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Orrex

(63,210 posts) Mon Jun 23, 2014, 10:20 AM Jun 2014

25 years ago today, the cinema world lost a great art director

Millions of people suffered the theatrical release of Batman, and for a quarter century we've had to endure director Tim Burton's medocre, formulaic offerings. Could have been a top notch art director, alas.

Weep with me, Lounge. Weep.

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25 years ago today, the cinema world lost a great art director (Original Post) Orrex Jun 2014 OP

I don't think he ever really had it. CBGLuthier Jun 2014 #1

Who? Xyzse Jun 2014 #2

There's Hope.....One of my younger brothers just got his Union Card Burma Jones Jun 2014 #3

Batman left me cold. blogslut Jun 2014 #4

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)

1. I don't think he ever really had it.

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2014, 10:40 AM

Jun 2014

I was a fan, in fact saw his first three movies in the theater, but his decline is so complete and his material so bad that I just have to think he was just a clever fellow with a few tricks and he ran out of those years ago. Between his daddy issues and his inability to tell a good script from a bad one I stay away from his work like the plague. I watched him butcher Sweeney Todd and decided I had enough.