonderland, Sweeney Todd, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Planet of the Apes.....all been done before, a couple of them more than once.
The man clearly needs to take a time-out, rethink whether all this 3D nonsense is really worth it and write some new stories...bring back the days of Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice and Batman Returns! More
Posted by snazzy_sophie at 17:11 on 19 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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I think it's unfair to say that Burton doesnt persue his own visions as he's currently working on Frankenweenie and he always gives re-makes his own touch, his own vision of the adaptation. More
Posted by hannahsev at 16:14 on 19 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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I'm a huge Burton fan, but to be honest, Alice in Wonderland was such a let down. If he goes ahead with The Addam's Family, lets hope it's a second chance to regain credit. Fingers crossed. More
Posted by StephanieDay92 at 10:50 on 19 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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| Fingers Crossed! |
Alice in Wonderland wasn't that good. I just have my fingers crossed that he will get this right and stop ruining my childhood memories! More
Posted by Nicola Brierley at 09:10 on 19 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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| Let me guess.... |
Depp as Gomez, Bonham Carter as Morticia, Mia Whoseewehatsit as Wednesday, Jonah Hill as Pugsley, Robin Williams as Cousin It( come on! he's the hairiest bastard on earth!) and Ray Park on stilts as Lurch (just to re-rub in that whole Phantom Menace no talk thing). Casting solved, Burton. Now, am I going to have to confiscate all of your literature and dvd collection and TV before you write an ORIGINAL script again???!! Surely, you have enough power now to do whatever the hell you want. Do you r More
Posted by darkraven28 at 22:38 on 18 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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i always thought the concept and movies themselves were very burton-esque. and i liked both the barry sonenfeld ones, but i pretty much agree with most of what's being said here. he has his style, and that's fine and everything but he appears to be getting very bloody lazy. just finding burton lite things that he can apply his 'look' to. shit off yeah tim. shit right off! More
Posted by staypuft2 at 21:55 on 18 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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I just wish the 1991 Barry Sonnenfeld Addams movie would get a Region 2 DVD release.
Why the hell has it never come out here? More
Posted by D.J at 19:52 on 18 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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| Let the Yawning Commence. |
Gosh, Tim Burton, so called super imagination why won't you use it?!! More
Posted by FilmGirl27 at 19:39 on 18 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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| Where have all the original ideas gone? |
The majority of the movie news reports today are about filmmakers making movies either based on a TV series (the Smurfs and Adams Family), a remake of an older film (The Thing), a new franchise very similar to pre-existing ones (Nick Stone, The Last Vampire), movies based on books (The Hobbit) and needless additions to the Star Wars franchise. Even though I'm really looking forward to The Hobbit, I'm concerned (as is, I believe, everyone else) that people are not being bold enough and making ori More
Posted by stewart4 at 18:39 on 18 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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Groooooan. Depp as Gomez i forgot he has to be in it. Sigh.
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Posted by TheSpleen at 18:36 on 18 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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I love everything about The Addams Family, I'm even making a trip to the US this year to see the musical, I cannot see this going well, I don't want Carter voicing Morticia, I don't want Depp voicing Gomez and I certainly don't want Burton anywhere near it. More
Posted by odddaze at 18:31 on 18 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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L: Evil_Bob
You mean Tim Burton didn't create The Addams Family?
I thought it was based on his childhood memoirs or something.
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Posted by TheSpleen at 18:28 on 18 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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You mean Tim Burton didn't create The Addams Family?
ht it was based on his childhood memoirs or something.
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Posted by Snake-Eyes at 18:25 on 18 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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You mean Tim Burton didn't create The Addams Family?
I thought it was based on his childhood memoirs or something.
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Posted by Evil_Bob at 18:24 on 18 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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Shame. I've tried to ignore it 'cus i like Burton but SAME OLD SHIT!
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Posted by TheSpleen at 18:20 on 18 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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one-trick pony burton, why dont u and your wife just FUCK OFF and let some decent VERSATILE filmakers make some movies!! More
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After the disapointing 'Alice in Wonderland', I'm a wee bit tentative about this one.
If he makes it really really dark (as I thought Alice was going to be) it could be good, but it could end up being another "Oho!" for Burton.
He really needs to return to his oldies (Batman, Beetlejuice etc.) More
Posted by JimBill93 at 18:04 on 18 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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| yaaaawwwwnn..... |
Another Goth-WankFest by Mr. Burton eh? Gee-Whiz. More
Posted by Snake-Eyes at 17:18 on 18 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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| the first film is nowhere near as good as it should have been. |
the second, on the other hand, is a classic. empire = clueless More
Posted by paulantrobus at 17:16 on 18 March 2010 | Report This Post |
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Idiots. More
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You have a soft spot just for the first of Sonnenfeld's Addams movies? Shame on you! I shall forever carry the spirit of Camp Chippewa in my bowels! More
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