Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Part 2

[DarthSkywalker]

http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=135926


http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/dark-shadows

I'll be there then. I grew up being told how "strange" and "bad" every Burton film other then Batman and Ed Wood were.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Burton should have never gotten rid of John August.

Burton never got rid of John August... he just hit a bit of a wall with the script.

August is still the primary writer of Frankenweenie.

 

[ddddeeee]

From what I've gathered from SGS interviews, August's draft was darker and more in tune with the show. Since Depp and Burton wanted to movie to be fun and accessible they brought SGS on instead.

 

[Rowsdower!]

sherlock holes

Is that the porn version?

 

[Call Me Darkman]

From what I've gathered from SGS interviews, August's draft was darker and more in tune with the show. Since Depp and Burton wanted to movie to be fun and accessible they brought SGS on instead.

And that was their mistake.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

 

[Matt Mortem]

That is a very strange looking group of people

 

[terry78]

I like how none of them are really Hollywood hot. They all look like they'd be pretty weird.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

You don't think Green or Pfeiffer are Hollywood hot?

 

[terry78]

Not like superficially hot. They have very specific facial features.

 

[Sawyer]

Green's way too offbeat to be "Hollywood hot".

 

[Spider-X]

Had my advanced screening on Tuesday. Here's my review for Dark Shadows:

http://reelmoviehero.blogspot.com/2012/05/review-lights-go-out-on-dark-shadows_10.html

Snippet:

"It definitely has the Tim Burton vibe going for it, but Dark Shadows lacks in many areas that make for a thoroughly enjoyable time. While the first half is fun enough, the movie ultimately relies too heavily on Depp without giving him enough to work with and the sloppy story telling only ends up making matters worse."

 

[terry78]

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120509/REVIEWS/120509983

Two and a half stars via Ebert. Says the performances are good and it treads a line between lampoon and horror, but it kind of fizzles out.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

2 and half stars actually.

 

[DACrowe]

To be fair Ebert didn't like Beetlejuice or Edward Scissorhands either. However, he seems to think the first 5 minutes of prologue promises a great gothic horror movie and that the rest of the film fails to deliver on that promise.

 

[Call Me Darkman]

To be fair Ebert didn't like Beetlejuice or Edward Scissorhands either. However, he seems to think the first 5 minutes of prologue promises a great gothic horror movie and that the rest of the film fails to deliver on that promise.

While I don't entirely agree with his review, I do agree that the prologue was the best part of the movie and it should have continued in that tone. I wouldn't be surprised if the prologue was one of the few remaining elements from John August's original screenplay.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

New TV Spot:

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[EML420]

So is SGS going to be Burtons new script guy?

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

So is SGS going to be Burtons new script guy?

I hope not... but at the moment, all signs point to yes.

 

[Rowsdower!]

I seriously think this movie is going to bomb. Hard.

 

[EML420]

Burton in that cast picture looks a lot like Nicholas Cage lol
but he should stick with his main script guy they have had more hits then misses.

 

[Project862006]

Slash Film gives it a 4/10
http://www.slashfilm.com/dark-shadows-review/

 

[DACrowe]

While I don't entirely agree with his review, I do agree that the prologue was the best part of the movie and it should have continued in that tone. I wouldn't be surprised if the prologue was one of the few remaining elements from John August's original screenplay.

The prologue sounds a lot like what I wanted from this movie when I heard "Tim Burton's adapting Dark Shadows." If he decided to keep it as a gothic horror/fairy tale and not a comedy that boils down to "See the colonial aristocrat be dumbfounded by the silly '70s," I think the movie could have been great. Oh well.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Frankly... I've only glossed over some reviews, mainly because I don't want to bum myself out before seeing the movie.

The biggest negatives seem to be shifting tone and simply trying to do too much without focus.


I kind of expected this... but oh well, my bum was always in the seat for Michelle alone.

 

[terry78]

I'll still check it out come tomorrow after work or something, just being a Burton fan. It's a summer flick, I'm not expecting like Oscar season ****.