Dark Shadows Trailer
As much as I adore Tim Burton's work, especially in collaboration with Johnny Depp, this film just felt slightly dead to me, pun totally intended. The idea for the story was great. A vampire, who was buried in the ground, escapes two hundred years later, in the year 1972. He returns back to his family's manor, only to find that it is not the grand old palace that it used to be. He works to restore the former glory that the Collins family once had back in the day. Only one problem, well several problems but the main one comes when the witch, who casted the spell on Barnabus Collins (Johnny Depp), returns to seek vengeance on the family once again. All of this sounds great on paper, along with the belief that there would be some sort of creepy dark humor that usually comes along with a Tim Burton film. In this film, however, the jokes just fell flat, leaving the audience feeling uncomfortable and disappointed. Especially since the cast was fantastic: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Chloë Grace Mortez, and Eva Green. I would've like to see Burton take a more radical approach in this film, either making it scarier, or clumsy funny. Either way, it would have had some much needed "oomph." This film seemed like Tim Burton was getting pressure from the studios to force out a "hit" film, and it just fell flat.
No comments:
Post a Comment