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It is cool to see Depp star in something that doesn't require him being a Pirate or some kind of Burtonesque freak show.
First Look: Christian Bale and Johnny Depp in Public Enemies « FirstShowing.net 2008
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As long as they’d shy away from any kind of Burtonesque mutation.
Who will be terrorising Gotham in BATMAN 3? | Obsessed With Film 2008
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As Chosen Hero Resists Her Destiny plots go, this one is pretty straightforward, leaving plenty of room for harrowing dangers, hair's-breadth escapes, and daring rescues -- and some very creepy set-pieces involving a Burtonesque forest laid waste by the Jabberwock, a moat filled with the severed heads of the Red Queen's victims, and a confrontation between chess pieces and playing cards, among others.
Alice In Wonderland deliasherman 2010
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Thus, while Transformers viewers were treated to unrealistic-yet-cool robots, GoBots children had to endure horrid, Burtonesque abominations.
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As Chosen Hero Resists Her Destiny plots go, this one is pretty straightforward, leaving plenty of room for harrowing dangers, hair's-breadth escapes, and daring rescues -- and some very creepy set-pieces involving a Burtonesque forest laid waste by the Jabberwock, a moat filled with the severed heads of the Red Queen's victims, and a confrontation between chess pieces and playing cards, among others.
Alice In Wonderland deliasherman 2010
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I think this whole 3d and pixar thing is getting to his authenticity and true Burtonesque style.
Sound Off: Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland - Thoughts? « FirstShowing.net 2010
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A lot of the film stuff -- including concept designs for Alice in Wonderland and the aborted Burton version of Superman Returns -- was not verboten, so you get a taste of it in this podcast, along with a good sampling of original art, some thoughts from the exhibit's curators on the director's life and work, and some footage of Burton's very Tim Burtonesque appearance at the press presentation.
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This is what comedy looked like during the era of German Expressionism - positively Burtonesque (split the difference between Beetlejuice and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), satiric of Art Deco and teeming with startling compositions, none of which ever impedes on the yucks.
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A music video mixing some Burtonesque goth kids, some fishes out of water and paper puppets of the band performing.
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The villain and his villainess* are joyful little works of animation art, and the Burtonesque-steampunk setting was truly charming.
Igor (No Spoilers) 2008
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