This is a new love story


If you have Quicktime, you've got to preview Tim Burton's new upcoming movie, Corpse Bride .

Many of you may not know my insanely insane respect and admiration for Tim Burton.

It started one day many many moons ago when I'd first watched Edward Scissorhands. Who doesn't love that movie, tell me and I'll give you a left-right-up-down.

And then there was Sleepy Hollow (somewhat of a let-down, but still impressive visually).

And, for the first and only time, an old friend introduced me to his all-time favourite movie, Nightmare Before Christmas.

I still remember the old apprehension I had when I sat in his massive bedroom watching the show for the first time. To me, the title sounded scary. Like something akin to Friday the 13th.

It was anything but.

It was a show with vivacity, colours and music.

A show with characters so queer, they reminded me of Edward Scissorhands. Only cuter.

And that was how I fell in love with a show that scared me s***less at first (just by the name). Up till today, it still stays in my mind like an eternal ghost.

The awe for the films' creator revived when I was browsing at Kinokuniya one day and spotted a small blue suede-covered book.

By Tim Burton.

It wasn't really a book.

It was a collection of poems on more weird characters. Laced with macabre and a dark sense of humour.

With names like Oyster Boy and Stain Boy.

Right up my alley.

That small book is on one of Kinokuniya's best-seller lists.

And then there was Sally.

The heroine in Nightmare Before Christmas presented to me in a small parcel.

She now sits watching all the goings-on with her huge, lidless eyes on the top of my CPU at my work-area.

And then there's the musical box with miniature Sally perched lonely in the middle.

And a backdrop of the movie used as a backdrop for the musical box.

And don't even let me start on Beetlejuice.

I feel like a kid experiencing childhood all over again.

Or rather.

An adult catching up on lost time.

No wonder.

I only read as a kid. Now that explains it.