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What is your favorite film by Tim Burton?

Which is it? (Comment below if not on the poll)

  • Beetlejuice

    Votes: 41 25.0%

  • Pee Wee's Big Adventure

    Votes: 17 10.4%

  • Batman

    Votes: 17 10.4%

  • Batman Returns

    Votes: 13 7.9%

  • Edward Scissorhands

    Votes: 18 11.0%

  • The Nightmare Before Christmas

    Votes: 33 20.1%

  • Ed Wood

    Votes: 25 15.2%
  • Total voters
    164
jukeboxhero2396

jukeboxhero2396

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I'm not sure if the Nightmare Before Christmas would count because he was only a producer and did not direct it. But it is my favorite of everything he produced.

But I guess a film he directed would be Edward Scissorhands. Danny Elfman's soundtrack was top-notch to me. The ice dance scene is so beautiful.
 
kubev

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Oct 25, 2017
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Pee-Wee's Big Adventure

I just re-watched it for the first time in a long time recently, and it still holds up really well.
 

FantaSoda

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Oct 28, 2017
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Big Fish was his last great work and tied as my personal favorite alongside Nightmare Before Christmas.
 

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Which season is more appropriate to watch nightmare before Christmas. Halloween or Christmas?

It's gotta be Christmas right?
 
Psychonaut

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Jan 11, 2018
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If we count his producer credit, then it's Nightmare. Otherwise it's Edward Scissorhands.

Need to give Bettlejuice a rewatch, though. Haven't seen that in almost 20 years.
 
Garp TXB

Garp TXB

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Psychonaut said:
If we count his producer credit, then it's Nightmare. Otherwise it's Edward Scissorhands.

Need to give Bettlejuice a rewatch, though. Haven't seen that in almost 20 years.
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Just rewatched it with my 7 year old and thought he might be freaked out by some of the "horror" scenes. Nope, it was the perfect amount of silly and he laughed his head off. But his favorite was the dinner scene, and that made my heart swell.
 
Foxnull

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As much as I love his style, the actual films always end up being disappointing for me, don't really like them at all.
 
Bishop89

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Oct 25, 2017
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Mars attacks by far
 
Jombie

Jombie

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Oct 27, 2017
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Ed Wood, Beetlejuice, Batman Returns, Pee Wee's Big Adventure.

*He didn't direct Nightmare Before Christmas.
 
TaterTots

TaterTots

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Oct 27, 2017
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None of ya'll like Frankenweenie? I have yet to see it, but it actually reviewed well. Now I'm curious lol.
 
AlexMeloche

AlexMeloche

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Oct 27, 2017
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I think it's Beetlejuice.

There's something pretty fun about Frankenweenie as a more recent movie of his.
 
jph139

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Oct 25, 2017
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I'd put Ed Wood, Batman, and Mars Attacks in his top three, but I'm not sure which one goes on top. Mars Attack is perfect for what it does, but Ed Wood has some spots that are really, genuinely moving.

I still need to see Big Fish. I saw the musical a few years ago, but never got around to watching the actual movie.
 
ArkhamFantasy

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Oct 25, 2017
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Sleepy Hollow by a mile, i LOVE it. The atmosphere, the quirky characters combined with bloody gore, it's just fantastic.
 
Bane

Bane

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Oct 27, 2017
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Dude's probably my favorite director, though he himself can fuck off given things said in recent years.

Speaking just to his directorial career, Sweeney Todd is pretty far above all his other work for me. Then Batman Returns, Batman, Big Fish, Ed Wood, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, and Sleepy Hollow are all great movies. Everything after that ranges from good (Corpse Bride, Mars Attacks) to awful (Dark Shadows). I've not seen Perregrin, Big Eyes, and Alice 2.
 
Fatoy

Fatoy

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Mar 13, 2019
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Ed Wood or Edward Scissorhands. Those two are the purest expressions of his whole "thing".

EDIT: I adore The Nightmare Before Christmas, but it's not a Burton film.
 

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Pee Wee's Big Adventure as a kid

Beetlejuice as a teen

Big Fish as an adult
 
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