Corpse Bride (2005)

Okay, I know there are a lot of people who really hate Tim Burton . . . but I utterly adore all his movies. When this first came out, I knew I totally had to see it. When I watched it, I was struck, first of all, by how NOT beautiful it all was. Most of his others have a sort of surreal beauty to them, but this was profoundly ugly in its animation. Definitely interesting. I actually found myself less interested in this one than many of the other Tim Burton flicks I've seen, although it was still wonderfully executed. Some awesome morbid humor thrown in here, and a very lovely story . . . but it didn't entirely grip me, and I can't figure out why, because there's nothing wrong with it. Hmm. Odd. 2.5 stars.