10 Things Everybody Gets Wrong About 2014 Movies

5. Big Eyes Doesn't Mean Tim Burton Is Changing Style

After well over a decade coasting on people liking Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton decided to do something totally novel and make a movie that didn't star Johnny Depp or Helena Bonham Carter. Big Eyes was a major departure for a director who'd relished in a teenage fanbase who mistake muted colours and zany voices for style, making many burned former-fans excited. Telling the real life story of Margaret and Walter Keane, the film charts the popularity of the formers kitsch paintings which the latter took credit for. It's a very human drama that explores themes beyond "Won't goth teens watch anything?" The thing is, while Big Eyes is a decidedly un-Burton in concept, it's far from a new chapter in the director's career. He only directed it when, as producer, he couldn't find anyone else and, in an interview with Empire, he revealed that he had no qualms about making movie after movie of Depp with a slightly different hat each time - to him they're still creative endeavours. The film itself betrays that fact, with the attempted naturalism bareky covering up Burton's trademark tics - opening on a shot of idealistic suberbia, it's clear this isn't a director wanting to stray too far from the beaten path.