Tim Burton's Dumbo reviews are ROTTEN!

So now he's shat on 3 children's classics, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Dark Shadows and Dumbo. 4 if you include Alice in Wonderland, although I personally liked it.

Dark Shadows was a children's show?

Yes, children liked it, regardless of whether their parents approved of them watching it.

I bet it will be decent. It's about a fucking flying elephant. Kids will like it and that's what matters.

I dunno....it seems as if terrible reviews for mass audience films means they do really well.

You defend the remake of [italic]Pete’s Dragon[/italic], you enable this.

The original was one of Disney's most charming pieces of animation. An overblown nearly two-hour Tim Burton remake? No thanks.

No one considers Dark Shadows a children's classic just because some kids watched it here or there.

Not quite sure I would classify Dark Shadows as a children’s show, let alone a classic, but Burton fucked it up so bad that I’ll never see one of his movies again.

Why are Dumbo's eyes blue? I don't get that part. I look forward to Shazam. Great reviews for that flick.

Tim Burton is an aspie tard.

Dumbo without the songs, though.

R1 You forgot Sleepy Hollow and Planet of the Apes.

A great example of something that should NEVER have had one DIME spent to remake it. I take it there were no jive black crows and no hallucinatory "pink elephants on parade" sequence. The original was perfect. Someone should kick Tim Burton in his tiny nuts!

I think Dark Shadows was mostly watched by children and teens. It had bubblegum cards, even.

Sleepy Hollow's great. Wonderful cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki and a great score by Elfman. Tons of fun actors in it too and a pleasantly subdued performance by Depp.

This looks boring as shit. It seems like a movie I would fall asleep in. I’m so looking forward to Aladdin and Lion King but not this.

Does Dumbo even talk in this? Do any of the elephants talk? Does Timothee the Mouse speak? If they don’t then this isn’t Dumbo. Can you imagine making The Lion King with none of the animals talking?

I hate remakes, especially live action ones. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Did Dumbo speak in the original film?

People need to stop hiring Tim Burton.

No, Dumbo doesn't speak in the original.

Do any of the animals speak in the original?

Burton's downfall began with the shitty Mars Attacks - that's when having too much artistic freedom and overblown budgets started getting to his head. He's made a few decent films too since then but it's been well over a decade since his last good live-action film (Sweeney Todd) has been released.

[quote]Do any of the animals speak in the original?

Timothy the Mouse, the nasty lady elephants, the jive-talkin' crows . . .

I love Mars Attacks.

Mars Attacks is a cult classic.

[quote] less a work of imagination than a declaration of how imaginative Burton thinks he is.

That describes almost everything Burton's done in the last couple decades.

So do Timothee the Mouse, the nasty lady elephants and the jive crows talk in this movie?

Apparently Timothy Q. Mouse (the character's actual name) isn't even in Burton's movie. I'm guessing there are no talking animals this time around.

Most of his "films" have been abominable, including the unbelievably overrated "Edward Scissorhands".

I'll be honest. I'll see it for Colin Farrell. Yes, I bet his talent is better showcased in indie movies. Still. For him.

I call it the opposite of boycott.

R32 still a closet case

The Disney remake gravy train is about to crash!

Why is Disney releasing 3 major live action classics - Dumbo, Lion King & Alladin - this year? Are they afraid the world is gonna end?

Nobody cares about movie critics. This turd will make a gazillion dollars and launch endless sequels.

A live action remake of Dumbo actually makes sense as the original could use a weency update.

Tim Burton should be institutionalized. I think that's the only way to keep him from further destroying his reputation.

Dark shadows would've made more money if he had just taken the original camera negative, cut it into 1 inch pieces and sold them as guitar picks.

Dumbo is doing worse than expected calling Disney’s remake heavy tentpole schedule into question

Seems stupid to eliminate the crows, and especially the mouse.

I did like the new Charlie and the chocolate factory, so I will probably watch this.

Critics are useless, and the masses will flock to stupid shit.

Bambi wherefore art thou? Let's see that hunter kick some mama ass!

After the trailer that came out 4 months ago, I really wanted to see it. Just the look of it, plus Farrell, Keaton, Devito and Green.

Now they are advertising it with a riff on that M Buffer saying “let’s get ready for dumbo!”, I lost all interest in it.

[quote]I did like the new Charlie and the chocolate factory

Oh, so YOU'RE the one.

R42, Burton should have combined the two movies as Bimbo.

R45, you had me chuckle.

It's all CGI everyone is on a green screen set. Nothing looks real.

And he made Dark Shadows as a comedy. A very unfunny comedy starring that yuckfest Johnny Depp. Ruined it for ever having a great scary version it deserved.

[quote]ostentatious and overworked, less a work of imagination than a declaration of how imaginative Burton thinks he is.

Imo that's true of every Burton film for the last 25 years.

[quote]So now he's shat on 3 children's classics, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Dark Shadows and Dumbo. 4 if you include Alice in Wonderland, although I personally liked it.

Dark Shadows was NOT a children's series. It was a daytime gothic soap opera. Older kids and teens might have watched it, but it sure wasn't meant for kids!

DS was an unintentionally funny soap, with people walking in front of the cameras, the performers forgetting their lines and characters walking into closets instead of out the door. The series was so low budget, the scenes with mistakes were never reshot.

Really can't comprehend why Disney chose to remake this dull cartoon, or maybe any of their mostly dull cartoons with talking animals.

The NY Times DUMBO review was odd, the reviewer seemed to enjoy it, then said it took a dark turn.

Tim Burton has to make everything 'gothic' and downbeat. The producers must have already figured that out before they asked him to make this film.

Yeah well, Dumbo is downbeat to begin with. The title character and his mother endure all manner of indignities throughout the film. Most of Disney's cartoons had a dark side but the bright colors, animation and funny sidekicks were distractions so the kids wouldn't get too scared. I tell ya, I was terrorized when Bambi's mother was shot because "Man was in the forest."

I didn't mind Dark Shadows. Eva Green was the highlight of that movie.

All I needed to see of the trailer was fucking Danny Devito saying "Whooooooooah!" like he was Macaulay Culkin, or another pre-pubescent child actor, to know I would hate it.

I would like to see it, and I guarantee I will enjoy it. My BF will,. too.

Blu-ray in three months.

This doesn’t make sense. Are his bones hollow like a bird’s? It isn’t physically possible for something as dense as an elephant to fly.

Saw Dumbo last night. Dreadful. Was asked to fill out a survey afterwards so clearly Disney is concerned. Colin is as handsome as ever but fuck’s sake the movie is a dour, joyless CGI mess. Wish Disney wouldn’t stop shitting on their classics.

[quote]Eva Green was the highlight of that movie.

She is the highlight of everything's she's in.

[quote]Wish Disney wouldn’t stop shitting on their classics.

Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella were hits. And there was a 2 year gap bewteen each. I don't understand why they are making things in a hurry and releasing three livre action remakes in the same year. Maybe they have inside intel on a meteot decimating earth or something.

[quote]This doesn’t make sense. Are his bones hollow like a bird’s? It isn’t physically possible for something as dense as an elephant to fly.

He has oversized ears. What's not to understand?

Budget: $170 million

Domestic gross as of this morning: $15 million

ehhhh

I think themain appeal for the audience, with the live action remakes, is the princesses stories - Cinderella, Beauty & the Beast etc. I think Alladin and Mulan will be hits. Oh and probably Lion King, but just because the generation in their 20s and 30s grew up watching it.

If they remake Bambi, it will probably flop too.

It's ALL in front of a green screen.

I haven't seen Dumbo, nor do I have the desire to, but I agree with r60. I don't understand why they're releasing The Lion King (also a bad idea) less than two months after Aladdin, which comes only two months after Dumbo. They should have scheduled The Lion King for the Fall or better yet, pushed it back to 2020 and let Aladdin be their summer tent-pole this year along with Toy Story 4. Let these films breath a bit and give the audience a rest from getting overly fatigued by them. I also agree with r63 that the princess stories are probably easier to recreate and have more of a built in audience. These live action CGI fests with anthropomorphic characters can seem really sterile and bloodless because they're overly reliant on green screen storytelling and never capture the magic of their animated counterparts.

Does Colin Farrell wear leotards in it?

[quote]I think themain appeal for the audience, with the live action remakes, is the princesses stories - Cinderella, Beauty & the Beast etc. I think Alladin and Mulan will be hits. Oh and probably Lion King, but just because the generation in their 20s and 30s grew up watching it. If they remake Bambi, it will probably flop too.

Exactly. I’m excited about Aladdin and The Lion King because I grew up with them. I did not grow up with Dumbo and couldn’t care less about that movie. Same with Bambi. But I would be all over a live action The Little Mermaid! 🧜‍♀️

Also, isn’t this Dumbo story completely different than the cartoon? It isn’t faithful to the source material.

Dumbo is a CIS non gender lesbian so this is very worrying for those types of movies going forward. Thoughts and prayers.

"Casey junior's coming down the track, Casey Junior's back, Casey Junior's back. Time for lemonade and crackerjack"

Tim Burton's a hack. At least johnny fucking Depp isn't in this one.

Saw it today. It's definitely a Tim Burton film. It's half an hour too long, the second half, not true to the source material is unnecessary. It has nods to all the songs but the only one that's performed is 'Baby Mine'. Timothy Q Mouse shows up but has nothing to do. The crows are completely absent. There are other elephants but no mean ladies. The film works best when it trusts the source material, which isn't often.

[Quote] But I would be all over a live action The Little Mermaid! 🧜‍♀️

I thought that was happening.

It's at #1 with a worldwide gross of $116 million.

[quote]At least johnny fucking Depp isn't in this one.

You know he was just itching to put Depp in the role that ultimately went to Farrell

I dislike Burton's movies for the most part. Charlie and the Chocolate factory and Alice in wonderland were terrible. For strange and Gothic themed movies I prefer Guillermo del Toro. His films are gorgeous and disturbing but don't make my skin crawl in the way that Burton's do.

Saw it. It's a kid movie. No adult level. It is cute. I was by myself, but the kids in the theater seemed to enjoy it and to be engrossed. Colin Farrell was pretty to look at. Farrell, Green and De Vito do a good job, but it is not the kind of scenario that showcases an actor 's talent.

Acceptable popcorn movie. I wish it got to perform better than Aladdin.

I liked it....it was less than what I expected, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. r6...I happened upon Petes Dragon on Netflix and decided to watch it...I never liked the original....I LOVED IT. Different story, but surprisingly good.