While Tim Burton was far calmer and more
thoughtful than his appearance might suggest, Ang Lee, with whom Rickman worked on Sense and Sensibility opposite Kate Winslet and Emma Thompson (who also wrote the Academy Award - winning screenplay), had an entirely idiosyncratic way of communicating with his actors.
Not exact matches
Along the way we have a few plot twists, an
appearance by the villain Scarecrow, loads of loud action and more
thoughtful introspection on the nature of justice and vigilantism
than those offered by, let's say, The Punisher or Dirty Harry or most revenge action flicks.
On top of all of that is a surprisingly
thoughtful political storyline and characters that are deeper and more human
than you might expect from their extremely anime
appearances.