
Aside from a few early films (Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure) his best work has come about when he hasn't had to rely so heavily on his usual cartoony style. Big Eyes was good for modern Burton but still doesn't hold a candle to Burton at his peak. The less said about Planet of the Apes the better. Alice and Charlie have no redeeming qualities. Mars Attacks was a fun B-movie and gets right everything Dark Shadows failed miserably at. Corpse Bride, Frankenweenie and Sleepy Hollow were serviceable but nothing noteworthy.

Sweeney Todd is a lacklustre adaption of a great musical.

Burton once again fuses two polar opposites and.

Which we feel is the best of the animated movies by Tim Burton. So we’re classing it as a Tim Burton movie The Nightmare Before Christmas is a very stylish stop-motion feature. Batman is a decent movie that is incredibly dated. While Burton entrusted the talented Henry Selik to direct this film, the movie has that distinct Tim Burton tone.
