Corpse Bride
If I touch a burning candle I can feel no pain
In the ice or in the sun it's all the same
Yet I feel my heart is aching
Though it doesn't beat it's breaking
And the pain here that I feel
Try and tell me it's not real
I know that I am dead
Yet it seems that I still have some tears to shed
I feel overwhelmed (I don't know if that is the right word for what I feel) after having seen the Corpse Bride.
Victor (Johnny Depp) is the main protagonist along with Emily (Helena Bonham Carter), and while Emily's story is just a hangover to get the movie going it is precisely Emily's emotions that give substance to this movie as far as I am concerned.
I was almost moved to tears when Emily sang the above, it hit so close to home. And the scene in the church (before the climax) with Emily, Victor, and Victoria might seem a repeat from some B movie it's still touching if you keep in mind what Emily must feel like when she does what she does.
Like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride uses stop-motion animation with stick like characters, there is also a similarity in plot as to the interaction between the world of the living and the world of the dead.
The story however is much darker and adult oriented. Tim Burton uses the same dark shades in most scenes to portray the world under. I found this annoying. He could have tried something different.
Other than that the animation is wonderful, the voice acting is brilliant, and Tim Burton's direction is impeccable (he should stay away from doing Planet of the Apes).
The music and songs were much, much superior in The Nightmare Before Christmas.
See both movies if you haven't and see it either in the hall or DVD. The beauty of the animation is in the details. If you miss the details you have missed everything besides the emotional overwash.
Remember, Emily is dead, it is her animation and voice that bring her to life - so to speak.
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