movies/tv Corpse Bride (2005) vs. Coco (2017) (which movie do you think is better?)

[AlicornSpell 149]

Corpse Bride (2005)

 

Coco (2017)

 

[Megas 28,373]

We besides the fact that I haven't seen Corpse Bride, Coco made me bawl like a little baby, so my vote's obviously going for Coco

[Miss 6,241]

While corpse bride is great and has an interesting art style, Coco is an incredible film that fills me up with emotion when watching it and thinking about it. 

I saw corpse bride many times when I was youunger and had forgotten that it involves a person traveling to the “land of the dead” and also have a few other interesting similarities; of course, they are very different films in terms of tone and visuals, message etc. 

damn now I wanna rewatch corpse bride, watching this piano scene right now. Still I put Coco on the top spot. One of my fav films of all time. 

 

Edited November 3, 2020 by Miss

[Jeric 46,890]

Two great animated films head to head? Oh noes!

For me it is Coco for how it dealt with the subject of death and family, two themes I've spend long hours pondering. Both films deal with death and try and address the blob of fear that surrounds it in their own way, and try make it less terrifying through moments of visual conviviality. While Coco isn't the sucker punch to my feels that the first 10 minutes of Up was .... Coco, Miguel, and Hector complete a familial triangle that I adore. Corpse Bride is a constant re-watch for me because the Victorian sensibilities of death and marriage fascinate me, and Corpse Bride has that in spades. I just find the charm in Coco just too endearing to resist and why it edges Corpse Bride out. 

[Emerald Heart 25,313]

I personally like them both.

[Yoshi89 5,294]

I haven't seen Corpse Bride. Coco was fabulous and touching.

[Stardust 647]

I have corpse bride on dvd haha

Idk I wouldn't compare them haah tbh I didn't even consider that especially since one is so old now but i guess Tim burton made a lot of movies like that. Coco I really do like though very good. 

The comparison I did hear is the book of life vs coco but like yea lol

[TBD 17,276]

I like them both a lot, but this like comparing apples with orange. I think Book of Life and Coco would be a better comparison.  But if I have to choose, I would say Corpse Bride. (not being bias here because I'm a huge fan of Tim Burton) but the style and the story has it's own charms that no other movies can compare. (because well, it's Tim Burton's). Coco is about family and death, which have much deeper meaning than Corpse Bride, while Corpse Bride is more dark and it's about searching for love.  Plus the music is more catchy than Coco's.  I overall just like the morbid story/style  more than something fun/colorful as Coco. (not saying it's bad)

On 11/2/2020 at 7:59 PM, Miss said:

damn now I wanna rewatch corpse bride, watching this piano scene right now. Still I put Coco on the top spot. One of my fav films of all time. 

 

I love the piano scene and it song! 

[Jesse Terrence 2,971]

21 minutes ago, TBD 🚬 said:

I like them both a lot, but this like comparing apples with orange. I think Book of Life and Coco would be a better comparison.  But if I have to choose, I would say Corpse Bride. (not being bias here because I'm a huge fan of Tim Burton) but the style and the story has it's own charms that no other movies can compare. (because well, it's Tim Burton's). Coco is about family and death, which have much deeper meaning than Corpse Bride, while Corpse Bride is more dark and it's about searching for love.  Plus the music is more catchy than Coco's.  I overall just like the morbid story/style  more than something fun/colorful as Coco. (not saying it's bad)

I love the piano scene and it song! 

As this user says, coco and book of life should be the ones compared.

Mainly because both play with death the mexican way (or at least try to). I'm surprised, though, that Guillermo del Toro did such a faint and lame work at representing death on Book of life, given he was raised at Guadalajara, which I could argue is the cultural capital of Mexico (Mariachi, tequila, charrería and many other mexican customs come from Jalisco and concentrate at Guadalajara).

Now, as for on topic.

Coco. Not because Corpse bride isn't good. Is amazing and I love stop motion, but Coco is the result of intensive research on mexican family values and actual life style (unlike book of life xD). Coco portrays mexicans the right way. Breaks stereotypes and also shows the stereotypes that we actually have (like Miguel's grandma. Grandmas in Mexico are like that to a T in most families). It also does the whole death thing right (as seen by our customs and cultural heritage). It also speaks about family imposition on these lands and the overall passion we feel about music we like.

Coco wins for not only being a piece of art, but for also being rather informative and well researched.

[DubWolf 20,119]

Only watched Coco. Maybe the fact that the former didn’t appeal to me very much means Coco is probably better lol? I don’t think the two are an apples to apples comparison.

Consider comparing Coco with The Book of Life (also haven’t seen) which is a little similar in design.