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Tim Burton’s short is now a full-length Disney feature the includes the voices of Winona Ryder, Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara and Martin Landau. It’s set for release October 5.
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Big fan of Tim Burton. Here is the problem I foresee.
The Artist is not exactly a worldwide hit with adults much less kids. Part of this is that it is a black and white silent film.
How will kids relate to Frankenweenie in black and white? If the story is truly wonderful, it won’t matter. But, it better be great to compensate for kids not being thrilled to see a black and white film.
Interesting point. Some kids (and I know a few adults) who discriminate against black & white films. It looks like a great movie and Burton has a lot of tricks up his sleeves. I’ll test when my kids come home at the risk of igniting their dog requests.
I love it.
Nobody as rich as Tim Burton has as little aesthetic range as Tim Burton.
‘Same ol stuff’ isn’t a virtue.
Originally written by Lenny Ripps.
This movie is going to be a classic!
The only director I truly look forward to what they make.good or bad he’s always good to me. can’t wait. Looks great
“[C]ompensate for kids not being thrilled to see a black and white film.” Yep, kids with an atrophied sense of imagination probably won’t see it, but plenty more will as well as Burton fans around the globe. Weren’t there similar sentiments (not re: B&W) about “Nightmare…” when it opened?
Precisely! The only way children would discriminate about a black and white film is if their parents planted that seed. Imagination is only blocked by adults…
Based on this comment:
1) If a kid prefers stereo or surround or thx sound systems instead of mono…what did the parents do to plant this?
2) If a kid prefers 2D over 3D or claymation over cell animation…what seed did the parents plant for this choice?
Kids are very much immersed in highly technical worlds of sight and sound. Within the vast array of choices, B&W amount to a tiny fraction.
Is that because of parents planting the seeds, too?
You missed the point, FTCS. Kids are exposed to stereo/surround/thx sound systems, 2D/3D, claymation/cell animation all the time, so they can make up their own minds. Kids are very rarely exposed to b/w movies simply because 1. They’re not made and 2. They don’t watch cable channels like TCM, AMC or FMC. So most likely, the first exposure to a b/w movie was probably followed by a parent making the comment: “Gaaawwwwdddd, it’s black and white, find another movie.”
I do not agree. Many kids are far more savvy about film experience than their parents.
Recently, I took my nephew and his two sons (4 & 6) to see the rerelease of the Lion King in 3D.
Both were quite clear that they preferred to see this film in 2D, and in this case the father had no influence on their decision. And so, we saw the 2D version.
Truly, I do not think the parents will kill off any B&W film their kids want to see. My question is other than trying to recapture the feel of the old Frankenstein B&W films, I am not sure who Tim has targeted as his audience, and if it is kids, B&W may be a problem. It’s that simple.
I’m in.
I’m shocked Disney let him do this in B&W.
Nightmare Before Christmas was a box office bomb (although the world eventually caught up) as was Corpse Bride (a travesty that should’ve never seen the light of day), so I’d think Disney would — in spite of the success of Alice in Wonderland — require certain things…such as a movie in color.
I’m looking forward to it! Love that he’s got Martin Landau in the voice cast.