Tim Burton is the director most well-known to me. Freshmen year, some of English class was spent watching his movies and analyzing his techniques. As it turns out, most of the movies I enjoy are by Burton, so I enjoyed watching his movies in Mr. Lentz's class. The part I struggled with, was the analysis. Towards the end of the year my essay grade was at an apex yet I still feel a little weary about analyzing movies in any formal manner.
Anyways, I obviously narrowed down to Burton's movies. I've watched several of his movies but I rewatched "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas" simply because the movies have vastly different pretenses.
In the NBC, it is similar to "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". I forgot the main character's name, but he is portrayed as this villainous skeleton-of-a-man (literally and figuratively). He's also like some hero to everyone in his hood (a.k.a. the graveyard). There are two groups that focus on him: his friends/followers and then the people who fear him. The groups clash together when he ruins Christmas for everyone. I'm not in the business of spoiling movies but I did think it was a weird and corny ending to the movie.
Then, in CATCF, Burton again presents another character that is hated by one side and adorned by the other. Willy Wonka is loved by the people who worked with him, knew him personally, or were told the inspiring stories about him like Charlie. On the other hand, people who think they know him, yet do not know him nor understand him, loathe him.
The movies are virtually opposite seeing as one focuses on scary Halloween creatures around Christmas and then the other celebrates gluttony and wealth after struggling. However, one can see Tim Burton's perks in the common division of groups toward one person in particular. It is telling of how Burton views the world: haters and fans; black and white (not much room for gray area).
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