# I've never seen Tim Burton's Corpse Bride! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-seen-tim-burtons-corpse-bride/464499 "2008-09-21T00:12:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-seen-tim-burtons-corpse-bride/464499/1 "2008-09-21T00:12:21Z")
I received the blu ray of Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride today…and it was broken. For some reason, I’ve never seen this movie even though I love _The Nighmare before Christmas._ So, I"ll have to wait until I receive my replacement copy. Go ahead and tell me how good it is…or isn’t. Open spoilers are fine. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-seen-tim-burtons-corpse-bride/464499/2 "2008-09-21T00:22:37Z")
It was good. Nightmare Before Christmas is a lot better, but you’ll enjoy it when it comes. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-seen-tim-burtons-corpse-bride/464499/3 "2008-09-21T00:28:32Z")
My nephew calls it Hot Topic: The Movie. I like NBC a lot better. CB was okay. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-seen-tim-burtons-corpse-bride/464499/4 "2008-09-21T00:39:28Z")
It doesn’t quite have the charm of _The Nightmare Before Christmas_. But it is a fine Burton-esque tale nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![A\_shameful\_cracka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@A\_shameful\_cracka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_shameful_cracka)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-seen-tim-burtons-corpse-bride/464499/5 "2008-09-21T01:24:59Z")
Aside from the dark themes and animation style, it’s not a lot like Nightmare Before Christmas. It’s more serious and character-driven, a lot less musical, and is set more in the “real” world than Nightmare. The visuals are a lot more subdued, but a lot of that is because the world of the living is deliberately portrayed as being drab and plain and a lot of the movie takes place there. Nightmare is probably more fun, but Corpse Bride has the better story in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-seen-tim-burtons-corpse-bride/464499/6 "2008-09-21T02:58:51Z")
It was okay, but it felt very rushed. The film needs another half hour minimum to build the relationships among the characters. It was seventy-five minutes of rushing from plot point to plot point and when the film reached it’s climax I was left saying, “Already? But nothing has happened yet!” ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-seen-tim-burtons-corpse-bride/464499/7 "2008-09-21T04:25:11Z")
The plot’s pretty weak, but it’s still worth seeing for the visuals and music. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-seen-tim-burtons-corpse-bride/464499/8 "2008-09-21T04:27:57Z")
Yeah, I gotta go with the overall opinion here. If you liked Nightmare Before Christmas, you’ll like Corpse Bride, but NBC is much, much better. CB is entertaining to watch through, but NBC beats it in plot, visuals, and music. ETA: Although I _adore_ Remains of the Day. I have a weakness for swing. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-seen-tim-burtons-corpse-bride/464499/9 "2008-09-21T19:57:45Z")
NBC was much better - both me and my friend fell asleep trying to watch TCB. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-seen-tim-burtons-corpse-bride/464499/10 "2008-09-21T20:53:46Z")
I’ve never seen Tim Burton’s **Corpse Bride** either. But I saw the theatrical trailer, and I’ve seen other Tim Burton movies, so I figure I can fill in the blanks.