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Of Burton's 16 major films he has directed how many did you not like?

posted 11 years ago by mutationjason
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It starts going downhill for me outside of my top 11. I didn't really like 5 out of his 16 movies. That's not bad and I even thought 2 of them (Charlie and Sweeney) were mediocre. Big Eyes sounds great with the low budget, cast, and the writers of Ed Wood. Hopefully Burton will continue to go back to his roots.

1.Ed Wood 10/10
2.Pee Wee's Big adventure 10/10
3.Beetlejuice 8/10
4.Batman 8/10
5.Corpse Bride 8/10
6.Edward Scissorhands 8/10
7.Batman Returns 7/10
8.Mars Attacks 7/10
9.Big Fish 7/10
10.Sleepy Hollow 6.5/10
11.Frankenweenie 6.5/10
12.Charlie and the chocolate Factory 5/10
13.Sweeney Todd 5/10
14.Planet of the Apes 4.5/10
15.Dark Shadows 4/10
16.Alice in Wonderland 4/10

[–] Sauvage_98 11 years ago

1. Sweeney Todd 10/10
2. Edward Scissorhands 10/10
3. Ed Wood 10/10
4. Charlie and the chocolate Factory 8/10
5. Corpse Bride 8/10
6. Sleepy Hollow 8/10
7. Dark Shadows 7.5/10
8. Alice in Wonderland 7/10
9. Big Fish 7/10
10. Frankenweenie 7/10
11. Pee Wee's Big adventure 6/10
12. Batman 6/10
13. Beetlejuice 5/10
14. Batman Returns 5/10
15. Mars Attacks 4/10
16. Planet of the Apes 4/10

"Tell yourself whatever you need to hear, you're the only one listening."

[–] CroseusProject 11 years ago

The ones I don't like:

Batman
Batman Returns
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Planet of the Apes
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Alice in Wonderland
Dark Shadows

[–] mutationjason 11 years ago

So it looks like 5,4, and 7 so far.

[–] Wombstar 11 years ago

Alice in wonderland.
Wasn't horrible but it's a bit boring, a bit rubbish really and could have been made by anybody. Other than that I quite enjoy the others.

I would say the other weaker ones on my list would be Pee Wee's Big adventure, Mars Attacks and Planet of the Apes. I like theses films but they're not my favourites.

[–] mutationjason 11 years ago

I feel the exact same way about Alice In Wonderland. I also agree with what you're saying about Mars Attacks and Planet of the Apes but I think Pee Wee's Big Adventure is brilliant. It's aged really well too and I enjoy it even more now as an adult then I did when I was a little kid.

[–] mutationjason 11 years ago

So 5, 4, 7, and 1.

[–] T-eschberger 11 years ago

Planet of the Apes, Alice In Wonderland, Charlie and Chocolate Factory.

I even dug Dark Shadows. It's a lot more "old school Burton" than people would have you believe.

[–] Sauvage_98 11 years ago

Ugh, Charlie and Chocolate Factory shouldn't be put with the aforementioned movies as it was a truly great movie.

"Tell yourself whatever you need to hear, you're the only one listening."