Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland

[Maglor]

Are you all familiar with Rotten Tomatoes?

It's a great website where film critics reviews are listed. I don't give a lot of credence to individual reviews for the most part, but the website is interesting because it gives you the percent of positive reviews across the board. And that I find is often a good way to judge the quality of a movie (although sometimes I still disagree with the collective "experts").

Here are all the movies Tim Burton Directed (or Directed and Produced) from best reviewed to worst. There were a few surprises to me:

1) [Tie] Pee Wee's Big Adventure; Ed Wood - 91%
2) Edward Scissorhands - 90%
3) Sweeney Todd - 86%
4) Corpse Bride - 83 %
5) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - 82%
6) Beetlejuice - 81%
7) Batman Returns - 77%
8) Big Fish - 76%
9) Batman (1989) - 70%
10) Sleepy Hollow - 68%
11) Alice In Wonderland - 52%
12) Mars Attacks! - 49%
13) Planet of the Apes - 44%



As I said, there were a few that surprised me, but it was nice to see Sweeney Todd right up there with Edward!



Here are movies that he Produced, but did not Direct.

1) The Nightmare Before Christmas - 97%
2) James and the Giant Peach - 96%
3) 9 - 57%
4) [Tie] Batman Forever; Cabin Boy - 45%



Really?
...Cabin Boy?!?!

That was news to me!

 

[Jen]

I love Sleepy Hollow - that would rank high on the list for me. Only thing I didn't like about it was Christini Ricci.

 

[karamazov80]

1) [Tie] Pee Wee's Big Adventure; Ed Wood - 91%
2) Edward Scissorhands - 90%
3) Sweeney Todd - 86%
4) Corpse Bride - 83 %
5) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - 82%
6) Beetlejuice - 81%
7) Batman Returns - 77%
8) Big Fish - 76%
9) Batman (1989) - 70%
10) Sleepy Hollow - 68%
11) Alice In Wonderland - 52%
12) Mars Attacks! - 49%
13) Planet of the Apes - 44%

I generally agree with this, but think Sweeney Todd and Willy Wonka might be listed a bit too highly. I would put Beetlejuice and Batman above both. Ed Wood is Burton's masterpiece, IMO.

 

[Maglor]

Well you all know how I feel about Sweeney Todd...


I personally don't get why Charlie and the Chocolate Factory got such a bad rap. I think 82% may be a tiny bit high, but it's close IMO.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

 

[creature4000]

Meh.. didn't overly like it the first time.

 

[cmiller99]

There's another one coming? News to me.

 

[Bo Shrek]

Meh.. didn't overly like it the first time.

Great visuals but yeah....story didn't do anything for me.

 

[rushmore223]

Are you all familiar with Rotten Tomatoes?

It's a great website where film critics reviews are listed. I don't give a lot of credence to individual reviews for the most part, but the website is interesting because it gives you the percent of positive reviews across the board. And that I find is often a good way to judge the quality of a movie (although sometimes I still disagree with the collective "experts").

Here are all the movies Tim Burton Directed (or Directed and Produced) from best reviewed to worst. There were a few surprises to me:

1) [Tie] Pee Wee's Big Adventure; Ed Wood - 91%
2) Edward Scissorhands - 90%
3) Sweeney Todd - 86%
4) Corpse Bride - 83 %
5) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - 82%
6) Beetlejuice - 81%
7) Batman Returns - 77%
8) Big Fish - 76%
9) Batman (1989) - 70%
10) Sleepy Hollow - 68%
11) Alice In Wonderland - 52%
12) Mars Attacks! - 49%
13) Planet of the Apes - 44%



As I said, there were a few that surprised me, but it was nice to see Sweeney Todd right up there with Edward!



Here are movies that he Produced, but did not Direct.

1) The Nightmare Before Christmas - 97%
2) James and the Giant Peach - 96%
3) 9 - 57%
4) [Tie] Batman Forever; Cabin Boy - 45%



Really?
...Cabin Boy?!?!

That was news to me!

I had no idea I had seen everyone of his movies! Wait, what about Frankenweenie!

 

[Rorywan]

Wow what a necro bump...