Dawn of the Geeks

I was able to see Corpse Bride with my fiance yesterday thanks to a free screening she had pointed out to me in The State Press, ASU’s campus paper. The ticket said they were overbooking so show up early. We got there more than an hour ahead of time and there was barely a line. Maybe it’s just not cool enough because there aren’t any explosions and it’s rated PG. At only 76 minutes it’s very short for a feature film.

We both liked the film. It wasn’t particularly deep and it is somewhat predictable but it is entertaining. The only complaint I had was that they should have told the story of the Corpse Bride before she was dead. All you get is a song and dance summary. It would have lengthed the movie to actually play out her story. But, when you’re doing stop motion with as much detail as this movie was done in, it would probably have taken years to complete an additional hour or so of footage. The songs were decent but not as good as in Nightmare Before Christmas.

An interesting trivia is that this is the first movie to use a professional grade digital camera (like you could buy yourself at Best Buy or something) to shoot each frame. Previously film cameras were used for this type of thing.

So yes, I’d recommend seeing this film. The cinematography is incredible and the story is good. Again, my only complaint is the length. I think there was a lot more that could have been done.