1.5 Stars - An Unfocused Mess
Okay Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, it's about time you take a break from each other...
Dark Shadows is based on an American Soap Opera of the same name and feels as though it's trying to force about 3 or 4 series worth of story arcs into just under 2 hours, and as such it comes off as not knowing just what the hell it should be focusing on.
The acting is over the top, but in a bad way, over the top acting works if only a couple of people chew the scenery, but here everybody was doing it, especially Johnny Depp, who needs to stick to more subtle roles, because that's what he's a lot better at.
Depp's character, Barnabus Collins, is remarkably annoying, not funny and not really all that likeable. He's another one of those vampires whining about how it sucks to be cursed with eternal youth, this is getting really old and I hate it, Vampires need to be more like Dracula and actually enjoy their abilities, not cry over how much it isn't fair. Grow a pair vampires.
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton need to take a break for a few years, when they started out making films together it was great, now it's becoming stale and uninteresting, we're getting less films of the calibre of Edward Scissorhands, and more films along the lines of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
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| The original guy looks way more awesome, way to screw it up Tim Burton |
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