Tim Burton’s overcomplicated remake of a beloved classic lacks emotional punch
t says something about the extravagant visual impact oflive-action remake of the Disney classic fills in the spaces of the deliberately understated original watercolour animation with a noisy fanfare of pizzazz and spectacle. There’s plenty of typically Burtonesque camerawork – the lens that peers upwards, with a mixture of fear and wonder, before hurtling skywards like a firework.
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