10 Directors That Should Never Have Complete Creative Control
7. Tim Burton
Tim Burton is a genius. Theres no denying that. Beetlejuice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Mars Attacks! and Batman Returns didnt happen by accident. The man is a visionary with a particularly skill for tying gothic imagery to interesting characters and engaging stories. However, of late, hes begun to rest on his laurels a bit, creatively. Corpse Bride, Frankenweenie, Dark Shadows, Alice In Wonderland and Charlie And The Chocolate Factory all feel like films built around Tim Burtons recognisable aesthetic flourishes without strong enough scripts to nail them down into cohesive finished films. Arguably, none of those films quite match up to Burtons earlier work. Burton didnt write all of the scripts for those (in fact, he only wrote Frankenweenie from that bunch), so for him it must be the case of finding the right collaborators for his particular needs. What he needs isnt someone who will churn out a bog-standard script to match his visual playbook, but a collaborator who will question his creative control, push him to try new things and encourage changing the record when necessary.
