The other day, I asked some people on Twitter if they were excited about the new movie coming out today, 9. More specifically, I asked if I was the only one who really hoped it didn’t suck.
For the most part, the response was overwhelmingly in favor of it not sucking.
What struck me, though, was that many people thought it wasn’t going to suck because Tim Burton was involved. This gave me pause. While I’ve always recognized Burton as one of the established purveyors of dark, quirky fantasy stories, for some reason that I couldn’t quite put a finger on, I found myself shaking my head at the sentiment that the man has the golden touch.
In fact, I couldn’t help thinking he had the opposite (The copper touch? No, copper’s pretty valuable as scrap…the nickel touch? Sure, I’ll go with that). But that didn’t seem quite right, either. I mean—he’s Tim Burton. You don’t get that kind of reputation without doing something good.
So I kept prodding the proud followers of @bantamspectra, and true to form, they came through in commendable fashion. What I asked was: what’s your favorite Tim Burton movie. They reminded me that this man has made some classics (and some stinkers, which was probably what I was keying in on—yes, I’m talking about your movie, you dirty ape. Seriously, with so many good actors, how could that movie have been so bad? Oh, yeah—all the good actors were dressed as frickin’ monkeys).
As such, I’ve decided to make a list of the movies that Tim Burton has made that have made his fans, well, fans. And while not necessarily ranked (because, regrettably, I haven’t seen all of these movies), I do believe this could work in a “best of,” starting with “the best.”
