First look at Tim Burton’s Dumbo

Tim Burton’s Dumbo?

I was expecting a photo of Johnny Depp.

Most of Tim Burton's movie are just kind of entertaining. They start out good but sort of die half way through.

Ron Howard movies are the same.

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God I hope he doesn’t fuck it up. It’s a sweet, simple story that doesn’t need the “Burton treatment.”

I did like his Willie Wonka movie though.

More reboots! More sequels!

More superheroes! More animation!

More more more!

Hello? Did someone say something?

Ugh, he hasn't done anything original in decades.

He stole Jack and Sally from the Wizard of Oz books (The Patchwork Girl and Pumpkin Head), so that's not even his own. Plus, he's crawled up Disney's ass, so fuck his bullshit.

Dumbo looks cUte. At least they got that right

Oh Tim.

Yes, a Burton “Pink Elephants on Parade.”

Nice

I despair. Someone please stop Tim.

It's not a remake, more of a follow up, another Dumbo adventure. This means no delirium tremens pink elephants parade. Pity. Disney could be challenging in his early career.

It could be fun for the kids, though.

Colin Farrell + cute flying elephants + Eva Green = I'm in.

They HAD to be on acid.....

When he started in the 1980s, his movies were good. I would count his first six films as highly original and enjoyable: Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare before Christmas, and Ed Wood.

Everything he did after that was crap. Mars Attacks! and Big Fish were somewhat original, but everything else he touched was a remake of something that someone else did better. Putting Johnny Depp in a stupid costume and having him talk with a funny voice does not equal entertainment.

Cut, or uncut?

r15 Batman Returns is far superior to Batman

I am scraping the precious out of my eyes!

Aaaaaaw !!

And in these cynical times, it feels good, too.

So, I will get my pink elephants in the end !

Who's the woman singing in the teaser trailer?

The pink elephants scared the shit out of me. It's fucking creepy and somewhat demonic viewing it when I was little.

Tim Burton is a hack. His movies are awful.

I guess Sarah Huckabee Sanders is now free to play Jumbo.

Burton hasn't made a good movie in many years. His films tend to be elaborate, expensive productions where the actors wear tons of makeup and outlandish costumes and everything looks very overblown and artificial. And he's redoing "Dumbo?" Oh my God, what a piece of shit it's sure to be. And who plays Dumbo? Johnny Depp in an elephant suit? And who plays his mother, Helena Bonham Carter in another elephant suit? Stick with the original, folks. It's tender and funny and features the brilliant "Pink Elephants On Parade" sequence.

Is Dumbo's mother going to get killed or some other horrible event? If so I'm out. I love elephants too much to witness a cute fake one go through some kind of hell. I won't be able to sit through it. You know there's going to be some kind of horrible risk - Dumbo getting dropped into a meat grinder, for example - or chased by wild wolves through a forest - I dunno.

China is going to love this!

And that’$ all that matter$

Eer.. . Did you watch the trailer at R18, guys ?

What does squeeeeee mean?

Looks fake.

Squee : Exclamation used to express great delight or excitement. It can be a verb or a noun.

Burton did an elaborate remake of the children's film "Willie Wonka." And it was atrocious. I think "Dumbo" will be the same. Who are the fucking family? There was no family in "Dumbo." He's doing HIS version of it, with a treacly family aspect to it. Tim Burton is a hack. And now he's going to fuck "Dumbo" up, too.

"Squeeeee" is a derivation of the word "squeal". A squeal of excitement and joy one would make upon seeing a specifically cute or adorable item.

"He dropped his pants and exposed his ass and OMG...Squeeee!"

Alice in Wonderland made $1 billion

Tim Burton will continue to make shitty movies until he’s dead

Who goes to see his shitty movies? Not me!

You are a cranky lot !

Most of us might not be the intended audience, but it looks adorable for family and kids.

And there is a baby elephant and th there is Colin Farrell. I'm in !

More CGI tackiness from Mr Burton.

I found out it's Aurora singing "Baby Mine" in that teaser, no thanks to you bitches.

She's usually the queen of overemoting but she's pretty restrained here. Maybe she's matured, who knows, but she sounds lovely.

Well, fuck her!

Eva Green <3

Adorbs!

The story is not complex enough for Burton to fuck it up....however, the story itself lends to Burtons creativity....and this movie will be all about the visuals...and thats Burtons strength.

Burton needs a comeback, too many artist failures the last 10 years, or more.

Awww I love the original film. I hope it's good.

I did like his film about the artist Keen who did those big eyed people paintings in the 60s - it starred Amy Adams, as the wife who did the paintings but her husband got the credit and money.

Ed Wood was a looooooooooooong time ago

Has he apologized for Planet of the Apes yet?

This looks like another expensive, shitty remake. But I'm sure it's going to be plugged as a "family film" so it will probably find an audience. But Tim Burton puts out nothing but crap. I'm surprised Johnny Depp didn't play Dumbo in an elephant suit.

Hopefully, Burton's finally over his Johnny Depp crush. I think we've seen enough, Tim, turn the freaking page already.

Dumbo is a dark masterpiece. It's such a beautiful and perfect film. Why bother even trying a remake.

[quote]Why bother even trying a remake.

Disney's remaking all their classic animated films whether we like it or not.

The only exceptional good Beauty and the Beast was Cocteau's, which is too arch and dated. Why not remake that. But Dumbo? no.

That Grinch remake is making way more money than anyone expected.

Idiots want to see the same story over and over and over again. And they LOVE standing in long lines and paying good money for the opportunity. They tell Hollywood loud and clear: “Remakes and sequels are what we want! We don’t want new ideas!”

The Grinch remake is totally unnecessary....strictly a money grab for the studio.

Looks pretty dumb, Beau.

It's true, movie audiences want the same thing, over and over. What idiots.

Tim Burton's live-action #Dumbo trailer introduces the rest of the circus

Eva Green

Eva Green

Who did he get to play the Crows?

^. Those crows sound very Urban.

Aaww ! ! The baby elephant has round, blue, innocent eyes ! Aaw !

I normally wouldn't watch that family fare, but I'll go for Colin Farrell. Not for the role he plays, but because he spoke in favor of gay marriage. This is the opposite of a boycott.

What about Timothy Mouse, who was Dumbo's mentor in the original? Is he omitted from this film? I guess so. I suppose now Dumbo has some human, like a cute widdle girl maybe, who convinces him he can fly.

R65 but he lives in his closet

r66.....this trailer starts with a shot of him....I couldnt post a screen shot....start it from the beginning to see more.

r66...sorry...link

R67, you see a half empty glass. I see it half full.

I found a reason - as fangurlish as it is - to see the movie. Him being or not in the closet is not a reason to boycott the cute baby elephant movie ! His action in 2015 weighs more in my eyes.

Does anyone else find Burton's obsession with children's stories somewhat Jacksonesque? He's a creepy old fuck.

Cool

cryfest

Keaton

Many Indians on YouTube think it's a rip-off of this 2008 Bollywood film. LOL

Starring Donald Trump as the title character!

its a promising cast.

Why do the children look white-adjacent?

R79....It's the black Irish that they inherited from their father...Colin Farrell.

The so-called black Irish weren't actually dark-skinned, just dark-haired.

lol r80.

The actress playing the little girls is actually Thandie Newton's daughter. So she's biracial.

This movie will make bank, the kiddies and their parent will flock to see it. It really isn't a movie for us cynical DL freaks.

But I will go to see it for Farrell as well. He's so sweet playing Dad. And for Keaton too, love him in anything.

He should have given Dumbo a higher forehead. It would have made the baby elephant cuter like the original Dumbo.

It'll be a shitty movie. Tim Burton has done nothing but make expensive, shitty movies for years. But since it's a "family" film, people will bring their kids to see it, even if it does suck. And it will.

OMG SQUEE ADORBS

I can't wait to see this. My ex will probably ask me to go with him. And when I cry (because I know I will) he'll chuckle at me. I don't mind.

I guess I'm the only one finding this Dumbo creepy looking? Thanks for posting the original R83. That one made me awww as usual.

I beg to differ r15. Burton has not made a good film since Beetlejuice. He's a two-hit wonder.

Tim doesn’t make movies for the masses. Thank you.

Are they going to un negro da crows?

Tim Burton ruins every movie he touches

Another craptacular film from hack director, Tim Burton.

R89 they're not in the movie.

I can see why but it is a clever song that doesn’t have to be sung in a black dialect.

Will it have the pink elephants on parade hallucination?

I can stand the sight of worms

And look at microscopic germs

But Technicolor pachyderms

is really too much for me!

Oops wrong movie

"Tim doesn’t make movies for the masses."

They why does he keep doing dreadful remakes? Remakes are definitely movies designed to appeal to "the masses."

[quote]Tim doesn’t make movies for the masses.

That may have been true of Burton in the '80s, possibly '90s. But he's a sellout now.

LOVED Tim Burton's interpretation of the legendary "Dark Shadows" television soap.

"LOVED Tim Burton's interpretation of the legendary "Dark Shadows" television soap."

Are you familiar at all with the original series? Burton's remake of it was truly terrible.

^^ Key word: interpretation

R65, That was beautiful. Thanks!

R98 r99 What I meant was Tim makes arty films.

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Nauseatingly saccharine and I agree with the poster sbove who said Dumbo looks creepy.

hhhaahhaah

Burton's "Dark Shadows" was painful if you were expecting an homage to or at least a half-decent parody of the original. Clearly no one involved in the project was familiar with or cared about "Dark Shadows." It was like they read the Wikipedia page summary and used that as a platform for a bunch of rude jokes and "weren't the Seventies tacky" references.

The problem with Burton movies is you never really know which ones are going to be unbearable and which are pretty good. It's always better to see them on the big screen because no living filmmaker uses that format better. I wish I'd seen "Mars Attacks!" on the big screen, and I'm glad I saw "Edward Scissorhands," "The Corpse Bride," and even his "Planet of the Apes" in theatres, but I could have done without "Batman," "Big Fish," and "Dark Shadows."

The poster who brought up the crows suddenly made me realize that I don't remember ever seeing a black person in a TB movie (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). Or any non-white, now that I mention it. Strange how he doesn't get any shit for that in our hyper PC culture nowadays.

I don't want to have a look at Tim Burton's Dumbo ever again. It still haunts me.

R111 in DUMBO, Colin Farrell's daughter is inexplicably played by Thandie Newton's mixed race daughter.

Maybe because Colin's role was first supposed to be played by Will Smith ?

But honestly, I think only Americans see her as Black. She appears as White - with maybe something exotic - to most people.

Ugh. I hate Tim Horton's.

Billy Dee Williams played Harvey Dent in Batman.

This will bomb.

Interview with Farrell about the film.

And looks like Eva Green is the new helena bonham carter.

Are Eva and Tim an item now?

Here is a more complete version of the interview, with three actors (Farrell, Devito and Gatt).

That elephant is cute and the movie seems lovely for children or those who are still a child at heart.

Link to a sneak peek.

[quote]The poster who brought up the crows suddenly made me realize that I don't remember ever seeing a black person in a TB movie (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). Or any non-white, now that I mention it. Strange how he doesn't get any shit for that in our hyper PC culture nowadays.

On Twitter, he accused [italic]The Brady Bunch[/italic] of pandering and got called out on it.

I think the honest mayor st the end of Batman (replacing the corrupt one) was Black. It was a looong time ago. From memory, I think the role was not very important, but it was a positive one.

r124...Billy Dee Williams played Harvey Dent in Tim Burtons Batman. The racist bullshit is by trolls.

Tim Burton continues to be a director hack.

The movie premiered last night in LA and is getting decent early reviews. Is said to be beautifully shot.

Too triggering. I can't handle depictions of animal abuse, including circuses.