Was it any good? Find out what our movie experts thought.

REVIEWED BY ERIC Victor (Johnny Depp) and Emily the Corpse (Helena Bonham Carter) are sitting on a couch in the land of the dead. Emily gives Victor a big box from which a skeleton dog jumps out of. Victor says, "Play dead...oh...sorry." Sound like a bad joke to you? It certainly was. Unfortunately, Tim Burton's latest imagination piece Corpse Bride was laced with this kind of exploitative, cheap humor.

Tim Burton is a very respected, imaginative director. Much of the general American public, even those not involved in artistic or multimedia industries greatly respect his stylized cinematography. Corpse Bride was no exception to this rule. The Victorian era and all of its social implications are very well portrayed this time around. Massive houses, grand pianos, and more are all complete with snooty residents, an angry preacher, and even a town crier.

The underworld, on the other hand, was portrayed as a happy-go-lucky, chic purgatory. When I think of purgatory, Tim Burton's latest portrayal certainly does not come to mind. The only thing that could make the portrayal worse is the atmosphere it created. If the world in Corpse Bride were the real world, I'd rather live in the stylish world of the dead.

Overall, the plot was satisfying. Although it was built around a simple gimmick, the plot was well executed. Boy is forced to marry, accidentally proposes to corpse, runs around on corpse; well, you know the rest. All of the loose ends are tied up, although there is a twist. What more could a moviegoer want from a plot in an animated film?

Considering all of the above, the movie was not terrible. However, Corpse Bride was a long shot from perfect. Was it better than A Nightmare Before Christmas? Certainly not. Is Corpse Bride worth watching and just taking at face value? It definitely is.

3 out of 5 Geese.

REVIEWED BY BOBBIE
For any fan of Tim Burton’s A Nightmare Before Christmas, his latest film, Corpse Bride, seems to be the next big adventure. However, anyone looking for the old style animation, like I was, will be disappointed to find that the new technology has done away with all that. The motions are much smoother now, and unlike NBC, I didn’t walk away with any of the songs stuck in my head. The story is cute enough, with a little skeleton dog and all, and the ending was done very well. Yet there were parts that dragged out, and I couldn’t help but feel the movie was lacking in something ( though I couldn’t be sure what ) that even Johnny Depp’s voice couldn’t make up for. An enjoyable movie, Corpse Bride was a few good laughs and few “what’s going on?” moments that most will amuse fans, but will not replace Jack Skelington.

4 out of 5 Geese

REVIEWED BY CHRIS
This movie was just one more bit of proof that Johnny Depp and Tim Burton should be chained together. Or married.

4.5 out 5 Geese

REVIEWED BY CJ
Corpse Bride is a delightfully morbid tale of a young man from a more mediocre family who is about to be wed to the daughter of the town socialite.  Once he realizes his shortcommings as a groom, he runs off to the woods to think.  While in the woods, he accidentally states his vows perfectly and places a ring on the finger of a...um...no longer living woman, who in turn becomes his "Corpse Bride".  The movie centers on his attempts to return to the living world to wed his...um....not dead fiance. 

This movie is chock full of morbidly hilarious, laugh out loud comedy, and at the same time keeps a respectable love story that will have you "aww"-ing before you can think not to.  Tim Burton uses the same kind of beautiful stop-motion animation used in The Nightmare Before Christmas and also the same kind of humor.  The only thing I didn't like about the movie was its soundtrack.  The lyrics were almost juvenile in composition and most of the songs actually sounded like each other.  Besides that, it was a great movie.  I'm giving it 4 out of 5 geese.

4 out 5 Geese