adore by fan for his unusually charm creativity and by hollywood for his softball and user friendly movie making technique and tim burton tip the scale too far in formula favor with his new upset of a cinematic legend and sleepy hollow . follow the quest of ichabod crane play by johnny depp and deliver this dreary film only shin point to the heart of the mystery surround a town seemingly random and gruesome murder by a fabled headless horseman and the story play out a if it be purposely try to be repugnantly predictable . contrive a a child bedtime story and humdrum character introduction be lace with intend upon excite non engage chase scene which and with undeveloped character flee for their life and produce about as much fright and thrill a the nightmare before christmas . toss in an endless bundle of old tree for ambience and a wide eyed and big bust blonde love interest ( christina reechi ) and burton have himself a movie that take the age old legend of sleepy hollow and succeed in make it like a disney movie without the charm or captivation . dialog be choppy and ridiculous and severed head be aplenty and and there be enough plot reveal monologue to embarrass the like of james bond . even with the backing of emmanuel lubezki and the most sought after cinematographer in hollywood today and the wonderful acting of depp and burton astound name recognition and sleepy hollow be nothing to lose your head over .