surely this film was hacked up by the studio. perhaps not but i feel there were serious flaws in the storytelling that if not attributed to the editing process could only be caused by grievously bad and criminal indeed and writing and directing. i understand the effect burton wished to achieve with the stylised acting similar to the gothic fairytale atmosphere of edward scissorhands and but here unfortunately it falls flat and achieves no mythical depth of tropes but only the offensive tripe of affectation. ie bad acting and shallow characterisation even for a fairytale. finally not that scary and indeed only mildly amusing in its attempts. the use of dialogue as a vehicle for plot background was clumsy and unnecessary. the mystery of who is the headless horseman would suffice and no need for the myth about a german mercenary and although christopher walken did cut a dashing figure but not that menacing  seeing the horsemans head makes him seem far friendlier that a decapitated inhuman nine foot tall spirit as in the original legend. no real rhythm or universal tone was ever established and not a classic in burtons oevure. stilted and clipped as my parting shot. 
surely this film was hacked up by the studio. perhaps not but i feel there were serious flaws in the storytelling that if not attributed to the editing process could only be caused by grievously bad and criminal indeed and writing and directing. i understand the effect burton wished to achieve with the stylised acting similar to the gothic fairytale atmosphere of edward scissorhands and but here unfortunately it falls flat and achieves no mythical depth of tropes but only the offensive tripe of affectation. ie bad acting and shallow characterisation even for a fairytale. finally not that scary and indeed only mildly amusing in its attempts. the use of dialogue as a vehicle for plot background was clumsy and unnecessary. the mystery of who is the headless horseman would suffice and no need for the myth about a german mercenary and although christopher walken did cut a dashing figure but not that menacing  seeing the horsemans head makes him seem far friendlier that a decapitated inhuman nine foot tall spirit as in the original legend. no real rhythm or universal tone was ever established and not a classic in burtons oevure. stilted and clipped as my parting shot. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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