Other reviewers are right. Half a dozen plot lines that dont connect well and its easy to be confused with the storytelling.
I think Burton knew exactly what he was doing and was trying to be cutting edge.
He believed that audiences being smart these days would love it and among the critic types there would be those who "just don't get it" and the ones who will and find it brilliant.
I would love to know if I am right.
If I am not....it really is a shame for it to have ended up getting the go ahead.