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Its been a long time since i did my last  feature on  Tim Burton,  and  so am back  again.  This time looking at the other  Tim Burton animated featue,  Corpse Bride.   I had already reviewed  Burton’s  animated feature  The Nightmare  Before Christmas  before.   Both Nightmare and  Corpse Bride,  were stop motion animation flicks  but  Corpse Bride,  used still cameras for the first time in a stop motion animation flick. I would be discussing the technique later.

The Plot

Based on  an old 19th century,  Jewish Russian folktale,  Corpse Bride is set in Victorian era England.  Victor Van Dort( voice of Johnny Depp),  is a shy, nervous young man, whose parents  Nell( Tracey Ullman)  and William( Paul Whitehouse)  are nouveau rich fishmongers.  Victor’s   marriage is arranged with Victoria Everglot( Emily Watson), daughter of   Maudeline and Finnis Everglot( Albert Finney),  an aristocratic British family, who are now bankrupt. Victor …

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When i was a kid, i spent a lot of time with my grandmother . Curled up beside her, she would regale me with stories of great leaders, mythological characters, saints, kings, princess. And after she slept i would stay awake for some time, still imagining the story she told. My daughter does not get to spend much time with my mother, as we are in different stories, but still i make it a point to tell her some story or other. And right now, every night whenever we go to bed, she does not sleep, till i tell her some story or other. Story telling is an art that seems …