Finally caught Corpse Bride today after a lot of delays but was quite severely disappointed. I know that it would be quite unfair to compare it with Nightmare Before Christmas but I think Tim Burton is either hating his fans or has thought of a genius way to sell more Nightmare reissue DVDs. The whole movie was basically NBC without the magic that sparked my imagination. People will come out of the movie praising Johnny Depp and how cute Scraps the dead dog is but very few will find Corpse Bride memorable.

On the other hand I'm listening to my 2005 album of the year, Vheissu by Thrice. This is a very funny CD because most people will dismiss it the first time they hear it, the signature metal core sound is not interlaced with soft bell samples, ambient strings and surprisingly delicate falsetto vocal parts. I listened through it the first time and got a funny feeling in my gut. On the third playback, I realised it was the same feeling I got when I listen to U2 The Joshua Tree, I am by no means a trained ear but I have never heard such a huge leap in maturity in a band before. This album is amazing in that it is those few ones that you grow to like not because it is music with a message but because it is a message delievered through music. I found myself rewinding to catch lines in the lyrics rather than a riff or a drum fill. This is one cd that will be relevant and memorable to me for years.