Tim Burton for new director
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q_leo_rahman — 9 years ago(December 23, 2016 01:26 PM)
I can see how Tim Burton would be a good choice, looking at his less stylish films like Big Fish, Dark Shadows and Ms Peregrine's Home.
But really, Burton's better off with characters that can be monstrous and flamboyant, and where he can incorporate Gothic visuals. That's why his Batman films worked well IMO - the visuals fit with the dark gloomy atmosphere and slightly unhinged characters: Batman, the Joker, the Penguin and Catwoman.
With X-Men he'd need to maybe tone things down, but I doubt he'd be able to portray the normal humans' viewpoint or be able to do things outside the American/English culture (has he done anything French or German or Egyptian?).
The only X-Men I think Burton could work well with is Magik, and maybe just barely.
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hafabee — 9 years ago(December 23, 2016 12:33 PM)
Yeesh, I don't know about that. Fox has been making some great director choices for these X-Men movies lately, Tim Burton kind of seems like a step in the wrong direction.
I'm not saying he's a bad director, I love
Ed Wood
and
Sleepy Hollow
, but Burton just isn't well suited to X-Men drama nor modern action/adventure movies. There's some aspects of it that he'd be good at (atmosphere, establishing mood/tone) but I don't think he could get the big dramatic scenes right. This is silly stuff, and in that sense Burton seems like a good fit on the surface, but these movies are silly ones that take themselves seriously for the sake of immersion and drama and danger, and I don't think that Tim Burton would nail that, I think he'd stumble all over it. -
Milk_Tray_Guy — 9 years ago(January 03, 2017 02:17 PM)
I'm not saying he's a bad director, I love Ed Wood and Sleepy Hollow, but Burton just isn't well suited to X-Men drama nor modern action/adventure movies. There's some aspects of it that he'd be good at (atmosphere, establishing mood/tone) but I don't think he could get the big dramatic scenes right. This is silly stuff, and in that sense Burton seems like a good fit on the surface, but these movies are silly ones that take themselves seriously for the sake of immersion and drama and danger, and I don't think that Tim Burton would nail that
This.
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charzhino — 9 years ago(December 23, 2016 06:14 PM)
A director with a proven track record of making a dark, mature yet entertaining comic book movie that doesn't solely appeal to children. Whats not to like about this potential selection for the next X-film.
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That_Guy_Son — 9 years ago(December 24, 2016 04:03 AM)
Proven track record? He made Batman when no good comic book movies were out. And Batman Returns went sideways and is still talked about for some of the weird choices he made to the characters. Then you have the behind-the-scenes stuff for Superman Lives. You have Vegeta crying about Spider-man not punching, I wonder what he'd say about Nick Cage not having most of his powers and the electric suit.
You guys are talking about a movie he made almost 30 years ago. He just made an "X-men" movie and it was forgotten. I didn't even know
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
came out.
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wantutosigh — 9 years ago(December 29, 2016 05:41 AM)
Even Tim Burton at his peak probably isn't the right director for X-Men. And Burton has made some of my all-time favorite films. He is certainly not right now. I feel he has lost his spark and now just has a very formulaic style.
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