Dumbo First Reactions -- Burton Is Back

Y'all know I've had my reservations about Tim Burton's Dumbo. (Check out my past thoughts here.)  But apparently, this film is surprising people:

via EW

There are some negative first reactions, of course, but on the whole, people seem to have enjoyed it and are calling it Burton's best film in years. When Burton is good, he's very, very good. The thing is, he kinda hasn't been for awhile. But maybe that's about to change?

DUMBO stole my heart. I'm totally cool with it. Congrats to everyone behind this beautiful, surprising & visually mindblowing film. pic.twitter.com/cekRIzTOcc

— Julia Hart (@juliahartowitz) March 12, 2019

Our reporter @minkus saw #Dumbo. “It’s absolutely wonderful - a beautiful story, quite different than the original, that won’t leave a dry eye in the theater. The cast is kismet together on screen. It’s one of Tim Burton’s best in a long time.” Full review on the 26th. pic.twitter.com/1VvhDU9dbl

— Attractions Magazine (@Attractions) March 12, 2019

I really enjoyed #Dumbo⁠ ⁠. It’s a beautiful and whimsical movie, starring a CGI elephant with so much heart. It’s also a rather simple tale, so don’t expect tons of character septh. But I still had a blast with the ride it took me on and it’s the best Burton’s been in years. pic.twitter.com/tKu6eHfKlM

— Chris E. Hayner (@ChrisHayner) March 12, 2019

I know I don’t sound too enthused about this movie but it was enjoyable, and it is certainly worlds better than Beauty and the Beast and Mary Poppins Returns. For reference, the only Disney live action remakes I liked were Jungle Book and Cinderella.

— Peter Sciretta (@slashfilm) March 12, 2019

Okay, I don't really understand this one because I thought Mary Poppins Returns was fantastic and so creatively and subtly tied to the books.

Tim Burton's Live-Action Dumbo

Y'all know I've had my reservations about Disney's live action adaptations of it's classic films *coughAladdincough* And I've got a whole host of thoughts about this new Mulan information.

But today's focus is Dumbo. Yep. Dumbo.

@DisneyStudios just showed footage from Tim Burton’s recreation of #Dumbo, coming to theaters in 2019!🍿🐘🎪 #CinemaCon pic.twitter.com/BbmdYbFdPR

— WildAboutMovies (@WildAboutMovies) April 24, 2018

Like, I don't even know what to do with this.

#Dumbo es el nuevo live-action de @DisneyStudios protagonizado por Colin Farell, Nico Parker, Finley Hobbins y Danny De Vito. Marzo, 2019. pic.twitter.com/bZHhJNOVMe

— Disney News Latino (@DisneyNewsLA) April 27, 2018

To be fair, I was skeptical about The Jungle Book -- and I was pretty impressed.
To be fair, I was skeptical about  The Lion King -- despite the stellar cast -- and I still am.
To be fair, I'm not a big Tim Burton fan.
To be fair, circuses have always kinda creeped me out, and the "Pink Elephants" sequence from the original animated film still gives me the heebie-jeebies.

So...yeah. Skeptical about sums it up. And these pictures don't really help.