30 DoM: Day 28
Dec. 28th, 2010 01:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ravenswept28. Favorite movie from your favorite director
I... don't know if I have a favorite director. I mean, I have ones I really like, and look forward to stuff they put out, but there's not really one whose name I see and it's an instant must-see.
Okay, that's a lie. I'm a big Tim Burton fan. I don't fall for everything he does (Mars Attacks and Planet of the Apes never suckered me in), but attach his name to something stop-motion, and I'll be the first in line.
Along those lines (and used less than I thought I would), my favorite movie is easily The Nightmare Before Christmas. It's a holiday movie that works twice a year, it's amazing animation that doesn't have that melty, Play-doh look, songs that get in your head and set up shop, it's a fun watch every time. When I first saw it, the opening song scared the hell outta me, especially the guy under the stairs with spider and snake appendages. But I still loved it.
I sometimes hear rumors of a sequel, but I don't think (and really, really hope) it doesn't happen. Mostly because Burton has gone on record as saying it will never happen. And it wouldn't be good, mainly because I don't think there's really any other place to go with the story. Have him visit other holidays; well, that'd go against his good-natured character. He already almost screwed up one holiday, why would he do it again? You could maybe introduce offspring, but that's rarely ever a good way to go in sequels, especially animated fare.
No, leave it alone as the masterpiece it is, and come up with something else stop-motioned and original.
I... don't know if I have a favorite director. I mean, I have ones I really like, and look forward to stuff they put out, but there's not really one whose name I see and it's an instant must-see.
Okay, that's a lie. I'm a big Tim Burton fan. I don't fall for everything he does (Mars Attacks and Planet of the Apes never suckered me in), but attach his name to something stop-motion, and I'll be the first in line.
Along those lines (and used less than I thought I would), my favorite movie is easily The Nightmare Before Christmas. It's a holiday movie that works twice a year, it's amazing animation that doesn't have that melty, Play-doh look, songs that get in your head and set up shop, it's a fun watch every time. When I first saw it, the opening song scared the hell outta me, especially the guy under the stairs with spider and snake appendages. But I still loved it.
I sometimes hear rumors of a sequel, but I don't think (and really, really hope) it doesn't happen. Mostly because Burton has gone on record as saying it will never happen. And it wouldn't be good, mainly because I don't think there's really any other place to go with the story. Have him visit other holidays; well, that'd go against his good-natured character. He already almost screwed up one holiday, why would he do it again? You could maybe introduce offspring, but that's rarely ever a good way to go in sequels, especially animated fare.
No, leave it alone as the masterpiece it is, and come up with something else stop-motioned and original.