Call me the weird one but I for one really just don't care for Tim Burton's work anymore. Aside from Beetlejuice and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, if I was told I could never watch his films ever again, I would not bat a single eyelash. I'm not under the weather and definitely of sound mind. I just can't take anymore.
Does anybody else want their head to explode EVERY TIME someone comes along and says something along the lines of "OHMYGODANIGHTMAREBEFORECHRISTMASISTHEGREATESTMOVIEOFALLTIME ILOVEITNOMOVIECOULDEVERCOMPAREITSTHEVERYBESTEVERSDASDFQWERTY!!!!"? I sure do. Not that I'm saying that it is a bad movie. It's beautiful and truly art. A Nightmare Before Christmas is a great movie but is it the greatest movie ever? No. Not by a long shot. I get that it has a lot of meaning to a lot of people and that it's the favorite of so many people out there but saying it's the greatest movie ever is practically hyperbole. Half the reason I'm so sick of Tim Burton is the exaggeration people go to when describing his work. The other half? It's the same damn thing over and over.
What do A Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, Corpse Bride, Sweeny Todd, Edward Scissorhands, Dark Shadows and even Frankenweenie all have in common? Cartoonishly saturated colors in some places and complete lack of it in others and dark, paranormal love (keep in mind frankenweenie's love is an A Boy and His Dog kind of love unlike the others on the list). I don't think he's done anything particularly original since Batman. Always the same actors too..
I do appreciate the art of his work and admire his unique aesthetic, I'm just sick of it. Anybody else feel this way?
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
This time on "All My Failures"
Our dear author discovers precisely why she has such a difficult time with keeping a blog.
It's really very obvious. I SUCK AT WRITING! Not that my writing is terrible (I've actually won a scholarship with a fantastic essay), but that the act of writing doesn't come naturally. I think about ideas for blog entries but never put them into words until I finally sit down to a computer. Couple this with poor time management skills and you have me.
In between all on-goings of life, I find myself slacking off and laying about rather than finding a little time to write a blog. This past month both my mother and boyfriend have had surgery (both are mending very well) and the only one to take care of a lot of the chores in our home is me. Work also takes a bit of toll, but it's not as if there's absolutely no time. Doing a whole bunch of extra stuff just hasn't been appealing and blogging was the last thing on my mind.
Now that dust is settling and I've treated myself to a notebook from my collection that follows me everywhere, I'm very excited to keep a regular schedule. Not just for blogging but to organize all of my daily tasks.
It's really very obvious. I SUCK AT WRITING! Not that my writing is terrible (I've actually won a scholarship with a fantastic essay), but that the act of writing doesn't come naturally. I think about ideas for blog entries but never put them into words until I finally sit down to a computer. Couple this with poor time management skills and you have me.
In between all on-goings of life, I find myself slacking off and laying about rather than finding a little time to write a blog. This past month both my mother and boyfriend have had surgery (both are mending very well) and the only one to take care of a lot of the chores in our home is me. Work also takes a bit of toll, but it's not as if there's absolutely no time. Doing a whole bunch of extra stuff just hasn't been appealing and blogging was the last thing on my mind.
Now that dust is settling and I've treated myself to a notebook from my collection that follows me everywhere, I'm very excited to keep a regular schedule. Not just for blogging but to organize all of my daily tasks.
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