lördag, december 10, 2005

"Main Theme from Corpse Bride" by Danny Elfman

Movie tip of the day: "Corpse Bride" by Time Burton and Mike Johnson
I steal the plot-summary from a girl called Kate on IMDB:


Blue-tinted, eye-ball-popping, maggot-infested beauty Emily (Bonham Carter) has become known as the Corpse Bride after waiting for her fiancé where the couple planned to rendezvous before getting hitched. When her groom arrives, he kills her, and she rests in the ground to wait for her soul mate, whether he knows he is the Corpse Bride's groom or not. It's a cold dark night, the moon is full, the stars are bright and the forest is a little bit creepy. Wandering through the black mangled trees, Victor (Depp) just can't memorize his wedding vows. Victor's hesitance towards marriage causes him to jumble the words. Two prominent families have arranged their children to be married in order to overcome financial difficulties. As the objects of betrothal, Victor and Victoria (Watson) met for the first time the night before their wedding. It only makes sense that Victor, a groom with cold feet, would have trouble remembering tedious wedding vows. Thus Victor ends up in the dark forest ringing his hands and muttering his vows, the vows that the Corpse Bride hears, bringing her out of the grave. Victor suddenly finds himself married to another woman, a voluptuous bombshell bride who also happens to be dead. Whisked away to the Land of the Dead, Victor finds out that living amongst corpses is not as easy as it seems. Heads easily loose their owners and eyes never seem to stay in their sockets, an adjustment that Victor seems reluctant to accept. Once taken into the Land of the Dead, it is nearly impossible to return, causing Victor to choose between risking Victoria's life or giving up his own.

It may not be as good as "A Nightmare Before Christmas" – but it's really not that far from it!
It’s excellent, beautiful, superbly casted and funny as hell…and even if the songs are not as catchy as in "A Nightmare Before Christmas" it is still Danny Elfman at his best’s…so who am I to complain?
From now on Mr Burton has to live with to stop-animated films on my "The Best Movies with Tim Burton Involved in some Way"-list:

1. Batman Returns
2. Edward Scissorhands
3. A Nightmare Before Christmas
4. Batman
5.
Corpse Bride

(6. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 7. Mars Attacks!, 8. Ed Wood, 9. Sleepy Hollow, 10. Big Fish)

So, run away to the cinemas children! Downloading is illegal…

Keep readin’
Tomorrow’s a new day and a new song.

Song of Today:
"Main Theme from Corpse Bride" by Danny Elfman

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