stuff since the two original theatrical films in the 1990s (including but not limited to a Broadway show, two animated features and a forthcoming Tim Burton-directed Netflix series) that it’s easy to forget just how good they both were. The first film, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and co-written by Burton collaborators Larry Wilson and Caroline Thompson (and later re-written by Paul Rudnick), doesn’t have quite the same edge as the sequel but it did establish the world beautifully.