Dumbo

I have to wonder why anyone would choose Tim Burton to direct an adaptation of what was a very sweet, innocent children's film? Tim Burton has a talent for one thing: creating movies that are weird, macabre, and creepy. That talent works well in dark movies that are inherently weird, macabre and creepy, such as "Edward Scissorhands" or "The Nightmare Before Christmas". But whenever he strays into mainline films (such as "Batman Forever"), he can't resist inserting the macabre and creepy into what should be normal films. It's his nature. That works fine if he working on something like "The Corpse Bride", but who on earth would dream of having him helm a movie like "Dumbo"? It's like hiring Alfred Hitchcock or George Romero to direct "The Wizard Of Oz". Their talents lie elsewhere. I can't blame Burton for taking the money when he's offered it by the biggest studio in Hollywood. But it was a bad call by Disney, which should have known better.