You also wonder why he would have done it. Didn't Batman get him typecast and almost ruin his career (much like a certain other batty role that typecast Bela Legousi?)While I enjoy the cheekiness of Adam West's Batman take, it's not what I'd want to see in the theater again. Totally wrong take in this fan's opinion and that picture would likely not have created the spark as Burton's pic.
Seems his was some odd flick that would have been much better as an indie film, not a summer toy selling blockbuster. And it clearly wouldn't have sparked the Batmania that lead to said cartoon series.
Actually that brings a couple things I want to mention. batman was made all the way back when he was an energetic young visionary, those other films came at a time when he was set in his ways and casting the same people and setting the same tone in all of his films. I saw some, not all, some of Alice in Wonderland and I felt it decent, but it really seems the same as everything else he's done lately. I like Tim's style and all, but all it's been IS style for him lately. And I'm not going onto my Speilberg/Lucas/Zermeckis soapbox again. it just happens with directors.Tim Burton actually takes pride in the fact that he doesn't read comic books and did very little actual reading during his research for Batman. One only need look at his Willy Wonka, Planet of the Apes or Alice in Wonderland to see that, while always visually striking with stellar performances, Burton chooses not to digest the source material before going off on his own tangents. I think all of his adaptations would be far more solid in terms of story if he'd show reverence to the original material. He's an artist.
if Tim Burton were to do Batman today, Johnny Depp would probably be the Joker and Helen Carter would be Harley Quinn and Batman wouldn't be in it.
That said, I'm glad someone mentioned Charlie and the Choclate Factory... here's why. I find BOTH movies overrated. You heard me. Sure, I like some of the direction the TB one took and I like... well, I like Gene Wilder... but somehow, both movies pail in comparison to the original book, especially the Sid and Marty Krofft (with a bigger budget) look of the 70's one (was that boat ride sequence necessary?) which kinda burns my eyes...
I wish someone made a GOOD animated movie with the same characters and even closer to the book.
That said, Fantastic Mr. Fox? Terribly underrated both as a movie and a Roald Dahl book.