Comments on: Mirror/Mirror – “There Is a Place Like No Place on Earth” http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/mirrormirror-there-is-a-place-like-no-place-on-earth/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:34:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: iantmcfarlandhttp://www.atomicpopcorn.net/mirrormirror-there-is-a-place-like-no-place-on-earth/#comment-8493 iantmcfarland Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:40:30 +0000 http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/?p=7533#comment-8493 I'm not a huge fan of Burton - I think the aesthetic he's been working recently (Sweeney Todd, Charlie, Corpse Bride) is kind of bland, despite its great detail. I think he's a good filmmaker, but I don't like him as much as the general public.<br><br>Gilliam, though, I think is a true master. He's able to style his movies in ways that involve more than art production, and they're always a ton more interesting. Even a movie like 'Brothers Grimm,' which I fully acknowledge to be a failure of a film, I thought was totally worth watching.<br><br>Also - 'Tideland' was brilliant. It's a movie that suffered just because it had one moment that made a lot of people uncomfortable for stupid reasons, but it's just damned interesting. So many people put down movies just because there are a few things that are different or don't work 100% about it, even though it's trying new things and not just being the same movie over and over again. And then a movie like 'Iron Man' comes out which, even if well-made, is just the same thing you've seen over and over again, and they call it one of the best films of the year and . . . ergh! I should stop now before I get into a rant. I'm not a huge fan of Burton – I think the aesthetic he's been working recently (Sweeney Todd, Charlie, Corpse Bride) is kind of bland, despite its great detail. I think he's a good filmmaker, but I don't like him as much as the general public.

Gilliam, though, I think is a true master. He's able to style his movies in ways that involve more than art production, and they're always a ton more interesting. Even a movie like 'Brothers Grimm,' which I fully acknowledge to be a failure of a film, I thought was totally worth watching.

Also – 'Tideland' was brilliant. It's a movie that suffered just because it had one moment that made a lot of people uncomfortable for stupid reasons, but it's just damned interesting. So many people put down movies just because there are a few things that are different or don't work 100% about it, even though it's trying new things and not just being the same movie over and over again. And then a movie like 'Iron Man' comes out which, even if well-made, is just the same thing you've seen over and over again, and they call it one of the best films of the year and . . . ergh! I should stop now before I get into a rant.

]]> By: Leah Duceyhttp://www.atomicpopcorn.net/mirrormirror-there-is-a-place-like-no-place-on-earth/#comment-8492 Leah Ducey Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:15:21 +0000 http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/?p=7533#comment-8492 .cannot wait. absolutely. cannot. wait. .cannot wait. absolutely. cannot. wait.

]]> By: Kaihttp://www.atomicpopcorn.net/mirrormirror-there-is-a-place-like-no-place-on-earth/#comment-8491 Kai Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:31:56 +0000 http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/?p=7533#comment-8491 I love Gilliam's 'Munchausen' and Burton's 'Sweeney Todd', so I guess it's a matter of opinion.. I love Gilliam's 'Munchausen' and Burton's 'Sweeney Todd', so I guess it's a matter of opinion..

]]> By: iantmcfarlandhttp://www.atomicpopcorn.net/mirrormirror-there-is-a-place-like-no-place-on-earth/#comment-7471 iantmcfarland Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:40:30 +0000 http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/?p=7533#comment-7471 I'm not a huge fan of Burton - I think the aesthetic he's been working recently (Sweeney Todd, Charlie, Corpse Bride) is kind of bland, despite its great detail. I think he's a good filmmaker, but I don't like him as much as the general public.<br><br>Gilliam, though, I think is a true master. He's able to style his movies in ways that involve more than art production, and they're always a ton more interesting. Even a movie like 'Brothers Grimm,' which I fully acknowledge to be a failure of a film, I thought was totally worth watching.<br><br>Also - 'Tideland' was brilliant. It's a movie that suffered just because it had one moment that made a lot of people uncomfortable for stupid reasons, but it's just damned interesting. So many people put down movies just because there are a few things that are different or don't work 100% about it, even though it's trying new things and not just being the same movie over and over again. And then a movie like 'Iron Man' comes out which, even if well-made, is just the same thing you've seen over and over again, and they call it one of the best films of the year and . . . ergh! I should stop now before I get into a rant. I'm not a huge fan of Burton – I think the aesthetic he's been working recently (Sweeney Todd, Charlie, Corpse Bride) is kind of bland, despite its great detail. I think he's a good filmmaker, but I don't like him as much as the general public.

Gilliam, though, I think is a true master. He's able to style his movies in ways that involve more than art production, and they're always a ton more interesting. Even a movie like 'Brothers Grimm,' which I fully acknowledge to be a failure of a film, I thought was totally worth watching.

Also – 'Tideland' was brilliant. It's a movie that suffered just because it had one moment that made a lot of people uncomfortable for stupid reasons, but it's just damned interesting. So many people put down movies just because there are a few things that are different or don't work 100% about it, even though it's trying new things and not just being the same movie over and over again. And then a movie like 'Iron Man' comes out which, even if well-made, is just the same thing you've seen over and over again, and they call it one of the best films of the year and . . . ergh! I should stop now before I get into a rant.

]]> By: Leah Duceyhttp://www.atomicpopcorn.net/mirrormirror-there-is-a-place-like-no-place-on-earth/#comment-7466 Leah Ducey Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:15:21 +0000 http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/?p=7533#comment-7466 .cannot wait. absolutely. cannot. wait. .cannot wait. absolutely. cannot. wait.

]]> By: Kaihttp://www.atomicpopcorn.net/mirrormirror-there-is-a-place-like-no-place-on-earth/#comment-7465 Kai Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:31:56 +0000 http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/?p=7533#comment-7465 I love Gilliam's 'Munchausen' and Burton's 'Sweeney Todd', so I guess it's a matter of opinion.. I love Gilliam's 'Munchausen' and Burton's 'Sweeney Todd', so I guess it's a matter of opinion..

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