Like other famous directors, Tim Burton's films have a strong self-style, and he has marked this style with his own label; unlike other famous directors, Tim Burton's style is exceptionally pure, Thoroughly, he has been consistent for decades, merging goth films with himself and part of each other, so that as soon as the goth works appear, the name of Tim Burton will naturally pop up in the minds of fans.
In the Gothic films directed by Dunn, two emotions are most commonly seen, one is the bleak depression with nowhere to speak, and the other is the anger that cannot be expressed. Under the influence of these two emotions, Tim Burton's works are easy to take on the color of sadness, and the expressiveness of Goth is more soulful, as if he was born to tell tragedy in darkness. So there is Edward's pain, Itzabo's helplessness, Emily's turn into a butterfly, Todd's anger, Angele's broken glass heart...
However, if you look carefully, you will find that Tim Burke Dunn's heart is not dark, it is even full of innocence and beauty. Just like the various gorgeous style elements he used in the movie, the expression of fear is not really scary, and even has a bit of a dreamy fairy tale color, which is probably one of the reasons why his gothic style is loved by the audience.
In "Frankenstein", Tim Burton's style is continued, the puppies that don't look cute, the little people with various smoky makeup, the buildings that seem normal but always have shadows, are in black and white. There is an inexplicable strangeness under the rendering of colors, especially the pet cemetery with a vampire style. These scenes or decorations try to create a dark and mysterious color, as if to tell the audience that the film will end tragically like the movies of the past.
But this time, the old urchin has compassion and even love in the handling of the plot. This is the warmest of his many works. From the beginning of the film with Victor and his pet dog, until the puppy gets into a car accident, the warmth always permeates the film. When the dog passed away, the plot began to develop in a strange direction, but the center was always attached to Victor's love for his pet. The plot of the story is quite bloody and nothing new at all, but after the melee of various little monsters such as Kusila, Batcat, etc., the plot returned to the warm line, and it gave a perfect ending.
As a remake, Frankenstein takes a new look and packs more into the story. For better or worse, at least it enriches the plot a lot. Compared with the endlessly crazy and funny "Soul Shadow" before, "Frankenstein" seems to be a lot more restrained. Because of the fullness of emotions, this stop-motion animation has such a unique meaning, which is very old. People are looking for lost youth and beauty.
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