Disney's Dumbo | March 29, 2019 | Tim Burton | Reviews coming in

[CoolioD1]

Frankenweenie was when i totally gave up on burton. A supposed passion project shouldn’t be so dull and lifeless.

[CoolioD1]

15 minutes ago, TMP said:

Sweeney Todd fan?

Hell yeah

[ViewerAnon]

3 minutes ago, The Futurist said:

Burton should have made the film with a real flying baby elephant.

This generation of critics/cinpehiles is lost, numb, jaded and apathetic to CGI spectacle.

That's why they suffered a severe case of priapism last year with Mission Impossible Fallout, the only blockbuster that made them feel alive that year.

 

Or, perhaps, everything around Dumbo doesn't work, and most of this movie is what's happening around Dumbo.

[BadAtGender]

Hey, it's Alice in Wonderland all over again, but without the 3D benefit that Avatar gave basically everything in 2010.

[lilmac]

Maybe 5 films on that list that I can say that I enjoyed at the time. IMO, he's overrated.

 

Yet, I can't deny that I thought his selection as director made sense to me when it was announced.

 

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes	Ref(s)
1985	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Yes			Directorial Debut	[1][2]
1988	Beetlejuice	Yes				[3][4]
1989	Batman	Yes				[5][6]
1990	Edward Scissorhands	Yes	Yes	Story		[7][8]
1992	Batman Returns	Yes	Yes			[9][10]
1993	The Nightmare Before Christmas		Yes	Story		[11][12]
1994	Cabin Boy		Yes			[13][14]
	Ed Wood	Yes	Yes			[15][16]
1995	Batman Forever		Yes			[17][18]
1996	James and the Giant Peach		Yes			[19][20]
	Mars Attacks!	Yes	Yes			[21][22]
1999	Sleepy Hollow	Yes				[23][24]
2001	Planet of the Apes	Yes				[25][26]
2003	Big Fish	Yes				[27][28]
2005	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Yes				[29][30]
	Corpse Bride	Yes	Yes	Characters	Co-directed with Mike Johnson	[31][32]
2007	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Yes				[33][34]
2009	9		Yes			[35][36]
2010	Alice in Wonderland	Yes				[37][38]
2012	Dark Shadows	Yes				[39][40]
	Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter		Yes			[41][42]
	Frankenweenie	Yes	Yes	Story		[43][44]
2014	Big Eyes	Yes	Yes			[45][46]
2016	Alice Through the Looking Glass		Yes			[47][48]
	Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children	Yes				[49][50]
2019	Dumbo

[ddddeeee]

That opening stretch of films is insane. Edward Scissorhands -> Batman Returns -> Ed Wood in particular.

 

Alas...

[Litio]

Why are critics giving honest reviews for this Disney remake? Is Dumbo part of Disney annual sacrifice offering or they are saving money for Disney+?

[CoolioD1]

Honestly I kinda love everything up to sleepy hollow. The downward spiral after that is so fast it’s depressing.

[Galactic Specter]

Christopher Robin 2.0 here we come

[cdsacken]

50 minutes ago, CaptainJackSparrow said:

If it has a budget similar to Christopher Robin, that would be a good number. 

Budget is 100+ million. 250 WW is generous I think. Man the reviews suck so far.

[JohnnyGossamer]

8 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

Honestly I kinda love everything up to sleepy hollow. The downward spiral after that is so fast it’s depressing.

He's never been the same since Apes. Bad movie. Looks great but everything else is just pretty awful. Seemed jaded since and never recaptured what made his movies work.

[cdsacken]

Disney+....ugh. They have had Disney Life for years in the UK and they can't even replicate that in the US? Just sad. Frickin Apple is going to come first.

[JohnnyGossamer]

1 minute ago, cdsacken said:

Budget is 100+ million. 250 WW is generous I think. Man the reviews suck so far.

51% RT, 52 MC... Certainly not great but not horrifying either. Decidedly mixed.

[MrGamer]

11 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

Honestly I kinda love everything up to sleepy hollow. The downward spiral after that is so fast it’s depressing.

Sleepy Hollow was the shit. Watching Christina Ricci’s accent go in and out is worth the watch alone.

[MCKillswitch123]

I still think the trailers look great and I'm still looking forward to it.

[ScoobyDoo21]

they made a sequel to Alice? What

 

Also what the hell is Dark Shadows?

Edited March 26, 2019 by ScoobyDoo21

[cdsacken]

9 minutes ago, JohnnyGossamer said:

51% RT, 52 MC... Certainly not great but not horrifying either. Decidedly mixed.

Don't mind me I'm just shattered. I wanted this to do so well. I'm seeing it regardless with my daughter but going with expectations that the entire cast besides Dumbo and Devito suck. Hopefully I will be surprised.

[ddddeeee]

I was maybe 9 when I saw Sleepy Hollow and thought Ricci was like 13 and was really weirded out by her relationship with Ichabod. 

[reddevil19]

More like Duddo... Am I right?

Yeah?

Cool.

 

 

For what it's worth, out of Burton's 21st century filmography, I enjoyed Sweeney Todd and Corpse Bride and didn't actively dislike Miss Peregrine, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Big Fish. 40%...Yeah, he's rotten.

[SLAM!]

Disappointing reviews. It might not affect Dumbo's box office too much, but Warner Bros sure did lift their embargo for Shazam! at the right time, because between the reviews for Shazam! and the reviews for this, the narrative is in place that Shazam! very much seems like the better option for families. The general audience is coming closer and closer to losing its interest in 'traditional' stories such as Dumbo with each passing year, anyway.