![]() By the end of the movie, Burton has you seeing magic in even the most mundane events and believing in the impossible. In just two hours Burton addresses death, infidelity and the feelings of estrangement with ease, but he never loses his sense of fantasy. The director takes viewers on a journey of the life of Edward Bloom, an ordinary man who through his own story telling has lived an extraordinary life. Big Fish Year: 2003 It is hard to take a dysfunctional father/son relationship and make it into a magical fantasy world, but that’s just what Burton did in Big Fish. It’s a move that showcased Wood as a determined individual with ambition and hopes to be great. ![]() By directing Ed Wood, Burton showed admiration and sympathy for the director rather than poking fun at him. This time around, Depp is a terrible director who crossdresses and wants to be like his hero, Orson Welles. ![]() Ed Wood marked only the second time he worked with his muse Johnny Depp, which allowed him to play a dynamically different character from Edward Scissorhands. Ed Wood Year: 1994 Burton’s style owes plenty to campy b-movies of the 1950s, so it’s not surprising that one of his most critically beloved films was a biopic on Ed Wood, the director of what is considered one of the worst films of all time, Plan 9 From Outer Space. The film sees Burton’s on-screen gruesomeness at an all-time high, but it’s all balanced out by some infectious musical numbers.ħ. Here’s another Burton flick that relies on the tested chemistry of Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, but we also see great performances from Alan Rickman as the corrupt Judge Turpin and Sasha Baron Cohen as a rival barber. ![]() Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Year: 2007 Whoever said murder couldn’t be wonderfully melodic? Although the Tony-winning Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street was right up Burton’s alley, his 2007 film took his macabre look at a homicidal English barber and made it fun. It’s a period-slasher flick with a Burton spin, and you can’t ask for more than that in a horror movie.Ĩ. We get a predictable, yet reliable lead from Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane, who is investigating the crimes of The Headless Horseman. The 1999 film takes Washington Irving’s legend and adds his own grim spin on the classic tale of the headless horsemen. Sleepy Hollow Year: 1999 Although it’s based off a tale from the 1800s, Burton takes The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and makes it his own. Although it was initially received poorly among critics and fans alike, repeat viewings of Mars Attacks made this one shine for a cult audience. Mars Attacks! Year: 1996 With Jack Nicholson as president, Sarah Jessica Parker’s head appearing atop a chihuahua body and an alien race that speaks in a bird-like squawk, Mars Attacks is filled with enough campy goodness to make even the most serious sci-fi fan crack a smile. Take a look at the picks below where you can also comment on your own personal favorites.ġ0. In honor of the director’s 54th birthday, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite movies of his-so far, that is. After all, his film work started with the lighthearted, child-targeted Pee-wee’s Big Adventure and spanned to include his take on darker stories in Sweeney Todd and Sleepy Hollow.īut at their roots, the thread that ties these films together is Burton’s overall sense of curiosity and playfulness that’s proven in instant classics like The Nightmare Before Christmas and Big Fish. It’s hard to think of a filmmaker whose style is as broad but widely recognized as Tim Burton.
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