Tim Burton's at it Again with The Corpse Bride

The Corpse Bride is a dark, entertaining, thrilling, intense, comical, movie, that kids, or adult would enjoy.� In the tradition of A Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride stars Johnny Depp (Or at least his voice), as a young fellow named Victor, who is to be married to a girl who he has never met, named Victoria.� Victoria is a young, pretty girl, who's parents, are money hungry.

During the wedding rehearsal, Victor does nothing but make a fool of himself.� Later that night, while walking in the woods, he is practicing, and the ring slips on to what he thinks is a stick, as he is saying his vows.� What it really is, is a corpse's hand.� When she raises from the ground, Victor is obviously terrified.� She thinks he wants to marry her, and will not take no for an answer.

Great moments- � Through the course of this movie, we are shown musicials, horror tales, and moments of humor.� All of the characters in this movie, have different attitudes, and characteristics.� Every character, is very unique in his/her own way.� Take Victoria for example; She is so sweet, and innocent.� Through the whole movie, she is trying to save Victor, and escape her parent's plan for her.�

However, Emily (The Corpse Bride) is some-what similar, she is also conniving, bold, and of course, dead.� Victor, the main character, is quiet, very polite, shy, and scared(Not cowardly, though).� Lord Barkis, is mysterious and dark.� There are many other subplotting characters as well.

This movie lasts about an hour and sixteen minutes.� When it was over, I didn't want to leave the cinema.� This is one of the few movies, I actually did view twice in the theatres.

The downfall- The only thing I wish that would have been different, is the amount of predictablity.� Now, I think this with a lot of movies.� But that's only because I am a huge movie buff, and usually can predict most of the movie.�This time, however I was with a few friends.� They guessed what was happening as well.� So did my other friends, the second time I watched it.� None the less, it is a very entertaining movie.� If you have an open mind, and/or are a Tim Burton fan, give this one a chance.

The score- This was no surprise, great music for a Tim Burton movie, by none other than Danny Elfman.� Danny wrote�some great�pieces of music that�fit in wonderfully in the dark atmosphere of the movie, as well as�some musical�sing along parts.� They've worked together on many other films, including "Edward Scissorshands", "A Nightmare Before Christmas", and "Big Fish".

The box office- It got over 19.1 million dollars on the opening weekend, compared to 8.2 million to "A Nightmare Before Christmas"(Another stop motion movie, written by Tim Burton).

Overall view- Great movie for kids, and parents.� The downfall doesn't beat out the great qualities of this film.� The film was mainly targeted for children, who probably wouldn't even know it was predictable.� This is a must see for any Burton/Depp fan.