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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 05:57 PM
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Poll question: Favorite Tim Burton movie
I love this guy's style, so it is a hard decision for me. I watched "Big Fish" last night, and that is a charming flick.

What is your favorite?
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stanwyck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 06:04 PM
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1. I'm a big Tim Burton fan
and I love "Edward Scissorhands". The movie has amazing visuals.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 06:07 PM
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3. Johnny Depp has been a great fit in Tim Burton's movies
I love his Ichabod Crane in "Sleepy Hollow". He was a nervous character!
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 06:05 PM
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2. I really liked "Big Fish." I hadn't heard of it before my wife brought
it home as a DVD and more or less made me watch it.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 06:08 PM
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4. He seems to get a great cast of sort of strangelings for his films.
And Big Fish had a lot of them.
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skyblue Donating Member (724 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 06:25 PM
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5. Big Fish - Tim Burton's Masterpiece Deserved an OSCAR
It's not as freaky as his others movies (Edward Scissorhands, the alien movie thing with Jack Nicholson, James and the Giant Peach ) and certainly very very different from those thus much more accessible a little bit of fantasy but not that it should not be too scary. This movie should have had an Oscar but I think it was up against Lord of the Rings (not sure it was nominated). So, I was heartbroken when it did not get the Oscar. Bought it soon as it came out on DVD, and I don't buy many movies. You may have to have a bit of an open mind, it is an acquired taste but it's a real TEARJERKER. What an awesome movie. Should be a classic.
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 06:39 PM
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6. I could personally relate to it.
My dad was a bit of a teller of tall tales, though not on the same level as the film, and it did embarrass me, but everyone loved my father - including my wife.

We all miss him.

So the movie really hit me.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 06:41 PM
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7. I really liked that movie.....
The best of his....

The others...

well, they just sometimes seem to be odd for odds sake.....
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 06:47 PM
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10. Yes, I surely used a couple of hankys.
It was pretty heartwarming.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 06:48 PM
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11. Tim Burton only produced James and the Giant Peach
Thank you very much
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 06:43 PM
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8. Beetlejuice is hilarious.
Definitely gets my vote.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 06:44 PM
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9. Big Fish?!?!?! Oh good lord
:cry:
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 06:52 PM
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12. Nightmare Before Christmas is a STAGGERING achievement and should get all
Edited on Sun Apr-16-06 06:52 PM by ChavezSpeakstheTruth
the votes except for Corpse Bride, Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Ed Wood, and Sleepy Hollow.
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TheBaldyMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 07:51 PM
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13. #1 Ed wood ; #2 Sleepy Hollow n/t
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philosophie_en_rose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 07:59 PM
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14. #1 - Big Fish, #2 - Nightmare Before Christmas
Big Fish deserved an Oscar. It came out in a really tough year. It's such a sweet movie and all of the actors were perfect. Ewan McGregor and Albert Finney are the same person. :)

Nightmare Before Christmas is a great film. The music alone makes it worth watching.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 08:02 PM
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15. Ed Wood/Big Fish
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