Dark Shadows
im generally not a fan of Tim Burton, so i went to the movie thinking it would be utter shit again. And well...its was not utter shit, just shit=p Depp is playing pretty cool and at the start i actually thought the movie was gonna be okay. The house he lives in has a real creepy atmosphere (it really reminded me of the Haunted Mansion in Disney) and he started ripping apart some construction workers what was pretty cool and the villian is hot as hell=p
but then the flaws start, the jokes are really easy and seem to be more aimed at children, a vampire from 1700 coming in the 1970's could be really fun with the whole technology shock he will go trough, but it just doesnt work. Furthermore the whole girl he loves thing is done so bad. you barely see that girl, just at the beginning when she is brought in as a major character and at the end, with a really quick ending with is just not statisfying at all! then there just seem to happen so many random things, especially with the daughter of the family he comes into, what were they thinking? people who saw the movie will know what im talking about.
plus 1 thing i fucking hate about tim burton movies is that he puts his wife in everyone. Just give someone else a chance, especially since she doesnt deliver this role at all! she is supossed to be a psychiatrist with an alcohol problem, and before she appears they say: she must be sleeping off one of her famous hangovers. Sounds fun right? the only thing she does is walk in and when she sees the sunlight she asks if someone can close the curtains. Thats it! well people when i have a hangover, i cant stand light, sound, smell, anything=p she was good in harry potter as the villian and i kinda liked her as the Heart Queen in Alice in Wonderland, but here? just because she is your wife it doesnt mean she is good in every one of your movies
i can keep ranting on more and more, but in general the start seemed good, with a good story, awsome atmosphere in the house and a promising funny movie with the fact Depp has been locked away for 200 years. But after that shit begins to rain down and just doesnt stop. my girlfriend is a huge Depp/Burton fan and she really wanted to see the movie. And after 40 minutes she was like: i dont like this
even a fan who owns all their movies and watches them on a regular bases was already tired after this one before even half of the film. the fuck?!
and the family should have been so much more interesting, there are interesting characters, but they dont get the chance to develope. Like the crazy kid Tommy, he is crazy because his mom died and he says he sees here and she isnt dead. wtf, are you crazy when you say that? its a kid! kids have imaginary friends and stuff, hes like 7, just get off his back. And besides that, there is nothing crazy about him! i thought it would be like Damien from the Omen or something, but nothing, just a regular kid who is actually really sweet.
aah there i went again ranting, but this movie is just....aaargh! for gods sake skip it, download it or something, but dont pay for it.
i already told my gf we should have gone to The Dictator or MIB 3...aaargh! give me back my 90 minutes of my life=p
2/10
